We are the drain the swamp people

“The family will receive a substantial, but undisclosed, sum from the city. Mourners will note that, however much the family received can never be enough for what was taken from them by the systemic racism, rampant in this country.”…….

…..BUT, WHAT IF??… (commentary by dlh in these pages two days ago) is a fictionalized account of a developing story.. But, the speculation that, if there were an actual outcome as depicted, ..”The family will receive a substantial, but undisclosed, sum from the city. Mourners will note that, however much the family received can never be enough for what was taken from them by the systemic racism, rampant in this country…”  has some credibility based on actual history of such tragic events:

– Michael Brown’s family got $1.5 million
– Trayvon Martin’s family received “more than…” $1 million
– Eric Garner’s family was awarded $5.9 million

(How much the lawyers representing the families got from the settlements was not disclosed.)

    June 23, 2017, Source: Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — The insurance company for the city of Ferguson, Missouri, paid $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Brown’s parents, the city attorney said Friday.
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(CBS) SANFORD, Fla. – Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a wrongful death claim for an amount believed to be more than $1 million, against a Florida homeowners association at the development where their teenage son was killed more than a year ago, The Orlando-Sentinelreports.

“The family will receive a substantial, but undisclosed, sum from the city. Mourners will note that, however much the family received can never be enough for what was taken from them by the systemic racism, rampant in this country.”
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(CBS) NEW YORK — The relatives of an unarmed black man who died after being put in a white police officer’s chokehold said Tuesday that the $5.9 million settlement they reached with the city wasn’t a victory as they continued pressing for federal civil rights charges.

“The victory will come when we get justice,” Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, said a day after the $5.9 million settlement was announced.

Ed note: Of note is that the accused police or citizen,  even if found innocent are not part of the settlements, deep pockets are.  That is the “system”

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• Psychologist – heal thyself
• Sicko Trump niece writes a book — she is supporting Biden — obviously she is not an expert in dementia, the criminal mind, nepotism as a social pathology, actual lies, plagiarizers, gropers . . .

PRESIDENT’S NIECE WRITES A BOOK…SHE’S ONE SICK, BITTER ‘PUPPY’

Mary Trump’s prescription

– a mental health expert with serious mental health issues writes about an uncle she hates

– Mary Trump is a very bitter person, jealous beyond belief that her father didn’t achieve the heights his brother did (and other grievances)

– “How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Person”, she writes.

– from the excerpts in the Wall Street Journal, it’s obvious that, her assessment, true or not, “her family” also created a bitter, vindictive, treacherous, greedy, self-alienated and, apparently, not-too-bright liberal hater.

– She admits in the book that she leaked “tax returns and other highly confidential financial documentation to The New York Times…Pulitzer-winning 2018 investigation of Trump’s wealth origins and tax dodges. ”

Mary Trump should not be confused with a regular American “concerned” about her country and wanting only to insure that its future is in the hands of people of good will, stable emotions, and sound judgement.

She is a rabid leftist, who admitted that election night, 2016 was “…one of the worst nights of my life…”.

As to her own intelligence and judgement, Mary Trump actively supported Hillary Clinton, whom she described as “an extraordinary human being and public servant.”

And, also predictably, one source notes that “her bio is #blacklivesmatter, “she/her/hers.”

Some excerpts from the Journal article give readers an opportunity to make their own judgement of Ms. Trump’s character:

“I had to take Donald down,” Ms. Trump wrote in “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created The World’s Most Dangerous Man…”

“I grabbed copies of my grandfather’s wills, floppy disks with all of the depositions from the lawsuit, and some of my grandfather’s bank records—all of which I was legally entitled to as part of the lawsuit—and stuffed them into my bags,” she wrote.

“Ms. Trump gave them to a reporter for the (New York) Times, who in turn handed her “a burner phone so we could communicate more securely going forward. We weren’t taking any chances.” Ms. Trump wrote that she later provided additional documents to Times reporters.”

