Lavrentiy Beria…ahead of his time!

2022 August 17
by justrand

Lavrentiy Beria was a “Renaissance Man”…just not in a good way.

But now his tactics, once despised in America, are the hallmark of the Democrat/Leftist/media cabal.

Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s ruthless head of the Soviet secret police, famously said, “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” He meant that a crime can be trumped up and pinned on anybody. No crime was necessary; simply tell him who needs to be eliminated, and Beria’s secret police would charge him with something, thus eliminating all opposition.

With the help of Big Tech, Beria’s dream of a fully terrified (and thus COMPLIANT populace) is coming true.

Beria’s Amerika

Welcome to Hut 1369, Comrades!

62 Responses leave one →
  1. 2022 August 17 7:18 am
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    justrand permalink

    I just thought we needed a new thread 🙂

  2. 2022 August 17 9:23 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    Seems to fit here — https://theinfowar.tv/watch?id=62fc6eaded65ac7dcb1b389f — Veritas readout.

  3. 2022 August 17 10:57 am
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    justrand permalink

    Joe “Brandon” Biden is NOT Adolph Hitler, he’s Paul von Hindenburg.

    In January, 1933, Hindenburg was 84 years old, and in command of approximately the same number of his faculties as Joe Biden is today: ZERO. Pudding cups hadn’t been invented yet, so it’s unclear what Hindenburg’s reward was when he proposed Hitler as Chancellor on January 30, 1933.

    Two weeks later Hitler convinced Hindenburg to dissolve the Reichstag, giving the Nazis sufficient power to pass the Enabling Act…allowing the new government power to rule by decree (sound familiar?). Under the Enabling Act the Chancellor could pass laws by decree that could not be cancelled by a vote in the Reichstag. Hindenburg agreed to this “request”.

    “Coincidentally” two weeks after that, on February 27, 1933, “someone” set fire to the Reichstag.

    Hindenburg, at Hitler’s urging, signed into law the Reichstag Fire Decree, which suspended all civil liberties in Germany.
    Hindenburg had no idea what century it was at that point, let alone what day it was or what he was doing…just like Joe Biden.

    Biden isn’t Hitler…he’s Hindenburg. Hindenburg was a puppet, and we know Hitler was pulling his strings. Who Biden’s true puppet-master is remains to be seen. But everything is progressing today pretty much as it did in 1933.

  4. 2022 August 17 11:27 am
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    mpt permalink

    From NorCalJim’s posting in the previous thread…

    …the basic claim that systemic effects from mRNA innoculant injection would be minor and transitory.

    When I read this I couldn’t help but snicker that they say the same thing about inflation.

  5. 2022 August 17 1:50 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    People feel like they are being lied to, but the reality is the vaccines worked very well. People are sticking to random points that random politicians have said to prove random griefs rather than evaluating them on the basis of the FDA’s two approvals, which were based on Phizers initial studies that its vaccine reduce hospitalizations and severe covid by 96%.

    As I’ve said before in my area we had over 1000 covid patients admitted during the delta peak and none of them were vaccinated patients.

    They are less effective during omnicron either bc it’s becoming better at evading defenses or alternatively bc antibody production from months or years ago just naturally wanes or more likely both.

    I’m hoping we get omnicron specific vaccines soon.

  6. 2022 August 17 2:12 pm
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    JimNorCal permalink

    Fight On posted this photo of Liz Cheney post-election, back thread.
    In case you missed it ….

  7. 2022 August 17 2:20 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    So Trump got rid of a random congressman that no one liked anyways along with picking 3 unelectable senate candidates so that Biden will control the senate in 2024 or maybe even 2022.

    Seems like a disaster.

  8. 2022 August 17 2:39 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    5,

    Except death statistics and insurance claims do not lie.

    And more and more research points in a certain direction — https://www.globalresearch.ca/shocking-uk-government-admits-covid-vaccinated-children-4423-more-likely-die-any-cause-13633-more-likely-die-covid-19-than-unvaccinated-children/5788225

  9. 2022 August 17 2:45 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

  10. 2022 August 17 2:54 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    7,

    Two years ago Cheney beat her primary challenger by 20 pts. So I don’t think ‘random congressman that no one liked’ applies.

