Russian court upholds WNBA star Brittney Griner's 9-year prison sentence

CBS News  "A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, a step that could move her closer to a possible high-stakes prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.

"The eight-time all-star center with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

"Griner, 32, was not at the Moscow Regional Court hearing but appeared via video link from a penal colony outside the capital where she is held.

"At her trial, Griner admitted to having the canisters in her luggage but testified she packed them inadvertently in her haste to make her flight and had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements saying she had been prescribed cannabis to treat chronic pain.". . .

Brittney Griner's National Anthem Stance Mocked – PJ Media   . . ."One might now ask what kind of a “stand” was Griner wanting to take? More importantly, what kind of “stand” should we take regarding a pro athlete who enjoyed her oppression in America so much that she became fabulously wealthy and had the freedom to marry a female spouse — something that she might be arrested for in Russia?

"Brittney Griner wants the American people to stand behind her and demand that Joe Biden exchange her for a convicted terrorist responsible for murdering American servicemen and women. Arms dealer Viktor Bout is the worst of the worst and a man, if set free, who would almost certainly go back to murdering innocent people.

"Should we back her even though she insults and disrespects the anthem that unites us regardless of color, creed, or politics?"

The Man without a country":

Governor Ron DeSantis Endorses Senate Candidate Joe O’Dea, Who Vows to Campaign Against Donald Trump

  The Conservative Treehouse  "A week ago, Colorado senate republican candidate Joe O’Dea said on CNN, “I don’t think Donald Trump should run again.” He quickly added, ” I’m going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we have got four or five really great Republicans right now; Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott.”

"President Trump blasted O’Dea the following day {link}."

"Keep in mind, Ron DeSantis is a governor who campaigns on his success as a governor and has been rallying exclusively for governor candidates.  However, despite not endorsing the republican candidate in the Colorado state race (Heidi Ganahl), Governor DeSantis went out of his way to support the only explicitly anti-Trump Senate candidate in 2022, Joe O’Dea.

"When Paul Ryan endorsed Ron DeSantis, you could argue that DeSantis never asked for it.  When Jeb Bush endorsed DeSantis, again you could argue that DeSantis never asked for it. However, the transparency of DeSantis endorsing O’Dea who has stated his intent to actively campaign against any MAGA candidate… well, you can’t say that had nothing to do with DeSantis.". . .

. . ."The DeSantis 2024 organizers are a mixture of allied republican establishment figures, corporate party donors and former Ted Cruz base supporters (Never Trumpers) who have united in common cause to stop the MAGA working-class coalition from taking full control of the republican party.  An endorsement for DeSantis from Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger is increasingly likely as soon as the midterm election is over.

. . ."Ron DeSantis is increasingly being exposed by his own actions/inactions and the actions of others.

"Let us not pretend any longer.". . .

Here's a second opinion: People inside the Saudi government said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was unimpressed with Biden and favored former President Trump  "Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s 37-year-old ruler, has reportedly mocked President Biden in private while questioning his mental state, a move that could fracture U.S.-Saudi relations at a time when the partnership is being tested following a move by OPEC+ to cut oil production and harsh criticism of the regime by American lawmakers. 

"The Wall Street Journal reported that several people inside the Saudi government said the prince preferred former President Trump and has seemed unimpressed with Biden since his days as vice president while also making fun of his gaffes.". . .

Update: Attkisson lawsuit over govt. computer intrusions

  Sharyl Attkisson

"It was January of 2013 when I first learned that forensics indicated a government intel agency had engaged in a long-term monitoring effort of my CBS computers and devices, as well as those belonging to my family.

"The remote intruders, said the forensics examiner, had monitored my key strokes, used Skype to secretly listen in on my conversations, accessed work files and photos, obtained my passwords, entered the CBS News “ENPS” news system, and installed three classified documents deep in my computer’s operating system. The bad guys then tried to erase their tracks by remotely erasing data and files. They changed the time stamps inside the computers thousands of times to thwart the reliability of any forensic examination." . . .

