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THE CURIOUS CASE OF SECRETARY ANTHONY BLINKEN

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Why is Soros-connected Marxist, Anthony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, promoting Iran, a state sponsor of terror, and the Islamicists attacking Israel—and now the United States with professionally-organized college protests?

Why is the Biden Department of State and Department of Justice slow-walking the investigation of  US special envoy on Iran, Robert Malley, who was placed on leave without pay after his security clearance was suspended earlier this year amid an investigation into his handling of classified material?

High-Level Iranian Spy Ring Busted in Washington

The Biden administration’s now-suspended Iran envoy Robert Malley helped to fund, support, and direct an Iranian intelligence operation designed to influence the United States and allied governments, according to a trove of purloined Iranian government emails. The emails, which were reported on by veteran Wall Street Journal correspondent Jay Solomon, writing in Semafor, and by Iran International, the London-based émigré opposition outlet which is the most widely read independent news source inside Iran, were published last week after being extensively verified over a period of several months by the two outlets. They showed that Malley had helped to infiltrate an Iranian agent of influence named Ariane Tabatabai into some of the most sensitive positions in the U.S. government—first at the State Department and now the Pentagon, where she has been serving as chief of staff for the assistant secretary of defense for special operations, Christopher Maier.

On Thursday, Maier told a congressional committee that the Defense Department is “actively looking into whether all law and policy was properly followed in granting my chief of staff top secret special compartmented information.”

The emails, which were exchanged over a period of several years between Iranian regime diplomats and analysts, show that Tabatabai was part of a regime propaganda unit set up in 2014 by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. The Iran Experts Initiative (IEI) tasked operatives drawn from Iranian diaspora communities to promote Iranian interests during the clerical regime’s negotiations with the United States over its nuclear weapons program. Though several of the IEI operatives and others named in the emails have sought to portray themselves on social media as having engaged with the regime in their capacity as academic experts, or in order to promote better understanding between the United States and Iran, none has questioned the veracity of the emails.

In response to a Tablet email requesting comment on Malley’s and Tabatabai’s role in an Iranian spy ring, a State Department spokesman wrote: “We have seen the Semafor article, which does not presume it was a ‘spy ring,’ and we reject that characterization. Rob Malley remains on leave and we have no further comment due to privacy considerations. <Source>

Why is Blinken attempting to stop the candidacy of Donald Trump by re-working the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax into the China, China, China hoax?

After Trump scuttled the dangerous Iran nuclear deal, Blinken approved the reopening of nuclear talks with Iran and entrusted them to Malley, who serves as the U.S. special envoy to Iran.

Could it be because if Trump is elected, the new leadership of the Department of State, Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and the CIA will be forced to investigate those government officials who were, in fact and deed, unregistered foreign agents? Some of whom could be considered traitors to America while America was under attack from its Islamic enemies.

Could it be because Blinken, with ties to Soros and his childhood friend Robert Malley, could be charged with espionage?

Bottom line?

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


UAW SHOWS ITS COMMUNIST COLORS

There was a time when there was something to be said for trade unions. Not anymore, especially those in support of the progressive communist democrats who are welcoming low-paid illegal alien labor while destroying American businesses with their outrageous demands.

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Now the unions are supporting terrorists who murder, mutilate, and rape innocent civilians, and burn babies alive, while condemning those who stand between these barbarians and Western civilization.

UAW chief slams mass arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain lambasted the mass arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country, while emphasizing the union’s call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

“The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice,” Fain wrote Wednesday on the social platform X. “Our union has been calling for a ceasefire for six months. This war is wrong, and this response against students and academic workers, many of them UAW members, is wrong.”

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[OCS:  Fain has made no secret of his activism. Rather than focusing on workplace safety, salary, and healthcare benefits for his union’s members, Fain is choosing to engage in “social justice” politics that appears to be designed to cement the far-left union to the progressive communist democrats.

