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WILL ELECTION RIGGING IN THE COURTS BE AFFIRMED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT?

The progressive communist democrats need to complicate election issues to baffle the American public with bullshit and exert their power to influence the outcome of elections.

DONKEY-CRAPWhat happened…

  1. The North Carolina General Assembly enacts a new congressional district map responsive to census data.
  2. Progressive Communist Democrats challenge the General Assembly’s map.
  3. The North Carolina Supreme Court rejects the legislature’s congressional map.
  4. The North Carolina General Assembly creates a new remedial map they believe is more responsive to the Court’s requirements. 
  5. The North Carolina Superior Court rejects the proffered legislative map and implements a congressional map of its own making.
  6. The matter arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court to determine the limit of the Court’s authority with respect to the United States Constitution, which assumes supremacy over a state constitution.

The question before the United States Supreme Court…

Whether a State’s judicial branch may nullify the regulations governing the “Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives . . . prescribed . . . by the Legislature thereof,” U.S. CONST. art. I, § 4, cl. 1, and replace them with regulations of the state courts’ own devising, based on vague state constitutional provisions purportedly vesting the state judiciary with power to prescribe whatever rules it deems appropriate to ensure a “fair” or “free” election. <Moore v. Harper (Docket 21-1271) >

The argument…

North Carolina’s Supreme Court appears to have usurped exclusive legislative authority when it claimed jurisdiction over setting district boundaries.

This act appears to violate the provisions of the U.S. Constitution’s elections clause Art. I, Sec. 4  which clearly and unambiguously grants the matter to the state’s legislature.

Section 4.

The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.

The legislature is bound by the U.S. Constitution, which assumes supremacy over the state constitution and any state laws; hence the matter of redistricting lies with the legislature, not the Courts (Judicial Branch) or the Governor (Executive Branch). And it is a clear violation of the concept of separation of powers for the Court to assume jurisdiction over the districting issue as if “judicial review,” an authority not granted to the Court in political matters, was adequate justification for the Court to present its own redistricting map.

Why it matters…

This is an issue of electoral integrity and to prevent courts from usurping legislative power, as it is no secret that progressive communist democrats, the party of lawyers, often turn to the courts when their proposals will not withstand a legislative battle or are outside the boundaries of mainstream thought.

Several GOP 2020 and 2022 electoral losses can be directly attributed to election rule changes fought in the courts and spearheaded by the despicable progressive democrat election attorney Mark Elias.

And while there is no specific provision of most state constitutions barring the consideration of partisanship in drawing the boundary lines of legislative districts (gerrymandering), there are issues of fairness that demand attention to redress “fairness of representation” issues. While the courts may consider these matters, the ultimate responsibility should lie with the state legislature.

Bottom line…

Yes, the matter is that simple to understand.

And, while the U.S. Supreme Court does not typically review state constitution interpretations by state supreme courts, this matter transcends state issues as it dramatically affects national elections.

The problem is that the liberals on the Court, Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the ever-squishy Chief Justice John Roberts, often placate the progressive communist democrats rather than use a textual approach to the constitution to inform their decisions.

Can we rely on Associate Justices  Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett to join Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, and Neil M. Gorsuch to rein in the judiciary and keep political matters in the political realm where representatives of “We the People decide them?”

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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HOW IS THIS NOT THE LARGEST QUID PRO QUO IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA?

It’s not a secret – the labor unions own the Democrat Party, providing campaign funds and voter support overwhelmingly to the Democrats in return for sweetheart legislation and government contracts that are sometimes associated with organized crime, waste, fraud, and abuse.

Including union make-work projects that are almost always delivered late, over budget, and use inferior materials and techniques that ensure ongoing maintenance costs using union labor.

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How is this not the nation’s largest quid pro quo?

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Remarks by President Biden on Building a Stronger Economy for Union Workers and Retirees

So, with the American Rescue Plan, we included the Butch Lewis Act — named after an Army veteran and a true champion of union workers — to protect the pensions you all worked so damn hard for, the pensions you sacrificed to secure.

And today, my administration is announcing the single largest approval of funds from the Butch Lewis Act: $36 billion to cover — (applause) — to cover over 1,000 employers, 350,000 union workers and retirees.