  11. 2022 August 17 2:58 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    A Camp 1369 travel tip —

  12. 2022 August 17 3:00 pm
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    justrand permalink

    precisely, drdog.

    Cheney was the Left’s “Ideal Congress-critter”…would say and do ANYTHING to stay in power

  13. 2022 August 17 3:10 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    Dang Musk does it again — https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/judge-orders-twitter-provide-elon-musk-executive-documents-fake-accounts — Squeal like the BQ#$^QWE you are Twitter.

  14. 2022 August 17 3:41 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    CDC admits error on Covid, launches overhaul — https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/cdc-to-get-shake-up-after-covid-response-mistakes/ — PRP most hurt.

    CDC is trying to end run any possible investigation Ron Paul will launch when the GOP takes over the House. The lizard people are looking for cover.

  15. 2022 August 17 3:59 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    I was only talking about adults with regard to the covid vaccines. I’ve never had an opinion on giving it to highschoolers etc.

  16. 2022 August 17 4:32 pm
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    mpt permalink

    PRP – People feel like they are being lied to, but the reality is the vaccines worked very well. People are sticking to random points that random politicians have said to prove random griefs rather than evaluating them on the basis of the FDA’s two approvals, which were based on Phizers initial studies that its vaccine reduce hospitalizations and severe covid by 96%.

    At the end of the day, shouldn’t it be the choice of an individual adult as to whether they receive a vaccination? What has me upset is not that the vaccine exists or whether the studies regarding efficacy have been manipulated or not, but rather the extent government coercion was used to force people into getting what is still a very new and experimental vaccination. Or, has the health industry only been paying lip service to informed consent and privacy this whole time?

  17. 2022 August 17 4:37 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    Btw the lady that defeated cheney opposed Trump in 2016 calling Trump a racist and a xenophobe at the time.

  18. 2022 August 17 4:37 pm
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    mpt permalink

    14 – From the article: The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans to overhaul the agency Wednesday — while admitting to major “mistakes” in handling the pandemic.

    This statement and others made within the article can be interpreted in many different ways. It all comes down to what Dr. Walensky means by “mistakes”. Perhaps she doesn’t mean the CDC response was incompetent and ineffective, but rather they weren’t political and fascist enough.

  19. 2022 August 17 4:40 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    Well we have over a million people going on disability bc of covid. Usually unvaccinated drive up high hospital bills potentially ICU bills 100k+ with no intention of paying it and go to the disability office if they manage to avoid death.

    I never thought it should be manadatory but i think it should have been required to get government benefits like social security, federal loans etc etc. all then usual stuff that Americans think they are entitled to.

  20. 2022 August 17 4:43 pm
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    mpt permalink

    Btw the lady that defeated cheney opposed Trump in 2016 calling Trump a racist and a xenophobe at the time.

    So what’s your point? My wife said the same thing at times, but still voted for Trump in 2016. People can change their minds as new information comes to light and the information they based their original opinion on was shown to be BS.

  21. 2022 August 17 4:48 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    All you have to do is read point 1 of the Nuremberg Code to realize that the process was flawed — https://research.unc.edu/human-research-ethics/resources/ccm3_019064/ — The current dispensed version of the Vaxx is still under EUA and hence falls under the code.

    * Anyone taking the shot notified of the deleterious effects? I would hazard no.
    * If you are in the military its get the shot or get out. The falls under the provisions of duress.
    * The Vaxx fails on point 2. The effects on society and the individuals have not been shown to be a net positive. As it is we probably don’t have a functioning military because of it.
    * The Vaxx fails on point 3 as we have yet to ascertain the true source of the pathogen. Was it a lab leak or naturally occurring?
    * It fails on point 5. Pfizers own investigation into effects on pregnancy resulted in a high rate of still births.

  22. 2022 August 17 5:01 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    Again these fringe cases. I have no opinion on highschoolers and pregnant woman. They need to go see their GYN to decide.

