Friday, March 15, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Hunter Shows Contempt of Congress

Hey, remember when Hunter refused to show up for a closed door deposition with the House committee, and appeared publicly on the Capitol steps to say he wanted a public appearance before the committee or nothing? (He subsequently caved, and was deposed). I guess that's now off the board as Hunter Biden Refuses to Appear at House Hearing, Calls It a ‘Carnival Sideshow’ (Bob Spencer at PJM). As Da Caller notes Hunter Biden Rejects GOP Invitation For Public Hearing After Demanding GOP Give Him Public Hearing. PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks  Hunter Biden Knows He's Untouchable While Daddy Has Garland on a Leash. Of course, bear in mind, Trump advisor Peter Navarro was recently sentenced to jail for refusing to honor a congressional subpoena. The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo, Hunter Biden witness may be self-serving but his China cover-up info is accurate.

Fugitive Gal Luft, the “missing witness” from the Biden corruption investigation, has made fresh allegations about the president’s family’s China connections in an exclusive 50-page expose obtained by The Post.

The former Israel Defense Force lieutenant colonel, who worked with the same Chinese energy company, CEFC, that paid Hunter and Jim Biden more than $8 million, skipped bail in Cyprus last year after being charged with attempted gun-running, acting as a foreign agent for China and lying to the FBI.

While his attacks on federal prosecutors clearly are self-serving, his disclosures so far have proven accurate, and his ongoing conversations with former employees of CEFC while on the run have produced new information about how influential Americans on both sides of the aisle in Washington were recruited to serve China’s imperialist Belt and Road Initiative.

The Tax Prof, Joe Biden Says His Fellow Syracuse 1Ls Gave Him A Standing Ovation In Their First Torts Class. Seems highly unlikely considering he was near the bottom of his class, unless they were just so amazed he made any sense at all. "Derek Muller (Notre Dame): "I can't say much about the rest of the Biden transcript, but I guarantee that, in the history of American legal education, no classroom ever responded to an ill prepared classmate monologuing for 10 minutes with a standing ovation."" Ace, Biden: I Can Remember In College A Math Professor Put Up an Equation He Said Was Unsolvable and I Solved It While On Break from My Job as a Janitor "No, Mr. "President," that's Good Will Hunting."\ 

This article is worth reading in full. Biden constantly drifts away from the actual questions being asked and mumbles nonsensical anecdotes. He even kinda-sorta hints he might be willing to pimp his wife to Hur if he just goes easy on him. (Biden says that he hopes Hur didn't find any of Jill Biden's sexy-ass bikinis when he was searching through the garage. Oooh baby.)

At Am Con,  Polarization Dominated the Hur Hearing "Both Republicans and Democrats took issue with the comprehensive analysis of the special counsel." I&I, Media Gaslight The Public About The Disastrous Biden Transcripts.

 Matt Margolis at PJM, White House Lies About Using Digitally-Altered Photos of Biden. Everybody "digitally alters" photos. HE, Mr. President, democracy is not a siege. Paula Bolyard at PJM asks Is America Past the Point of No Return? At Breitbart Charlamagne tha God says When You Look at Joe Biden’s Approval Ratings, He’s Getting His Ass Kicked Everywhere.

At Front Page Lloyd Billingsley is disgusted by Biden’s Respect for the Replacement Killers "He won’t treat any illegal with disrespect - even the murderers." From Breitbart, Rep. Mark Green: DHS Chief Mayorkas ‘Stonewalling’ on Details About Laken Riley’s Accused Killer.

The Free Bacon observes Wholesale Inflation Surges at Double Expected Rate. Capt. Ed comments  "The Biden administration had better hope that gas prices come down soon -- they're sneaking back up lately -- to balance off the hit to household finances. Otherwise, they'll be looking at a spring and summer of discontent that Democrats can ill afford." Chris Queen at PJM explains how Bidenflation Is Even Worse Than You Think. The Peacock whines about A $22 burrito? San Francisco restaurant owner says he's keeping up with inflation. CNN, McDonald’s prices are up, so lower-income consumers are eating at home So what did you think was going to happen with a $20 an hour minimum wage?  Rick Moran at PJM fears The Biden Administration May Have Delivered the Coup de Grâce to the 'Gig Economy'. From Da Caller, Adidas Gives Warning For American Market After Posting First Loss In Three Decades. At Da Free Bacon, Solar Company Backed by $3 Billion Biden Loan Hit With Class Action Lawsuit. "Sunnova 'made materially false and misleading statements about its operations,' lawsuit says." Leslie Eastman at LI reports Energy Department Poised to Zap Nation’s Electrical Transformers, Which are Already in Short Supply. "Regulations trigger “a host of related issues that utilities would need to address.”"

