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Best tennis player in the world not allowed to play in the U.S. Open because he’s not vaccinated for Covid. Simple COVID testing should have been sufficient for participation. Vaccination that doesn’t prevent the vaccinated from contracting or spreading the very virus being vaccinated for doesn’t make a lot of scientific sense. Also if you are able to walk into our country at our Southern Border without Vaccination, Passport or work Visa without policy enforcement, what is the point of enforcing the very same policy for legal entry into the U.S.? Clearly demonstrates the idiocies and hypocrisy of our governmental leadership

Trump has enjoyed living rent-free in their heads since 2016.......Expect the levels of these attacks to get worse as the next election(s) loom large......

In a state rife with rolling blackouts - Let's put more stress on the power grid...... https://dnyuz.com/2022/08/24/california-to-ban-the-sale-of-new-gasoline-cars/ The rule, issued by the California Air Resources Board, will require that 100 percent of all new cars sold in the state by 2035 be free of the fossil fuel emissions chiefly responsible for warming the planet, up from 12 percent today. It sets interim targets requiring that 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state by 2026 produce zero emissions. That would climb to 68 percent by 2030. The restrictions are important because not only is California the largest auto market in the United States, but more than a dozen other states typically follow California’s lead when setting their own auto emissions standards. “The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, said in a statement. Again, where SF is sitting typing this post, many, many, many years ago it was under hundreds of feet of snow and ice........Still not convinced that "fossil fuel emissions are chiefly responsible for warming the planet". Not even close considering the ice and snow retreated waaaayy to the North a long time before we became the top polluter of the world. Just wondering what will happen when the planet is still experiencing climate change (in both directions - hot and cold) long after EV's are the norm and fossil fuels are extinct. Mankind's opinion that we can control the control the Earth's climate is pretty lofty. (IMHO) You want to talk about stewardship and how mankind is polluting and how can we clean it up and leave a cleaner planet for our kids? I'm on board with that.

So it isn't discriminating it's just stereo-typing then. Prejudge much? Racism a little bit?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/08/23/how-bill-clintons-sock-drawer-could-play-a-role-in-the-fbis-trump-raid-fiasco-n2612109 Even if sensitive materials were on the Mar-a-Lago grounds, they weren’t strewn about as you’d see in Ernest Hemingway’s office. They were secured as every former president has a staff upon leaving office. The act of taking them is the declassifying act. There is no actual law violation in the search warrant. Lastly, the government overclassifies everything. We will keep coming back to this, but one of the items the National Archives wanted back from Trump was a cocktail napkin. So, back to the personal records angle in this FBI raid fiasco. Judicial Watch filed a legal motion to recover tapes reportedly stored in Bill Clinton’s sock drawer. This lawsuit happened ten years and was rejected by a judge since those tapes, which included conversations about Slick Willy’s presidency, the potential firing of a CIA director, and nominating Madeline Albright as secretary of state, were deemed personal records by Bill Clinton. The court also ruled that the National Archives had no legal authority to take them (via Washington Times😞

SF is perplexed as to why the DOJ (AG Garland) is so intent on keeping the affidavit justifying the "raid" on Trump's residence sealed.......while the former POTUS is pushing for it to be released...... https://www.analyzingamerica.org/2022/08/665957/?fbclid=IwAR1iFEVZkPvcU-l4xfr8Tq7nEBZFt5zexLUSMQwWhCRAwqHamfw3WeBln_c The federal government received bad news as Judge Bruce Reinhart ruled that they must unseal the affidavit leading to the FBI raid at President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected the Justice Department’s argument to keep the affidavit hidden from Americans. Reinhart called the raid “unprecedented” and said there is “intense public and historical interest” for unsealing the affidavit. The Justice Department is given more time to propose redactions to the affidavit in order to protect the identities of FBI agents and investigative sources. Ultimately, this is a major victory for Trump who has encouraged the release of the affidavit while the DOJ requested to keep it sealed. In his ruling, Judge Reinhart said he rejects “the Government’s argument that the present record justifies keeping the entire Affidavit under seal.” It’s widely speculated that the affidavit will shine light on the fact that the search was politically motivated and a “political scam.” The affidavit is the place where the DOJ specifies the crime they believe has been committed by Trump. This would be needed to show cause for a federal judge to authorize the Mar-a-Lago raid.

I think they are a little more aligned than the left is comfortable with, so the story of a "rift" continues.....

Does it matter?

https://www.thecollegefix.com/berkeley-co-op-person-of-color-theme-house-bans-white-guests-from-common-spaces/ Students move into the POC house ‘to be able to avoid white violence and presence,’ rules state White guests are banned from the common spaces at the Person of Color House, an off-campus housing option for Berkeley students, according to a photo of the guest rules recently posted on Reddit. Under a section labeled “Guests in Common Spaces,” it states: “Guests are allowed in common spaces but please be mindful if there are house members in the room beforehand. White guests are not allowed in common spaces (see intro).” The POC House intro states in part that many members moved in “to be able to avoid white violence and presence.” When students do bring a guest, the rules direct them to announce it in the house guest chat and note “if they are white.” Isn't this itself racist?