These union workers and retirees are facing cuts up to 60 percent of their benefits, starting in the next few years, if we hadn’t acted. That means some folks would stand to lose $10,000 each and every year of their retirement. That’s how much they’d lose each and every year of their retirement — the money they earned.

[OCS: Tell me about our senior citizens who worked their entire life believing Social Security was a pension plan. Tell me about those senior citizens living on a fixed income who thought saving money was the proper thing to do – and watched financial institutions cut their savings interest rates when the government gave them essentially zero-interest funds to invest?]

Instead, thanks to today’s announcement, tens of thousands of union retirees and workers in states like Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri can go to bed tonight knowing their pension they worked so damn hard for is going to be there for them when they need it.

So I want to thank everyone at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation who work so hard to make this program work, including the director who’s here today. Thanks, Gordon, for being here. I really do appreciate your work and being here. <The Speech>

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Historic Relief to Protect Hard-Earned Pensions of Hundreds of Thousands of Union Workers and Retirees

The American Rescue Plan’s Special Financial Assistance program is providing financial relief to struggling multiemployer pension plans and ensuring that millions of families facing benefit cuts will receive the full benefits they earned.

Multiemployer plans are created through agreements between employers and a union, with plans typically involving multiple employers in a single industry or related industries. A typical worker whose multiemployer plan became insolvent would see their expected pension benefits slashed substantially. Before the American Rescue Plan, workers and retirees participating in more than 200 multiemployer pension plans faced the prospect of not receiving the full benefits they earned and need to support them and their families in retirement.

These plans are insured by a federal agency – the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) – which provides partial protection of the benefits of approximately 11.2 million workers and retirees in approximately 1,400 private-sector multiemployer, union-connected plans. Prior to the America Rescue Plan, the PBGC’s multiemployer pension insurance program was projected to become insolvent in 2026. Under the Special Financial Assistance program, financially struggling multiemployer pension plans can apply to the PBGC for assistance.

The Central States Pension Fund estimates that it will now be able to pay full benefits to workers and retirees through 2051. Today’s announcement is estimated to benefit thousands of workers and retirees in individual states across the US, including:

  • Michigan – 40,000 workers and retirees
  • Ohio – 40,000 workers and retirees
  • Missouri – 28,000 workers and retirees
  • Illinois – 25,000 workers and retirees
  • Texas – 22,000 workers and retirees
  • Wisconsin – 22,000 workers and retirees
  • Indiana – 20,000 workers and retirees
  • Minnesota –19,000 workers and retirees
  • Florida – 19,000 workers and retirees
  • Tennessee – 14,000 workers and retirees

<The Fact Sheet>

A new political emergency arises to suck money from the money allocated for the pandemic…

President Biden is using money in his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief law to save the fund, and It’s no secret that billions of COVID-19 relief funds have been stolen or misused for purposes not authorized by the American people through their corrupt representatives in Congress.

Explain why the Central States Pension Fund, which has $7.4 billion in assets according to its most recent quarterly financial report, continues to spend more than $2 billion per year more than it is taking in from contributions – without re-adjusting some of the more excessive pay-outs to “the rich” which were computed under corrupt work rules? What is the limit for individual pension accounts, like those placed on FDIC-insured accounts?

Who is listening to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) when he called the bailout a “blank check with no measures to hold mismanaged plans accountable?”

Bottom line…

Nobody is bailing out my retirement IRA and 401(k) investments as the stock market plunges and inflation remains a hidden tax on all products and services. In the name of fairness, let union members deal with their union’s leadership who authorize union-directed or politically-directed investments that cannot possibly sustain growing pension obligations, many of which have been plus-upped under corrupted work rules and wink-wink agreements that violate good actuarial practices.

Why must I pay the bill for unions that support progressive communist causes?

Why must I watch the Biden crime family and the corrupt Democrats squander my money to buy votes and political power?

We are being screwed – and nobody seems to give a tinker’s dam.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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TIME TO CONSIDER 2023 AND BEYOND

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Working through the future…

Most individuals have an innate sense that today will be much the same as yesterday and tomorrow will be much the same as today. They are not concerned with events outside their immediate experience and control. Looking into the future is an exercise in extending the past while allowing for the constancy of change and the possibility of a “Black Swan” unpredictable event. Few ask the follow-up question, “what then?”

