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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called China twice in the final months of the Trump administration to reassure them that Trump had no plans to attack China, according to “Peril,” a new book by the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. “Things may look unsteady,” Gen. Mark Milley told his counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of China, on Jan. 8 – two days after Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol to try to stop the certification of his election loss. “But that’s the nature of democracy, General Li. We are 100% steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.” Milley was also reportedly so concerned that Trump could “go rogue” that he convened a secret meeting later that day with senior military officials to remind them that “the strict procedures are explicitly designed to avoid inadvertent mistakes or accident or nefarious, unintentional, illegal, immoral, unethical launching of the world’s most dangerous weapons.” He added: “And I’m part of that procedure.” Following the revelations, Trump called for “Dumbass” Milley to be “arrested” for “treason.” The White House, meanwhile, said Biden has “complete confidence” in Milley. (New York Times / Washington Post / CNN)  

it transpires that: Defence Secretary Mark Esper, also called China, some weeks prior to Milley's actions.... For the same reason, Insanity at the helm.

A federal judge denied Trump’s request to stop E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against him from moving forward. The ruling allows for the case to proceed as an appeals court weighs whether Trump is immune from the suit. Carroll alleges Trump assaulted her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1995 or 1996 and then defamed her by calling her a liar when she went public with her claims in 2019. Trump and the Justice Department have argued Trump can’t be sued because the comments were made while he was president. (Bloomberg / CNN / CNBC)

1 in 500 Americans have died from Covid-19 in the 19 months since the nation’s first reported coronavirus infection. As of Tuesday night, 663,913 total people in the U.S. had died of Covid-19. The country averaged 1,805 new Covid-19 deaths each day over the past week. About 62% of Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine – last among the world’s seven wealthiest democracies. (CNN / Washington Post)

for comparison, I believe that the NZ number is 1 in 189,725 - population 5,122,600, deaths 27  - not for gloating purposes but to illustrate a different circumstance and approach.

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Capitol police have requested the National Guard stay on standby in advance of the right-wing "Justice for J6" rally planned for Saturday.

 

fortunately where I am, in NZ I can still get food from the Supermarket, so I'm off to get popcorn and beer for Saturday...

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Gov. Abbott Goes Rogue, Dispatches Texas Forces to Take Control of Border

Fed up with the Biden administration’s lack of action on the border crisis in Del Rio, Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is taking matters into his own hands.

A mass migration of illegal immigrants — mostly from Haiti — has overrun the area around the city as a crowd of about 15,000 migrants has camped there.

“The Texas Department of Public Safety is in full force along the border around the Del Rio area. They have built a barricade with their squad cars and State Troopers. The National Guard is working with them to secure the border,” Abbott tweeted Saturday night.

https://www.westernjournal.com/gov-abbott-goes-rogue-dispatches-texas-forces-take-control-border/?ff_source=facebook&ff_medium=westernjournalism&ff_campaign=manualpost&ff_content=2021-09-18&fbclid=IwAR0lCnjBkYfyTdp4riCWi2q3AWBlhnCi-woEpAFR-p6C8VH2USDDlpyjLAQ

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All they have to do is fly to Mexico and walk across the border...

US travel ban: Why is Biden still keeping Britons out of US?

A couple of dozen journalists will be on the plane with him. An advance party is already in Washington DC.

Every one of those will be allowed in because the American authorities have granted them a National Interest Exemption. Without it, you cannot enter the US from the UK or the European Union. Period.

But why? Or to put it simply, what possible justification is there for President Joe Biden to keep this travel ban in place?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58619393?fbclid=IwAR3Drjgkqo1UvvabInzUGMdODhW1oESZGV6nCSmlLXuGWzumexRk02wK0Og

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George Holliday, the Los Angeles plumber who shot grainy video of four white police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King in 1991, has died of complications of COVID-19, a friend said Monday. 

Holliday, 61, died Sunday at a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been for more than a month, according to Robert Wollenweber, a longtime friend and former coworker. Holliday was not vaccinated and was on a ventilator in recent days after contracting pneumonia, Wollenweber said.

Holliday was awakened by a traffic stop outside his San Fernando Valley home on the night of March 3, 1991. He went outside to film it with his new video camera, catching the Los Angeles officers punching, kicking and using a stun gun on King, even after he was on the ground.

A year later, Holliday’s out-of-focus footage — about 9 minutes worth — was a key piece of evidence at the four officers’ criminal trial for assault and excessive use of force.
 

https://apnews.com/article/health-violence-los-angeles-coronavirus-pandemic-rodney-king-017eaf6c0394a6330e3a75537bbed3ed

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Prediction. Dems will lose big in 2022 off year elections. It will be the lowest black turnout in decades. It will be a low turnout anyway, off year elections have low turnouts for Dem races but I think it will be even moreso. Women will turn out less, etc. 

Biden will lose a repeat of the 2020 election as well if Trump runs. Trump owns the Republican base. The long term problem for the GOP is its a one person personality cult and what happens when Trump dies? Maybe Desantis. He has the potential to take over. If he ran for President if Trump doesn't, he'll win. He'll pull a lot more of the latino vote on his being Cuban alone. 

 

 

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I apologise for the imminent deluge of Leather Jacket Jesus Utubery and similar, that may arrive after the following post:

Maricopa County, Arizona, said Thursday that a draft report from the 'Cyber Ninja's' company in a contentious, partisan review of November's election has confirmed Joe Biden's win. According to a report from NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix, a copy of the report they obtained says the review widens Biden's victory margin by 360 votes.

 

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