Democrats destroy; it's what they do

 

Weissmann Placed Paul Manafort in Solitary Confinement for 11 Months in Effort to Get Him to Lie About President Trump  

He’s just filled with hatred for apparently most Americans and certainly anybody affiliated with President Trump.  And he’s willing to do anything to destroy them. 

WashPost Uncritically Repeats Lies about Trump from J6 Cmte   . . ."The anti-Trump show trials continue in Washington, and yesterday featured the testimony of ‘surprise’ witness Cassidy Hutchinson. Hutchinson claims she was alarmed that she saw, or rather, heard from a guy who heard from a guy that maybe Trump did something superbad, or at least that’s what she heard.

"The insane claims: Trump choked his driver because he wanted to join the siege! Trump knew they brought weapons to siege the Capitol! Trump wanted to hang Mike Pence!

"The backing? Zero.

"The basic journalistic curiosity to fact check these obviously baloney claims? None.". . .

Serial Election Denier Hillary Is Back and She Has a Warning

 Katie Pavlich

In a bizarre video filmed far too close to her face, Clinton warns that "right wing extremists" will "literally steal" the next presidential election and says the issue "keeps her up at night." 

"Twice failed Democratic presidential candidate and serial election denier Hillary Clinton is looking past the 2022 midterm elections, where her party is expected to get trounced, and onto the 2024 presidential election. 

"In a bizarre video filmed far too close to her face, Clinton warns that "right wing extremists" will "literally steal" the next presidential election and says the issue "keeps her up at night." 

. . .

HILLARY CLINTON: “Right wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election.”

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— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 25, 2022

 Hillary Clinton Delivers BlueAnon Rant Saying Republicans Are Going to 'Literally' Steal the Election  . . ."Regardless, nothing she says is true past her initial accusation. The “right-wing controlled Supreme Court” is not attempting to allow state legislators to refuse to certify electors. There’s not even a hint of that, and to this point, the Supreme Court has shown extreme deference to even getting involved in such topics. Clinton’s ranting of evil conservative Justices looking to steal the 2024 election is as nonsensical as it is delusional.". . .

Opinion | Essay;Blizzard of Lies - The New York Times by William Safire  

"Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady -- a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation -- is a congenital liar.

"Drip by drip, like Whitewater torture, the case is being made that she is compelled to mislead, and to ensnare her subordinates and friends in a web of deceit.". . . 

What to Do about Joe?

Why Biden Went Far Left   "Bill O’Reilly has reached a conclusion that has probably occurred to many people recently, namely that although Joe Biden always represented himself as a moderate regular guy with blue-collar sensibilities from Scranton, he “fooled a lot of folks, including me.”  For, O’Reilly observes, Biden has recently been full of praise for extremists, saying that he agrees with everything Rep. Maxine Waters says, which includes, after the George Floyd killing, justifying violence and praising “one of the biggest haters on television,” Joy Behar.

"Although I certainly understand O’Reilly’s reasoning, I must disagree.  My view is that the situation is far worse than he envisages.  O’Reilly’s mistake is that he is attempting to understand Joe Biden as if he is a normal person pretty much like the rest of us. The reasoning goes like this:  If an ordinary person like the rest of us were to do a sudden political about-face like Biden has done, it would probably be because he had been fooling people all along and is finally showing his true face.

"This is, however, a mistake.  One must never forget that most politicians are not like ordinary people.  Most of us are such that if we told a big public lie, for example, that we had finished in the top half our law school class when we had actually finished in bottom 11% of the class, or that we had been arrested protesting for civil rights with Nelson Mandela when we had not, or that Mitt Romney had not paid any taxes for the past decade when we knew he paid taxes, or that one’s political opponent had colluded with Russia in order to steal the 2016 presidential election when we knew that is false, or say under oath that the southern border is secure when everybody knows it is not, we would, once we had been exposed, be ashamed and have difficulty showing our faces in public for a long time. Similarly, most of us would feel deeply ashamed if we enacted policies that led to 800+ deaths at the southern border ... and so on.". . .