Disclaimer: I am no fan of a union that promotes seniority over competence and merit, demands an increase in pay and benefits without a corresponding increase in productivity or lower costs, and essentially is a parasite on the host organization it will eventually kill with its politics.]

Hundreds of students and faculty members have been arrested over the past two weeks as pro-Palestinian protests roil college campuses nationwide. Demonstrators have taken to university yards and streets and started encampments to protest Israel’s wartime campaign in Gaza and call for a halt in U.S. aid to Israel. <Source>


The UAW represents student workers under its local 4811, which encompasses 48,000 academic student employees, graduate student researchers, academic researchers, and postdocs in the University of California system.

[OCS: Allowing unions to increase their representation and power in public institutions is a clear and present danger to our nation as it veers toward thuggery-enforced communism and the political corruption crippling our nation.]

Bottom line…

When hard-working rank-and-file workers allow the UAW leadership to support the murderous Hamas terrorists, Genocide Joe Biden, and his genocidal administration, you know you’re on the road to the type of communism that destroys nations and populations,

We don’t have much time left to start turning the ship of state away from the treacherous shoals of communism.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

College-fools

 


“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


PAY UP OR GO AWAY

As you may know, I am not a big fan of unilateral “Hobson’s Choice” contracts that are “take it or leave it” rip-offs…

Here is the latest example of a major financial institution grabbing a chunk of money that should flow to the injured customer, especially since there is little or no cost to participate in securities-related class action lawsuits. And in many cases, the same financial institutions impose individual arbitration requirements to prevent class actions directed at them.

Vanguard’s reputation as the lowest-fee investment vehicle appears to be eroded by junk arbitrary fees. 

XA3HS

Notice of updated commission and fee schedules and account agreement for Vanguard Brokerage Services

Dear Vanguard Brokerage Client,

We want to make you aware that we have updated the Vanguard Brokerage Account Agreement and associated commission and fee schedules. These updates include changes to our Digital Interaction Expectations, new Class Action Service Terms, and Vanguard Brokerage’s ability to close accounts, including low balance accounts with no activity.

Effective July 1, 2024, the following commission schedule changes will take effect:

  • Broker-assisted commission: A $25 broker-assisted commission will be charged for each Vanguard mutual fund1 and Vanguard ETF® (exchange-traded fund) trade placed over the phone and for closing transactions placed by Vanguard Brokerage Services® to cover a margin call or satisfy an outstanding debt owed in your brokerage account.* This broker-assisted commission is consistent with our existing policy on trading stocks and other products.
  • Certificate deposit fee: A $100 processing fee (per CUSIP) will be charged for the deposit of physical share certificates into your brokerage account.
  • Class action service fee: With the introduction of this new service in which Vanguard Brokerage will facilitate filing claims on behalf of clients in an attempt to recover class action settlement funds, a fee of 20% will be deducted from these recovered funds prior to their deposit into your brokerage account. See the Notice of Amendment to the Vanguard Brokerage Account Agreement (“Account Agreement Amendment”) for details on the service.
  • Foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) dividends fee: A fee of 1% on the gross dividend amount will be charged when a dividend is paid on a foreign or ADR asset held in U.S. dollars.
  • Restricted security legend removal fee: A $250 processing fee may be charged for research and removal of a restriction on a security held in your brokerage account.
  • Account closure and transfer fee: A $100 processing fee may be charged for account closure or transfer of account assets to another firm.**

Effective June 1, 2024, the following commission schedule change will take effect:

  • The tax filing fee for master limited partnerships (MLPs) held in an IRA will change from $300 to $500 per account.

You can obtain an updated copy of the Vanguard Brokerage Services commission and fee schedules here and read more about these important account agreement updates in the Account Agreement Amendment.

Please note that the updates discussed in this communication apply to all your accounts maintained with Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Thank you for belonging to the Vanguard community of investors.

