MS-13 Gang Member Busted in AZ Says He Used Migrant Caravan for Cover

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. . . "Agents assigned to the Ajo Station apprehended an illegal alien on November 27 after he crossed the border from Mexico. The agents transported the migrant to the station for a biometric background investigation, according to information obtained from Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials.
"During the investigation, the agents identified the man as 30-year-old Wuilson Lazo-Ramos, a Honduran national. Agents reported the man has tattoos indicating membership in the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang. He also has a conviction from a court in Maricopa County, Arizona. The court sentenced Lazo to 30 days in jail and two years probation on the weapons offense.
"Officials reported that Lazo claimed he traveled through the “dangerous parts of Mexico” with the migrant caravan “for his safety.” He said he left the group at the border and crossed illegally on his own because “he has a criminal record” in the U.S., officials stated.
"A few days earlier, El Centro Sector agents arrested another MS-13 gang member who traveled through Mexico with the migrant caravan. The agents came upon the Honduran national east of the Calexico Port of Entry after he illegally crossed the border from Mexico." . . .

Six members of the MS-13 gang are accused of butchering a Massachusetts teenager with a knife as if they were “chopping wood.”
. . . "One of the six suspects, a 19-year-old Salvadorean national named Henri Salvador Gutierrez, had evaded deportation the month before the murder.

"Authorities say Salvador successfully convinced an immigration judge that he was not a threat to public safety or involved in a gang.' . . .

Nancy Pelosi Promises to Pass Illegal Alien Amnesty via Dream Act  "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) promised over the weekend to pass the Dream Act in the new Congress, which would provide amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants." . . .

Curtains for the Clintons; When They Lose MoDo, They've Lost Their MoJo

Kind of a neat update at the bottom.

Maureen Dowd (MoDo) 

Empty seats at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto last week during Bill and Hillary Clinton’s speaking event.

"I’m feeling something foreign, something I’ve never felt before. It takes me a moment to identify it."I’m feeling sorry for the Clintons."In the 27 years I’ve covered Bill and Hillary, I’ve experienced a range of emotions. They’ve dazzled me and they’ve disgusted me."But now they’re mystifying me."I’m looking around Scotiabank Arena, the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it’s a depressing sight. It’s two-for-the-price-of-one in half the arena. The hockey rink is half curtained off, but even with that, organizers are scrambling at the last minute to cordon off more sections behind thick black curtains, they say due to a lack of sales. I paid $177 weeks in advance. (I passed on the pricey meet-and-greet option.) On the day of the event, some unsold tickets are slashed to single digits."I get reassigned to another section as the Clintons’ audience space shrinks. But even with all the herding, I’m still looking at large swaths of empty seats — and I cringe at the thought that the Clintons will look out and see that, too. It was only four years ago, after all, that Canadians were clamoring to buy tickets to see the woman who seemed headed for history.
"It’s a sad contrast with the sold-out boffo book tour of Michelle Obama, who’s getting a lot more personal for the premium prices. But introspection has never been within the Clintons’ range."I can’t fathom why the Clintons would make like aging rock stars and go on a tour of Canada and the U.S. at a moment when Democrats are hoping to break the stranglehold of their cloistered, superannuated leadership and exult in a mosaic of exciting new faces."What is the point? It’s not inspirational. It’s not for charity. They’re not raising awareness about a cause, like Al Gore with global warming. They’re only raising awareness about the Clintons." . . .

UPDATE: Tickets for Clintons' stadium speaking tour now marked down 90%

. . . "Obviously, the humiliation of facing a crowd in Toronto last week that filled fewer than 17% of the seats in the giant hockey-basketball arena was more than the Clintons could bear.  Even with a theater about one third as big, the danger of a sea of empty seats was so big that drastic markdowns were necessary.

"Everyone who paid the original prices is now officially a sucker." . . .

Putin developing fake videos to foment 2020 election chaos: 'It's going to destroy lives'

Ben Wolfgang  "U.S. leaders say Vladimir Putin used a familiar cyber playbook to “muck around” in the midterm elections last month, but intelligence officials and key lawmakers believe a much more sinister, potentially devastating threat lies just down the road — one that represents an attack on reality itself.
"Policy insiders and senators of both parties believe the Russian president or other actors hostile to the U.S. will rely on “deep fakes” to throw the 2020 presidential election cycle into chaos, taking their campaign to influence American voters and destabilize society to a new level.
"The eerie process, which relies on cutting-edge, deep-learning algorithm technology, produces high-quality audio and video of individuals saying things they never said or doing things they never did. The phony video, analysts say, will be virtually indistinguishable from real footage, mimicking voices, speaking patterns, facial expressions and surroundings to a frighteningly realistic degree.