    In my area the phizer vaccine was at least 96% effective as they stated….but it looked more like 100% during delta wave.

  23. 2022 August 17 5:11 pm
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    JimNorCal permalink

    16, “the extent government coercion was used to force people into getting what is still a very new and experimental vaccination”

    Let me add to that the coordination of Media, Big Tech social apps, celebs, leaders at universities, heads of medical orgs, etc. The coordination aspect and the severe punishments given to those who didn’t fall in line are both distressing and suspicious.

  24. 2022 August 17 5:18 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    In my area one of the hospitals I’m familiar with most had almost 1/2 it’s beds full of covid patients during peak delta wave. 2 of its 3 ICUs also became full of covid.

    This was a tertiary care hospital meaning all the small hospitals in smaller surrounding towns send patients here to see specialists that they lack.

    At baseline it operates at usually 90% capacity often times 100% capacity without covid.

    100% of the 1000-2000 or so COVID patients admitted during the delta wave were unvaxxers. As I said before there were no vaccinated patients admitted at the time. Everyone was asked on admission if they had gotten the shots and it was the same story every time.

    What did this cause? People having myocardial infarctions couldn’t get a bed because an antivaxxer was taking up the bed for days, weeks etc driving up gigantic, unnecessary, and preventable bills.

    Again they had no intention of paying 100K ICU bills either and no qualms trying to get disability afterwards for their long covid symptoms that all of them get when they get that sick.

    On top of that surgeries got shut down due to staffing and shortages. Cancer treatments got shut down again all due to the antivaxxers.

  25. 2022 August 17 5:19 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    to clarify there were many transfer requests (hospital to hospital)….but no beds as there usually are for months because of this.

  26. 2022 August 17 5:34 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    Although COVID is dying out now….at least for now. Hope it stays that way.

  27. 2022 August 17 7:16 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    “On top of that surgeries got shut down due to staffing and shortages.”

    The staffing shortage was due to staff refusing to get the Jab. They recognized that the shot was dangerous from the get go.

    And the 7th Canadian doctor has died — https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/26-year-old-neurosurgeon-dies-july-making-seven-canadian-doctors-die-two-weeks/ — Another unexpected death, where he worked did require full Vaxx series.

  28. 2022 August 17 8:08 pm
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    JimNorCal permalink

    Wait.
    Are they talking about us?
    Are we really worse than people who cut prisoners’ heads off while they are still alive?

    Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre
    Heads of the deep state casually characterizing half the country as worse than ISIS in public
    https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1560051153844506624

    Gen Michael Hayden @GenMhayden
    I agree. And I was the CIA Director

    Quote Tweet
    Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce · Aug 12
    I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career. Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.
    6:15 PM · Aug 17, 2022 from McLean, VA
    https://twitter.com/GenMhayden/status/1560027626626072577

  29. 2022 August 17 8:56 pm
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    JimNorCal permalink

    The Bee

    Producers Confirm Liz Cheney Will Not Be Back For Season 2 Of January 6 Hearings
    After a critically acclaimed first season that was allegedly watched by some people, the producers of the January 6th Hearings have sadly confirmed that their star Liz Cheney will not be returning for season 2.

    “Liz was a standout in season 1 and we’re sad to see her go,” said fellow actor and screenwriter for the show Adam Schiff.

  30. 2022 August 17 9:22 pm
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    28 – Another mf on my list well before this, also snickered in interviews laughing about how he lied to congress repeatedly about domestic spying.

    Also The bee..

    20 – She’s likely another rino, but her name ain’t Cheney and for now in this cycle that’s enough.

  31. 2022 August 18 12:09 am
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    Jim you see this yet? quite the journey she took to achieve some deprogramming.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OysQ7yQl_o

    Also was that you on DPA-rumble comments? 😉

  32. 2022 August 18 1:02 am
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    JimNorCal permalink

    I’m not completely following this .. probably tin foil.
    But I’m intrigued by the thought of Trump having inconvenient documents and copies. And the safe empty when the “Federal Bureau of Instigation” cracked it.
    That would be quite a message to send … to the Swamp.