Bottom line…

The largest institutions grab your money on the way in, while it is in their custody with fees, and use your funds to impose their politics and social engineering demands on corporations, even if they are counterproductive. Then, on the way out, they charge you for leaving.

And while I am ranting, why do they base their reputation on past results and then loudly warn you, “Past performance is no guarantee of future results.” Why not say our advertising is misleading, and your investment is still a crap shoot.

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


DOMESTIC TERRORISTS TAKE OVER UCLA

This is what an insurrection looks like... January 6 comes to Los Angeles!  

The entire area in front of Royce Hall is totally under the control of the insurrectionists, with no officials present.

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Will anybody be prosecuted under the current regime of Los Angeles Bolsheviks?

How did the police let them bring in 4' x 8' sheets of plywood, hundreds of pallets?

Where are the National Guard and the Governor, as this is a state school?


“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


MAY DAY 2024: THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NOT JUST ARRIVED, THEY ARE GOVERNING

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think that communism would not only be an acceptable topic of discussion outside of college campuses but seeing communists openly welcomed into the White House and appointed to positions of power?

Nor did I ever consider that the center-left Democrat Party, with an overwhelming number of patriotic veterans, would be taken over by radical hardcore communists and tilt hard-left.

Neither did I believe that I would see the members of the mainstream media bow down to their corporate leadership and openly lie about factual matters – in essence, becoming the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party.

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -- George Orwell

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In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labor Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labor movement, primarily the achievement of an 8-hour workday. However, today, May Day is associated with a celebration of Marxism, Communism, and despotic totalitarian governments and their sycophants.

Look around you...

Democrats, many of whom are either apathetic fools or useful idiots, are the very people who, by their sheer numbers, are destroying our healthcare, education, judicial, retirement, and cultural infrastructure. While some may prove to be somewhat law-abiding, hard-working individuals, they are still willing to provide aid and comfort to an ideological enemy that threatens to enslave them, if not consume them outright.

Politicians are running scared...

The pandering politicians who are standing alongside Marxists and Communists no longer fear the voting public primarily because the public has proven in the past that they are mostly incapable of translating public sentiment into political action, except under the most extraordinary or dire circumstances.

This leaves the politicians to pander to organized labor, special interests, and foreign sovereign sponsors that seem willing to cut quid-pro-quo deals to instruct their voting members, perhaps under the duress of being canceled, to vote for a particular candidate or measure.

Union thuggery was replaced by Antifa, Black Lives Matter, Queers for Palestine, and the Intifada Squad…

Union goons have always existed to enforce the will of the sometimes corrupt union leaders. They care about maintaining and expanding their “dues” income stream without regard for the legitimate concerns of their members. With unions, it is all about money and politics—and, for the union leaders, the opportunity to live large like the corporate executives they so disdain.

Now, millions of corporate dollars are flowing to activist organizations and their mostly anonymous leadership in a time-honored protection racket.

Today, the union goons are supplemented by a paid and unpaid cadre of community activists, organizers, and professional agitators who whip the crowd into a frenzy, commit provocative acts, and then fade into the background lest they are identified, investigated and prosecuted.

Bottom line …

The biggest questions of the day are:

Can we stem the tide of communism that threatens to wash over our nation and destroy hundreds of years of hard-won freedom?

Will we have a viable political system and economy after the Democrats exploited the pandemic to fundamentally transform our nation into a vision more consistent with that of the first communist U.S. president, Barack Obama? And carried to a “third-term” presidency by the Obamacons behind a senile President Biden?

With all of the revelations of the criminality of the Obama/Biden Administration that has been exposed – including the first silent coup d'état against our nation’s leadership by the Democrat Party—will the mainstream media ever regain its credibility and honestly report the news?

And, today on May Day, will we recognize the thuggery of the communist-infiltrated unions which are slowly bankrupting our nation with corrupt pension programs and turning government workers into a self-sustaining political force that is fast reaching the critical mass when they can elect their own politicians? Or recognize the malignant Marxist origins and ideologies of those who represent today’s laborers.

