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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than a dozen states ... read more


Soon after a series of state laws left a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Mo., unable to provide abortions in 2018, it shipped some of its equipment to states where abortion remained accessible. read more


The number of migrants trekking toward the US through the dangerous Darien jungle route fell to a two-year low after President Joe Biden and Panama's new government imposed tighter controls. read more


While some areas of Colorado are suffering from drought conditions, the Silver Spur Ranch Kiowa Creek Division is doing well due to receiving moisture when needed. This year's hay fields and pastures are in good condition. Management of the range is easier when moisture is plentiful but knowing what to do in all situations to provide forage for the cows on the ranch is important.


Tuesday, September 17, 2024

It's massive, the size of a large wall and takes a whole day to turn. That's how former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump described a "very large faucet" that he hopes will redirect water from Canada down into California.


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@#6 ... Roberts, who once vowed that he would not let HIS Supreme Court be used as a political football ...

The Tragedy of John Roberts (July 2023)
www.nytimes.com

... In June 2012, at the end of a contentious Supreme Court term that decided, among other things, the fate of the Affordable Care Act, Chief Justice John Roberts prepared to leave for Malta, to teach a course on the court. "Malta, as you know, is an impregnable island fortress," he joked on the eve of his trip. "It seemed like a good idea."

Eleven years later, Malta no doubt retains its allure. The term that just ended must have been a torment for the chief. The court's popularity has plunged to record lows; its members bicker on and off the bench; calls for the court to be packed are commonplace. Such circumstances would pain any chief justice, this one more than most. From the start of his tenure in 2005, he has painted himself as an institutionalist whose paramount concern is the court's integrity. He conducts himself accordingly: He is decorous, almost regal; he speaks of moderation and judicial minimalism.

He keeps a sovereign's distance from modern life. In 1867, in a classic book on the English constitution, Walter Bagehot wrote that in times of change, "the most imposing institutions of mankind" maintain influence by demonstrating an "inherent dignity." It is ironic, perhaps bitterly so, that a collapse in public esteem has become a hallmark of the Roberts court. Rarely, in recent decades, has the institution seemed less worthy of reverence.

The chief justice is portrayed by some as a tragic figure, powerless to save his court from itself. ...



@#53

Indeed, from the article I posted previously...

#29
www.bnnbloomberg.ca

... Hezbollah operatives use low-tech devices such as pagers and walkie-talkies to avoid interceptions of their communications by Israeli intelligence. They can send encrypted messages without giving away their location. ...


Pagers tend to be more of a one-way device, as opposed to cell-phones that always seem to be saying to the mothership, ~here is where I am,~ among other things.

@#11 ... the dealmaker behind the crypto project is Chase Herro -- a man who once described himself as "the dirtbag of the internet." ...

Wow.

From what I have seen, that self-description may not be incorrect.

Behind the Trump crypto project is a self-described 'dirtbag of the internet'
financialpost.com

... Chase Herro once called Bitcoin a 'scam against the dollar'

Chase Herro has sold a lot of things in his career. Weed. Weight-loss "colon cleanses." A US$149-a-month get-rich-quick class. Now he's adding another line to his resume: the Trump family's crypto guru.

Herro is the dealmaker behind World Liberty Financial, the crypto project that Donald Trump and his two older sons have been promoting on social media in recent weeks, according to two people involved with the project.

Herro's long-time business partner Zachary Folkman is also playing a key role. While few details about World Liberty have been released, Eric Trump said that the startup will promote "financial independence" and Donald Trump Jr. said it will "make finance great again." Former President Trump himself posted a video saying he'd announce the details on Sept. 16. "We're embracing the future with crypto and leaving the slow and outdated big banks behind," Trump said.
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Yet Herro, a fast-talking 39-year-old who shows off his fancy cars and private-jet rides on social media, is an unknown in the crypto world. More than a dozen prominent digital-asset investors said in interviews they had never heard of him.

The only crypto project with which he was publicly affiliated attracted only a few million dollars and suffered a devastating hack. A token he promoted on influencer Logan Paul's podcast dropped 96 per cent afterward. In one speech in 2018, he called himself "the dirtbag of the internet" and said that regulators should "kick s**t-heads like me out."

"You can literally sell s**t in a can, wrapped in piss, covered in human skin, for a billion dollars if the story's right, because people will buy it," Herro said about crypto in a 2018 YouTube video recorded as he drove in a Rolls-Royce.

"I'm not going to question the right and wrong of all that." ...


Yeah, sounds like an appropriate business partner for the Trump clan.


Consequential presidents get shot at': Trump at Michigan town hall
www.newsnationnow.com

... Former President Donald Trump campaigned Tuesday in Michigan, marking his first public event since an apparent second assassination attempt at his Florida golf course.

Trump attended a town hall at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. His former press secretary and current Arkansas governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, moderated the conversation. ...

Addressing the dangers of the presidency, Trump stated, "Only consequential presidents get shot at," suggesting the attempts on his life validate his impact.

There was an electric atmosphere inside the standing-room-only sports arena, where thousands of Trump supporters greeted the former president with a deafening roar when he took the stage.

The overflowing crowd interrupted Trump's discussion with Sanders with chants of "God bless Trump!" and "Fight, fight, fight" at various times.

"A lot of love in this room," Trump remarked.

Trump said he had a call with Vice President Kamala Harris and described it as "very, very nice." He did not provide details about the conversation's content. ...


@#6 ... Harris had nothing to do with Panama closing it's borders. ...

Migration to US Through Panama's Jungle Cut by 80% on Tighter Curbs
www.bnnbloomberg.ca

This is what VP Harris was tasked with, and what the GOP still appears to be unable (or unwanting) to understand.

Solve the root cause, not the symptom.


@#12 ... Deport Elon Musk. ...

While i am not there. Yet.

I do have to say, he seems to be an immigrant who is actively trying to destroy Democracy in the Country.

Musk Pours Money Into New York Races Critical to House GOP Win
www.yahoo.com

... Elon Musk's super political action committee is funneling $2.1 million to Republican candidates in battleground districts across the country, possibly helping the world's richest person build a bench of allies in Congress. ...

So... similar to Mr Thiel funding Sen Vance's Senate campaign?

Billionaires wanting to take over the Country?


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