Comments on: Open thread 11/30/2024

By: Karmi

Karmi — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:52:15 +0000

Trump Threatens 100 Percent Tariff on BRIC Nations Now that’s a serious Tariff! Countries like India trying to play both sides of the fence need to decide if they want to sell their goods to Russia or—as Trumps suggests ‘selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy.’ Of course, if Trump really wanted to hurt Russia, he could throw his full support behind Ukraine and break Russia like Reagan did...

By: Dax

Dax — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 05:45:13 +0000

Any victims of J6 lawfare should be pardoned, their sentences commuted, charges dropped etc. as appropriate. Maybe all of them, excepting any egregious acts, since it was a government setup. There should be an impartial investigation of government misconduct and indictments and prison terms for the corrupt officials involved. Also restitution for the victims of government misconduct.

It has nothing to do with Hunter Biden!

By: Niketas Choniates

Niketas Choniates — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:23:16 +0000

It’s a hell of a pardon. It covers every Federal crime, charged and uncharged, over a period of eleven years:

For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to…

They told me if Trump was elected the sacred power of Presidential pardon would be abused, and they were right!

By: R2L

R2L — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:48:55 +0000

” … pardon every single J6 rioter that he has the power to.”
On the surface that sounds like a reasonable thing to contemplate as general goodness.
With all of the back and forth on what happened, when, where, [different sides of the building, etc.], and the bias of the J6 “Committee”, plus we still don’t have release of all of the available video [but maybe we have the most meaningful parts?], it is hard to know when indictments against violence were really justified and when it was lawfare. Given the allegations against Pelosi, selected Army leaders about the NG, etc., I might favor an overall pardoning/ communtation, but could understand if there are cases where that might not be in the service of “justice”.

By: mkent

mkent — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:33:59 +0000

”So of course Biden has pardoned his son Hunter.”

To tie this thread to a previous one, the honeymoon is over.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:50:23 +0000

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze

Joe Biden just gave Trump the ammunition to pardon every single J6 rioter that he has the power to.

https://www.thenewneo.com/2024/11/30/open-thread-11-30-2024/#comment-2774811
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Amen. Cut them loose.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:12:01 +0000

sdferr:
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President Biden pardoning his son is a departure from his previous remarks to the media over the summer, declaring he would not pardon the first son.

“Yes,” President Biden told ABC News when asked if he would rule out pardoning Hunter ahead of his guilty verdict in the gun case.

Days later, following a jury of Hunter’s peers finding him guilty of three felony firearm offenses, the president again said he would not pardon his son.

“I am not going to do anything,” Biden said after Hunter was convicted. “I will abide by the jury’s decision.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-pardons-son-hunter-biden-ahead-exit-from-oval-office
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Putting on a brave, resolute face about letting the chips fall where they may — no one is above the law, right? — works until the chips do fall and you lose control of the DOJ.

I take this as a sign that Biden and Democrats know that, when Trump becomes POTUS 47, he means business and they can’t do anything about it.

And they can’t expect to guilt him into being a Nice Guy for Hunter.

By: sdferr

sdferr — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:04:03 +0000

So of course Biden has pardoned his son Hunter.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:30:03 +0000

Re: Pompeii / Pink Floyd

This is one of the great concert films. I’m more a fan of early Meddle/Ummagumma Floyd, so it really hits the spot.

–“Pink Floyd – Live at Pompeii (Full Concert 1972 film)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfBNJLdVvoc

Just the ruins of the Pompeii amphitheater and the oh-so-young Floyd Boys with their equipment, playing their hearts out to eternity.

David Gilmour, shirtless, killing it on the Black Strat.

By: Karmi

Karmi — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 18:45:54 +0000

Don’t know how northerners make it thru winters!? Have an indoor shower (about 5’x2.9′) that I rarely use unless it is real cold—like when it got down to 25 degrees this morning. Outside shower doesn’t require drying or cleaning, but does require shutting the water off to it during a freeze…hard freezes I shut off the water and put shower head and extension arm in a shed. Weather report warned of frost and said 31 degrees so water was shut off and drained at head. Went to take afternoon shower (59 degrees brrrrrrrr) and shower extension arm had leaks for about 5″. That was $43.72 to order replacements. Will put new one in inside shower, move old one outside, and keep the older rain shower head as a spare for next time…