Really need a scorecard to follow this one.......Dude marries another guy (for 5 years), divorces, becomes trans, identifies as a woman, and now falls in love with a woman (described as "just a gay girl").....HOLLYWOOD KIDS.....must be the trend _ you do you I guess..... https://www.analyzingamerica.org/2022/08/665475/?fbclid=IwAR1fW7AlrLByaxm-COkV3-IzsA0Mef8WxtWSEe5zDEEyXfKBHaIRPNVKSyQ TV Star Divorces Husband, Announces Self As Trans Woman, Is Now Engaged To ‘A Gay Girl’ By David Rufful - August 18, 2022 Actor Tommy Dorfman, 33, is well known for the role of Ryan Shaver on “13 Reasons Why.” Dorfman has announced the end of a five-year-long marriage and now publicly identifies as a transgender woman. Dorfman is now engaged and describes her as “just a gay girl” who is “very affirming.” “I fell in love with someone who doesn’t fetishize me,” Dorfman told fellow actress Rachel Bilson. Dorfman divorced Peter Zurkuhlen after they were married for five years. “I knew I was interested in women in a way that I hadn’t really been aware of since high school,” Dorfman said. “I had this unresolved, unexplored thing. I was like, ‘This is the year that I’m gonna go on some dates with girls and feel that out again, and not feel ashamed about it.’” “I think if I hadn’t booked that job I would have transitioned a lot sooner,” Dorfman said. “I think because of my work being so tied to my body and face and identity, or whatever [a character] identified as, it delayed some of my growth and some of my maturation in my 20s. I made decisions that were just not aligned with how I really was or what I wanted — but out of fear.” “I think if you’re living with dysphoria, it’s not so dissimilar to living actively in alcoholism or addiction,” Dorfman said. “You’re living in a fog. You’re living underwater, basically.” “For me, I always felt like other people had a guidebook for life that I just did not [have],” Dorfman continued. “I would always be like, ‘How did you know how to brush your teeth twice a day?’ That’s crazy. Or, ‘You know how to make a bed?’ Or these simple basic human things that were just not available to me.” “Or, like, emotions. I was like, ‘You feel emotions outside of acting? That’s weird.’ The acting was the only way I could feel things until I started transitioning. Then it was like, boom!”

https://www.wndu.com/2022/08/18/mom-fatally-shot-home-intruder-defend-kids-she-says/?fbclid=IwAR3Cz_tLUDqMCAhm7sFefZitPM0BcHNVDDcZzqBx-ifFwGzOcMCbyffalOI MILWAUKEE (WTMJ) - A family of three is now traumatized after they say a strange man broke into their home, and the mother fatally shot him while defending her children, she claims. A mother of two, who asked not to be identified, was showering before work Monday morning when she heard her children, ages 12 and 14, screaming from the living room. Still dripping wet, she says she ran to her bedroom, grabbed her gun and faced down a strange man, who she claims broke into her home. She says the man charged, undeterred by her dogs, and she shot him in self-defense. “It all happened so fast — an adrenaline rush,” she said. Community activist Bushraa Rahman helped clean up the home after authorities removed the body. “She was scared because her children were there with her. So, she did what any mother would do. She defended her children,” Rahman said. “It was an act of self-defense.” Police have not identified the man. The mother says he appeared to be in his late 30s and was acting erratically. Following the shooting, police arrested the mother then released her several hours later after questioning. They referred the case to the district attorney’s office for review. “In today’s day and age, with mental health and everything else that’s taking place in the world, I mean, you better protect yourself. To be honest, you have to,” Rahman said. The mother says her children are traumatized after the incident, and the family intends to move out once they find a new place to live. She says she bought the gun 10 years ago after finding a man sleeping under her son’s bed. She says she hoped she’d never have to use it. Scary event - she gets the "atta girl" for having the means and being able to effectively protect herself and kids.

What-ever....... Lets just (for DE's sake) pretend this has even a snowball's chance in Hades of happening. Desantis becomes the heir-apparent, glides to an easy win in 2024 over who or what ever the left nominates then pardons the Don.

Yes, his conviction/trial was on tax evasion and prohibition charges, but Elliot Ness wasn't the IRS......BUT read this little history, it's kind of interesting. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone

No. Are you suggesting the IRS is "the police"? Surely you can see my inference to the current administration potentially considering the IRS as another branch of the military......

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Totally sickening......(part of SF's "degradation of society" warning about a decade ago that I was told is a "conspiracy theory")

Actually the IRS would most likely be issued a fully automatic M4 - that I thought was only available to the military.......Oh wait a minute....

SF's favorite excerpt from this story - Trump had a "standing order" as president that automatically declassified material he moved from the Oval Office to his residence at the White House. "Cavalier" or not, this will be the obvious defense IF there is ever a serious pursuit of prosecution. This detail is being overtly ignored......

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/plans-rename-monkeypox-stigmatization-concerns-rcna43012 LONDON — The World Health Organization says it’s holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations. In a statement Friday, the U.N. health agency said it has also renamed two families, or clades, of the virus, using Roman numerals instead of geographic areas, to avoid stigmatization. The version of the disease formerly known as the Congo Basin will now be known as Clade one or I and the West Africa clade will be known as Clade two or II. WHO said the decision was made following a meeting of scientists this week and in line with current best practices for naming diseases, which aims to “avoid causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups, and minimize any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare.” Numerous other diseases, including Japanese encephalitis, Marburg virus, Spanish influenza and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome have been named after the geographic areas where they first arose or were identified. WHO has not publicly suggested changing any of those names. So since being discovered back in 1958, "Monkeypox" is now "derogatory" or "racist"?