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ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT CRAZY IN CALIFORNIA?

Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs

“Cash for Criminals” -- $1,000 for Potential Shooters …

Why am I not surprised to find another progressive socialist democrat, this time the 27-year-old Stanford-educated African-American Mayor of Stockton, California proposing another unique method to control criminals and crazies. That a private program funded by liberal philanthropists pay potential shooters $1,000 after they complete 18-months of taxpayer-paid counseling. Known as the “Advance Peace” program, it is part of a proposed crime control experiment. Of course, this is the same guy that wants to provide $500 per month to select Stockton residents for 18-months to test the effects of a guaranteed basic income.

It seems that, like any progressive socialist democrat, the Mayor of a city best known for bankruptcy and crime is willing to spend dollars seeking a solution that defies both human nature and common sense.

Perhaps all of those expensive courses at the prestigious but liberal Stanford University where the Mayor earned a Bachelors' degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and a master's degree in Policy, Leadership and Organization Studies, failed to teach a few simple facts: criminals and crazies do not respect nor follow the law. Incentivizing any activity often encourages more of that activity.

The Mayor’s theory appears to be something along the lines of recognizing a small percentage of the general population commits a disproportionate amount of crime. So offering these potential criminals, most of whom will probably have a history of criminal interaction with the justice system, a reward to entering the system and undergoing counseling will be a cost effective crime prevention tool. One wonders if he will eliminate “gang members” from the payouts?

According to Tubbs, "Let me be clear, Advance Peace is not a get out of jail free card. Participating in this program doesn't erase the past, but it does help these young men learn how to make better choices for their own and our community's collective future."

Peacemaker Fellowship™

Advance Peace interrupts gun violence in American urban neighborhoods by providing transformational opportunities to young men involved in lethal firearm offenses and placing them in a high-touch, personalized fellowship—the Peacemaker Fellowship™.

[Does this mean they are already criminals who have engaged in firearm offenses and should be in prison?]

By working with and supporting a targeted group of individuals at the core of gun hostilities, Advance Peace bridges the gap between anti-violence programming and a hard-to-reach population at the center of violence in urban areas, thus breaking the cycle of gun hostilities and altering the trajectory of these men’s lives.

[OCS: Those at the core of gun hostilities are most likely to be minority criminals, gang members, or both. So perhaps gangs should be targeted more heavily by the community – but then again, the progressive socialist democrats have always been soft on crime where it impacts their core minority constituency.]

Advance Peace works with both public and community-based stakeholders to establish responsive community-driven strategies that achieve high-impact outcomes for those caught in the cycle of urban gun violence.

Advance Peace reduces gun violence, improves the general health and wellbeing of its Fellows, and increases public safety in the cities/neighborhoods where it is instituted. As a result of our efforts, Richmond, California, experienced a 66% reduction in firearm assaults causing injury or death between 2010 and 2017.

[OCS: How is it possible that Richmond, California experienced a 66% reduction in firearm assaults causing injury or death in 7 years if only 84 individuals were enrolled in the program? Unless of course, these people were the proximate cause of a significant amount of criminal activity?]

Eighty-four Fellows were enrolled during the first four cohorts between 2010 and 2015. Since becoming a Fellow:

94% are alive. [OCS: 79]
83% have had no gun injuries or hospitalization. [OCS: 70]
77% have not been suspected in firearm activity. [OCS: 65]

[OCS: Considering this program has been active since 2010, 84 participants is a woefully inadequate sample to judge program effectiveness, so the numbers are really meaningless. And the fact that individuals had no injuries or hospitalizations is meaningless. ]

<Source: Advance Peace>

Bottom line …

I am always skeptical of progressive giveaways to incentivize human behavior. I am also skeptical of the charitable organizations that support such activities, especially if they remain unrated by charity watchdogs for not submitting financials showing what their leadership earns and spends on lodging, travel, and expenses involving “outreach” which is often a code-word for fundraising. Also, I am skeptical of the numbers because I do not find a breakdown of how many of these people are gang members and potential shooters.

This is an area where you respect human nature, provide swift, sure punishment to violators, and support the law enforcement community that keeps you safe.

