All_Pro_Bills

The government wants Medieval subsistence farming methods which result in lower crop yields and less food for the people which will result in government induced starvation. You can only hope that the first to starve to death will be government officials and the police that enforce their edicts.

This is true as long as we all agree that "nothing wrong" means not criticizing the government or the party and being an obedient citizen that always does what your overlords demand of you.

From what I've been reading elsewhere the DOJ/FBI raid objective is to use the boxes of national archive material warrant in an attempt to apply a little used federal code 2071. And disqualify Trump from holding future office by acquiring a conviction on charges. In other words, get him off the ballot as a potential 2024 candidate. The problem is the threshold of intent is very high. The risk of dismissal in court is high unless its US District Court in the District of Columbia. Along with appeals all the way to SCOTUS. All I can figure is the establishment is scared to death and crapping their knickers at the possibly of Trump part 2. 18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally (a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

For me the issue is how law enforcement goes about their business. Are they investigating crimes or are they investigating people? Because what typically happens is a crime is committed and then an investigation of that crime commences. During the investigation law enforcement interviews witnesses, gathers evidence, and typically complies a list of suspects and seeks to examine motives, alibi's, connections to the victim, etc. Then they make a case against a specific person, issue warrants based on probable cause produced during the investigation which may or may not lead to charges, arrest, a trial, and a conviction. What we have here is different. Its investigations of people searching for and looking for a crime. Political crimes, targeted enforcement. Somebody pisses off somebody else in power or becomes a threat to that power and then an investigation commences to "find" a crime to attach to that person being targeted. "Find me something we can nail this guy on". Pull this guys tax returns and take a look rather than some general examination of 1,000's of tax returns that kicked out 10 or 20 returns with some suspicious deductions on those filings which requires a look. That's also the problem with the 1/6 Committee. They're not investigating the events of that day. They're not looking at evidence and identifying suspects. They identified the suspects before the investigation even began. The investigation is limited to what they can tie to Trump and some opposition conspiracy. Dick Chaney even showed the establishments hand when he boasted that his daughter is going to nail Trump. That Dick Chaney, war criminal, would be so transparent in his remarks just shows these people fear nothing. Because nobody is above the law. Except for them. Frankly there is absolutely no difference between what's going on here and what Putin does to persecute his political rivals through the FSB. Yet the very same people that cry and moan about his dictatorial leanings are jumping for glee at the use of the very same power our government uses against people they don't like or see as a threat or act in a disobedient fashion to government control. Deniers are either blind to their biases or don't care. The problem for the DOJ and FBI is they better have some really big gotcha come out of this raid because if it doesn't what little credibility they have left is going right down the toilet. I expect all they'll accomplish is to energize and rally the opposition. Even those turning a blind eye to their abuse of power can't help but acknowledge it at this point. Progressive fascists calling other people fascists! Comical.

30 agents? Lots of flashing police lights at night. Photos of agents with carrying automatic weapons. Very discrete. I don't know what the idiots in this administration are thinking. This will backfire badly on them. How this bunch of clucks got elected with be studied with bewilderment and amusement decades from now.

What I've got to ask is for the sake of retrieving or seizing a few boxes of documents, could the DOJ/FBI have been any less discrete? Maybe they should have thrown in a couple dozen SWAT team guys repelling down ropes from Blackhawk helicopters dropping tear gas canisters onto the property?

So the guy that's running a family crime organization that took millions in payoffs from Chinese state run organizations & who knows who else, and while overseeing US policy under Obama stole US aid money for Ukraine is less corrupt than Trump? Unless the big guy is cutting you in for a slice of his 10% you might want to reconsider that assessment. This administration and this government are not your buddies and whatever they end up doing to screw people you see at the opposition, they're going to end up screwing you the exact same way too.

Hope springs eternal.

What peaks my curiosity is why a FISA warrant? This isn't some foreign intelligence operation. Where methods and procedures and personnel might be at risk. That doesn't apply here. Using the FISA court is unnecessary. Why not get a regular federal court warrant. Specifying the places to be searched and the items to be seized. Its a warrant to search the home of a former President allegedly for some documents removed from the White House. You use the FISA court when you want to hide or keep something out of the public domain. If everything is on the up-and-up what could you possibly want to hide here? Given the standing of the suspect wouldn't you want to be as transparent as possible? Especially if you've got the goods on the guy! Finally.. If there is sufficient probable cause that can be presented to a judge to issue a warrant go to a Federal court judge to get a warrant. Make it as clear to everyone this is legitimate. But I suspect the government wants as little disclosure as possible. Why would you want that if you've got the smoking gun?

But we're looking down at everyone from the high ground and have the advantage with an old, demented, tired, and ineffective fake President leading a corrupt and dysfunctional federal bureaucracy and Pentagon leadership that thinks the best way to fight the Russians and Chinese is by enlisting and deploying men wearing dresses and wigs! Yup, we've got 'em all right were we want them.

