Roundup time
It’s one of those days:
(1) When I first read about Trump’s EO on criminalizing the burning the American flag, I assumed it was an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. But I hadn’t read the wording, which turns out to have been crafted to try to avoid that. You can find an analysis here as well as here. An excerpt from the EO itself:
Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has never held that American Flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or that is an action amounting to “fighting words” is constitutionally protected. See Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 408-10 (1989).
(2) Nigel Farage unveils his plan to control the influx of foreigners and deport them from Britain:
A five-page document was handed out to 200 attendees. It explains how Reform will leave the ECHR and disapply the Refugee Convention for five-years if elected in 2029. A new British Bill of Rights will be introduced, with all government departments required to make the migration crisis their number one ministerial priority. Some £2 billion will be put aside to achieve this goal. Aid and sanctions will be used as ‘carrot and stick’ to ensure cooperation from other countries. …
Unsurprisingly, many dwelt on the issue of illegal migrants returned to hostile regimes. Farage, echoing the line he articulated in the Times on Saturday was regretful but unapologetic about the need to deport those who come here illegally. Yusuf says that the ambition is for 600,000 people to be deported by the end of Reform’s first parliament.
Reform may be a single-issue party right now, but it’s probably the biggest issue in Britain at the moment. Previous governments pitted themselves against the wishes of the native British people, and probably many previous immigrants as well. And it was the Tories’ attitudes towards immigration – more or less indistinguishable from the left’s – that got them booted out.
(3) Did you know that there is a Miss Palestine about to compete in the Miss Universe pageant? Yes indeed, there is, and here’s some background that probably will not surprise you in the least:
A contestant in this year’s Miss Universe pageant will represent a country most nations don’t recognize, for a religious culture that rejects her, after winning a competition that apparently didn’t happen.
Miss Palestine will compete in the pageant for the first time ever in November — represented by Nadeen Ayoub, 27, who is also listed as founder and manager of the Miss Palestine Organization, the group behind her title.
The Post could not find any record of a Miss Palestine pageant having been held, the names of any other contestants, or ways for them to have registered to compete. …
She was reportedly born in the US and raised in Canada, and now lives in Dubai.
(4) Painting stolen by Nazis found after 80 years – and the manner of its finding is especially interesting:
A painting pillaged by the Nazis from a Jewish art collector during World War II has been found 80 years later — after it was spotted in a real estate listing for the home of a high-ranking Nazi’s daughter.
“Portrait of a Lady,” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, was spotted in the listing hanging over a couch in the living room of a home being sold in Argentina, where the owner’s dad, Goering aide Friedrich Kadgien, had fled after the war, according to The Telegraph. …
RCE researchers also claim to have spotted another missing painting — by Abraham Mignon, a 17th-century Dutch painter — on a social media page of one of the woman’s sisters.
Argentina, naturally.
(5) Trump attempts to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud, and she plans to sue to keep her job:
Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said Trump “has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis. We will be filing a lawsuit challenging this illegal action.”
Asked about that during his Cabinet meeting, Trump was dismissive, offering, “You always have legal fights.”
Can’t argue with that – judges have been very very busy in the last few years, as have lawyers.
I assumed it was an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. But I hadn’t read the wording…
Yeah, you always have to go back to the original. Nobody’s characterizations can be trusted these days.
Burning a rainbow flag, incidentally, can get you charged with a hate crime as well as having the maximum possible property destruction or reckless endangerment charge. Even defacing a rainbow logo can get you that–even in Florida. If the American flag gets that level of prosecutorial discretion, well them’s the new rules.
There are many of these stories about Nazis in Argentina, and they all have the feel of some crazy theory. So this one (4) is real. Amazing.
Lisa Cook has Abbe Lowell as her attorney? The same Abbe Lowell who was Hunter Biden’s fixer? Something tells me she’s getting a steeply discounted hourly rate available only to Democrat insiders. Either that or the DNC is paying for her legal bills.
The Rainbow banner and rhetoric are albinophobic. Ironically, with social distancing of homosexuals and bisexuals from simulants in the transgender spectrum, they are also insidious hate symbols of a progressive character. Politically congruent (“=”), too, with no discrimination for sexual orientation (e.g. pedophilia). #NoJudgment #NoLabels #LoveWins A selfie-goal.