Question: Is this not typical of the kind of people who have obviously sought to enrich themselves by writing a book smearing President Trump with dubious charges, provably false allegations, and information in their possession only because they were trusted by the man they betrayed? (That list is long and runs the gamut from former high officials in the Trump administration like John Bolton to wannabe’s like Omarosa Manigault Newman. (Self-described: “Born into the depths of extreme poverty, Omarosa Manigault Newman rose to become the “only African American senior advisor to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.”)

And, finally, here’s an especially favorite excerpt of mine: “Ms. Trump, who has a doctorate in clinical psychology, wrote that President Trump’s “pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would require a full battery of psychological and neuropsychological tests that he’ll never sit for.”

On the other hand, it seems that Ms. Trump herself has some “complex pathologies and behaviors so…inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would require a full battery of psychological and neuropsychological tests…”.

We suggest that Mary Trump, as viciously vindictive and seriously troubled as she apparently is, probably will “never sit for” such a “battery of tests” herself! But, perhaps, should.

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• Maybe the good Senator (and he is a good one) read the concerns we expressed a few days ago  (pic not in original)

Chuck Grassley: John Durham will be too late if prosecutions begin after 2020 election

by Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner Justice Department Reporter |July 6, 2020

This would be the most forgivable explanation for Durhams silence and delay. Democrats must be hit now, hard and repeatedly.

A top Republican tagged President Trump in a tweet encouraging U.S. Attorney John Durham to initiate any planned prosecutions as part of his inquiry into the Russia investigation before the 2020 election.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a longtime critic of the Trump-Russia investigations, warned Monday that waiting until after November’s contest might be too late.

“#CommonSense. IF NO PROSECUTIONS TIL AFTER ELECTIONS SAD SAD,” Grassley tweeted, telling Trump to think about the case against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the actions taken by special counsel Robert Mueller, and the Democrat-led, Ukraine-related impeachment effort that ended with his acquittal by the Republican-held Senate in February.

“The deep state is so deep that ppl get away w political crimes,” the Iowa Republican wrote. “Durham shld be producing some fruit of his labor.”

Some critics of the Durham investigation have raised concerns about there being an “October surprise.”

Attorney General William Barr said in May that Durham, who is investigating misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials, will likely not conduct a criminal inquiry into former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

“I have a general idea of how Mr. Durham’s investigation is going. … There’s a difference between an abuse of power and a federal crime. Not every abuse of power, no matter how outrageous, is necessarily a federal crime,” Barr said during a press conference. “Now, as to President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man. Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.”

Barr told Fox News in June that he expects there to be “developments” in Durham’s investigation into the Russia investigation this summer even as he hinted that it would continue through the November election.

The FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, code-named Crossfire Hurricane, began in the summer of 2016. It was later wrapped into Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation, which concluded that Russia interfered in 2016 in a “sweeping and systematic fashion” but “did not establish” any criminal conspiracy between the Russians and the Trump campaign.

Barr blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a “slowing down” of Durham’s ability to interview witnesses. He declined to say whether there has been any grand jury activity but said that Durham “has been working where he can on other matters that aren’t affected by the pandemic.”

The attorney general previously confirmed that Durham’s investigation includes a deep dive into the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian interference during the 2016 election, and Durham is reportedly looking into whether former CIA Director John Brennan took politicized actions to pressure the rest of the intelligence community to match his conclusions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motivations. Durham is also examining whether the Crossfire Hurricane investigation was properly predicated, even after the Department of Justice inspector general said it was justified.

Durham is additionally looking into the unmasking controversy as well as potentially criminal classified leaks.

DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s December report criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 “significant errors and omissions” related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against Trump campaign associate Carter Page in 2016 and 2017 and for the bureau’s reliance on British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier. Steele worked at the behest of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, funded by Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee through the Perkins Coie law firm.