There is no doubt that we are majorly screwed by the Democrat Party and all of its octopus-like appendages, including the media moguls, tech tyrants, Marxist foundations, and their shock troops like Antifa, Black Lives Matter, Queers for Palestine, and other radical groups.

TODAY IS NOT ABOUT CELEBRATING LABOR; IT IS ABOUT CELEBRATING MARXISM AND COMMUNISM. WILL THE UNION RAND-AND-FILE CATCH ON IN TIME TO ELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HOLD THE COUNTRY BACK FROM THE BRINK OF COMMUNISM?

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


IN WHAT AMERICA DO WE SUPPORT BONA FIDE TERRORISTS OVER THEIR VICTIMS?

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Don’t be fooled; the progressive communist democrats in the Obama/Biden Administration will arrange to grant amnesty for these domestic terrorists on campus.

Large numbers of NYC police officers begin entering Columbia University campus

Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.

Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month.

Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people. The students had been protesting on the Manhattan campus since the previous day, opposing Israeli military action in Gaza and demanding the school divest from companies they claim are profiting from the conflict. <Source>

Those inside Hamilton Hall will be charged with third-degree burglary, criminal mischief and trespassing, an NYPD official said at a news conference this evening before officers arrived on campus.

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said that “what we saw last night and into today is not acceptable.”

We have seen professional, external actors getting involved in these protests, including the occupation of a university building,” he said.

Those in the encampments, not in the hall, could be charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, police said. <Source>

Watch these miscreants get “ticketed and released.” It is unlikely that those who occupied Columbia’s Hamilton Hall will be treated like domestic terrorists, which they are by any definition you choose, not simply wayward student protesters. Will the government isolate, identify, and prosecute the trained agitators and the funders of this terrorist behavior? 

Amnesty, my ass! At the very least, students should be expelled and outsiders jailed. And let us not forget about the professors who should lose tenure and jobs along with the supportive administrators who should also lose their jobs.

The colleges should pay for the police response and all damages from their endowments and discretionary funds.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, in this topsy-turvy world, that the progressive communist democrats who prioritize the rights of criminals over those of their victims would condone this radical anti-Semitic behavior.

White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees

The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.

In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents.

[OCS: This is absolute insanity! To consider granting entry to Palestinian Arabs who practice a religion that does not respect human rights and demands you submit or die is clearly not in the best interests of the United States. Considering a population which elected bona fide terrorists to govern them and of which 70% agree with the genocide of Israel is absolutely fucking insane. Not to mention those who have relatives in the United States who may already be on the march to support Hamas. Moreover, I can envision a chain migration scenario as even more relatives qualify for admission.]  

One of those proposals involves using the decades-old United States Refugee Admissions Program to welcome Palestinians with U.S. ties who have managed to escape Gaza and enter neighboring Egypt, according to the inter-agency planning documents.

Top U.S. officials have also discussed getting additional Palestinians out of Gaza and processing them as refugees if they have American relatives, the documents show. The plans would require coordination with Egypt, which has so far refused to welcome large numbers of people from Gaza.

[OCS: Egypt hates Palestinian Arabs and refuses their admission in any numbers. Likewise, Jordan and other Arab nations know about the Palestinian-Arab proclivity for violent jihad. Taking Egypt's Palestinian Arab refugees is a gift to Egypt!]

Those who pass a series of eligibility, medical, and security screenings would qualify to fly to the U.S. with refugee status, which offers beneficiaries permanent residency, resettlement benefits like housing assistance, and a path to American citizenship.

[OCS: One need only look at Muslims in England, France, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe to see enclaves that refuse to assimilate and which form alternative mini-states where even the police, not to mention decent, law-abiding citizens, fear to go.

It would be like empowering Mexican cartels to take over local governments.