So my starting point is to compile a list of issues that affect me, my family, my community, my nation, and the world in general – and adjust on a time horizon. Simplifying issues to matters of natural law and human nature are long-term constants underlying all change. Then comes an effort to streamline issues into elemental components and link them to competing powers.

My list of concerns is in alphabetical order, although I usually consider the issues randomly and use mind-mapping software to illustrate linkages.

  • American unification, national optimism?
  • Black swan events, by definition, are unpredictable, meteor strikes, global volcanic disruption?
  • Corporate power, transnational corporate allegiance, offshoring, the use of slave labor?
  • Criminal justice, federalizing state laws, violent crime, demonizing law enforcement, capital punishment?
  • Dissatisfaction, disunity, national apathy, malaise?
  • Drugs, legal and illegal?
  • Economics, monetary policy, inflation, spending, national debt?
  • Education, quality, funding, revision or cancelation of history by censorship, cancellation, or mythology?
  • Energy policy, energy independence, energy reliability, energy costs, grid vulnerability?
  • Environment, pollution, climate sciences, adaptation?
  • Healthcare, affordability, pandemic prevention, biosafety, insurance?
  • Immigration and national sovereignty?
  • Infrastructure, repair, replacement, build-out?
  • Media credibility, reliability, censorship, and cancellation of opposition voices, malfeasance, disinformation, misinformation?
  • Intermediaries who facilitate transactions and remove systemic friction?
  • Political corruption in government, education, elections, election integrity, politics, corrupt political parties, lack of leadership?
  • Power dynamics and conflicts, class warfare, capitalism vs. socialism, conservatism vs. progressivism, elitism vs. populism?
  • Racial justice, teaching racism, racial division?
  • Religious freedoms, decline of ethics?
  • Self-protection, Second Amendment. Gun control?
  • Sexual politics, sexualizing children?
  • Speculators, who embrace chaos and volatility, produce nothing but profit by an informed gamble on future outcomes?
  • Technology, domestic surveillance, and privacy?
  • Unionization as a vector of destruction, communism, and political corruption?
  • War, military strength, national security, terrorism, vulnerability to bio-warfare, and chemical and radiological agents?
  • Water policy, agribusiness, environmental diversion, catchment, containment, distribution, vulnerability?
  • Welfare systems, poverty, homelessness, affirmative action, redevelopment, urban decay, lack of auditability?
  • World affairs, foreign wars, wealth re-distribution?

Simplification, the basics…

(1)  Most individuals are tribal by nature, trusting or liking similarities and wary of differences that may pose a threat.

(2)  Most individuals first seek membership in the tribe and then elevation in the tribe’s hierarchy.

(3) Hierarchal position is denoted by a power relation over other individuals and control over assets.

(4)  Totemic symbols, which vary from tribe to tribe, are the visible representation of standing, power, and wealth. 

(5)  Assets are always owned or controlled by others, and the quest is to transfer ownership to yourself or your tribe by war, coercion, chicanery, or commerce.

(6)  The struggle between competing interests is a given even if, in polite society, it is not a topic of conversation.

(7)  All things, including individuals, have a price.

Rejiggering the list…

So what are the most critical issues as we move toward the future?

(1)  An honest media to report the facts and conditions as they are without narrative replacing news.

(2)  Reducing political corruption by investigating and prosecuting politicians who violate the system or put their needs above those of the nation first and their constituency second.

(3)  Diminishing the power of monopolistic gatekeepers who present predetermined choices as the illusion of choice.

(4)  Controlling our sovereignty and protecting our American values from dilution by those willing to live off the system rather than contribute to the system while being self-sufficient.

(5)  Prioritizing spending and curbing waste, fraud, abuse, and politically-directed pork projects.

(6)  Overcoming apathy and reestablishing an educational system that reinforces American values, namely, individualism, integrity, self-sufficiency, and self-reliance.

(7)  Limiting the federal government’s powers to those enumerated in the Constitution, which a Fifth Amendment Convention of the States should update.

(8)  Eliminating public employee unions.

Timing and endpoints...

Endpoints are easy to define as semantic word pairs. Trends are relatively easy to observe. However, our present location in the continuum and the timing of events are best left to those with a crystal ball. The other factor other than continual change is entropy, the tendency of a closed system to move from order to disorder over time. 