Recently declassified footnotes showed that the FBI was aware that Steele’s dossier may have been compromised by Russian disinformation and still used it.

posted by  dlh

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ER nurse beaten with cane in unprovoked attack inside Bronx subway station  

BUT, WHAT IF??…

…ONE CAN IMAGINE THE CAREFULLY ‘CROPPED’ PHOTO THE MEDIA WOULD SHOW US AS THEY REPORTED HOW THIS ASSAILANT WAS ‘GUNNED DOWN’ BY AN OFF-DUTY POLICEMAN AS HE ATTACKED AN ER NURSE IN A SUBWAY STATION.

…OF COURSE, IN THIS CASE, HE WAS NOT ‘GUNNED DOWN’ DURING HIS UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON THE 53 YEAR OLD NURSE. HE IS ON THE LOOSE AND POLICE HOPE THAT SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HIM, SEEING THE PHOTO, WILL REPORT HIM.

…LUCKY FOR BOTH HIM AND THE POLICE…UNLUCKY FOR THE VICTIM.

It’s not hard to imagine the aftermath of a different scenario, however.

What is most likely to have followed if the cane wielding attacker had been confronted in the process, and, in self defense if attacked, a white police officer had to shoot him rather than take a beating, be disabled and perhaps have his gun stolen?

In today’s anti-police, faux-racist hysteria, most likely this guy would be portrayed as one more victim of racist police behavior toward black men.

Joe Biden would what to know why the officer did not show some ‘better judgement’ …”why didn’t he ‘tase’ him, or just shoot him in the leg?”

Family members of the assailant will tell reporters that the officer didn’t attempt to “de-escalate the situation”; other close family members will say their beloved relative suffered from a ‘severe mental impairment and the officer was typically, in the case of a black man, too quick to use the most lethal measure he could, instead of attempting to subdue the attacker with a lesser means.”

And, of course, the Reverend Al will tell a hastily organized ‘impromptu’ press conference how the nurse had initiated the confrontation with a barrage of racial epithets.

Flowers and teddy bears will quickly appear at the site of the incident along with notes of sympathy and tributes to the one time ‘choir boy’, who aspired to be a doctor, his life cut tragically short.

It would be noted that the nurse was released from the ER within hours and was able to return to her job in the Emergency Room the next morning. “How serious could the attack have been?”, they’ll ask.

Marches will be held throughout the nation, the name of the latest victim of ‘police racism’ to be added to the ‘tragically growing record’.

The family will receive a substantial, but undisclosed, sum from the city. Mourners will note that, however much the family received can never be enough for what was taken from them by the systemic racism, rampant in this country.       dlh

“An emergency room nurse heading home from her shift over the weekend was brutally beaten with a cane inside a Bronx subway station in an unprovoked attack, police said Monday. Irina Langdon, 53, was on the mezzanine in the 149th St.-Grand Concourse No. 4 line station about 11:45 p.m. on Saturday when a man attacked her without warning, cops said. He struck her multiple times with a cane in the head, arms and ribs.” (N.Y.Daily News)

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• Not a time to be neutral
• Related reading to follow:

Idiot Croken makes his case on a roof, without wearing the mask. Stay up there Ken, please.

Supervisor, hard-core Hillary supporter, former spokes-hole for local Genesis Hospitals Ken Croken is reported by reliable sources for and by Democrats, the QC Times, to be sponsoring mandatory mask wearing in public.  Croken has indicated he will introduce his “resolution”  at Tuesday morning’s  Scott County Supervisor’s meeting (location and information below).  It is written that he was inspired by the Democrat Muscatine Mayor who has said she will issue such a mandate:

From the QC Democrat news outlet:

His motion would mandate face coverings “in all public areas of the county when and where maintaining a safe social distance is impossible or impractical,” according to a news release.

In response local freedom champions have set forth contact information to the County Supervisors (and Croken in particular).  An online petition is being circulated and most importantly, a show-up and be counted and voice your opinion call for attendance at the meeting.  From our sources:

SCOTT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, as the Committee of the Whole – 8:00 am Board Room, 1st Floor, Administrative Center.  You can also call in for the meeting.  At a minimum call 563-326-8749 and leave a message for Supervisor Croken that you are against mandatory face masks in Scott County!