The Democrat Dilemma -- What to Do about Joe  

It was all fun and games for the leftists in the beginning. The man would do or say
anything they wanted -- as long as they let him play king in the Oval Office. But as his approval tanks, his usefulness is waning. Now a remarkable 72% of Americans don’t want him to run again. And that’s the trap. The Dems can’t win with him, and it won’t be easy to get rid of him. What do they do with a useful idiot, who isn’t useful anymore -- but still has the power of the presidency?

. . ."Unfortunately, there’s a recurring problem with all of these gambits. With any removal of Biden, they’re stuck with a President Harris -- whose approval (37%) is worse than Joe’s. She’s an even less useful idiot than Joe is. The woman slept her way to the top of California politics and then made the jump to VP via her intersectionality score. There is nothing in her background to indicate that she could keep the Democrat airplane from drilling a big flaming hole in the ground.". . .

Joe Biden’s Senility Is Getting Worse   . . ."Joe’s downfall may seem like it’s been a long time coming, but it really hasn’t been. If you think back on his career in politics, he’s always been a liar and he’s always lied about his own life. For someone with all the opportunities in the world to create a large footprint in history for himself, Joe Biden hasn’t done anything worth noting. 

"Honestly, his Senate career was almost completely devoid of accomplishments. The 1994 crime bill is about it, and he barely played a role in that. You really have to wonder what the people of Delaware were thinking when they kept sending Forrest Gump back to Washington.". . . 

The left strikes again, trying to shut down a Ball State professor for teaching intelligent design

We should also stop pretending that a party who can't define a woman and which pretends men can give birth are the party of science.  

Jack Hellner  "There are millions of known, and unknown animal and plant species on Earth and yet there are few evolutionary trees to trace how they began.

"A Ball State professor was fired for daring to bring up intelligent design along with evolution. The atheists who abhor the idea got the university to cave. He eventually got reinstated.

Intelligent Design' Professor Returns to University That Banned His Class

A physics professor whose intelligent design course, “Boundaries of Science” — a definite no-no in the no-longer-hallowed halls of academia — was dropped in 2013 by Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, after complaints from atheists, is scheduled to return to the BSU campus in late October.

When Professor Eric Hedin returns to his old stomping grounds on October 26, his topic of discussion will again be intelligent design (ID). The theory holds that certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process or natural selection.

 "Intelligent design is a worthy idea that deserves consideration in the academic realm. After all, animals and plants clearly evolved, yet the origin of life on Earth cannot be explained by evolution, nor can the infinite universe. Seems the left can't handle the concept of intelligent design.". . .

 

In Powerful Call For Nation To Calm Down, Biden Falls Asleep

 In Powerful Call For Nation To Calm Down, Biden Falls Asleep; Babylon Bee

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a televised address from the oval office, President Joe Biden called for calm across the nation by falling asleep on national television. Millions of Americans witnessed the leader of the free world slowly nod off mid-sentence and grumble in his sleep as he slowly slipped out of his chair and out of the view of cameras.

" 'This is true leadership," said CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "Biden is calling on all of us to take a deep breath and relax — something we all need right now. A powerful and inspiring statement from the President."

" 'If he can fall asleep on the job then I guess the country is doing great," said Barbara Richfield, 54. "The country must be doing better than I thought."

"Republicans immediately pounced upon the sleeping President. "This is an outrage!" said Tucker Carlson on his nightly show. MSNBC responded by noting that staying awake on the job is one of the classic hallmarks of fascism.

"According to sources, aides placed a tiny bed under the resolute desk because Biden routinely falls asleep while attempting to run the country. Experts say this should be an effective counter to whatever message Hunter is sending by staying awake 3 days at a time."

