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Donald John Trump is our president.
ITEM 1: Dan Abrams reported, "Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has asked Pennsylvania officials to file response briefs in a so-far-failed attempt by GOP Congressman Mike Kelly to flip Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results. Kelly, a loyal and longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, is asking the nation’s highest court to take up the same elections case the Pennsylvania Supreme Court summarily ejected with prejudice last weekend. Kelly’s 50-page application and 213-page appendix was submitted to Alito because he is the justice who oversees incoming matters from the Third Circuit, which includes Pennsylvania.
"Though Alito originally called for response arguments from the Commonwealth to be filed by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9th, the case docket was changed Sunday morning to move that deadline up to Tuesday, Dec. 8, by 9 a.m. The change is critical. Pennsylvania’s members of the electoral college are due to meet at noon on Dec. 14th in Harrisburg to cast their votes for president. As Law&Crime has previously reported, and as Kelly’s arguments point out, federal election law sets a so-called safe harbor deadline which requires controversies 'concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors . . . by judicial or other methods or procedures' to be determined 'at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors.' Alito’s original Dec. 9th deadline failed to take that window into account. His new deadline does."
Good move.
A court that allowed Pennsylvania Democrats to ignore the statutory deadline for mail-in votes can ignore any state law it wants.
ITEM 2: The New York Post reported, "Fort Lauderdale, one of Florida’s biggest cities, has been declared the most unsafe in America according to a new survey from WalletHub.
"The credit and consumer reports website said the preponderance of negative weather events plus rising covid 19 cases were responsible for the city’s poor ranking, the local Sun Sentinel reported."
Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) has had 1,694 covid-related deaths, or 87 per 100,000 population.
New York City's covid-related death rate is 289 per 100,000.
WalletHub is wrong once again. I used to waste time double-checking its lists. Now I ignore them.
The Sun-Sentinel and New York Post should do the same.
ITEM 3: The New York Post reported, "Goldman Sachs is eying a move to Florida for one of its key divisions — in what could be yet another major blow to New York City’s position at the helm of the financial industry, a new report says.
The financial titan is considering relocating its $8 billion-revenue-generating asset-management arm to Palm Beach County or Fort Lauderdale, checking out potential real estate, chatting up local officials and weighing the Sunshine State’s tax advantages, sources told Bloomberg.
The potential development comes on the heels of several other investment companies moving from the Big Apple to down South — and battering New York’s bottom line with the loss of white-collar jobs.
There is now the most office space empty in Manhattan since right after 9/11, Bloomberg said."
Wait a second.
Did they not just tell us Fort Lauderdale was the least safe place in America?
Methinks that besides the friendlier tax situation, Goldman Sachs might prefer the covid 19 response of Florida to the Cuomo-tose reaction in New York.
ITEM 4: Via Monica Showalter, the Washington Post reported, "Mexican officials have private concerns that any moves to revoke Trump's enforcement mechanisms too quickly could have a dam-bursting effect at their southern border, unleashing pent-up demand from desperate Central Americans.
"'Our southern border was a mess, and it's under control now,' said a senior Mexican official who spoke on the condition of anonymity for lack of authorization to discuss potential relations with the United States under the Biden administration."
How about that.
Mexicans actually support President Trump's efforts to secure our border.
Good fences make good neighbors.
ITEM 5: Ed Morrissey reported, ""Earlier this week, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti banned outdoor service at restaurants in response to the COVID-19 transmission spike. That includes Pineapple Hill Grill and Saloon in Sherman Oaks, whose owner Angela Marsden sunk $80,000 into social-distanced outdoor dining infrastructure and had planned to reopen today. Marsden went to the store yesterday to collect a few items for a planned protest, but got a big surprise when she arrived at the parking lot adjacent to her dining patio."
What was the surprise?
"She saw production tents and tables set up in a parking lot just a few feet from the outdoor dining area she’s not allowed to use. People involved in the television production were seen dining under the tents."