VodkaPundit at PJM notes Biden Rewards Iran's Murder of 3 U.S. Troops With a Cool $10 Billion. Ace, Biden Set to Grant Another Waiver of Sanctions for Iran, Allowing Terrorist Nation to Make $10 Billion or More. Update: The Deep State's Color Revolution for Israel Continues, as Charles Schmer Demands a New Election to Depose Netanyahu. Dan Greenfield at Front Page is not happy about Biden’s ‘Trojan Pier’ for Gaza. "It’s not about delivering aid, it’s about giving the terrorists a gateway to the world." John Di Leo at Am Think thinks about The Temporary Pier and the Question of Why. Emily Jashinsky at Da Fed, claims Biden’s Band-Aid Border Policy Fueled Haiti’s Descent.  At The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.14.24,  CDR Salamander asks What War, Exactly, Are We Preparing For? and Don Surber, Haiti Replaces Ukraine

From Breitbart, Donald Trump Says He’s ‘Honored’ to Be GOP Nominee, But ‘Country in Deep Trouble’ with ‘Lunatic’ Joe Biden as POTUSLeading Report@LeadingReport, "BREAKING: Former president Donald Trump says the people who were in control of alleged 2020 election fraud in Nevada “must be prosecuted.” “THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED SO THEY DON’T DO IT IN 2024, WHEN THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED. SUCH A SHAME. I WON BIG, BUT WILL WIN AGAIN!”"  At Am Con, Flight 93 Redux "Unlike in 2016, in 2024 there’s no obvious happy ending."  From HE, Austin Peterson says Trump deserves his revenge.  Althouse catches Chris Cilliza whining Too early to call the election? Chris Cillizza@ChrisCillizza. "In the CNN electoral map, Donald Trump already has enough votes to win. This map is 272 Trump, 225 Biden." But they haven't counted the illegal immigrant mail-in votes yet. And "In recent months, Mr. Kennedy and his camp have approached at least a half-dozen people... to gauge their interest in serving as his running mate." ""Aside from [Aaron] Rodgers and [Jesse] Ventura, he is said to have spoken with former Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii; Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky; and Andrew Yang, the former candidate for president and New York mayor, the two people familiar with the discussions said.... All have turned him down, or their conversations have not advanced, except for Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Ventura, the people familiar with the discussions said."

At Da Caller, a ‘Gift To The Uniparty’: Lauren Boebert Says She Won’t Run In Special Election To Replace Ken Buck. Ace, reads The Hill: "Campaign Cheney fuels speculation about her next move" "LOL. Well at least that headline is honest -- it's Cheney pushing her many, many friends in the Gaslight Media to talk her up as a possible third-party candidate for president." Breitbart, Far-Left NPR Claims Illegal Aliens Voting Is ‘Right-Wing Myth’. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed notes DOJ Is Using Bidenbucks To Encourage Illegals And Felons To Vote, Says Mississippi Secretary Of State. Stephen Kruiser again, with a TGIF Twofer — Dem Election Meddling and Biden Should've Taken a Nap.

From the Free Bacon, Georgia Judge Quashes Six Counts in Trump Case as Fani Willis Awaits Disqualification Verdict. Breitbart notes CNN’s Honig: Trump Charges Dropped in GA Case ‘Embarrassing’ Screwup For Fani Willis. Matt Margolis notes Even CNN Admits Fani Willis Keeps Embarrassing Herself. From Da Caller, ‘Death By A Thousand Cuts’: Defense Attorney Tells MSNBC Trump’s Georgia Case Could Be Over Soon. Beege Welborn at PJM, Jordan Wants Someone in the Fulton County DAs Office to Get Off Her Fani, STAT. Chris Queen at PJM, Here's the Next Thing to Watch for in the Fani Willis Drama. Decision today? At Da Fed Eddie Scarry thinks Fani Willis Case’s Judge Is Probably Too Scared To Do The Right Thing

At Breitbart, Trump: Government Documents Taken ‘Legally,’ ‘Wasn’t Hiding Them’. I&I, Voters See Double Standard In Trump Charges For Mishandling Classified Documents. Althouse, "The judge presiding over the classified documents case in Florida denied Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss charges based on unconstitutional vagueness...." 
"'Although the Motion raises various arguments warranting serious consideration, the Court ultimately determines, following lengthy oral argument, that resolution of the overall question presented depends too greatly on contested instructional questions about still-fluctuating definitions of statutory terms/phrases as charged,” [Judge Aileen] Cannon wrote. Cannon noted in her denial that the issue of the potential vagueness of the statue would be better brought 'with jury-instruction briefing and/or other appropriate motions' instead of in Trump’s motion to dismiss charges.