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Hitting the reset button…

Bad news! There is no reset button, and any reform efforts will take, at the minimum, two decades to achieve results. Our world and nation may not be the same, but the goal is to preserve traditional American values.

Bottom line…

As I have said on many occasions, we are so screwed. And it is up to “We the People,” not our representatives, to change our system and its leadership who purports to represent us.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR -- DECEMBER 7, 1941

Dedicated to all of the military members and support staff who gave their lives to protect the United States of America from our enemies on December 7, 1941, and who stand watch over America in this time of political division and turbulence.

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My Father (24th Infantry “the First to Fight Division,” 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, Battery C; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii -- Saturday, December 6th, 1941) 
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The speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 8, 1941 …

Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleagues delivered a formal reply to a recent American message to the Secretary of State. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.

It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched an attack against Malaya.

Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.

Last night, Japanese forces attacked Guam.

Last night, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.

Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island.

This morning, the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.

As commander in chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.

I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.

Bottom line …

We are living in perilous times, coexisting with enemies, both foreign and domestic, that are threatening American lives. We are faced with a divided nation polarized by corrupt politicians pursuing their own personal and political agendas. We are faced with a corrupt legacy media that presents narrative over the news and partisan propaganda over legitimate analysis.

Our enemies, both foreign and domestic, are using our own Constitution and laws against us.

Our military faces asymmetrical threats – guerilla forces that do not wear uniforms, hide among women and children and think nothing of using medical and religious buildings to shield their nefarious activities. And should we fire back, we are roundly condemned in the media for the loss of “civilian” life and the destruction of “religious” or “medical” institutions. Our leadership is cowed by a malignant mainstream media, and we are burdened by an inept clueless Commander-in-Chief manipulated by a progressive communist democrat acolyte of Barack Obama -- and who appears to want a nuclear Iran.

Our leaders are cowardly and feckless – watching American cities burn and the lives of innocent citizens destroyed – while they order law enforcement to “stand down” as they continue de-funding law enforcement. 

We are approaching a tipping point when we must make a decision. To fight for the America of those who went before us or to become a Marxist paradise like Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela.

My parents – both patriotic democrats – would not recognize our country or the Democrat Party.

Do not dishonor those who died and will die fighting for an America we know and love. Start thinking about what you can do to change the leadership in Washington, your state, and your communities. If we do not, once again, unite against a common enemy, we are doomed.

-- Steve

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“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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AMERICA TODAY: TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY TO HELL

As Georgians trek off to the polls to decide a crucial Senate seat, protected from “white supremacists” by the armed “black communist supremacists,” I am reminded that our nation is traveling fast down the highway to hell…

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Polls are being monitored by a real black supremacist hate group to “protect” against an alleged non-existent white supremacist hate group…

Georgia runoff: New Black Panther Party deploys armed guards to some polling locations

Leaders of the New Black Panther Party announced they would be deploying armed guards to a number of polling places in the Atlanta area to monitor “white supremacist violence” as voters cast their ballots in the Georgia Senate runoff election.

“No one will come and touch, harm, threaten, do anything to any person walking into that voting booth to exercise that right. This is a legal position that we are taking. We are in position so that if anything happens to anyone, we are here to offer you legal representation. We are here to offer you security. And that’s that. And may the best person win,” Khallida Ramla Bastet said at a press conference Monday.

The armed patrols will be conducted at polling locations in Brunswick, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia; and Atlanta between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. and then again between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., according to the group. The intent is not to intimidate voters as they cast their ballots, the group said, maintaining it does not endorse either candidate.

Several organizations, such as the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, consider the New Black Panther Party to be a hate group, accusing its leaders of being racist and anti-Semitic. <Source>

[OCS: Where is the proof that the threat exists and cannot be handled by local authorities? Why is the Democrat Party not condemning the appearance of any armed communist hate group at any polling place? What about those intimidated and “triggered” by armed black men in pseudo-military gear? Why do the Democrats continue to scream voter suppression when voters are asked to identify adequately themselves to maintain election integrity?]

An illegitimate House Committee that violated the constitutional protections of Americans issues criminal referrals… 

Jan. 6 committee to make criminal referrals to Justice Department

The Jan. 6 committee will make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice as the panel wraps up its investigation into the events that led up to the deadly riot.

“We have made decisions on criminal referrals,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the committee, told reporters, saying “we will” on the question of whether referrals will be pursued. He added that consideration of witnesses potentially committing perjury is “part of the discussion,” per CNN.