    This will prove prescient.
    Lori @LJT_is_me
    Apocalypse now.
    twitter.com/FOOL_NELSON/st…

    FOOL NELSON @FOOL_NELSON
    TLDR: President Trump allegedly had a “private stash” of documents that made the Deep State look bad. He should immediately get in front of a camera and divulge this information so that other countries lack the ability to blackmail us with this material. Apocalypse now. twitter.com/warkin/status/…
    twitter.com/FOOL_NELSON/status/1559913704195489793

    Lori
    @LJT_is_me
    @barnes_law called it.
    “Barnes says it was intentional, the feds don’t want anyone to know what they are going to destroy.”

    Trust Trump ~ he has copies and the safe was empty.
    twitter.com/LJT_is_me/stat…
    https://twitter.com/LJT_is_me/status/1559920745807073281

  33. 2022 August 18 1:11 am
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    JimNorCal permalink

    31, yes.
    How funny.
    I’m trying to stay off YT if Rumble has the same mirrored content.
    I’ve seen comments by KH_abc (not the actual name) on DPA and Dima and wondered if it was you.

    I’ll click your link when it’s light out … don’t wanna wake the Better Half …

  34. 2022 August 18 6:37 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    Settlement for wrongful termination vis a vis Covid directive in favor of plaintiffs. Illinois Northshore University Health System to pay out $10m to employees in the suit.

    Its only the first one, but if it becomes a trend that will be severe pain for many.

  35. 2022 August 18 6:40 am
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    drdog09 permalink

  36. 2022 August 18 6:51 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    5x return in under a month — https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sureal-story-20-year-old-student-acquires-6-bed-bath-beyond-makes-110-million-3-weeks — pretty heady stuff….. for a 20yo! Kid is wasting his time going to college.

  37. 2022 August 18 7:51 am
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/

    Dems now favored to win senate during red wave election due to poor candidates

  38. 2022 August 18 8:25 am
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    JimNorCal permalink

    37, the GOP brand (NOT due to Trump) is severely damaged.
    People like me are thinking “why bother” to vote for Repubs unless they vocally support Trump, say they will fight to allow people with traditional American values to live their lives without oppression and will reduce our gov’ts size and power.

    So, no surprise if polls wobble around.
    Did you read 28 and click on those links?
    If that is not an elaborate hoax, then the country is headed for trouble. Seriously, let’s hope the Fed crashes the economy before the Left and its allies start sending peaceful conservatives to camps.

    Feinstein’s “Chinese community outreach” guy and driver was a Chinese spy for years.
    Blumenthal lied when he claimed to be a Vietnam vet.
    Warren said she was a diversity hire.
    All Dems. All actually IN the Senate. All despicable. And yet, you want to complain about Repub candidates.
    Pardon me while I roll my eyes.

  39. 2022 August 18 8:30 am
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    JimNorCal permalink

    The CDC is going through stealth re-engineering. They’ve become a world laughing stock, wholly politicized. Even Progressives like Dr Vinay Prasad just shake their head (DrVP has a YouTube channel which often excoriates our gov’ts Covid policies).

    This article lists current CDC trends, list of shortcomings and actions ongoing most of which is sugar coated by the media but is quite deep.
    https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/rochelle-walensky-gets-an-intervention

  40. 2022 August 18 8:43 am
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    JimNorCal permalink

    Spreadsheet which lists colleges and whether they require vaxx and boosts for attendance.
    Seems to be a high correlation with political party.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11BrDadiUGN-vQBe7Jolcb_-aWhLT7S2AkWOkSX49M40/edit#gid=74755237

  41. 2022 August 18 9:16 am
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    No, I’m not complaining about ALL the GOP candidates. I’m complaining about the three senate candidates that Trump promoted in Penn, Arizona and Georgia that are going to lose because Trump got involved in the primary and picked the unelectable candidates for the party so that Biden will have the senate in 2022 and 2024. These senators have 6 year terms so screwing around now will have consequences not just in 2022 but again in 2024

  42. 2022 August 18 9:43 am
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    “I’m trying to stay off YT if Rumble has the same mirrored content.”

    Same.