Already, we find such anti-Semitic representation in Congress with Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who are apt to represent terrorists and Islamists over their American constituency.]

While the eligible population is expected to be relatively small, the plans being discussed by U.S. officials could offer a lifeline to some Palestinians fleeing the Israel-Hamas war, which local public health authorities say has claimed the lives of more than 34,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza.

[OCS:  Notice how the government and the media blindly accept Hamas propaganda when they cite 34,000 deaths?

How many were Hamas fighters and support personnel? How many civilian shields were used to protect Hamas terrorists?

This is how it starts, with a drip-drop of refugees until it becomes a raging river with political power over law-abiding American citizens.]

The proposals to resettle certain Palestinians as refugees would mark a shift in longstanding U.S. government policy and practice. Since its inception in 1980, the U.S. refugee program has not resettled Palestinians in large numbers. <Source>

[OCS: There is no statutory authority for this perversion of our immigration laws, and it has not been approved by Congress--much like Biden flying aliens into the United States directly from foreign countries--all done by executive fiat without Congressional approval.

Am I Islamophobic? You bet! I am against anything whose core tenets demand opposition to Western civilization and target non-Muslims as enemies of their theocratic state.]

Bottom line…

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This is an insurrection!

Why is the Obama/Biden Administration not demanding the unconditional surrender of Hamas and the release of all hostages, including American citizens? Why is the U.S. government urging Israel to negotiate with terrorists for only 33 hostages out of the remaining 133—could it be because the others are dead or unacceptably maimed and abused?

Why is our government making Israel responsible for Gaza and ignoring Iran, the locus of evil? Why are we not using Iranian funds to support Israel?

If you haven’t noticed, most of the outsiders involved in the campus riots are the radical left’s shock troops, including Antifa, Black Lives Matter, Queers for Palestine, and others who are likely to disrupt the upcoming 2024 political conventions to distract from the abysmal State of the State in Biden’s America.

Once again, the progressive communist democrats have proven that they cannot be trusted with the safety and security of America and Americans—especially the anti-America, anti-capitalist, anti-Semites in the Obama/Biden Administration.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

VOTE-FOR


“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


THEY ARE CRAZY

What more can I say?

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Jb-fm-- 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


SCHIFF FOR SENATE: BUY THE EMPEROR NEW CLOTHES

Once again, the despicable, detestable Adam Schiff is in the news as he receives a traditional welcome to San Francisco and is robbed…

Thieves snatch Rep. Adam Schiff’s luggage in S.F. He gives dinner speech without a suit

Hello to the city, goodbye to your luggage. That was U.S. Senate candidate Adam Schiff’s rude introduction to San Francisco’s vexing reputation for car burglaries Thursday when thieves swiped the bags from his car while it sat in a downtown parking garage.

The heist meant the Democratic congressman got stuck at a fancy dinner party in his shirt sleeves and a hiking vest while everyone else sat in suits. Not quite the look the man from Burbank was aiming for as he rose to thank powerhouse attorney Joe Cotchett for his support in his bid to replace the late Dianne Feinstein.

“I guess it’s ‘Welcome to San Francisco,’ ” Cotchett’s press agent Lee Houskeeper, who was at the dinner, remarked dryly.

Schiff’s car had been parked in the garage while he visited the area for a couple of days of appearances, which included a jaunt south to Burlingame for the dinner at Ristorante Rocca.

Car burglaries in the city have gained a national reputation as a scourge in recent years, and though they apparently are declining, the image is tough to shake. Crime statistics this week showed larceny — the type of theft that includes auto burglaries — plunged by 35% in the first quarter of 2024.

The congressman told Houskeeper he’d been warned to not leave anything in the car, but apparently he was in a hurry and didn’t want to be late, the press agent said. <Source>

Please help Adam buy another suit to mingle with millionaires…

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Stephen — Take a look at this sad sight as I was forced to beg for money wearing ordinary clothes: 

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We're so close to reaching our end–of-month fundraising goal to purchase campaign clothes so I continue to fight Donald Trump— but it’s only possible if we don’t lose momentum!