Though the committee decided to send referrals to the DOJ, it is reportedly still considering whom to refer and on what grounds. <Source>

[OCS: In a Mueller-like one-sided investigation that refused to examine the real issues surrounding the January 6 riot, we are told that we should respect the liar, leaker Bolshevik of Burbank, Adam Schiff, to present the truth to the American public.] 

When will the FBI protect America?

FBI Ramps Up Spending to Fight MAGA Terrorism

The FBI is conducting three times as many domestic terrorism investigations than it was five years ago, with 70 percent of its open cases focused on “civil unrest” and anti-government activity, according to FBI documents and government specialists. The Bureau has also quietly changed the general classification of white supremacy, antisemitism, abortion-, and anti-LGBTQI+-related extremism to “hate crimes” rather than “terrorism.” Since terrorism remains the top national security priority, this has lowered the visibility and resources dedicated to those issues.

The FBI considers all violent acts (and threats of violence) with a political motive to be terrorism, a senior government official explains to Newsweek. But not all acts of extremism are considered terrorism. “If an act is focused on the government, it’s terrorism,” the source says. “But if extremism is focused on private individuals or institutions, it’s considered just a crime or classified as a hate crime.” The source was granted anonymity to speak about classified matters. <Source>

[OCS: I see black terrorism, including murder and mayhem, in the inner cities every day – but yet to have seen “MAGA” terrorism outside the legacy and social media propaganda. I see the progressive communist democrats in a power play while the FBI protects the regime.]

The supreme irony of an FBI graphic…

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Our Vision

Ahead of the threat

[OCS: Why? Ever wonder why so many terrorist cases, like the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping, appear to have FBI fingerprints all over the case? How many confidential informants like Christopher Steele earn megabucks to manufacture false narratives?

Our Mission

Protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States

[OCS: It appears that the FBI is a significant violator of the U.S. Constitution and the protections afforded to American citizens.]

Our Priorities

  • Protect the U.S. from terrorist attack

[OCS: It appears that the FBI is concentrating on domestic politics and promoting the progressive communist democrats rather than protecting us from terrorists crossing our wide-open Southern border.]

  • Protect the U.S. against foreign intelligence, espionage, and cyber operations

[OCS: I would suggest that we have a record number of Chinese communist and communist Russian spies operating in the United States, many in government, our educational institutions, and our corporations. ]

  • Combat significant cyber-criminal activity

[OCS: Remember the Russian hacking of the DNC that was not properly investigated? How about the laptop of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Pakistani infiltration of Democrats in Congress?]

  • Combat public corruption at all levels

[OCS: This is a cosmic joke as it appears that FBI leadership is complicit in public corruption and its subsequent cover-ups.]

  • Protect civil rights

[OCS: Except for the civil rights of conservatives or anyone connected with Republicans.]

  • Combat transnational criminal enterprises

[OCS: Why are so many former FBI agents involved in the security of multi-national organizations, and are they leaking information extrajudicially back to the agency?]

  • Combat significant white-collar crime

[OCS: Define crime outside of politics?]

  • Combat significant violent crime

[OCS: Our nation’s inner cities are awash with violent crime, so where are those RICO investigations of criminal gangs?]

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Bottom line…

In the world of progressive communist democrat politics, words are weapons and often mean the opposite of their common definition. Political promises and lofty words are meaningless. Actions and their consequences are all that matter.

And from what we have seen, the actions of the progressive communist democrats are to destroy America from within, by weakening our moral fiber, imploding our economy, and accepting the infiltration of hostile foreign powers into our government, institutions, education, and corporations.

While our premier intelligence and law enforcement agencies jockey for power and surveil the American public.

We are headed down the road to hell with a corrupt, mentally-defective driver at the wheel of a bus being directed head-on into traffic by the progressive communist democrats. It is time to reform the leadership of all top agencies.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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IS THE ROBERTS' SUPREME COURT A LEGITIMATE FORUM TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES?

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Since the elevation of John Roberts as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Roberts’ fidelity to the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Court’s impartiality above partisan ideological bias, has been challenged.