Since Tubbs appears to be a professional politician, look for his advancement to a higher political office and more media-grabbing programs to enhance his media presence.

-- steve

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Senator Feinstein Releases More Partisan Progressive Garbage

Once again, I find DiFi’s one-sided bull-pucky in my inbox …

An Update From Senator Dianne Feinstein

May 30, 2018

INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN COLLUSION IN THE 2016 ELECTION

Preliminary Findings About Trump Campaign’s Effort to Obtain Incriminating Information on Secretary Clinton from Russia at Trump Tower Meeting (May 16, 2018)

“The June 9, 2016, meeting is one piece of a much larger puzzle and confirms that the Trump campaign was willing to accept Russia’s assistance. The Committee’s staff interviews reveal that top Trump campaign officials were frustrated and angry that the meeting did not produce enough damaging information on their opponent. Their efforts to conceal the meeting and its true purpose are consistent with a larger pattern of false statements about the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russia.” To read the full statement, CLICK HERE.

The Committee’s investigation remains incomplete, including further review of the June 9, 2016 meeting. Nonetheless, the following preliminary findings are clear:

The Trump campaign was willing to accept Russia’s assistance.

[OCS: Why is Feinstein ignoring that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC surreptitiously funneled money through a law firm (Marc Elias at PerkinsCoie) to engage Fusion GPS who actively solicited Russian intelligence operatives to dig up dirt on candidate Trump which they then used to feed to top Obama officials to instigate an investigation of the Trump candidacy?

Why is Feinstein ignoring that the Obama Administration failed to protect Americans from such interference – especially at the direction of National Security Adviser Susan Rice who ordered security officials to “stand down” and not take active measures against Russian computer penetration attempts?

Why is Feinstein ignoring that the DNC refused FBI requests to forensically examine a computer server at the base of the hacking claims?

Why is Feinstein ignoring the fact that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra provided the FBI with a phony computer serve to avoid having them examine a compromised House server system?]

Top campaign officials Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner accepted the offer of incriminating information on the campaign’s opponent from a hostile foreign government.

[OCS: Top Obama Administration officials, Hillary Clinton, and the DNC accepted actual incriminating information from a hostile foreign government – not a bogus offer, but actual information.]

These Trump campaign officials did not report the offer of Russian assistance to proper authorities.

[OCS: Why did Hillary Clinton and the DNC hide payments to Russian operatives using an attorney cut-out and Fusion GPS? Why has nobody mentioned Sidney Blumenthal and Cody Shearer and any contacts they may have had with Christopher Steele and his Russian informants.]

Top campaign officials made clear their frustration that more damaging information was not produced at the June 9 meeting in Trump Tower.

[OCS: There is apparently nothing wrong with receiving damaging opposition research from any party or the DNC, Hillary Clinton, Obama, and others would already be in prison.]

Donald Trump Jr. and the White House misled the public about the June 9 meeting with Russians and other campaign contacts with Russia.

[OCS: In spite of his public relations, Donald Trump has been described as being ‘dumb as a rock” and having daddy issues which makes him prone to reckless actions when viewed in a political context. This is not Junior’s first screw up if you consider the failed mortgage business and the failed contractor supplies company.]

Several significant questions remain unanswered about this meeting and the numerous other contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian associates.

[OCS: You cannot even begin to count the questions involving the Obama Administration, domestic spying, obstruction of justice, and other criminal activities. Most important about that meeting was that the Russian operative was given clearance to enter the U.S. by the Obama State Department, met with Fusion GPS before and after the meeting – and the entire episode looks like a stinking setup.]

To read the preliminary findings of the Senate Judiciary Democrats in full, CLICK HERE.

[OCS: Remember this is a biased report which contains numerous inaccuracies and interpretations.]

Source: Senator Feinstein Releases Preliminary Findings From Russia Investigation

Bottom line …

Dianne Feinstein and her husband have grown wealthy at the government’s teat. She is not an unbiased observer, but a multi-millionaire hack politician who supports Obama and all of the progressive socialist democrat agenda. It appears that only Devin Nunes is trying to get to the truth. Others, like the articulate Trey Gowdy, are simply issuing letters and bloviating.

We are so screwed.