    “I’ve seen comments by KH_abc (not the actual name) on DPA and Dima and wondered if it was you.”

    It be me. 🙂

  43. 2022 August 18 9:51 am
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    34 – …. oh that is big news if can get one or two more (hopefully each in another state\jurisdiction) to help kick off the rush of ambulance chasers, that could create an avalanche.

  44. 2022 August 18 10:38 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    Even the Aussies have doubts about the FBI — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4TIPrYbvU

  45. 2022 August 18 11:16 am
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    JimNorCal permalink

    KH, that was a powerful interview.
    It’s a young Russia lady who acted as a translator. They traveled in Lugansk, Donetsk and talked to many common people, doctors, local officials. She started as pro-West and horrified about her country. By the end, I would not say she is pro-RU but she certainly sees there are major nuances.
    Plus, that western (US/Euro) media is complete BS.

    PRP, re: Trump’s perhaps inept choices for some Senate candidates, point taken.
    Trump is not a god, and he’s surrounded by a combo of vipers and people who are even more imperfect than he is.
    I am totally pro-Trump though. Find any Repub who would support the common people … Trump could be rich and live a great life with his super-model wife but he’s chosen to make a risky effort to make things better. He’s put his wealth, his own life and the lives of his family at risk. That’s a huge deal. Anyone who can’t see that reality, flick your windshield wipers a few times because your view is obscured …

  46. 2022 August 18 11:24 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    This explains the the French Revolution…

  47. 2022 August 18 11:31 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    Mr. Potato Head fired from CNN — https://www.zerohedge.com/political/brian-stelter-out-cnn — Now if Stelter can pull off a ‘I identify as woman’ shtick Cheney has competition for a shot of being on The View. 🙂

  48. 2022 August 18 11:46 am
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    drdog09 permalink

    Arizona passes expansion of ESA to all K-12 students — https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2022/06/22/arizona-house-passes-expansion-of-esa-program/ — Fund the pupil, not the system.

  49. 2022 August 18 2:29 pm
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    mpt permalink

    Its only the first one, but if it becomes a trend that will be severe pain for many.

    I’m too jaded to believe the TPTB would actually allow such a trend to take hold. Probably a blanket immunity issued by executive order or some other BS to put an end to these lawsuits.

  50. 2022 August 18 2:31 pm
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    mpt permalink

    31 – As Jim said, that is a powerful interview. So much so that I have to wonder if it is reverse propaganda.

  51. 2022 August 18 2:54 pm
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    justrand permalink

    Through a TOP-SECRET source from within the FBI, I have obtained a copy of one page of the Affidavit as the DOJ intends to release it. This is page 12 of 17, where the “Conclusion” begins.

    As you can see…it is pretty damning.

    p.s. don’t even THINK about asking me to reveal my source for this

  52. 2022 August 18 3:14 pm
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    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    Old case over audio tapes in Bill Clinton’s sock drawer could impact Mar-a-Lago search dispute

    Judge ruled in 2012 that a president’s discretion to declare records “personal” is far-reaching and mostly unchallengeable.

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/old-case-over-audio-tapes-bill-clintons-sock-drawer-could-impact

  53. 2022 August 18 3:35 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    mpt, 49,

    Quite possible. The problem at least for this suit is it was state level.

  54. 2022 August 18 3:58 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

  55. 2022 August 18 4:16 pm
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    mpt permalink

    Illinois Northshore University Health System to pay out $10m to employees in the suit.

    From this articleIn the class action lawsuit, a group of workers claimed NorthShore had illegally forced the workers to choose between keeping their jobs or violating their sincerely held religious beliefs, in violation of Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act.

    It still ticks me off that exemptions are being carved out for religious reasons, but not for other reasons that are equally as legitimate.

  56. 2022 August 18 4:43 pm
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    drdog09 permalink

    The materials that have been made public in the Mar-A-Lago search — https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64872441/united-states-v-sealed-search-warrant/

  57. 2022 August 18 4:51 pm
    [57]
    PresidentRonPaul! permalink

    Blake Masters the senate candidate Trump chose in Arizona is running on privatizing social security (even though the social security money entirely was spent already in the 1960’s so there is no money to privatize anyways) and the democrats are running nonstop commercials about it.

