Rule 5 Saturday - Angelina Michelle

This week's paragon of feminine beauty is tinger extraordinaire Angelina Michell

Popular social media personality and beauty model known primarily for her lifestyle and modeling themed videos posted on her angelin_a_michelle Instagram account. Due to the popularity of her Instagram account, she has accumulated over 1.1 million followers on her profile.

She first began posting content on Instagram in May 2017. She posted an August 26, 2021 Instagram video that received over 330,300 views.

She is based in Milan, Italy.

In a May 12, 2021 Instagram video she featured the song "Music To Watch Boys To" by Lana Del Rey.

Maryland, My Maryland

Sara Dogan at Front Page calls the U. Maryland Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies  A Case Study in ‘Jew Hatred’

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at the University of Maryland has repeatedly promoted Jew hatred and demonstrated its disdain for academic neutrality by using official university channels to demonize Israel, condone Hamas terrorism, and delegitimize the world’s only Jewish state.

On October 13, just six days after Hamas’s barbaric attack that killed over 1200 innocent Israeli civilians in the most brutal ways imaginable, WGSS posted a statement on the official department website concerning “violence in Gaza and Israel.” The statement was attributed to the National Women’s Studies Association and was reproduced in full on the Maryland WGSS departmental page as an obvious show of solidarity and agreement with its precepts.

Instead of condemning Hamas for its brutal and unprovoked attack on Israeli civilians or excoriating their use of rape as a weapon of war, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department attempted to whitewash the terrorist group’s action, urging that “The current escalation must be viewed in the context of decades of illegal Israeli military occupation and systemic violent campaigns.”

Using anti-Semitic language which demonized and delegitimized Israel, the world’s only Jewish state, the statement went on to condemn “the ongoing and persistent U.S. government’s support for Israel’s apartheid regime” and to characterize the Palestinians and Hamas as exemplars of “liberation and resistance movements led by other indigenous, colonized, and oppressed peoples everywhere.”

Lending a note of irony, the statement claimed that “As feminists, we recognize that violence and war often inflict gendered and sexualized harms on women and queer, trans and non-binary people.” It is clear from the context of the statement, that its authors believe such “sexualized harms” to stem from the actions of Israel, a laughable claim given that Hamas forces literally raped and mutilated women and children on video during the October 7th massacre and punish homosexuality in Gaza with death.

The statement also vowed its support for the genocidal and Hamas-directed Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel: “Today, we reaffirm our unwavering support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution, which NWSA passed in 2015.”

Not content to let this tribute to Jew hatred stand on its own, approximately a week later, WGSS posted a second statement on the official department website “in solidarity with the people of Gaza.” The statement was attributed to the executive committee of the American Studies Association.

Making absolutely no mention of Hamas’s unprovoked atrocities on innocent Jews at a music festival and elsewhere in Israel, the statement instead alludes only to “the escalation of violence in Palestine and Israel” as if Hamas—which controls Gaza—was not the sole instigator of the recent barbarity. It goes on to explain that the organization “continues to stand with the Palestinian people and their ongoing struggle for liberation” and to offer “support [to] those who speak out against the intensifying onslaught on Gaza, whose destruction has killed nearly four thousand Gazan residents and displaced hundreds of thousands more.” Instead of condemning Hamas’s brutal terrorism and violence to civilians, the statement urges the “need to situate today’s events in a historical, political and regional understanding.”

Rather than demanding that Hamas immediately cease its genocidal war on Israel and the Jews—an objective stated plainly in the Hamas charter—the statement instead called for “an immediate ceasefire and release of humanitarian aid to Gaza” as well as for “the US to end support of Israeli apartheid and work toward negotiations.”

Divest from the University of Maryland.  

MDDNR Proposes To Throw Charters a Rockfish Bone

Chesapeake Bay Mag, DNR Offers Charter Boat Compromise On Rockfish Fish-Per-Day Limits

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has offered a compromise to one of the most contentious changes to the state’s striped bass regulations.

Charter boat operators say the modification “helps some” but they’ll continue to fight East Coast fishing regulators in court.

When striped bass were found to be overfished on the East Coast and fishery managers called for a reduced harvest, individual anglers in Maryland were hit with a one-fish-per-day limit. Charter boat guests, on the other hand, were allowed to take home two fish per day. The two-fish bonus for charters was offered as an incentive to reward captains for participating in the FACTS Charter Pilot Program. Those who reported their catches through the FACTS program would get to keep two rockfish per guest.