1. Shelby County v. Holder. The Roberts Court's evisceration of the most important civil-rights legislation passed since Reconstruction was its lowest moment. The impact of the decision to reverse a key part of the Voting Rights Act is anti-democratic, allowing numerous illegal voter-suppression schemes to go into effect, and making it much more difficult to stop them. But what makes Shelby County especially egregious is its threadbare legal reasoning, which can't even be called "constitutional law."

2. NFIB v. Sebelius. This case is generally seen as a liberal triumph because Chief Justice Roberts ultimately decided not to rule Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement unconstitutional. But its Medicaid expansion holding might actually belong at the top of list. In terms of its policy impact, it would be hard to identify a worse decision in the history of the Supreme Court. Thousands of people a year will literally die because Roberts re-wrote the Medicaid expansion of the Affordable Care Act to make it much easier for states to opt out.

3. Connick v. Thompson. This case involved an almost-certainly innocent man who spent 18 years in prison largely because the state illegally suppressed exculpatory evidence. According to a 5–4 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas, however, nobody in the prosecutor's office could be held accountable for this egregious, willful rights violation.

4. AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. In this case, the Court held (in an opinion written by the late Justice Antonin Scalia) that federal law preempted California's limits on forced-arbitration agreements. This decision makes it much harder for consumers to get effective remedies when companies rip them off.

5. Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett. I actually think that this, not Citizens United, is the very worst of the Roberts Court's campaign-finance decisions. The Court struck down an Arizona law that gave matching funds to candidates based on the money raised by their opponents. <Source>

There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that since Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in on Sept. 29, 2005, by Justice John Paul Stevens, he has been a feckless jurist and not the constitutional conservative he was portrayed to be by the media. In fact, he was appointed by George W. Bush and was, in actuality, an establishment “go along to get along” Bushie. 

Now, we are about to find out whether or not the Roberts Court’s fidelity to the text, structure, history, and constitutional hierarchy is real and if the Court is a legitimate forum for Americans to redress their grievances.

The test: Brunson v. Alma S. Adams; et al. (Docket #22-380), a petition for a writ of certiorari filed on October 20, 2022.

Basically, the parties are alleged to have known that there were outstanding allegations of widespread election regularities on January 6th and violated their oath of office when they failed to investigate the matter of electoral irregularities prior to certifying the election and allowing Joe Biden to assume the Presidency.

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QUESTIONS PRESENTED

A serious conflict exists between decisions rendered from this Court and lower appeal courts, along with constitutional provisions and statutes, in deciding whether or not the trial court has jurisdiction to try the merits of this case.

This case uncovers a serious national security breach that is unique and is of first impression, and due to the serious nature of this case it involves the possible removal of a sitting President and Vice President of the United States along with members of the United States Congress, while deeming them unfit from ever holding office under Federal, State, County or local Governments found within the United States of America, and at the same time the trial court also has the authority, to be validated by this Court, to authorize the swearing in of the legal and rightful heirs for President and Vice President of the United States.

In addition there are two doctrines that conflict with each other found in this case affecting every court in this country. These doctrines are known as the doctrine of equitable maxim and the doctrine of the object principle of justice. Equitable maxim created by this court, which the lower court used to dismiss this case, sets in direct violation of the object principle of justice also partially created by this Court and supported by other appeal courts and constitutional provisions.

These conflicts call for the supervisory power of this Court to resolve these conflicts, which has not, but should be, settled by this Court without delay.

PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING

Petitioner Raland J Brunson is an individual representing himself and is a Plaintiff in the trial court.

388 Respondents, in their official capacities, are a party to this action as defendants in the trial court. including select Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, President Biden, Vice President Harris, Michael Pence as former Vice President, and 100 Jane and John Does. 

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This action is against 388 federal officers in their official capacities which include President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, Vice President Kamala Harris, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Michael Richard Pence (“Respondents”). All the Respondents have taken the required Oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and as such they are liable for consequences when they violate the Oath of Office.

Respondents were properly warned and were requested to make an investigation into a highly covert swift and powerful enemy, as stated below, seeking to destroy the Constitution and the United States, purposely thwarted all efforts to investigate this, whereupon this enemy was not checked or investigated, therefore the Respondents adhered to this enemy. Because of Respondents intentional refusal to investigate this enemy, Petitioner Raland J Brunson (“Brunson”) brought this action against Respondents because he was seriously personally damaged and violated by this action of Respondents, and consequently this action unilaterally violated the rights of every citizen of the U.S.A. and perhaps the rights of every person living, and all courts of law.