  58. 2022 August 18 8:23 pm
    [58]
    JimNorCal permalink

    This is an idea so out-there that it might just work!

  59. 2022 August 18 8:27 pm
    [59]
    JimNorCal permalink

    55, yeah.
    The Covid vaxx should have been 100% voluntary from day-1.
    Hello. Allowed for “emergency” use. No long term studies. New-ish bio-tech.
    A death rate from Covid of about 0.25%

    And to this day, even with no one wearing masks or getting boosted anymore Biden (and here in CA, my Gov) have maintained a legal “State of Emergency”. Shameful

  60. 2022 August 18 8:47 pm
    [60]
    JimNorCal permalink

    More on Citizens for Sanity, who launched that billboard above.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/16/conservative-nonprofit-midterms-00052081
    Conservative nonprofit plans to spend millions bashing ‘woke’ left in midterms

    “Protect Pregnant Men from Climate Discrimination”
    “Open the jails. Open the borders. Close the schools. Vote progressive this November.”
    “Violent criminals deserve our compassion and respect. This fall, stand strong for progressive values.”

    It’s cute but of course, they should save up their money and buy the NYT or WaPo or CNN or something to break the back of the MSM

  61. 2022 August 19 12:23 pm
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    52 – The irony is it was an Amy Berman Jackson’s decision.

    Anyone seen this…

    https://uncoverdc.com/2022/08/16/ny-citizens-audit-finds-hidden-infrastructure-in-voter-rolls/?PageSpeed=noscript

    https://auditny.com/course/understanding-the-data/

    I spent the 2 hr watching the video last night and while I get what they guy is explaining…I doubt most will, and no offense to the guy, but he probably not the best at explaining it, but he and his crew are just normies doing their best to understand this shit. idk why they using filemakerpro and not sql but guess it really doesn’t matter in the end.

    https://rumble.com/v1g3dd1-ny-citizens-audit-presents-the-spiral-algorithm-in-ny-voter-rolls.html
    They need redo this video, get it this down toward and hour and better prep pre-recording for what they need to show, and show examples of names\record that correspond inside the matrix and are suspicious….they kinda do in the video already but it’s convoluted and by the time they get to even I was falling asleep.. granted it was 2am when I was watching.

  62. 2022 August 19 1:44 pm
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    Total insanity in majority opinion out of NC supreme court (though 2 dissented the chief and one other)

    https://t.co/uFziakRm4J (pdf of decision and dissent)

    Bottom line the NC constitution is now toast, it itself is now to be decided by them only, what the legislature and people vote for doesn’t matter only we decide what should be allowed to be contained in it.

    Instead, the majority engages in an inquiry that is judicially forbidden what should our constitution say? This question is designated solely to the people and the legislature. The majority concedes that constitutional procedures were followed, yet they invalidate more than 4.1 million votes and disenfranchise more than 55% of North Carolina’s electorate.

    Unwilling to accept the results of a procedurally sound election that enshrined the Voter ID and Tax Cap Amendments in our state constitution, the majority nullifies the will of the people and precludes governance by the majority. In so doing, my colleagues extend the reach of their judicial power beyond mere judicial review of actions under our constitution; instead, they have determined that certain provisions of the constitution itself are objectionable. The majority concludes that our constitution should not include Voter ID or a lower tax ceiling, claiming that the legislature lacked authority to perform a constitutionally designated duty and that the people of this State had no legal right to amend their constitution. Certainly, the majority cannot rightfully declare that there are, or have been, periods of time in which the people of North Carolina have lacked authority to amend their constitution. Such a reading would be contrary to N.C. Const. art. I, §§ 2, 3, and 36.
    Voiding constitutional authority is far more egregious than picking and choosing which category of laws to invalidate.

    Today, the Court’s actions are directed at state constitutional amendments. The door has been opened, however, for judicial dissolution of legislative authority in the future. This is a far cry from judicial restraint and thwarts the idea that “there is no room for a judicial hegemony.”

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