We only have a few days left to reach our benchmark number for April, we’re currently falling behind. Since it’s the weekend, I’m worried we won’t receive the donations we need to meet our goal.

If everyone who sees this post-it donates $10 (or maybe a little more, or a little less), I’m positive we’ll reach our goal by Tuesday.

So what do you say? Will you contribute $10 before Tuesday to help me reach my end-of-month fundraising deadline and send me to the U.S. Senate?

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately

As-dYour support means the world to me, and the fact that we're close to our goal before our deadline is truly incredible. I owe it all to this amazing grassroots team.

Thank you.

– Adam

I wonder if he accepts California's new dollar?

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Adam Schiff's real message to Californians...

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And he only PRETENDS to live in the district...  

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Bottom line...

Like all progressive communist democrats, Schiff cannot be trusted with the safety and security of the United States.

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We are so screwed if Schiff makes it to the Senate.

-- 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


ANOTHER PESEUDO SCIENTIFIC STUDY FROM THE UCLA LAW SCHOOL

Once again, progressive communist democrats warp pseudo-science to advance their perverted agenda.

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Unbelievable bullshit...

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Executive Summary

Climate change represents a global challenge, but it also exacerbates existing disparities among individuals and communities. LGBT people face discrimination and exclusion, creating unique vulnerabilities that compound and heighten their exposure to climate-related harms. This report provides some of the first empirical documentation as to how LGBT people differentially experience the negative effects of climate change compared to non-LGBT people.

Using U.S. Census data and climate risk assessment data from NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), we conducted a geographic analysis to assess the climate risk impacting same-sex couples.

Key Findings

  • LGBT people in same-sex couples are at greater risk of exposure to the negative effects of climate change compared to straight couples. 

    [OCS: Commonsense informs us that neighbors, one gay couple and one straight couple, face exactly the same climate risks.]

  • LGBT people in same-sex couples are disproportionately located in coastal areas and cities. Among the 15 counties with the highest proportions of same-sex couples, all are coastal or urban.

    [OCS: Gays choose to live in areas where other gays live and support their particular lifestyle.]

  • In the United States, same-sex couples disproportionately live in counties with greater risks due to climate change.

    [OCS: I doubt that gays are affected by climate change, which occurs over geologic time periods. However, they are affected by the weather and natural disasters, which affect everybody. If there is a discriminating factor, it is assets and income, not sex, weather, or climate.

  • A 1 percentage point increase in the proportion of same-sex couples by county is associated with a 17.17 percentile increase in the NASA composite risk score, which focuses on meteorological changes such as extreme cold, heat waves, excessive precipitation, and dry conditions.

    [OCS: Don’t like the risks associated with your location; move your sorry ass to a more favored area.]

  • A 1 percentage point increase in the proportion of same-sex couples by county is associated with a 6.13 percentile increase in the FEMA risk projection score, which focuses on natural hazards and disasters such as flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, hail, and lightning.

  • Same-sex couples are more likely to reside in communities with poorer infrastructure and less access to resources. They are, therefore, less prepared to respond and adapt to natural hazards and other climate disruptions.

  • A 1 percentage point increase in the county-level proportion of same-sex couples relative to opposite-sex couples is associated with a 15.27 percentile increase in the NASA exposure risk projections.

  • This indicates that LGBT people in same-sex couples are more likely to be located in places with large impervious surface areas, high housing density, and low-lying infrastructure.

  • Washington, D.C., a county equivalent, has the highest proportion of same-sex couples of any county in the United States. It scores high for a variety of climate risks, including heat waves (97th percentile), flooding (95th percentile), and dangerously strong winds (98th percentile).

    [OCS: Washington is literally built on a swamp and is subject to East Coast weather patterns. As for the percentage of alphabet people in the population, this does not bode well for the general population given the disproportionate number of gays in the government as measured against the general population.]