On January 6, 2021, the 117th Congress held a proceeding and debate in Washington DC (“Proceeding”). Proceeding was for the purpose of counting votes under the 2020 Presidential election for the President and Vice President of the United States under Amendment XII. During this Proceeding over 100 members of U.S. Congress claimed factual evidence that the said election was rigged. The refusal of the Respondents to investigate this congressional claim (the enemy) is an act of treason and fraud by Respondents. A successfully rigged election has the same end result as an act of war; to place into power whom the victor wants, which in this case is Biden, who, if not stopped immediately, will continue to destroy the fundamental freedoms of Brunson and all U.S. Citizens and courts of law.

Due to the fact that this case represents a national security breach on a unprecedented level like never before seen seriously damaging and violating Brunson and coincidently effects every citizen of the U.S.A. and courts of law. Therefore, Brunson moves this court to grant this petition, or in the alternative without continuing further, order the trial court to grant Brunson’s complaint in its fullest. Brunson’s complaint is the mechanism that can immediately remove the Respondents from office without leaving this country vulnerable without a President and Vice President.

<Source: Supreme Court Docket Petition>

What does it all mean?

That knowing of alleged interference with the electoral process, those named in the petition had a constitutionally-mandated duty required by their Oath of Office to investigate the allegations as a matter of national security.

Bottom line…

Will the Roberts’ Court blow off the issue when its decision is distributed for Court Conference, ironically, on January 6, 2023? The Conference will decide, by vote, if the case will be heard before the Court.  

Five minutes before conference time, 9:30 or 10 a.m., the Justices are summoned. They exchange ritual handshakes and settle down at the long table. The Chief sits at the east end; the other Justices sit at places they have chosen in order of their seniority. Before each Justice is a copy of the day’s agenda. Each decides when he or she should refrain from taking any part in a case.

The Chief Justice opens the discussion, summarizing each case. The senior Associate Justice speaks next, and comment passes down the line. To be accepted for review, a case needs only four votes, fewer than the majority required for a decision on the case itself. Counsel for the litigants are directed to submit their printed briefs so that each Justice has a set several weeks before argument.

All conference decisions are published. The disagreements among the Justices are fully exposed to the public in the written opinions, and on occasion the language of dissent becomes vehement. <Source>

Is the Court willing to issue an opinion and risk removing sitting officials from office? 

Does the Oath of Office mean anything?

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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TWITTER REVELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT ELECTION INTERFERENCE -- SO WHAT?

Twitter

It appears that both the legacy media and social media pundits are scrutinizing the latest document dump from Twitter, courtesy of Elon Musk.

My response” BFD!

(1)  Everyone knew that the Democrats were engaged in a mass disinformation campaign and a subsequent, ongoing cover-up of their criminal violations of federal and state laws. Information was falsified, censored, or deleted at the direction of both public and private parties.

(2)  Nobody will be held accountable for the largest election fraud in the nations history and the ascension of an incompetent, corrupt, and mentally-challenged partisan hack to the Presidency of the United States along with another incompetent, incoherent fool as Vice President. BTW: Anyone heard from Special Counsel John Durham?

(3)  There is no constitutional provision for nullifying an election and implementing a do-over. The sole opportunity to challenge the election came on January 6th, 2021, using challenges to competing elector slates and the certification of the electoral results. However, this was preempted and quashed by a Democrat-staged false flag operation that halted any meaningful electoral challenge.

(4)  There is no guarantee the feckless Republicans will want to relitigate any of these issues. As for the disgraced and illegitimate House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, they are out of business as of January 3, 2023.

Bottom line…

Focus on what you can control in your own life. Do not waste time, effort, and money tilting at windmills.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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ANYTHING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION: HOW THE MEDIA DISTORTS SCIENCE

The priorities of those employed by corporatized media are: to grow, or at least maintain the audience, successfully convert that audience into a profitable revenue stream, and, lastly, to satisfy the editors who enforce the house rules and agenda. Thus we find the need for immediacy, sensationalization, and fearmongering to rise above the noise of competing information sources.

Unfortunately, when it comes to science-based issues, they are often distorted, sometimes beyond recognition, because they usually arise from promotional press releases from the institution sponsoring the research – and with headlines chosen for clickbait rather than cautionary accuracy. 