New California Laws Will Create ‘Ideological Purity Test’ for Police by Banning Ties to ‘Hate’ and ‘Bias,’ Critics Say

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"California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has signed two bills into law that will limit who is eligible to become a peace officer, even as many cities across the Golden State struggle with police shortages. Critics say the new laws will create an “ideological purity test,” preventing some conservatives and Christians from joining already-strapped police forces.

"Newsom on Sept. 30 signed AB 655, which bars Californians who previously had been members of a “hate group” or involved in “hate group activity” (in the past seven years) from police service. It remains unclear when the law will go into effect.

"The governor also signed AB 2229, which requires applicants to be screened for “bias” before they can join a police force force. The “bias” requirement had been enacted previously in 2020, but mistakenly was stricken from the law in 2021, according to a legislative analysis. According to the law’s text, it went into effect immediately upon signing.

"Although AB 655 uses a strict definition for the term “hate group” tied directly to “genocide,” critics note that the new law also requires agencies to investigate “a complaint made by the public that alleges, as specified, that a peace officer engaged in membership in a hate group, participation in any hate group activity, or advocacy of public expressions of hate.”

"The Southern Poverty Law Center, or SPLC, has branded mainstream conservative and Christian organizations as “hate groups” and put them on a list with the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, often for reasons that amount to ideological disagreement. (The SPLC did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment.)

"California has a public interest in preventing members of the Ku Klux Klan or other groups that truly advocate oppression and violence from joining a police department. But critics told The Daily Signal that the laws could be weaponized to exclude peaceful conservatives at a time of law enforcement shortages.". . .

Would a Biden Oval Office address be on your must-see schedule?

 

Biden goes fully delusional, says he got student loan bailout ‘passed by a vote or two’  "This is not one of the lies that Joe Biden likes to spin, this is scary delusional incompetence on the part of a President of the United States. Joe Biden did most assuredly not get a law passed by Congress by any vote when he unilaterally signed an executive order cancelling $10,000 of student loan indebtedness for people earning up to $125,000 a year, and $20,000 for those who received Pell Grants.". . .

. . ."This issue is, to use a phrase recently employed by the inimitable Karine Jean-Pierre, “top of mind.” And since “top of mind” allegedly preoccupies Biden, according to KJP, this means that’s the man has slipped the bonds of rationality and now is living in a fantasy world when it comes to the principal affairs of state.

"Nick Arama of RedState says that it’s “Time for the 25th.” I strongly suspect that if voters decisively repudiate the Democrats on November 8, we’ll see Democrats start to talk about the 25th as they want to distance their own political futures from Biden."

President Joe Biden falsely said he passed his much-ballyhooed student loan bailout package by a “vote or two” even though Congress has not yet voted on it.

“I say this as a father of a man who won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous service medal, and lost his life in Iraq,” Biden said.  Although Biden’s son did serve in Iraq, he died of brain cancer in 2015.

When Biden thinks strong women, he thinks ramrod. pic.twitter.com/e4aMnTn80s

— Maze (@mazemoore) October 23, 2022

Biden is back to fantasizing, this time about being sought out as a college president

Joe Biden: Republicans ‘Immoral’ for Blocking Transgender Procedures for Children . . .“I don’t think any state or anybody should have the right to do that, as a moral question or a legal question I just think it’s wrong, ” Biden said.

"The president spoke about transgender politics during a NowThisNews forum with young
people aired on Sunday.

"Biden addressed transgender issues with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender TikTok star who documented his transition into a woman on social media.

"Mulvaney brought up Republican efforts to ban transgender procedures for children.". . .

A Beto campaign staffer has big promises for so-called ‘transgender’ kids

 Andrea Widburg  "The current Republican administration in Texas is hostile to the leftist efforts to turn children into Frankenstein’s monsters under the umbrella term of “transgenderism.” It’s interpreted its laws to prevent parents from using hormones or surgery to alter their children’s bodies and has ordered Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who want to squeeze their children’s bodies into some sort of weird

simulation of being the opposite of their biological sex. According to one staffer working on Beto O’Rourke’s campaign, though, if O’Rourke becomes governor, that’s going to change.