One of the items for discussion down the agenda is Croken’s Motion requiring the wearing of masks in all public spaces throughout Scott County whenever the ability to maintain safe social distance is impossible or impractical.  This is beyond the Board’s authority.

If you do not want to be forced to wear a mask show up!

You can also email Croken at

ken.croken@scottcountyiowa.gov

Quad City Conservative Breakfast Club

https://www.causes.com/campaigns/928487-support-iowa-law-giving-its-citizens-a-choice-wearing-masks?fbclid=IwAR1pctqjadTY1_WHpv6KgAOWiEtL14cq4kqwNcV7-qhc_z0mJDv12K9eWzY

Friends this is NOT a time to be “neutral” about mandates – if you oppose this chicken little nonsense please forward to your lists or other avenues. (see below)

The local news has been hyping increased cases of “COVID” with sensational headlines and little context in the stories. Of course there are more cases due to more testing — and so what — is the death rate up or are hospitals being overwhelmed??? NO!!! The people being discovered with it are younger and if you are less than 45 your chance of even a serious complication is close to zero. And not much more for decades in age after that. The more we learn the more we can’t trust the “experts.” There is no good reason for mandatory masks in general, rather focus efforts on truly vulnerable locations / populations.

End this pall, this self-induced malaise intended to destroy this country’s healthy freedoms

Related reading:

An Industry of Untruth   

A Second Wave of Stupidity   . . .   the same lunatics are clamoring to tighten the screws again.

COVID-19 Did Not ‘Cure Pneumonia’ 

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They’re afraid’: Jim Jordan says Democrats want to impeach Barr because John Durham will find ‘spying’

OF COURSE THEY’RE AFRAID…BUT THEY NEEDN’T BE

EITHER AG BARR OR SOMEONE ELSE CLOSE TO TRUMP IS TRYING TO HELP THE DEMS ALL THEY CAN

Delaying the investigation, or by holding off revealing the damning truths it has uncovered, someone in the Administration is giving Democrats all the time and opportunity possible to diminish the extreme damage to the corrupt Obama years and the virtual destruction of the Democratic Party that would result from a timely presentation of the evidence.

If not disclosed before the “end of summer”, the results of Durham’s investigation will get very little “news” coverage, and what is reported will be so overwhelmed by campaign activities and whatever additional phony “Russia”-type scandals the Democrats will roll out, that one will have to go to page 23 of the local “news”paper to even read about the “investigatory nothing burger” that will be portrayed.

What the entire free world must know by now but won’t admit, the whole ‘game’ for the Democrats is to keep the gross criminality committed by the Obamaites to corrupt the 20216 election and deny Donald Trump his presidency under wraps until ‘Pitiful Joe’ Biden can be carried over the November Election ‘finish line’.

If that comes to pass as the Dems and the corrupt media hope, nothing more will be heard of William Barr, John Durham, or their “investigation into spying”.

And who are the culprits within the Trump administration abetting this strategy?

Undeniably Christopher Wray has done his share. (Wray isn’t as dumb and inept as he appears…he’s just doing his “Deep State” thing.) And what about CIA Director Gina Haspell? Maybe even Barr himself? Maybe not part of the ‘formal’ effort but certainly a contributor, if not to blocking the revelations, but certainly helping to drastically slow the process, Lindsey Graham…all talk, no action.                dlh
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‘They’re afraid’: Jim Jordan says Democrats want to impeach Barr because John Durham will find ‘spying’

by Daniel Chaitin, at the Washington Examiner

Democrats may be trying to hinder U.S. Attorney John Durham’s inquiry into the Russia investigation, according to a top House Republican.

Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking member on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, said that a resolution signed by Rep. Eric Swalwell and dozens of other Democrats seeking an investigation into whether Attorney General William Barr should be impeached is a byproduct of their fear of what Durham may find.

“The thing that scares [Swalwell] about Bill Barr is this investigation he has tasked John Durham to complete,” Jordan told Fox News this week. “And Mr. Barr said it is going to be done sometime this summer.”