Always consider the source of the research, the sample size of the participants, and read the actual paper if you are interested… 

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Next Covid-19 Strain May be More Dangerous, Lab Study Shows

(Bloomberg) -- A South African laboratory study using Covid-19 samples from an immunosuppressed individual over six months showed that the virus evolved to become more pathogenic, indicating that a new variant could cause more illness than the current predominant omicron strain.

The study, conducted by the same laboratory that was to first test the omicron strain against vaccines last year, used samples from a person infected with HIV. Over the six months the virus initially caused the same level of cell fusion and death as the omicron BA.1 strain, but as it evolved those levels rose to become similar to the first version of Covid-19 identified in Wuhan in China.

The study, led by Alex Sigal at the Africa Health Research Institute in the South African city of Durban, indicates that the Covid-19 pathogen could continue to mutate and a new variant may cause more severe illness and death than the relatively mild omicron strain. The study is yet to be peer reviewed and is based solely on laboratory work on samples from one individual.

Sigal and other scientists have previously postulated that variants such as beta and omicron -- both initially identified in southern Africa -- may have evolved in immunosuppressed people such as those infected with HIV. The long time it takes for these individuals to shake off the disease allows it to mutate and become better at evading antibodies, they have said.

The study “may indicate that SARS-CoV-2 evolution in long-term infection does not have to result in attenuation,” the researchers said in their findings, which were released on Nov. 24. “It may indicate that a future variant could be more pathogenic than currently circulating Omicron strains.” <Source>

[OCS: It is currently known and given fact that viruses naturally mutate over time and that such mutations may result in increased pathogenicity. Nothing new here. For those wishing to read the actual paper, “SARS-CoV-2 evolves increased infection elicited cell death and fusion in an immunosuppressed individual. “it can be found here. While it is generally believed that viruses weaken over time to preserve their survivability in a selected host, it is not necessarily a given.]

Abstract

The milder clinical manifestations of Omicron infection relative to pre-Omicron SARSCoV- 2 raises the possibility that extensive evolution results in reduced pathogenicity. To test this hypothesis, we quantified induction of cell fusion and cell death in SARSCoV- 2 evolved from ancestral virus during long-term infection. Both cell fusion and death were reduced in Omicron BA.1 infection relative to ancestral virus. Evolved virus was isolated at different times during a 6-month infection in an immunosuppressed individual with advanced HIV disease. The virus isolated 16 days post-reported symptom onset induced fusogenicity and cell death at levels similar to BA.1. However, fusogenicity was increased in virus isolated at 6 months post-symptoms to levels intermediate between BA.1 and ancestral SARS-CoV-2. Similarly, infected cell death showed a graded increase from earlier to later isolates. These results may indicate that, at least by the cellular measures used here, evolution in long-term infection does not necessarily attenuate the virus.  <Source: SARS-CoV-2 evolves increased infection elicited cell death and fusion in an immunosuppressed individual>

For reference…

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Mechanisms of viral mutation

Abstract

The remarkable capacity of some viruses to adapt to new hosts and environments is highly dependent on their ability to generate de novo diversity in a short period of time. Rates of spontaneous mutation vary amply among viruses. RNA viruses mutate faster than DNA viruses, single-stranded viruses mutate faster than double-strand virus, and genome size appears to correlate negatively with mutation rate. Viral mutation rates are modulated at different levels, including polymerase fidelity, sequence context, template secondary structure, cellular microenvironment, replication mechanisms, proofreading, and access to post-replicative repair. Additionally, massive numbers of mutations can be introduced by some virus-encoded diversity-generating elements, as well as by host-encoded cytidine/adenine deaminases. Our current knowledge of viral mutation rates indicates that viral genetic diversity is determined by multiple virus- and host-dependent processes, and that viral mutation rates can evolve in response to specific selective pressures. <Source: PMID: 27392606; PMCID: PMC5075021: DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2299-6

Bottom line…

CRAP-SHOOT

Before you allow speculative reporting to affect you, remember it’s a scientific crap shoot.

Yes, the pathogenicity of a virus can become weaker, more potent, or remain the same. There are too many confounding variables to speak with certainty, especially after examining one source.

We are so screwed when a narrative replaces news.

-- Steve

“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS

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