Special counsel in Biden investigation is a sweet pick for Hunter

"We can't be surprised, but we should all be ashamed of what our Department of Justice, under Joe Biden, has become. Calling this banana republic justice is an insult to banana republics."

  American Thinker  "In a move that should come as a surprise to no one, Merrick Garland has appointed, as special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the one man who can most be counted on to continue covering up for the Biden family crimes. That man is David Weiss. 

"This is the self-same David Weiss who allowed the statute of limitations to lapse on Hunter Biden's most serious crimes, while offering him a plea deal so broad, so lenient, and for crimes so minor that the prosecutor Weiss sent to court had to admit to an astonished judge that there was no legal precedent for it. To her credit, the judge rejected that sweetheart plea deal out of hand.

"That would be the David Weiss whose office IRS investigators-turned-whistleblowers testified prevented them from even interviewing Hunter or executing search warrants to collect evidence of his crimes — and the same David Weiss who blocked those IRS investigators from using the mountains of evidence contained on Hunter's infamous laptop from hell. 

"Yes, David Weiss, who, five years after the beginning of this sham investigation, has not indicted Hunter Biden for anything — while the statute of limitations on his serial and thoroughly documented felonies continue to slip away. Those crimes would have earned any Republican a pre-dawn arrest by a heavily armed SWAT team with news media in tow. 

"I say that it should surprise no one, because at this point, there is no act so blatant, so brazen, or so lawless that Joe Biden's DOJ, led by Merrick Garland, will not stoop to it. This is the same weaponized DOJ that is targeting Biden's main political opponent for re-election in 2024.

"Besides having proven himself as nothing more than a protector of the Bidens, David Weiss isn't even legally eligible for this appointment — at least according to a plain reading of the special counsel statute, which states that "the Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government." 

"All this is to conclude that David Weiss has proven that his only intention is to immunize Hunter Biden with the lowest possible charges and shield any evidence from implicating Joe BIden." . . .

Maui had a firebug on the loose and a fancy warning system that didn't work: Hawaii governor blames global warming -

 

Monica Showalter; American Thinker   "Hawaii had the world's fanciest natural disaster warning system on the planet. It also had an ongoing firebug problem, and recent academic study warning that the place was very vulnerable to fire catastrophes.

"Somehow, none of that figured in the government's fire plan. The firebug is still out there. The conditions created for big fires, such as the proliferation of non-native grasses, remain on Maui. And the fancy emergency warning system somehow didn't work.

"Never mind any of that: Its governor says the problem is global warming.

“We've never experienced a wildfire that affected a city like this before,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) told reporters Thursday, noting that global warming is exacerbating extreme weather around the world and will have to be considered as communities rebuild. “Climate change is here."

"Which seems a little distant from his immediate duties as governor.

"Here's the opening scenario for the catastrophe on Maui that took out Hawaii's lovely heritage town of Lahaina, destroyed 1,000 buildings, and killed scores of people, from the Associated Press:

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations — but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach.

Hawaii boasts what the state describes as the largest integrated outdoor all-hazard public safety warning system in the world, with about 400 sirens positioned across the island chain to alert people to various natural disasters and other threats.

But many survivors said in interviews Thursday that they didn’t hear any sirens or receive a warning that gave them enough time to prepare and only realized they were in danger when they saw flames or heard explosions nearby.

"No warning? That's a scandal. And it led to scenes like this:"  (Intense Language)

Warning graphic video !! survivor escaping the Lahaina Maui Hawaii fire pray for the families of the survivors #lahainafire #Hawaiifire #Pray4hawaii pic.twitter.com/hbiLJfquOb

— Charbel H.Najem (@ChNajem) August 10, 2023

Much more here.

 

Faith Healer Profiled By Oprah, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Gets 99 Years For Abusing Women, Children

When we reject the Holy Scriptures as our foundation, we do not believe nothing; we believe everything. TD

 Faith Healer Profiled By Oprah, CNN's Sanjay Gupta Gets 99 Years for Abusing Women, Children - Valiant News   A Brazilian faith healer once celebrated by the Oprah Winfrey, Anderson Cooper, and Sanjay Gupta has been sentenced to another 99 years behind bars for sex crimes he committed against women and girls, some as young as 14.

"João Teixeira de Faria, known to English-speaking audiences as John of God, received another 99 years in prison for sex crimes, and is now sentenced to more than 300 years in total. Brazilian news outlet Globo reported that de Faria’s latest crimes involved acts committed between 2010 and 2018 against 8 victims.

"The faith healer was also ordered to pay R$100,000 to his victims. It’s unclear just how many victims there are, however, as since 12 women initially put forward accusations in 2018, more than 200 complaints were rapidly received from across Brazil, and two were received from foreign countries.

"As the media focused on the story, more than 600 accusations ultimately surfaced against de Faria from alleged victims that were as young as 14 years old. The rapes occurred from 1986 to 2017.

"Before the accusations went public, John of God was celebrated on American television for his purported ability to do surgeries with psychoactive abilities.

"Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a medical expert who became well known for appearances on CNN to discuss the Covid-19 epidemic, and who was once threatened with litigation by podcaster Joe Rogan over his claims about Rogan’s use of unorthodox Covid-19 treatments, profiled John of God in 2010.

" 'A lot of people claim that these types of things that John of God are doing is just quackery, just sleight of hand,” Gupta pressed a guest, who admitted that “some is sleight of hand” but “some cannot be explained by sleight of hand and insisted, “I have come to believe, somewhat reluctantly” that John of God’s powers are real.

"“I find it intriguing,” said Gupta, allowing his guest to conjecture about the future of energy healing, before warning about John of God potentially offering false hope." . . .

Then for others, there is Benny Hinn and his magic coat:

Portland ‘justice’

Related: Grand Opening, Grand Closing. Portland’s New (White) Police Chief is OUT After Riots

Chaos in antifastan as record number of Portland Police set to retire

"So far this month, 15 Portland police officers have put in their official paperwork to retire at the end of the month. That sounds like a trifle, but there have been multiple appointments made to finalize the paperwork for more retiring cops that haven’t been counted in that number. The Bureau is on-trend to lose a “record number” of officers – maybe as many as 42 by the end of the month, and 100 by the end of the year, according to multiple knowledgeable officers who spoke to PJ Media.

"An executive with the Portland Fire & Police Disability & Retirement department tells me that “this is probably the biggest [number of retirements] we’ve ever had.”

 West Coast, Messed Coast™: Disney Pulls a Dylan Mulvaney Move – PJ Media

. . ."The verdict in the civil case brought by journalist Andy Ngo against members of Antifa shows the world how out of whack the system of “justice” is in Antifastan, er, Portland. Despite video showing that the perpetrators chased, terrorized, and assaulted Ngo, a Portland jury was unpersuaded.

"As I wrote this week at PJ Media, jurors expressed fear for their safety during the trial. A gag order was put on the proceedings, and the jurors’ names were kept secret. And then this happened in court:

On Tuesday, a Portland jury decided that two key alleged Antifa conspirators whose cases went to trial were not civilly liable for Ngo’s injuries, both physical and otherwise. The trial was marred by intimidation tactics — not just from the attackers but from their attorney who declared to the unidentified jury members, “I am Antifa” and “I will remember each one of your faces.” We’re talking Godfather stuff here.

"Ngo’s attorneys, among them Harmeet Dhillon and James Buchal, are pondering the next legal steps in the case. But I’m thinking veiled threats by a defense attorney in court and efforts by Antifa to doxx the jurors might persuade an appeals court that this isn’t what justice is supposed to look like." . . .

Environmentalists’ Broken Toys –

  Issues & Insights

• Wind farms have to be built in open spaces where power isn’t needed. Moving the electricity to where it’s eventually used destroys the landscape in between.

The Stoned Crab

"We’ve recently written quite a bit about electric vehicles’ many flaws – the reasons to hate them, their evil nature, the entire EV con. But they’re not the only green plaything that’s being exposed for the debacle they are. Windmills are just as troubled.

“ 'All over the world, rural people are reacting with fury at the encroachment of large wind and solar projects on their homes and neighborhoods,” writes energy author Robert Bryce.

"Last month, “thousands of Druze residents in the Golan Heights,” says Bryce, “rioted to stop the installation of a large wind project on their traditional lands.” Before that, a wind project in Colombia was “canceled after it met fierce opposition from the indigenous Wayuu communities.”

"Bryce noted last week that over the last 10 days in the U.S., “local governments in Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa have rejected or restricted wind and solar projects.” According to his database, that makes 574 rejections or restrictions of ​​solar and wind projects in less than a decade. Most of them, 407, have been wind projects.

"Bryce predicted the growth of resistance four years ago when he wrote in The Hill that protests in Hawaii then were “a harbinger of more clashes to come if governments attempt to install the colossal quantities of wind turbines and solar panels that would be needed to fuel the global economy.”

"There are a number of problems with wind farms:" . . .  Full article here.

Brett Baier must not moderate the Republican debate

  Albert Veltman - American Thinker  "Brett Baier is not qualified to moderate the Republican debate on August 23 in Milwaukee.  Mr. Baier had a much-publicized interview with President Trump a month ago.  This interview amply demonstrated Baier's antipathy toward the president.  Most of the time, he appeared to be cordial towards the president; however, when Trump brought up the topic of the stolen election, Baier became abusively hostile and interrupted his guest incessantly and would not let the president talk.

"Right after the election, the charges of fraud surfaced, and at every opportunity, the Republicans were asked by the media and Democrats if the election was stolen and derided anyone who agreed that it was and demanded a denunciation of that charge.  Many Republicans who were sceptical of an honest election caved and denied any electoral chicanery.  "This was the most honest election ever" became the media mantra.  Later, we learned there was plenty of interference.  The letter signed by 51 former security officials claiming Russian disinformation regarding the Hunter Biden laptop, along with interference by the FBI, CIA, DoJ, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, is all well documented.  All this interference plus ballot irregularities amounts to stealing the election.  You can call it "disinformation" or anything you like, but it helped to throw the election.  The evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible that the 2020 election was stolen.

"Brett Baier is either willfully ignorant of these events or simply biased.  Either way, he is unfit to be a moderator.  His hostility and bias disqualify him.  He is a Chris Wallace wannabe and just as hostile as Leslie Stahl.

"Please, don't replace Baier with Neil Cavuto, who surprisingly is worse than Baier.  Cavuto invariably has Chris Christie, Karl Rove, or Asa Hutchinson on just to bash President Trump, and all happily comply.  Rove always has his whiteboard and manipulates facts to bash President Trump.  He must not be anywhere near a camera or microphone." . . .

Kathy Griffin at it Again; her Ditzy Best

“If you don’t want a Civil War, vote for Democrats in November. If you do want Civil War, vote Republican,” she tweeted in September. 

 Breitbart  Kathy Griffin Posts Photo of Jack Smith Holding Trump's Severed Head. The pictures at the link.

. . ."Jack Smith has brought two indictments against Trump — one for his alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and the other for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

"Griffin posted the photo months after she said she has an extreme case of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that arose shortly after her cancelation resulting from her photograph of holding a model of Trump’s bloodied severed head. Griffin revealed her struggle with mental health in an Instagram video in which she used a blurred filter that she said reflected how she feels internally.

“ 'I put this effect on because it kind of shows how I’m feeling,” she said in the post.

"Griffin said she did not know if Instagram would be the appropriate place to bare her thoughts on the matter and decided to share for the good of others.

“ 'I have been diagnosed with complex PTSD and for the last year and a half I have been plagued with terrifying panic attacks,” she said. “Sometimes they last a few hours or more typically, they last at least a full day if not multiple days in a row. I feel silly even telling you this because I always thought PTSD was just for veterans and stuff. During my attacks, I typically vomit quite a bit and often have to go to the ER just to get IV fluids. Anybody else?”

"Prior to that, Griffin said in a TikTok video that she had an eight-hour panic attack." . . .

Here We Go – Garland and Weiss Throw Bag Over Hunter Biden Investigation with Declaration of Special Counsel Status

 The Last Refuge   "Oh, there will be voices who will proclaim this is the beginning of the end for Joe and Hunter, but that’s nonsense.  We don’t do pretending on these pages.  What happened today was an agreement between USAO David Weiss and US Attorney General Merrick Garland to fortify a silo of protection around the Biden family.

The shift in David Weiss from an investigative US Attorney to an officially appointed Special Counsel [SEE pdf HERE], is nothing more than loading the new color spray paint into the cannister.  Pesky House Oversight Committee inquiry now hits the block of an “ongoing investigation,” a purposeful deployment of a DC replay we have seen repeatedly in the last several years.  The cancer of corruption is institutionally metastatic.

We know the specific motives of USAO David Weiss as a result of the conflict between his public statements, letters to congress and the private statements he gave in meetings with IRS investigators.  Toward the public, Weiss said he had full autonomy and power to investigate Hunter Biden; however, in private he told four investigators the decision-making was not his.  The public statements were refuted and affirmed by two investigators who were witness to his private statements and gave testimony under oath.

As a result, the intent and institutional alignment of David Weiss is clear. This is the cold hard truth of the matter, and it will not change regardless of how much disingenuous concrete they pour around the walls of the silo Main Justice has built.  Ignore any voice who would demand us to pretend the reality is not self-evident.

Here’s the SILO as presented by Garland:

This Girl Played A Stupid Game And Won A Stupid Prize

 Matt Walsh   "This girl went viral on TikTok after she posted her story about being accosted in San Francisco, but am I supposed to feel sorry for her?"

Comments to this video:  "As a San Francisco escapee and Conservative I couldn't agree more with Matt. I used to live right in the middle of that once great city. Married to a woman born in The City. Still a SF Giants fan. But can't stand the stupidity. Left over 16 years ago and moved back to the old country where my family is from, South Carolina. Love it here."

"I'm a Canadian, but I loved Indiana when I visited it. Honestly, coming from Toronto, the town I visited there just seemed so wholesome... people seemed unironically happy and genuine. Lots of people socializing, of all different cultures and colours. I loved that there were churches every few meters and pro-life and Jesus billboards. It was just... refreshingly" wholesome. I would have loved to live there.

Guess What Group Is Threatening Boycott if the Washington Commanders Don't Restore the Name 'Redskins'

 Native American Group Wants ‘Redskins’ Name Reinstated – PJ Media

Yet here is not a gang of the cloddish, culturally insensitive, racist white males that the left loves to imagine exist demanding that the old name be restored, but the very people that name is supposed to have offended.

"Look, Fat, here’s the deal, as Old Joe Biden would say: the left has won the culture wars. But that was just the first round. The second round isn’t going so well for the fascist forces of hatred and division masked as equity and inclusion. Patriots continue to pour Bud Light down the drain for trying to force the trans madness upon its unwilling customer base, and now the nickname wars, which Leftists had every reason to believe were won and settled once and for all, have taken an unexpected turn: a Native American group wants that football team in Washington to start calling itself “Redskins” again, or else face a boycott. Yes, a Native American group.

"Washington’s WJLA reported Monday that “in a letter to the Washington Commanders Monday, the Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) demanded a meeting with the team’s new ownership to discuss a controversial name change.” Healy Baumgardner, who is president of NAGA’s Global Impact Campaigns, said that NAGA has asked the Commanders for a meeting several times before, and been repeatedly stonewalled: “We attempted to have an open dialogue with the now Washington Commanders since they made the name change several years ago with no response by them to have a conversation. We felt that it was time to apply public pressure.”

"That public pressure comes in the form of a boycott threat, which, after the crash-and-burn of Bud Light, the Commanders should take seriously. NAGA’s letter “is the latest step in the organization’s ‘Reclaim the Name’ campaign, which seeks to bring back the team’s previously retired ‘Redskins’ monicker [sic]. A petition supporting the effort boasts over 60,000 signatures as of Monday night, a figure which matches the seating capacity of the Commanders’ FedEx Field.” The petition has bite: “the organization punctuated its meeting invitation by threatening to push for a boycott if their requests continued to go unheard.”

"NAGA’s letter explicitly invokes patriots’ recent massive victory in the culture wars: “Should we need to encourage a national boycott similar to what happened with Anheuser Busch which is now down $27 billion (note, not one brick thrown, not one highway blocked, not one bridge burned) – WE WILL DO JUST THAT.” Oh, what a glorious paragraph." . . .

Who *Really* Runs the Biden Show? Closer Look at Doocy Clip Reveals Clues

"This lady is the President now."

 Turley Reveals How WH Exchange With Peter Doocy Can Magnify Trouble for Biden on Impeachment – RedState  "President Joe Biden’s handlers have become infamous among the White House press corps and beyond for, among other things, the aggressive way they usher reporters away from Biden in order to shield him from uncomfortable questions and embarrassment.

Kamala Harris to be his running mate. During that period of time, members of the news media were literally herded away from Biden like farm animals, so much so that the yelling at them to leave the room even left Harris of all people looking tense at times.

The practice has only gotten worse during his time as president, so much so that at various points the handlers have gotten physical with reporters, which it goes without saying takes things to a whole new and disturbing level.

But while usually we see Biden’s handlers directing everyone else around and away, sometimes their responsibility is to handle Joe Biden – as in to guide him away from dangerous reporters, especially the kind who aren’t easily intimidated.

Such was the case on Wednesday, when during the now-infamous clip of Biden losing it with Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, a handler stepped in moments after Doocy began asking the Devon Archer speakerphone question — and proceeded to promptly take control of the situation… and Joe Biden.". . .

Fox reporter Peter Doocy shouted a question to the president during the event in New Mexico. When the president could not hear him, he asked him to get closer. Doocy jumped over the barriers to speak with the president. It is hard to hear the conversation, but it was an… pic.twitter.com/dgRxxmTqam

— Emel Akan (@mlakan) August 9, 2023

It’s an honor to meet you, President Thank You We Really Have To Go Now.

. . ."Whatever the case may be, while we all know at this point who the Handler in Chief is (cc: Jill Biden), I think we’ve just figured out who perhaps more than anyone else in the White House unquestionably has Jill and Joe Biden’s six – quite literally." . . .

Turley Reveals How WH Exchange With Peter Doocy Can Magnify Trouble for Biden on Impeachment – RedState   "I wrote the other day about George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley’s take on the latest Trump indictment, and how Special Counsel Jack Smith’s approach in it could backfire on Joe Biden.

"Turley made the point that Smith was trying to criminalize political “lies” but if they wanted to do that, Biden would be in a great deal of trouble, particularly when it comes to an impeachment inquiry." . . . 

Peter Doocy is back and he is holding nothing back! He just walked up to Joe Biden and asked him about Devon Archer's sworn testimony implicating the President in Hunter's business dealings. pic.twitter.com/PtI2d5gjpu

— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) August 9, 2023

A leftist just admitted to what President Trump has been saying all along

This is how President Trump is correct in saying “They are after you, I’m just in the way,” but it’s time we stood up to the extreme leftists who are turning into Nazis without the uniform. 

  D. Parker - American Thinker   "The political persecution of President Trump is just the beginning; the fascist far left wants to go after anyone who speaks out against them.

"For years, President Trump has said “They are after you, I’m just in the way” and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) recently confirmed that by saying the quiet part out loud. On an MSNBC segment, Crockett said that Republicans defending Trump:

…are really getting dangerously close, in my opinion, to criminal culpability in and of themselves, as well….

"In essence, the most recent political persecution of President Trump is for the “crime” of speaking out against the irregularities of the 2020 election, a tried-and-true tradition of the far left whenever they lose an election.

"Call it the Stacey Abrams Syndrome of just about any other Democrat the past few years documented in videos of leftists complaining about elections. Such as these 24 STRAIGHT MINUTES of Democrats denying election results. The key difference here is that President Trump is on the wrong side of the Department of (in)Justice, just like the rest of us.

"So, the larger question becomes, why did Crockett make the veiled threat? We could be “getting dangerously close… to criminal culpability” for defending Trump and defending free speech?

"Well, it should be easy to follow the “progression” for want of a better word. You can see in going after President Trump, it’s not just to distract from the antics of the Biden crime family. It’s far more sinister than that. It goes to what the left has become and how it has to defend its actions. It’s a similar pattern in a story highlighted on Glenn Beck today, outlined here:. . ."