Recommendations

Given the disproportionate impact of climate change on LGBT populations and the degree to which LGBT populations face additional disparities in housing, health care, income, and access to food, climate change action plans at federal, state, and local levels, including disaster preparedness, response, and recovery plans, must be inclusive and address the specific needs and vulnerabilities facing LGBT people.

  • Policymakers and service providers must ensure that disaster relief is accessible and administered without discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, including safe shelters, access to medication such as HIV treatment, and financial support for displaced LGBT individuals and families.

    [OCS: I have never seen sex-based discrimination in any disaster relief effort administered by local, state, or federal agencies. From what I have seen, people are treated uniformly—like crap.]

  • Given that LGBT populations are more likely to live in areas with poor infrastructure, worse-built environments, and fewer resources to respond to climate change, development plans, and zoning policies, particularly in urban areas, should prioritize expanding green space and enhancing structural resilience. Policies that mitigate discriminatory housing practices and provide economic relief to LGBT people will bolster the resilience of these communities to climate events.

    [OCS: Where individuals choose to live is based on a combination of factors, and most are free to relocate. That gays decide to congregate in a desert area like Palm Springs, California, which may be at a higher risk of earthquake damage or the effects of drought, is a matter of individual choice and should not be a subject of public policy. As for enhancing structural resilience, this should be the goal of every community, gay or not. As for expanding green space in desert areas like Palm Springs, this is a non-starter without altering idiotic progressive communist democrat environmental policies which prioritize the needs of fish and rodents over the needs of humans and involve flushing billions of gallons of potable water into the ocean rather than improving agriculture or supporting populations artificially impacted by increasing numbers of illegal alien invaders.]

  • Future research should examine how disparities across housing, employment, and healthcare among LGBT people, particularly transgender individuals and LGBT people of color, compound the geographic vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change.

    [OCS: This is a plea for research funds based on a nonsensical proposition.]

  • Federal and state surveys, including the U.S. Census, should include measures of sexual orientation and gender identity to increase the scope and granularity of information available on LGBT people, including assessments of climate risk.

    [OCS: There is no legitimate way to assess climate risk or determine optimum temperatures for a given locality. As for gathering Census data, it is time to demand the measurement of illegal aliens in the United States and their impact on resources.]

  • NASA and FEMA risk assessments, as well as other measures of climate risk, should include LGBT people among social groups with elevated vulnerability to climate change when assigning social vulnerability scores.

    [OCS: NASA should remain dedicated to its primary mission of space exploration and stay out of intersectional politics. Social vulnerability scores are a crock of crap as they are used only to further the progressive communist democrat agenda by segmenting and stratifying individuals by sex, gender, and other characteristics, which are meaningless unless you are engaging in a political power play.]

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The authors appear to be joining the ranks of those who see an opportunity to exploit climate change to advance their personal and professional agendas. I would have preferred a paper on the lawyers who pervert the law to gain carve-out privileges for developers who obtain exemptions to build in known disaster areas. 

Bottom line...

This is the type of bullshit pseudo-science generated by progressive communist democrat academics to justify public policies based on the bogus theory of intersectionality and disparate income. 

If one wants to play around with risk statistics, let them use actuarial risk calculations based on historical events and adjusted for trend probabilities. As for impacts, let us acknowledge that government-induced inflation has significantly increased repair and replacement costs and imposes restrictions on insurance for those who continue to rebuild dwellings in known disaster areas. Building highrise buildings in seismically active areas, homes along crumbling cliffs, flooding rivers, or dense fire-prone forests is nonsensical. Especially when the progressive communist democrat environmentalists refuse to allow prudent, scientific forest management.

Perhaps, if UCLA Law School concentrated on turning out ethical graduates instead of political activists and bullshit reports, the nation would be better served by its graduates.

We are so screwed. 

-- Steve


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