Re: “He has been charged with criminal mischief over $1000, reckless driving, and evidence of prejudice…”
$1000.00 to repaint some skid marks is clearly “cruel and unusual punishment”. These local government officials, in seeking “to send a message” are in violation of the defendant’s constitutional right from cruel and unusual punishment.
Evidence of “prejudice”… Well then, hoist them upon their petards and construct the gibbets!
There are many of these stories about Nazis in Argentina, and they all have the feel of some crazy theory. So this one (4) is real. Amazing.
When I was working in Argentina during the military regime, a friend took me to her friend’s household, where I saw a portrait of Hitler on a living room wall. I was told that “crazy grandpa” had installed the picture. I did not inquire about grandpa’s ethnicity—native Argentine or Nazi refugee—so I never found out.
Having heard enough stories of anti-Semitism from Argentines of the Jewish faith, I concluded that “crazy grandpa” was probably born and bred in Argentina. I suspect the military was more anti-Semitic than the average Argentine—look at what they did to Jacobo Timerman. An Argentine of the Jewish faith whom I worked with in the US told me of a 1960s high school graduation celebratory cruise on the River Plate where he met the daughter of a general. The general’s daughter proceeded to spit out some vile anti-Semitic screed. Or the journalist who told me of the Israeli plot to take over Patagonia—most likely a talking point the military had directed the media to propagate.
But while the military’s anti-Semitism may have been greater than that of society at large, the military was far from the only bastion of anti-Semitism in Argentina. Another Argentine of the Jewish faith told me of attending a professional conference in the US. He was surprised to find out that in the US, his being Jewish was no big deal—whereas it was in Argentina.
Nor was anti-Semitism in South America confined to Argentina. I also encountered a Hitler portrait in a household in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The anti-Semite was not crazy grandpa, but the middle-aged patriarch. Again, I don’t remember if the family was German origin or Spanish Bolivian. The son was going off to university in Germany. There were a fair amount of German origin people in the area, including the secretary of the company I worked for. But the area was also philo-Germanic. (I made no comment about the Hitler portrait. I was a guest in their home…)
At a Sunday dinner in Peru, I met a retired professor, the uncle of my friend, who claimed that he had met Che Guevara when Che was taking his motorcycle trip. The retired professor spontaneously uttered some anti-Semitic invective.
Well there was some truth to timerman but i recall commentary had the rest of the story his connections to a certain financier david graivier
I hadnt heard of this kadgien fellow who seems to have bypassed the original ratlines,
Perons ties to the nazi regime similar with vargas and there were milder affinities with peru who let some expats settle there
#5.
Make of it what ye’ will:
“The Mar-a-Lago Accord Confirmed: Miran Brings Trump’s Reset To The Fed”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/mar-lago-accord-confirmed-miran-brings-trumps-reset-fed
#2.
“Scottish Girl Arrested For Using Knife And Axe To Ward Off Migrant Stalker”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/scottish-girl-arrested-using-knife-and-axe-ward-migrant-stalker
+ Related:
https://instapundit.com/740582/
https://instapundit.com/740634/
Grok says Trump has the authority to remove a Fed governor “for cause” not a discretionary power. Criminal mortgage fraud seems likely to clear the “misconduct” bar in court, at least in SCOTUS if not upheld before.
Trump, and Republicans, should be repeating No One Is Above The Law.
Any govt. employee who has committed a crime should subject to being fired.
(I don’t want AP app, so didn’t read link.)
Farage (not garage? -no.) is regretful… I think Trump is pretty non-regretful about his actions. The lack of regret seems to imply a secret pleasure, like enjoying revenge. I think it’s enjoying winning, which is a different but similar pleasure.
@ Barry – The Scottish lass is making headlines a lot today.
But, seeing the picture on the Tweet linked by Glenn at Instapundit:
I don’t understand how she was carrying a knife that large and a small ax without being arrested before the stalker incident even happened.
“Why” was addressed elsewhere: it’s only common sense to be prepared to defend yourself in Europe, the UK, and large American cities.
She should be measured for a Claymore of her own.
Nigel Farage should be reconsidered in terms of deportations:
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=416253
” Did you know that there is a Miss Palestine about to compete in the Miss Universe pageant?”
I cant find Palestine on the map. Where is it located?
What is next, Miss Uranus?