 Althouse again, "Less than two weeks before Donald J. Trump is set to go on trial on criminal charges in Manhattan, the prosecutors who brought the case proposed a delay of up to 30 days..." ""... a startling development in the first prosecution of a former American president. The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which accused Mr. Trump of covering up a sex scandal during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, said the delay would give Mr. Trump’s lawyers time to review a new batch of records." JT Young at Am Spec, In Prosecuting Trump, Democrats Have Exonerated Him. "Their actions now are elevating the former president."

Paul Bedard at WaEx reveals CIA played key Jan. 6 roles. Charles Bradley at Am Think thinks the DNC and RNC bombs were The J6 backup plan. "The conduct of authorities at the ”bomb scene” leads to the conclusion that everyone involved knew the “bomb” was a hoax. The reason for the “bomb hoax” is as plain as the nose on my face -- a “Back-Up Plan” in the event ANTIFA, BLM, the CIA, and the FBI failed to incite a riot on January 6, 2021." Jordan Boyd at Da Fed reports Jordan Demands Answers About DOJ’s Persecution Of Blaze Investigative Reporter Steve Baker. Vicky Taft at PJM is happy that  Finally a Federal Judge Nails DOJ for Giving Pass to Antifa While Selectively Prosecuting Trump Supporters.

Breitbart reports the House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Ban TikTok in U.S.  Althouse cited RFK Jr on the proposed TikTok "ban"  "Every right that the government has ever taken away from citizens was removed under the pretense of national security." and "Selling TikTok to a big tech company such as Google, Meta or Microsoft — after all, who else could afford its estimated price of $84 billion? — would not make U.S. users’ data more secure." ""In fact, it would simply give the tech giant buying it a new trove of information about all of us that the new owner could use to enhance its already astoundingly detailed portraits. . .  Writes Julia Angwin, in "TikTok Could Disappear but the Problems It Poses Remain" (NYT)" Sundance at CTH on HR7521 – TikTok Ban Assurances and Those Who Remember Patriot Act Assurances. Da Caller, Congress Mindlessly Opens The Gates For Deep State ‘Trojan Horse’ By Passing TikTok Bill. From TNP, UPTON: I Worked on the Trump Admin’s TikTok Ban, And This America First Bill is Exactly What We Wanted. RFK Jrs substack "Big Tech’s Election Interference: Why Google and Meta Went Shopping for Former US Intelligence Officers".  At Da Fed Brianna Lyman notes AOC Admits Big Tech’s Algorithmic Meddling Is ‘Election Interference’  "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Elon committed ‘election interference’ in 2022 by ‘changing the algorithms’ on X to alter the results of the midterms that year,” Carlson posted on X."

Ace, Don LeMon Update: Don LeMon Might Have -- Get This -- Lied About the Reason for His Firing. "Don LeMon created a fake controversy about getting fired -- again -- and then used that as advertising for his new "show," which will fail. But he did run to the last people who fired him, CNN, to lie." From Twitchy, NBC Tries Chewing Elon Musk Out for Haitian Cannibal Story, Ends Up Biting Self on the Arse Instead. At The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.14.24,  Twitchy: Feds Now Targeting Gamers For Spreading “Disinformation”.

From the Free Bacon, MIT Refused To Host Dennis Ross. It Invited a Hamas Apologist Instead. "Dalia Mogahed, who described Hamas terrorism as legal 'resistance,' slated to speak as a part of MIT's 'Standing Against Hate' Initiative." From Front Page, Andrew Harrod sees a A webinar of hate.  Rutgers University Professors Bash ‘Privileged’ Jews

John Davidson at Da Fed, from Transgender Activists who Say Your Kids Have A ‘Right’ To Carve Up Their Bodies. Armstrong Williams at Da Signal explores the The Rise of Transgenderism. From TNP, Support for Same-Sex Marriage Dips for First Time in Nearly a Decade. I would guess a large part of that is a reaction to the transgender movement. Althouse, "Every young person deserves to have the fundamental right and freedom to be who they are, and feel safe and supported at school and in their communities." "That's from "Statement from President Joe Biden on Nex Benedict" at the White House website. A young person committed suicide, and the President has responded." Of course, that's not true. Try being an outspoken conservative at most schools and find out. Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Sixteen Female Athletes File Class Action Lawsuit Against the NCAA Over Trans Athletes. "It seems to me that the tide has been slowly turning on this issue thanks in part to Lia Thomas and the backlash from other swimmers. Eventually I think sanity will prevail but it's remarkable how little of it there has been up to now." At The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.14.24, Twitchy has Louder With Crowder, Former Disney star Olivia Rodrigo is so pro-abortion, she hands out free “Plan B” at concertsUK follows the science and bans puberty blockers for minors, of course JK Rowling is dropping mics about it, and The Gender Cult Ship Is Sinking.

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