But this year, amid dismal juvenile rockfish numbers on the Bay, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) voted in January to tighten coastwide striped bass limits even further, leaving Maryland responsible for adjusting catch limits to fit the reduction.

The 2023 striped bass juvenile recruitment numbers were the second-lowest they’d been since 1957 in Maryland. And they were lower than usual in Virginia, too.

 

One of the steps Maryland proposed for 2024 was to eliminate the two-fish-per-angler charter exception. Charter captains didn’t take the news well. Rockfish is the biggest draw for Chesapeake Bay charter guests, and business owners said many anglers wouldn’t bother booking excursions for only one fish a day.

Two groups from the state’s charter fishing industry filed a lawsuit in March against ASMFC, calling the new limits “illegal, unnecessary and improperly premised.”

The Delmarva Fisheries Association and Maryland Charter Boat Association and two of their members had a preliminary injunction denied in the case, after a judge determined they would need Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General to get involved. They’ve appealed to the state and to Attorney General Anthony Brown, but so far the state has not stepped in on their case against ASMFC.

One of the members involved in the lawsuit, Severna Park, Maryland, charter captain Ken Jeffries from Sellfish Charters called the one-fish limit “just terrible”.

He and the other charter groups estimate their industry will lose 70 percent of its business over the tighter limits. He points to tackle shops that are closing and an increase of charter
captains leaving the business.

Jeffries says, “The DNR did support giving us a second fish,” but the natural resources department is tasked with imposing limits that accomplish ASMFC’s controls.

DNR attempted a compromise, announcing on Friday, “Starting with the 2024 open striped bass recreational season, the special harvester flexibility for the Charter Pilot Program has been modified.”

Under the modification, charter guests this year will still only get to keep one fish per person. However, charter captains participating in the FACTS catch reporting program will be allowed to land “up to two additional striped bass (one for the captain and one for a mate, if present, per day) in addition to their clients’ one-fish per person limit.”

So if a charter captain has eight guests on board, they can keep eight fish plus two for the captain and mate, for a total of 10 fish on the boat.

It's a bone, but it's not much of a bone. Looking at a charter captain like Pete, who typically takes 4 or 5 anglers per day, an additional 1 fish (ostensibly "his" fish, but the last thing he wants for dinner every night is rockfish), amounts to about a 20-25% increase in the "meat" landed, not enough to get excited about. A larger charter boat, which could carry 10-12 or even more anglers, but also has a mate, the situation is similar, but slightly worse. Now, a lot of Pete's anglers don't care if they can't keep the fish, he'll have no trouble filling his book, but the larger, head boat type charters will likely lose a lot of business. I don't see a way out of that, unless the state wants to subsidize the industry.

I still foresee another moratorium in our future.  Maryland’s Striped Bass Emergency Closure Continues into May. Fortunately, there are plenty of Blue Catfish to catch.

Forget it Jake, It's Baltimore

Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert

From Brady Knox at WaEx, Baltimore principal was framed by school athletic director using AI to fabricate racist attack 

A former Baltimore County athletics director was arrested after being caught using AI to frame a principal for making racist and antisemitic remarks.

According to the Baltimore Banner, Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert was temporarily removed from his position after an audio clip surfaced appearing to show him making disparaging remarks about black students and the Jewish community. A police investigation found the clip was created using AI, the alleged work of embittered former athletic director Dazhon Darien, who was arrested.

Dazhon Darien

“The audio clip … had profound repercussions,” police wrote in charging documents, according to the outlet. “It not only led to Eiswert’s temporary removal from the school but also triggered a wave of hate-filled messages on social media and numerous calls to the school. The recording also caused significant disruptions for the PHS staff and students.”

Darien is also being charged with theft, retaliating against a witness, and stalking.

In January, an audio clip was published on the Instagram account murder_ink_bmore, appearing to show Eiswert saying that black students “couldn’t test their way out of a paper bag,” and that if he got “one more complaint from one more Jew in this community, I’m going to join the other side,” among other remarks. The post, made on an account with over 200,000 followers, garnered over 7,000 likes and gained the attention of the school.

Though Eiswert was briefly removed, authorities and AI experts soon began questioning the clip’s authenticity. In charging documents, police said that Darien had searched for OpenAI tools on the school’s network on several occasions. He was also connected to an email account that distributed the recording.

That certainly speaks of a level of tech savviness that I night not have expected from a Baltimore area jock.

Kill a Tree, Save a Stream?