"U.S. officials attending a high-level national security forum last week say the technology is the next major threat to American elections and potentially to democracy itself, and analysts say the nefarious possibilities are virtually endless." . . .

What Pooty-poot wants, he gets:

Lest We Forget: The Smearing Of Brett Kavanaugh Was Truly Evil

To their credit, perhaps led by the unflinching example of President Trump, this time around most of the Senate Republicans have rallied behind Judge Kavanaugh. They seem to have begun to learn that they must oppose these undemocratic tactics of personal destruction, not merely to save our own freedoms and our children’s, but also those of these twisted Democrats such as Schumer and Waters. They may not realize it, but they can’t take away the rights of some of us without taking away their own.  Christina F. Jeffrey

Can there be no sense of shame in any of these women over what they did to a family?

Mollie Hemingway: The Smearing Of Brett Kavanaugh Is Truly Evil  . . . "But thank God that Republicans didn’t kill the Garland nomination by tearing down the man and spending months trying to find high school classmates to claim attempted rape and near-death experiences.
"At some point one must consider whether evil means are justified for progressive ends. The bottom line is that this media-enabled Democratic smear campaign simply can’t be the standard by which we destroy people. Watching this miscarriage of justice is radicalizing those who care about rule of law and political processes that have a semblance of sanity."

Christina F. Jeffrey: The Politics of Personal Destruction Redux  . . . "On January 9, 1995, three days after starting my new job as historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, I was falsely accused on the floor of Congress, by multiple House Democrats, of being an anti-Semite. That evening Representatives Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) held a press conference calling my appointment a disgrace to the tens of thousands of their constituents who had survived the Holocaust and demanded that I be fired." . . .

Kavanaugh's ordeal shows the depravity of the rabid left   "Is there no depth to which leftists will not sink to demonize those with whom they disagree?" . . . 

Accusations of Sexual Assault Can Damage a Reputation for Life  . . . "We all saw the character-assassination attempt on Judge Kavanaugh when Dr. Ford charged him with sexual assault. When the FBI investigated the alleged witnesses from Dr. Ford, none could corroborate her charge. Judge Kavanaugh and his family, though, will live with the burden of a sexual assault charge for the rest of their lives." . . .

Look at the price that Judge Kavanaugh had to pay when political leaders like Senator Chuck Schumer said, “He should recuse himself based on the claim.”

There is no floor for the ugly accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.  . . . "It is apparent to me that Kavanaugh truly loves coaching his daughters’ teams. He lamented that part of the aftermath of the Democrats’ character assassination of him may end his coaching days. Sure enough, an opinion piece in USA Today was more than happy to promote such a travesty." . . .

From the WaPo! I don’t know Kavanaugh the judge. But Kavanaugh the carpool dad is one great guy.

Justice Kavanaugh returns to coaching girls basketball team: Report "Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh has returned to coaching his daughter’s basketball team.

“ 'Coach K,” as he said the girls call him, was spotted on the basketball court at DeMatha Catholic High School in suburban Maryland over the Thanksgiving weekend, The Washington Post reported.

"He had feared his time as a coach for the Catholic Youth Organization team would have to end after he faced unsubstantiated allegations of sexual misconduct during his confirmation to the Supreme Court.

“ 'I love coaching more than anything I’ve ever done in my whole life,” he told Democrats during one of his hearings. “But thanks to what some of you on this side of the committee have unleashed, I may never be able to coach again.

"It turns out he’s also been able to return to another of his favorite activities. He was spotted after his confirmation serving meals at Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Washington."

Keep this a secret or leftists/Democrats will send their bizarre characters to the games.

Emile Ratelband, 69, told he cannot legally change his age

So Western society hasn't gone off the edge but is getting closer. Perhaps soon I can legally change my weight to ten pounds less. Then I hope to have a good-looking, muscular guy tattooed over the front of my body TD

BBC

A Dutchman who wanted to change his date of birth to boost dating prospects has lost his legal battle to do so.

"Emile Ratelband, still aged 69, wanted to change his birth date by 20 years to avoid what he called discrimination.

" 'We live in a time when you can change your name and change your gender. Why can't I decide my own age?" he said.But the court disagreed, highlighting that many rights in law are based on a person's age, and changing it at will could cause many problems.

"There was no legal basis to make such a change, it said.

" 'Mr Ratelband is at liberty to feel 20 years younger than his real age and to act accordingly," the judges said, but changing his legal documents would have "undesirable legal and societal implications".

"Mr Ratelband, who calls himself a "positivity trainer", made headlines around the world with his unusual request.  . . .

A small ray of sanity in an increasingly insane world.  "This judge is acting far too reasonably and logically to fit in these days. Doesn't he know that things like biology, gender identity, and sexual preferences all depend on how you feel and not on reality?" . . .

This gentleman tried for years to disguise his age, but we didn't buy that either: