‘Uncle Leo Defense’ Works For Biden in Special Counsel Report: No Charges For An “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory”

 Devout Catholic Joe Biden Gives Up Cognitive Tests For Lent | Babylon Bee

. . ."No president in the history of the country has loved his faith more than President Joe Biden," White House Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told the press. "His commitment to giving up cognitive tests for the next 40 days, and perhaps even forever, shows how deeply devoted he is to his religion and to the people of the United States." . . .

Biden, not Special Counsel Hur, brought up son's death in questioning: report; Fox News

Biden brought up son's death in Special Counsel Robert Hur investigation

Comment to this post: "This just gets worse and worse. And I remember when Robert Mueller found no grounds to charge Trump in the Russia collusion investigation the media went nuts saying that Trump wasn’t absolved of anything and that the Mueller report didn’t clear him. Now they take a similar investigation and claim that Biden was cleared of any wrongdoing. Biden said the same. No, he wasn’t cleared. In fact the report clearly states that he willfully retained classified documents. The only thing Hur did was decline to charge him."

Hur’s special report on Biden: Letters to the Editor — Feb. 13, 2024

"Hur’s findings in his investigation into Biden having top-secret documents are proof that Biden is in serious mental decline and not fit to be the leader of any country.

"However the liberal media, instead of throwing brickbats at Hur, should be sending him bouquets for getting Biden off the hook of facing potential charges."

How will Hur's excuse play in Peoria? - Silvio Canto, Jr.   "It turns out that Joe Biden had a lot of boxes full of papers from his days as vice president and senator. It's true that you can collect a lot of papers over a 50-year career.  We understand that.  However, Biden had a lot of papers that he was not supposed to have.  We learned that in Robert Hur’s report.  In fact, Biden has a lot of explaining to do, as Julie Kelly wrote:" . . .

. . ."It turns out that Joe Biden had a lot of boxes full of papers from his days as vice president and senator. It's true that you can collect a lot of papers over a 50-year career.  We understand that.  However, Biden had a lot of papers that he was not supposed to have.  We learned that in Robert Hur’s report.  In fact, Biden has a lot of explaining to do, as Julie Kelly wrote:" . . .

‘Uncle Leo Defense’ Works For Biden in Special Counsel Report: No Charges For An “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory” (legalinsurrection.com)

Rob Reiner makes it clear that leftists are coming for Christianity

  Andrea Widburg - American Thinker  

Fourth, because both men are leftists first and religious…well, not at all, no matter what they call themselves, their goal, as with all leftists, is to change what it means to be religious. 

  "During the Super Bowl, a very well-funded group ran an ad showing conservatives abasing themselves before leftist victim classes, with the tagline “He gets us,” with the “He” referring to Jesus. The message was clear: Whatever traditionalists say about Christ’s teachings is wrong. Leftists are morally and doctrinally correct, and it’s time for Christianity to get with the program. That’s not the only assault 2024 has on traditional Christian beliefs. Rob Reiner has a movie coming out challenging so-called “Christian Nationalism” and substituting leftism in its place.

"Four things to get out of the way before I get to the meat of this post.

"First, before he was politicized, Rob Reiner directed some wonderful movies, most notably The Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap. Others are fond of When Harry Met Sally… and Misery. By 1995, though, with The American President, Reiner stopped being concerned with his artistic vision, which was lovely and started becoming politicized. It went downhill after that.

" 'Second, the interview, which runs in Newsweek, is kind of incoherent because it’s not really an interview. Instead, it’s an insider conversation between two leftists who are less interested in informing people and more interested in proselytizing their utter dislike for Christians who believe in the Gospels as written and hating on Trump." . . . 

The Story Of Shani Louk Ends! The German-Israeli Woman Paraded Naked By Hamas Is Confirmed Dead

 

Killing of Shani Louk - Wikipedia

On 7 October 2023, during the Re'im music festival massacre, Shani Nicole Louk (Hebrew: שני ניקול לוק), a 22-year-old German-Israeli tattoo artist and influencer, was killed. Shortly after the attack, a video circulated showing her body paraded through the streets of Gaza by Hamas militants in the back of a pickup truck. Described by security experts and commentators as Hamas's social media propaganda, it became one of the first viral videos of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The globally-seen^[1] images turned into a visual emblem of militants' conduct toward civilians in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.^[a][3][4]

Attention was also brought to Louk's case through the campaign of her family, which began with her mother Ricarda saying that she had received information that Louk was alive and in a Gaza hospital. She appealed to the German government and received responses from top-ranking German officials. German authorities considered Louk to be among their nationals taken hostage during the war.^[5] At the end of the month, Israel confirmed Louk's death based on the discovery of a skull fragment on a road leading out of the festival grounds, suggesting that she was killed during the attack.^{[6]. . .}

. . ."Hours later that day, a video emerged showing Louk's body,^{[28][29][c][d]} partially clothed, with a significant head injury and blood-matted hair, being paraded in the streets of Gaza City by Hamas militants in the back of a pickup truck; they were exclaiming "Allahu Akbar", and were joined in the cheers by the people in the crowd surrounding the vehicle, some of whom spat on the body.^{[33][22][34][35]} The video went viral,^[36][37][3] becoming one of the first viral videos of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^[36] It was released in a wave of videos of Hamas members parading hostages and bodies.^[38][39][40] Photographs were also taken and circulated on the internet,^[29] including a photograph of the pickup returning to Gaza Strip, taken by an Associated Press photojournalist.^{[41]" . . .}

Terrorism expert expresses shock over ‘venom’ of pro-Hamas protesters

 Terrorism expert expresses shock over ‘venom’ of pro-Hamas protesters (msn.com)

"Former presidential envoy and terrorism expert Marshall Billingslea has expressed his horror at the “venom” and “vitriol” of pro-Hamas protesters across the world. Some protesters have applauded Hamas for the atrocities committed on October 7, where around 1,200 Israelis were murdered.
Mr Billingslea said the “hate-filled reaction” witnessed in the past few months wasn’t seen even after 9/11. “I would say many of our democracies have a real problem on their hands if this is the kind of reaction that kind of attack provokes,” he told Sky News host Erin Molan. “Here in the United States we are quite concerned and the FBI is quite concerned about the potential for terrorist attacks here as well.”

Pro-Palestinian activist went looking to beat Jews at NYC Israel rally - prosecutors | The Times of Israel

Masoud has ties to Within Our Lifetime Palestine, an activist group that regularly calls for an intifada and the destruction of Israel at rallies in New York, and urged the targeting of Jewish groups in the city, including by handing out maps of Jewish organization locations at a protest. 

 The foot is a supreme Arab insult

Her Problems Continue To Multiply’: CNN Legal Analyst Says Fani Willis May Have Ruined Trump Case

The Daily Caller

"CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Tuesday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may have destroyed her election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

Willis appointed her romantic partner Nathan Wade as special prosecutor in the case, which a Trump co-defendant alleges is a conflict of interest because of benefits she received based on their relationship. Judge Scott McAfee will consider a motion Thursday to disqualify Willis based on the allegations.

Willis and Wade may get removed from the case, possibly putting an end to it, Honig told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “Inside Politics.”

. . .“Yesterday, there was a hearing, a zoom hearing that we were able to see where the DA‘s office said, ‘Judge, you should just throw this out. There‘s not even a need to hold a hearing.’ Well, the judge said, ‘I disagree. There‘s some serious disputed facts here. Therefore, we‘re going to have a hearing on Thursday.’ That‘s going to be really interesting to watch, but that is going to be a really problematic proceeding for the DA,” Honig said." . . .

This Has to Be the End of the Road for Mitch McConnell

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Republican voters now know that the GOP candidate running for the Senate is utterly worthless on the border issue.

McConnell is a cat with nine-times-nine lives. But the abject mess he made with this border bill, which has Democrats like Schatz pointing and guffawing like drunken hillbillies at a cockfight, should be enough to finish him. 

" 'Mitch McConnell has to be finished as the caucus leader for the Republicans in the Senate. Now. He has to resign, and if he won’t, then that caucus needs to get together and force him out.

"Now. Not next week, not next month, not after this election cycle. Now.

"McConnell gave a speech Monday demanding a “yes” vote on that atrocious border bill that Melissa Mackenzie and I both wrote about here at The American Spectator on Tuesday and discuss in the next episode of The Spectacle podcast. By now you already know how utterly awful a bill it was. And after McConnell blathered on for a while about what a good bill it was, the public outrage over the bill was so white-hot that three hours later McConnell relented:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recommended that Republicans vote against the $118 billion border security bill, at least for now. Even Oklahoma Senator Jim Lankford, one of the bill’s authors, indicated that it was too soon to bring the bill to a vote. The sudden about-face on the part of the GOP caucus left Democrat Brian Shatz saying on X, “Just gobsmacked. I’ve never seen anything like it. They literally demanded specific policy, got it, and then killed it.”

The cloture vote scheduled for Wednesday is certain to fail. Without the momentum of its much-anticipated release and the tactical advantage of not giving anyone time to read it, it seems that if the bill does pass, it is unlikely to resemble the atrocity unveiled Sunday night.

Tulsi Gabbard: Americans know Biden has been lying for years (youtube.com) 

Trump an insurrectionist? Was Obama one?

AfterMath

 Scores of GOP lawmakers support Matt Gaetz resolution saying Donald Trump not insurrectionist    "Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said in a news conference on Tuesday he has introduced a resolution stating that former President Donald Trump did not engage in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

"The nonbinding resolution could play a part in the legal push to knock Trump off the primary ballot in some states because of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which, in part, outlaws those participating in insurrection from holding public office.

"Gaetz, an ardent supporter of Trump, said the ex-president was "thrilled" that 63 Republican lawmakers have signed on to the measure.

" 'President Trump was heartened by his many supporters for backing our legislative endeavor," Gaetz said during a question-and-answer session at the U.S. Capitol. "I think the House of Representatives has a special and unique voice here." . . .

Opinion | If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He? - The New York Times

. . ."There is a real question of whether this attempt to protect American democracy — by removing a would-be authoritarian from the ballot — is itself a threat to American democracy. Will proponents and supporters of the 14th Amendment option effectively destroy the village in order to save it?" . . .

"Authoritarian"? Consider Obama who shut the nation down during the Government shutdown; giving orders to the NPS to "make it hurt". He closed off open-air monuments around the nation and had the vindictiveness to block off places distant from the monuments where people could see them from a distance, such as Mount Rushmore."

Emails Reveal Obama Admin Shut Down WW II Memorial Knowing Vets Were Coming

. . ."The Obama administration tried to make political hay out of the government shutdown by closing the National Mall and denying access to monuments, but the decision backfired when the veterans defied the signs and fences and entered the WWII Memorial. The vets were taking part in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight, established in 2011 to help fly the state’s WWII veterans to Washington, D.C. and to provide tours to monuments dedicated in their honor.

"Obama told the American people that it was necessary to shut down the Mall and blamed Republicans for creating the hardships. However, the emails reveal that the Department of the Interior and National Park Service did not have to shut down the monuments but did so to make a point. "

"On September 30, Tom Buttry, a legislative correspondent in Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) office, stated that it would actually be easier and less costly to keep the mall open than to shut it down:"  . . .

NFL fans show the proper disdain for the so-called ‘Black National Anthem’

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker

President Truman stands for the National Anthem

. . ."Although the law is never enforced, Americans who are not leftists voluntarily abide by it. They don’t salute kings or queens; they salute America’s symbol and the song that celebrates it.

"But then there’s that hymn. As I said, it’s a very nice hymn celebrating God and liberty, and the melody is lovely. It is an essentially American song.

"The problem is how the left is using it. By focusing on its title as “the Black National Anthem,” leftists are essentially saying that Black Americans are a nation within a nation. There is, of course, no such thing. Even playing it at the Super Bowl right before the National Anthem itself isn’t going to make it an actual national anthem. Instead, it just takes a beautiful piece of music and makes it divisive.

"To give you a sense of that divisiveness, you only need to look at the tweet from Rep. Steve Cohen, who was elected out of Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis, like the NFL itself, has a population that’s around 60% black. That population may explain why Cohen saw fit to pander at an almost unimaginable level:" . . .

"I Exposed HAMAS Supporter Rashida Tlaib on Live TV!"

Tlaib's fervent defense of Hamas and their grievances failed to beg them to release hostages. I have not heard a word of protest asking her people not to commit these atrocities, not a word of regret over the people she represents. TD

I Exposed HAMAS Supporter Rashida Tlaib on Live TV! (youtube.com)

Tlaib

"Rashida Tlaib is a U.S. Representative from Michigan, which may seem surprising; but the state of Michigan has the only Muslim-majority city in the country, and she was elected by a strong Muslim vote. We aren't talking about Muslims, we are talking about Islam. Don't continue in the ignorance enjoyed by most Americans. Educate yourselves about Islam. The fact that Muslims can put someone in the U.S. Congress that does not represent American values should sound alarm bells everywhere. The fact that she displays the Palestinian flag and not the flag of the United States in a building that is part of a complex meant to house representatives that serve U.S. interests is tantamount to her planting that flag in U.S. soil and claiming it for Palestine (which, as you should know by now, is not a country, not a sovereign state, but a creation of Yassir Arafat, a brutal terrorist, who spent his life trying to spin a lie into the truth.) Wake up, America. Wake up."

 

Rashida, what have you had to say about the Hamas rape of women?

Attackers laughed as they raped and murdered a woman in Israel on October 7, witness says | CNN.   "Five men came out of the van and captured a woman, ripping off her clothes as they formed a circle around her. One raped her and killed her with a knife. Then he raped her again, said Raz Cohen, a survivor of Hamas’ murderous rampage in Israel on October 7.

"Cohen had gone to the Nova music festival in the desert of southern Israel to be with his girlfriend of two months, Maya. She tried to flee with another friend and was killed, he said. Cohen saw another young woman shot in the head as he ran to hide in a bush – the spot where he witnessed the rape, he told CNN.

‘Squad’ members Tlaib and Bush sole votes against bill to bar Oct. 7 attackers from entering US   . . .Tlaib added. "I reaffirm that commitment today, and will always speak truth to power in the face of disgusting attempts by my colleagues to dehumanize our immigrant neighbors.”

I consider standing up against the people who behead and burn infants alive, machine gun unarmed families hiding in "safe rooms", rape women so violently that pelvises are broken, and carry hundreds off into captivity underground is the very essence of "speaking truth to power". The Tunnel Dweller. (TD has been my nom de guerre for years but suddenly it seems an unfortunate choice.)

Rashida have you shown an iota of regret for your people's actions?    

Douglas Murray on how little your people are liked by other Muslins, Rashida

Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report -

Argus Hamilton (jewishworldreview.com)

• The Wall Street Journal cited statistics showing that forty percent of Americans did not show up for work or called in sick on Monday following the Super Bowl game. Coincidentally it was reported that Americans consumed fifty million cases of beer Sunday. And that includes a 12-pack of Bud Light.

• The Super Bowl offered two top teams the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The entire country partied all day in what has become a national tradition. I hope you all had a Happy Super Bowl Sunday or as we Dallas Cowboys fans call it, Passover.

• Daily Variety forecast that Super Bowl TV viewership could surpass the previously most-watched event on TV, the 1969 moon landing. It was an odd event for a politician to pass up. President Biden refused to agree to a three-minute interview before the game, but he did offer to throw out the first pitch.

• The Super Bowl drew huge TV viewership Sunday generated by two great teams and the arrival of Taylor Swift to the stadium in Las Vegas. The NFL went all out to accommodate its new fans. Since more women were watching the Super Bowl than ever before, the pigskin was injected with Botox.

• Sony paid $1.2 billion for rights to Michael Jackson's song catalogue. Thanks to licensing fees and revenue from their hologram concerts, Michael Jackson and Elvis are worth more money dead than alive. In an unrelated story, Paul McCartney's kids plan to take him skydiving on his 82nd birthday.

• Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court Monday, arguing that the president can't be held liable for actions in office. He walked into the chamber, shook hands with the air, talked gibberish, failed to remember where the exit door is, then tripped on the way out. Not a Special Counsel can touch him now.

• The White House went into full damage control after the Special Counsel's report saying Biden has too diminished a mental capacity to stand trial. I disagree. In more proof that President Biden knows exactly what he's doing , he just asked Ukraine for $14 billion to help fund his war against Texas.

U.S. journalists more likely than the public to say all sides don’t always deserve equal coverage

Pew Research Center

Journalists who view misinformation as a very big problem are more likely to say that not every side deserves equal news coverage   Donald Trump as a case in point.

U.S. adults with less trust in the news are more likely to say journalists should always strive to cover all sides equally

Trends and Facts on Newspapers | State of the News Media | Pew Research Center

Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hit hard as more and more Americans consume news digitally. The industry’s financial fortunes and subscriber base have been in decline since the mid-2000s, and their website audience traffic has begun to decline as well. Explore the patterns and longitudinal data of U.S. newspapers below.

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U.S. journalists differ from the public in their views of ‘bothsidesism’ in journalism

U.S. journalists more likely than the public to say all sides don’t always deserve equal coverage

Journalists’ views about equal coverage vary by age, platform and political leaning of outlet’s audience

Journalists who view misinformation as a very big problem are more likely to say that not every side deserves equal news coverage

U.S. adults with less trust in the news are more likely to say journalists should always strive to cover all sides equally

Let newspapers die - Don Surber (substack.com)   . . ."One reason newspapers are failing to maintain their circulation is their failure to maintain their credibility. Trust in all news organizations fell from 76% in 2016 to 58% in 2021. It is not that the media gets the story wrong; it is that the media seldom admits it was wrong.

"Has anyone seen a newspaper correction about the crazy coverage of covid that proved to be wrong, wrong, wrong? Has anyone in the media apologized for dismissing ivermectin as horse medicine? Has anyone admitted the vaccine wasn’t a vaccine? A few news outlets and media personalities have finally said, gee, it really came from a bioweapons lab in Wuhan.

"The New York Times and Washington Post still bitterly cling to their Pulitzers for pushing the Russian Hoax. They are the Jussie Smolletts of journalism.

"Another reason for the decline is the loss of objectivity — or as ignorant journalists call it “bothsidesism.” Apparently the word objectivity no longer is used in J-school." . . .

I am a retired newspaperman. I am 70 and live in Poca, WV, with my wife of 46 years, Lou Ann. We grew up in Cleveland. Three kids. Promoted to Grandfather in 2020.

On that whatever who shot up the Joel Osteen church on Feb 12, 2024

Lakewood shooter identified, had history of mental health issues (chron.com)   Officers continued to engage Genesse until she fell to the ground, Hassig said. Her child also fell to the ground after being shot in the head. Genesse was pronounced dead at 2:07 p.m. Authorities stated that the buttstock of the AR-15 she wielded featured a sticker of the word "Palestine." Previous reports incorrectly stated the long gun featured the words "Free Palestine." Hassig stated "antisemitic writings" have been discovered in subsequent investigations into Genesse. The commander said the shooter used male and female aliases in the past, but has identified as female "this entire time." . . .

"The 5-year-old child shot Sunday at Lakewood Church is not expected to survive, a Montgomery County District Attorney's Office spokesperson said Monday, per a Houston Chronicle report.

"The child, who has not been identified, was wounded when gunfire was exchanged with two off-duty police officers working as security for the church. The child came into Lakewood Church with the woman, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said Sunday. 

"The child was transported to Texas Children's Hospital in critical condition.

Report: Female Church Shooter Formerly Identified as 'Jeffery'  The female shooter who attacked Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church has been identified as 36-year-old Genesse Moreno, who KHOU 11 noted “previously identified as Jeffery Escalante.”

"KHOU 11 indicated that they discovered the references to Jeffery Escalante during a Texas Department of Public Safety Records search on Moreno.

"The station also found her prior arrest records, including “arrests…[for] failure to stop and give information, assault of a public servant, assault causing bodily injury, forgery, possession of marijuana, theft, evading arrest unlawful carrying weapon.” . . .

Church shooting: AR-15 had 'Palestine' sticker, antisemitic writings recovered (msn.com)  "A sticker saying "Palestine" was on the AR-15 rifle a woman used to open fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, injuring two, including her son, according to police

"Some antisemitic writings have been recovered, but a motive behind the Sunday afternoon shooting has not been determined, according to police.

" 'We do believe that there was a familial dispute that has taken place between her ex-husband and her ex-husband's family," some of whom are Jewish, police said." . . .

Houston media: Megachurch shooter used male and female names (washingtonblade.com)

The suspect was gunned down by two off-duty officers who were working security at the church. She was pronounced dead at the scene, Finner said.

From Legal Insurrection  Shooter at Joel Osteen’s Houston Church had ‘Free Palestine’ on Gun (legalinsurrection.com)

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UPDATE: 'Antisemitic writings' found in search of Joel Osteen's megachurch shooter items (msn.com)

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