Bay Journal, 'Chop and drop' tree felling aims to improve stream ecosystems in Pennsylvania

To the unknowing angler or backwoods explorer, stumbling onto the scene can be jarring: mature hardwood trees growing along the banks of high-quality streams, chain-sawed at their base and intentionally dropped across the water. Exposed root balls winch into the streambank. During high water, the obstructions shunt water out of the stream and onto the forest floor.


Is it eco-vandalism? No. It’s a carefully orchestrated and increasingly popular stream improvement technique embraced by public land managers and conservation groups in Pennsylvania.

The practice is known officially as “large woody material stream restoration” but more commonly as “chop and drop.”

Advocates say it is a valuable tool to help build populations of disappearing native eastern brook trout, boost aquatic insects, reduce stream erosion and sediment buildup, and to generally improve the stream ecosystem.

“It’s one of the most effective methods for habitat improvement,” said Luke Bobnar, watershed scientist for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. “I think it’s growing because we now have a cultural recognition that wood is part of a vibrant ecosystem.”

The conservancy has carried out chop-and-drop projects on 56 miles of streams in the Allegheny National Forest, state game lands and other places.

Trees and branches have been dropping generous loads of woody debris into streams, without help from humans, for all of Earth’s history — until the last few centuries, when old growth forests virtually disappeared in a geological blink of an eye. And even where second-growth forests have taken their place, the trees are not old enough to regularly supply woody material to the streams.

Enter chop and drop, where teams of trained workers armed with little more than helmets, chainsaws and perhaps winches trek deep into the woods, where heavy machinery can’t go. There, they restore a long-missing link to high-quality streams, especially in inaccessible and vital headwaters.

“What we’re trying to do with this process is replicate what an old growth forest would be doing naturally. We’re just speeding that up and accelerating the process,” said Michael Wright, who oversees resource management in the 90,000-acre Michaux State Forest in central Pennsylvania.

Allegheny National Forest staff and Pennsylvania chapters of Trout Unlimited were the pioneers for chop and drop in the state, treating more than 70 miles of streams in its only national forest. The work has attracted volunteer groups as well, such as Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.

Chop and drop is not a new concept. It has been around for 20 years or so, first used in Western states and now in the East. But only eight years ago, it was not permitted on Pennsylvania streams.

Advocates of the technique with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources persuaded the state Department of Environmental Protection to permit chop and drop by classifying it as fish habitat enhancement.

“You couldn’t do these activities before because there was no permit for it. Now it’s exponentially growing every year,” said Mark Sausser, stream habitat chief for the Fish and Boat Commission. “This opened up a huge amount of forested watersheds all over the state.”

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is inviting chop and drop on its high-quality streams on the 1.5 million acres of state game lands.

This almost makes too much sense to be carried out by a government agency. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - DOJ Retroactively Revoked Trump's Security Clearance

But first, at the Bay Journal they get around to noticing the Key Bridge salvage raises concerns about stirring toxic sludge. Of course it will happen, but will it matter with the rest of the toxic sludge that's constantly being resuspended in Baltimore Harbor? 

The Supreme Court heard arguments for and against presidential immunity as a shield from Trump's prosecution from Jack Smith in the J6 case, and by most reports reports it went well for Trump. Althouse highlights 6 quotes from today's oral argument in Trump v. United States. "I listened live and took some handwritten notes, so I could find various things in the transcript. Here are the 6 quotes that made the cut for me. All but one are from the Justices." From Twitchy, Justice Brett Kavanaugh Asks Why Barack Obama Was Never Prosecuted for droning an innocent American citizen. Collin Rugg@CollinRugg, "JUST IN: DOJ lawyer Michael Dreeben says it's perfectly fine for Obama to drone strike innocent civilians while arguing in favor of prosecuting Trump for "election interference." Remarkable." Also at Twitchy, Maybe the Supreme Court Should ‘Take a Walk:’ A Deep Dive Into Thursday’s Oral Arguments, a suggestion that the Supreme Court could stall until after the election to let things sort out. From the Victory Girls, Immunity Case – Ketanji Brown Jackson Not A Genius Either. Greg Price@greg_price11, "Justice Jackson gets embarrassed by Trump lawyer John Sauer when she tries to describe America where the president has immunity: “The regime you've described is the one we've operated under for over 234 years.”" Nicole Silvero at Da Caller, notes Turley Says SCOTUS Could Throw ‘Wrench’ Into Jack Smith’s Case Against Trump.