The Ohio Republican said that Democrats first got spooked when Barr testified to Congress in April 2019 and said he believes “spying did occur” on President Trump’s 2016 campaign.

“They’re afraid of what that might show, mainly the spying that took place. And that’s what set these folks off,” Jordan said. “When Bill Barr first testified, Martha, after he was confirmed, he used the word ‘spying,’ and the Democrats went crazy. But he used that word because that’s exactly what they did.”

Little is known about Durham’s investigation into misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the Crossfire Hurricane investigation that was later wrapped into special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Barr, who is facing increasing scrutiny from Democrats, who are concerned about the alleged politicization of the Justice Department, recently told Fox News that he anticipates “developments” in Durham’s investigation by the end of the summer.

Part of the resolution that was introduced this week by Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat who is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, says Barr “eroded confidence in the judicial system by questioning the legitimacy of Department of Justice investigations and discrediting the Department’s finding.”

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Story at The Iowa Standard 

What a way to actually honor the Fourth of July  –  a local counter protest in Des Moines — yet will “our people” ignore it? 

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NBA Will Let Players Replace Name On Jersey With Social Justice Statement 

“…CNN anchor Ana Cabrera is all in on the name change,”… “suggesting that a number of players have been ‘concerned’ about resuming a game for which they’re paid millions of dollars becoming a distraction from the business at a hand: the ‘social justice movement.’”

And their thinking …? “Consider that Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin actually told the aforementioned Cabrera, “To be able to use your platform and your brand, the NBA, your team, to help bring the country together is something that a lot of people care deeply about.”

OK SO HERE’S A FEW POSSIBLE JERSEY “STATEMENTS:

Whooze Your Baby Momma? (in place of numerous player names)

F-ck Stupid Fans (in place of multi-, multimillionaire ‘James’)

WE NEED LEADERS LIKE XI JIN PING (Any NBA player)

“NIKE Uber Alles” *

Cuban for Prez (every Dallas Mavericks player)

* a version of the phrase is commonly associated with Nazi propaganda.

It appears that the NFL…and Sports in general…is determined to drive itself/themselves out of business, but first, by alienating the overwhelming majority of its current fans.

Happy Fourth of July!

“Let us march on till victory won”       dlh

NFL WILL PLAY THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE OPENING WEEK GAMES

Four weeks after commissioner Roger Goodell vowed to listen to and work with players in their fight for racial equality, the NFL is in the process of solidifying plans to honor victims of systemic racism with a number of in-game programs during opening week of the 2020 season.

Starting with the nationally televised regular-season opener between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 10, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem, will be performed before every Week 1 kickoff, before “The Star-Spangled Banner,” according to a person familiar with ongoing discussions. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition of anonymity because plans have not yet been finalized and announced by NFL officials.

Both anthems will be televised Sunday afternoon, and on “Sunday Night Football” and “Monday Night Football” contests as well. ESPN’s “Undefeated” first reported news of these plans.

The person said after brainstorming with numerous players and the NFL Players Association, NFL officials also plan to honor victims of police brutality through elements such as helmet decals or jerseys. It’s also expected that the Week 1 broadcasts will feature a number of educational PSAs about victims and their families.

HERE’S THE “INDEPENDENT SENTINEL’S TAKE ON THE STORY: (pic not in original)

NFL will play Black national anthem before the national anthem during every game
By  M. Dowling –

The NFL plans to play the “Black national anthem” before America’s National Anthem during every game from the beginning of the season.

That is an abomination. It sets up two Americas and is very divisive. It also rubs our faces in the misery of slavery which we had nothing to do with and which is not the story of America.

Will they stand for the Black Anthem and kneel for the National Anthem?
USA Today reported this will begin with the nationally televised regular-season opener between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs on September 10th.
Both anthems will be televised Sunday afternoon, and on “Sunday Night Football” and “Monday Night Football” contests as well.
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And here it is, the “Black National Anthem”:

Words: James Weldon Johnson
Music: John Rosamond Johnson
Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory won.
Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;
Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our star is cast.
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might, led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand,
True to our God, true to our native land.

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