"Texas has been at the forefront of protecting its children from the gender maniacs. In Texas, according to the state Attorney General’s official interpretation of state law, it is illegal to subject children to sterilizing hormones and other drugs, as well as any surgeries that mutilate children’s sexual characteristics.

"Additionally, in 2021, it passed a law requiring that public school children may compete in competitive school sports only in accordance with their biological gender. Had that law been in place in North Carolina, a high school player would not have sustained a severe concussion when a fake girl (i.e., a boy) on the opposite team sent a ball her way that was estimated to have been traveling at about 70 MPH.". .  .

. . .When Rosen received a call from a Beto staff, he pretended to be the uncle of a 10-year-old boy whose parents failed or were unwilling to recognize that the child was really a girl. After the campaign worker expressed sympathy for the child’s plight, Rosen went in for the kill. "He claimed that he wanted to know whether Beto, if he becomes governor, would protect Rosen if he were to take this imaginary 10-year-old child out-of-state for what the left now calls “gender-affirming care.”

"If the Beto campaign worker were a normal person, she would have asked, “Are you out of your ever-lovin’ mind? First, as an uncle, you should never be able to undermine the parents’ rights. Second, leave that child alone!” But this is a Beto volunteer, so she had a different response.". . .

Biden says he backs 'gender-affirming' healthcare and slams Republicans trying to ban sex changes for children in interview with transgender TikTok activist  "Joe Biden said in an interview with a transgender TikTok star that states shouldn't have the power to regulate any health care related to a person transitioning from one sex to the other.

The president denounced Republican states that have passed laws attempting to ban or limit sex change surgeries and transition treatments – like hormone blockers – for children who identify as non binary or transgender.

"Biden spoke with a panel of six progressive activists for the NowThis News presidential forum on Friday, which aired on Sunday. One of the six panelists was TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney who is documenting their transition from a male to trans woman.

"When asked if red states should have the right to pass laws limiting access to gender-affirming treatments, Biden said: 'I don't think any state or anybody should have the right to do that.'

" 'As a moral question and as a legal question, I just think it's wrong,' the president added.". . .

California court rules in favor of Christian baker who refused to bake cake for lesbian wedding |

  Daily Mail Online "Sweet victory! California court rules in favor of Christian baker who refused to bake cake for a lesbian couple in 2017, citing her Christian beliefs - and adds that people 'shouldn't push any agenda against anyone else

• A California court on Friday ruled in favor of a baker who turned away a lesbian couple who asked her to make a wedding cake in 2017
• Cathy Miller, owner of the Tastries Bakery, celebrated the new win on Facebook Friday in a post on Facebook thanking followers for their support
• Tastries Bakery has fought several legal battles now regarding the refusal to bake a cake for a lesbian couple 
• Miller allegedly politely gave the couple an alternative baker in the area to go to for their wedding cake 
• She also said that the situation would have been different if the cake was already made but that the act of making it specifically for them went against her beliefs 
• Judge Eric Bradshaw said in his decision that baking a cake is still protected as 'pure speech' and considered artistic expression ". . . 

 "A California court ruled in favor of a Christian baker Friday following a years-long legal battle after she refused to bake a custom cake for a lesbian wedding in 2017, citing her religious beliefs.

""We applaud the court for this decision," Thomas More Society special counsel Charles LiMandri said in a statement. "The freedom to practice one’s religion is enshrined in the First Amendment, and the United States Supreme Court has long upheld the freedom of artistic expression."

"Cathy Miller, a cake designer who owns the popular Tastries bakery in Bakersfield, California, won what her lawyers at the Thomas More Society called "a First Amendment victory" when Judge Eric Bradshaw of the Superior Court of California in Kern County ruled against California's Department of Fair Housing and Employment, which had brought the lawsuit against her."