Nothing said it better: "Biden is the dictatorship they spent years pretending Trump was."

This raid smells of desperation. Garland and his hacks at the DOJ and FBI better pray that some actual charges are generated here and its not just some fishing expedition and Gestapo-state harassment exercise.

As Washington is intent on pissing away an infinite amount of money in as unaccountable a fashion as possible, why don't they just get it over with and apply for friggin' Statehood? Top 10 state by federal monies. California ($43.61 billion) Texas ($26.90 billion) Florida ($23.77 billion) New York ($22.06 billion) Virginia ($17.68 billion) Pennsylvania ($15.58 billion) Illinois ($13.18 billion) Ohio ($12.57 billion) North Carolina ($11.31 billion) Michigan ($10.84 billion)

So let's increase the amount of military aid to $165B so close to 100% of the original amount of $50B aid gets to the front. That's how people in government solve problems!

But none of these clowns are concerned with the Biden's getting monetary payoffs documented in their own records from the CCP and stealing money from Ukraine while VP?

Beasley contributed a lot to the Bills success on offense the past few seasons. But its just business. What's changed is the loss of some performance with age and injuries. Combine that with a $7M cap hit and a new OC along with what looks like a commitment to put more speed on the field. Add in more potential touches for McKenzie plus rookies RB Cook and WR Shakir and there's just no room for a part-time 7M slot receiver on the decline in the room.

I get what you're saying but if I captured the gas coming out of the tailpipe into an isolated vacuum container before it has an opportunity to contact the atmosphere isn't that container full of CO gas?

Nowhere has the woke theme destroyed established franchises in entertainment more than it has in the Superhero space. Predictable re-packaging of familiar stories and characters replaced by social justice themed roles centered on "oppressed" groups that produce mind-numbing, boring, and self-absorbed characters and plots. Watching these shows and movies should be considered a form of capital punishment.

So people in charge of things not thinking it out all the way? What's in effect here is the "out of sight, out of mind" principal. Because moving some activity, in this case burning fossil fuels to power an EV, to a different point in the process does not eliminate the activity. An intelligent question to ask is how much different, objectively through measurement of CO & CO2 (its really carbon monoxide being produced through combustion and then the CO bonds with "free" oxygen" in the atmosphere to form CO2, correct?), is the carbon emission level from the power plant to power that vehicle than just using an ICE vehicle directly? None of the 97% of all scientists and "experts" getting paid to recite the climate change talking points appear ready to tackle that one.

So, the identical ideological mindset as the American woke movement!

The fundamental problem is all these government edicts worldwide have negative impacts on productivity. Higher productivity, whether through the use of more efficient energy sources or improvements in technology or methods, are directly responsible for social and economic progress and improvements in the standard of living of everyone. If you lower productivity you are going to lower the standard of living. Democracy aside, the only way you sell that to people aware of that linkage between these actions and lowering their standard of living is through force. How much force are these governments willing to exert? And what happens when the force against these initiatives is greater than the force the government can exert? A lot of bad stuff can happen. Because what they're pushing is a lower standard of living for everyone, everyone of course but themselves, the other political elite, and the ultra-wealthy. A return to Medieval feudalism and an end to democracy, When the light bulb comes on in the heads of the majority of populations around the world and they see their personal situation getting worse, and they decide my government is not my boss, there are going to be a lot of ex-leaders and their political cronies hanging upside down from lampposts.

The only problem with your argument is that the media is heavily skewed to the left and for all intents and purposes the political left and the mainstream media are a single integrated entity.

They just can't say sexually promiscuous gay men are at the highest risk of contracting and spreading monkey pox. And avoiding that behavior, at least for a limited duration of time, is the best method to avoid the virus. We don't need experts to know this, just a little common sense and observation of reality. The thing is, we can say it, think it, and know it. Which makes the experts look like idiots while they play their game of make-believe science driven by political science.

More worrisome is that you must be watching Fox News. Don't let your friends know! Sounds to me like Fox News is quoting me and not the other way around. But perhaps you can enlighten us and explain the methodology behind the production of the BLS monthly jobs numbers? The small business birth/death model, the assumptions and variables. The distinction between full and part-time jobs. Adjustments and revisions to previous months. Just the basics.

An interesting report. Over 500K jobs and wage growth of 5.2% Y/Y. That signals the Federal Reserve is nowhere near done with rate increases. And suggests despite negative GDP, hiring is still robust. All of which are bringing markets down pre-open. What's curious is the jobs report is in conflict with almost every other indicator of the job market which all suggest hiring has already rolled over. A huge divergence with the plummeting household survey numbers, falling job opening, increasing layoff announcements, all pointing down.