From Da Fed, Brianna Lyman has The 3 Most Shocking Discoveries Just Unsealed In Trump Classified Docs Case. "1. DOJ Allegedly Threatened Lawyer’s Judicial Nomination . . . 2. White House Allegedly Involved From The Start . . . 3. Trump’s Security Clearance Allegedly Retroactively Revoked . . . Biden’s Department of Energy also allegedly revoked Trump’s security clearance after Smith indicted Trump in June 2023, according to a 2024 motion to compel discovery from Trump’s lawyers posted on X by Kelly."

PJM's Vicky Taft thinks Democrats May Regret Trying Trump in N.Y. Court After His Latest Announcement. A rally at Madison Square Gardens? Jim Antle at Am Con, The Bragg ‘Interference’ Allegations Are Business as Usual "The furore (sic) around the case underlines how vague the concept of “election interference” is." It's illegal election interference for a Republican to try to win. At HE, The Trump prosecutors are still trying to litigate 2016. Jack Poso@JackPosobiec "Someone has to say it: The Democrats are putting Trump on trial for 'election fraud' so they can claim the 2016 election was stolen As they have always believed And they have the entire force of the state behind them."

PJM's Matt Margolis want you to WATCH: Roseanne Barr’s Epic Roast of E. Jean Carroll "I would never insult a sexual assault victim,” Barr said in reply to one criticism. "I was talking about E. Jean Carroll."

Hat Hair's KT is teed off that a Watchdog says Biden Administration Used Campaign Slogans in Official Communications. I thought their official communications were campaign slogans. Radar reports President Joe Biden Repeats Claim That He Was Once A Truck Driver, Despite Being Called Out For Fib, but he did drive a school bus for a while. Bob Hoge at RedState thinks it's a Shocker, the NY Times Absolutely Shreds Joe Biden for Hiding From the Media. 

Virginia Kruta at Da Wire notices Biden Rubs Americans’ Noses In The Fact That He’s Done Nothing On The Border Crisis. Leading Report@LeadingReport, "BREAKING: Nearly half of Democrats would support former President Trump’s plan for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants during his second presidential term, according to a new Axios/Harris poll." TNP reports another Illegal Arrested for Fatal Stabbing at Motel. Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP, Sanctuary Cities Keep Releasing Sex Offenders to Avoid ICE Detainers.

Dave Harsanyi at Da Fed observes Joe Biden Just Promised America A Massive Tax Hike by threatening to repeal the 'Trump tax cut.' Steve Moore at Am Great explains Why Small Businesses Hate Bidenomics. "If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad?" JT Young at Am Spec warns Could the Stock Market Burst Biden’s Bubble? "Bad economic policies may catch up with Biden’s elite supporters just in time for November." Ace, Unexpectedly, Dow Drops Over 600 Unexpected Points After GDP Unexpectedly Flatlines to Unexpectedly Low 1.6%. "Bidenomics, baby!"

At Hat Hair, Trump: Working Class King, College Encampments Crushed!

Tristan Justice at Da Fed, is pissed that After Selling Out GOP Voters On The Border, Mike Johnson Courts Democrats At Columbia University. At TNP Reheem Kassam wonders  What the Fuck is Mike Johnson Doing?  “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” At Da Fed, Shawn Fleetwood reports a North Carolina Democrat Claims County Officials Bribed Voters To Support His Primary Opponent and MD Kittle warns One Word In Your State Constitution Could Open Up Your Elections To Foreign Nationals.

Ace, Of Course: One of LA Soros DA George Gascon's Top Employees -- the Attorney "For Ethics and Integrity Operations" -- Illegally Accessed Police Files on Political Opponents. "How much degradation and brutalization by evil communists can this country withstand?" At CJ, The Deep-State Virus, "A recent book chronicles how critical theorists captured American intelligence agencies."

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair leery as Big Sister Returns: Criticism of My Work Is a Dire Threat to Democracy. At Hat Hair, Stephen A. Smith Forced Into Apology Over Pro-Trump Comments. "ESPN, Disney, or some other rogue actors have gotten ahold of Stephen A. Smith after his comments praising Donald Trump for telling the truth — and now he's been pressured into issuing a groveling apology to appease the powers that be."

