Today’s Poser

Closing arguments for trials traditionally start with the prosecution followed by the defense. In Trump’s “hush money” trial, Judge Juan Merchan has reversed this order … the prosecution is going last. Pilgrim, do I need to explain why?

Afterward: And look to this judge to lean heavily on the scales with his instructions to the jurors. For shame!

After Afterward: Although Judge Merchan  has restricted the lawyers’ closing arguments from discussing the law … “that’s my job” … he allowed the prosecution to do so, over the defense’s objection, when they made their closing argument … the same case that I made in the blog  post — Setting the Table.

Sometimes I think I should have been a lawyer.

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Quantum Computer Simulation

If Elon Musk is right and we all are just living in a giant quantum computer simulation … having Biden as president is a clear indication that its programmers are fucking with us.

SRAND UP TO BEING FUCKED WITH!

Star-crossed

Joe Biden is so star-crossed that the Hayden Planetarian has taken to projecting his headshot on its “universe” ceiling.

Afterward: His 320 million dollar Gaza pier fiasco has broken up and is sinking!

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Lawfare

 

Does anyone really believe that all the Democrat lawfare interfering with Trump’s presidential campaign … Jack Smith’s secret document and insurrection indictments, Trump’s prosecutions in Atlanta and Manhattan … as well as the ludicrous civil suits … are legit? And is there any doubt that the Jan 6 Special Committee and more than 1,200 DC prosecutions have been cut out of the same corrupt perversion of justice?

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Headlines

 

U.S. assures Europe: We’ll keep sending you gas, we promise

The time is ‘ripe’ to cut interest rates next week, European Central Bank’s Rehn says

Biden gaffing so frequently the White House can barely keep up

Lagging in polls, desperate UK Conservatives pitch national service at 18 …

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan to resume trilateral meeting

Some employers are reluctant to hire college graduates who attended pro-Palestinian protests, survey

Biden has his own ‘please clap’ moment at West Point

‘General Hospital’ actor shot and hilled after theft gone wrong in downtown LA …

Climate change forcing changes to transportation industry, Pete Buttigieg says

Chinese companies are going global, Morgan Stanley says

Tom Cotton emerging as a top contender to be Trump’s VP pick 

Battle over Musk’s $56 billion payday intensifies …

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Interesting Factoids

 

Two and a half years ago the Democrats enacted a $7.5 billion slush fund to build  EV charging stations around the country. According to our tepid Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, over this period, our crony capitalists have actually built eight … around $1 billion per charging station. And also according to prickly Pete we are committed to building 500,000 of these “climate savers” by 2030.

Using my feeble brain calculator, this means that we wil have to build over 7,500 per month  … and the total cost of this insanity will approximate $500 trillion.

Our 2023 GDP in current dollars was $27.36 trilliiion.

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More Cute Animals

From daily timewaster blog

Better than most kids …

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Out of Sorts

The world is acting like it ate too much pepperoni pizza and can’t find the Pepto-Bismol.

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Setting the Table

Michael Cohen pleading guilty to the non-provable crime of election interference over 5 years ago … see; ABC News story. Seems to me an elaborate setup for what will be the prosecution’s argument in Trump’s hush money trial wrap-up this week.

If Cohen was guilty, Trump must also be.

STAND UP TO THE SETUP!

Headlines

 

‘He’s more delusional than I throught’: Libertarians jeer Trump during convention speech

Elon Musk plans AI supercomputer, The Information reports

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith seeks gag order for Trump in classified documents case

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin heading back to Walter Reed

Muslim activists lead ‘Abandon Biden’ efforts in 9 swing states

WHO pandemic talks end without a deal. Governments to decide next steps

European banks in Russia face an ‘awful lot of risk’, Yellen says

Tulsi Gabbard is reportedly out of Veepstakes

Vivek reportedly booed for hyping Trump to Libertarians … …

Europe left worried by U.S. plan on Russian assets to pay for Ukraine

U.S. screens record 2.95 million airline passengers in a single day

Trump says Nikki Haley might have a spot in his administration

NOT FUNNY; Dave Chappell accuses Israel of genocide during blistering stand-up in Abu Dabi …

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Interesting Factoids

From Mostly Cajun blog

The hidden Biden tax on those making less than $400k.

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Today’s Poser

 

How much Biden dissonance does it take to persuade never-Trumpers of the madness of their wayward ways? — Fletcher

Afterward: Even Nikki Haley eventually came around.

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Memorial Day

 

French cemetery for American soldiers

Behind every cross lies a name and a story …

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Trump’s Libertarian Speech

Can we say Sons of Liberty? No matter … Trump always brings it.

(although, I would love to know what the beef is?)

Afterward: Here’s possibly a clue … (Dave Smith)

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Dr. Seuss

From Mostly Cajun blog

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Headlines

 

The scramble to suck up to Trump

Google’s AI Overview is catching heat for some obvious factual errors

Biden nominee greenlit secret search of journo’s emails over Ashley Biden’s diary

Xi Jinping invites American tourists to save China’s sinking economy

Uvalde families sue Meta and ‘Call of Duty’ publisher over alleged links to gun violence

Trump Social struggles to grow its US user base, new data on Trump Media app shows

Hunter Biden is in court in Deleware

China stages missile attacks and bombing runs on Taiwan

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman will back Trump

Yellen sees no ‘showstoppers’ G7 Ukraine loan backed by Russian asset earnings

Biden’s further depletion of Strategic Oil Reserves unlikely to impact gas prices

Are Russia and NKorea planning ‘October surprise’ that aids Trump?

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D.E.I. Insanity

D.E.I insanity is endemic in America.

Diversity — 

Equity — 

Inclusion — 

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The Verdict

My odds:

60% —  Guilty

35% — Hung jury

5% — Not guilty

If a hung jury, DA Bragg will start new trial within days.

Afterward — poll results on CNN Smerconish show:

45% —  Guilty

44% — Hung jury

9% — Not guilty

STAND UP FOR JUSTICE!

Powerline Pic

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More Newspeak

Misguided Michigan lawmakers have fucked with our language again … as no longer can Ganders refer to criminals or convicted criminals as “criminals.” They are now “justice impacted individuals.” 

I think those impacted are really the criminal victims … no?

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