Someone, likely George Soros and his get, appear to have decided to make the Isreal/Hamas war the the excuse for this year's long hot summer of protest. I think it's a poor choice, but it's what they have. Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair sees Pro-Hamas Protesters Attack NYPD Chief. Nick Arama at RedState has a Wild Video of NYU Protesters Chasing and Surrounding NYPD Shows How Out of Control Things Are Getting. Commissioner Reagan wouldn't allow it. At the Free Bacon, NYU Encampment Organizers Encourage Protesters To Join Pro-Hamas ‘Resistance Network’ "Resistance News Network functions as an unofficial mouthpiece for Hamas and other terrorist organizations." and Lawmakers Ask IRS To Probe Chinese Funding to Anti-Israel Protests  Capt. Ed comments A Hamas network? Wouldn't that make these groups affiliates of a State Dept-listed terror network? One has to wonder why the DoJ and DHS begun to deal with this as a national security/counter-terrorism issue. And for that matter, it sounds like a conspiracy of sorts, too, which would allow prosecutors to use RICO statutes to prosecute everyone involved. Hugh Fitzgerald at Front Page, At Yale, ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Hit Jewish Student in the Face with a Flagpole. Hahvahd Crimson reports Dean Dunne Warns of ‘Disciplinary Consequences’ for Participants in Harvard Encampment. Capt. Ed "Will this be a red line like Minouche Safik's at Columbia? I suspect so, given Harvard's lack of response to this nonsense over the last six months. But via Twitchy, they may be signaling a change . . . " Olivia Reingold at Freep is Camping Out at Columbia’s Communist Coachella "Ivy League activists, armed with melatonin gummies, gluten-free bread, and friendship bracelets, stand up against ‘the violent Zionist settler entity.’ "Insty cites RICH LOWRY: It’s Columbia 1968 — the antisemitic version. Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window says Columbia Delenda Est, "Destroy one university to salvage the rest." At Campus Reform, PERJURY? Pro-Hamas Columbia prof says he was never fired, claims President Shafik 'lied on the stand' "Pro-Hamas Columbia University Professor Mohamed Abdou says he was never fired and accused the school's president of lying." Capt. Ed, "Well, someone's lying. Congress should immediately subpoena the personnel records to determine who's lying and who's telling the truth. If Shafik lied, then Congress can issue a contempt citation and demand that Merrick Garland prosecute it, as well as a perjury charge. At that point, though ...." Spencer Brown at TownHall, Pro-Hamas Students Set Up Another Camp... but This Jewish Student Isn't Cowering. Hat Hair's KT, Chaos: Pro-Hamas Protesters at Emory University Clash with Police. Sarah Dogon at Front Page, UIUC’s Department of Latino Studies Endorses ‘Jew Hatred.’ “We know a free Palestine is only possible through queer, racial, gender, reproductive, and environmental justice.” From Breitbart, Elite Universities Breed the New Hitler Youth and Netanyahu Blasts Antisemitism on U.S. Campuses: ‘Like Germany in the 1930s’. Ilya Shapiro at CJ says Abolish Anti-Semitic Student Groups. "The government may prohibit even nonviolent “material support” for terrorist organizations, including legal support and other advice, without violating the First Amendment." Insty, TOM COTTON IS RIGHT. AGAIN: The Russian word “pogrom” refers to an organized effort to displace Jewish populations from the spaces in which they reside by force. That is precisely what we’ve seen on far too many college campuses since the October 7 attack." At his substack, Insty writes Education Apocalypse Now? "The Ivy League Hits An Iceberg." Finally, from the The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "Palestine Protester Tries To Argue With Skinhead But They Just Agree On Everything https://buff.ly/40lMpHa."

Mike LaChance at LI is outraged when a MA Middle School Responds to Trans Student’s Threats of Violence With Anti-Bias Training, ‘Empathy’ for the Student. “The district placed a higher priority on the transgender student’s comfort than the safety of 40 other individuals.” Beege Welborn calls it the Face of Farcical Wokeness: Respecting a 16-Year-Old Runaway's Pronouns. Misty Severt at JTN reports DeSantis says Florida will not abide by new Title IX changes aimed at transgender inclusion. "The Department of Education expanded the definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity and pregnancy on Friday, and reinstituted protections for students who have survived sexual assault." The Free Bacon, At 'Women for Sherrod Brown' Event, Progressive Hosts Slam Trump and 'Heteronormal Men'. So, he's queer? From Da Wire, How The Biden Admin Enables Government Employees To Change Genders. "Biden admin publishes guides on how to help workers 'transition,' warns that misgendering could be fireable offense." Kay Hymowitz at CJ discourses on The Pyrrhic Victory of “Gender Identity”. "By obscuring the definition of “women,” the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules undermine the very people whom the law was intended to help."

Fish Pic Friday - Haley Bashlor

Haley Bashlor@haleybashlor Georgia M.S. CCC-SLP Cheers