They were doing what she was not allowed to do.
She made a video. It went viral. It is time to just say no to this fascism disguised as protecting us from a seasonal virus.
ITEM 6: The Daily Mail reported, "The mysterious symptoms American spies and diplomats in Cuba and Red China have suffered could be due to a directed microwave energy, says a new report by the National Academies of Sciences
"The new report, which has been obtained by NBC News, does not explicitly say that the microwaves were deployed intentionally as a weapon, but does not rule that possibility out.
"Medical and scientific experts from the Academies of Sciences studied 40 State Department employees and noted that no similar symptoms had previously been recorded in medical literature."
Why do we have anything top do with Red China or Cuba?
They have not reformed.
They are more evil today than they were 60 years ago.
ITEM 7: United Press International reported, "Red China's Chang'e-5 lander departed the moon after spending two days on the surface, leaving behind its first official flag.
"China brought two flags on previous missions, but the one left Thursday was the first one made of fabric, the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. said. The fabric and rod structure of the flag were treated to be protected during extreme temperatures on the lunar surfaces."
One small step for robot, one giant leap for evil.
ITEM 8: Bloomberg reported, "The U.K. is granting the most special travel documents to Hong Kong residents since the 1997 handover, bolstering predictions of a mass exodus as China tightens its grip over the former British colony.
"Some 216,398 Hong Kong residents received British National (Overseas) passports during the first 10 months of the year, higher than any annual figure stretching back to 1997, according to data provided by the U.K.’s Passport Office under the Freedom of Information Act.
"In October alone, the office issued 59,798 Hongkongers with BNOs, or 52% higher than in the same period last year, and the highest monthly figure since the Passport Office began readily compiling them in 2015. That translates to more than five every minute, based on an average eight-hour working day."
Letting Red China have Hong Kong was a huge mistake. And legally they did not have to as Red China refuses to recognize bond obligations of the government that made the original deal. England should have turned it over to Taiwan.
ITEM 9: The Hill reported, "Government officials and health-care groups are growing increasingly concerned about nation states and criminal hackers targeting the supply chain for covid 19 vaccines.
"Concerns have been amplified as the U.S. prepares to roll out the first vaccines later this month, with groups involved in creating and shipping the vaccines a prime target for potential cyberattacks."
Hackers are why we should rethink relying so much on computers and the Internet.
ITEM 10: Just the News reported, "A McLaughlin & Associates survey found significant support for the idea of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp calling a special legislative session to require signature verification of mail-in ballots for the state's January Senate runoff contests.
"In the Nov. 21-24 survey of 800 likely voters, 58% approved of the idea while just 38% disapproved."
Kemp won't listen to the people.
He wants a premature end to the Trump presidency.
ITEM 11: President Trump announced, "I have signed into law H.R. 8247, the Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020. The Act amends various authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs related to transition assistance from military to civilian life, suicide prevention and care, and improvement in care and services for women veterans."
These are worthy goals and the act seems promising. About 15% of veterans are women. It is well past time to have programs that target their needs.
ITEM 12: CNN reported, "Holiday movies are a time-honored tradition, and this season could signal that queer couples are finally getting a seat at the table. Hulu and the Hallmark Channel have both released holiday films that feature LGBTQ couples in the main storyline. And there are at least seven new movies this month that have some sort of representation as well."
What? Don we now our gay apparel was not enough? Well, it is a market that Hulu and Hallmark can exploit.
I will stick to the Rankin/Bass specials that I know best.
Well, once you leave a college campus, it becomes easier to find.
ITEM 14: Tribune News Service reported, "Iran is sending its biggest fleet yet of tankers to Venezuela in defiance of U.S. sanctions to help the isolated nation weather a crippling fuel shortage, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
"Some of the flotilla of about 10 Iranian vessels will also help export Venezuelan crude after discharging fuel, the people said, asking not to be named because the transaction is not public.
"The Nicolas Maduro regime is widening its reliance on Iran as an ally of last resort after even Russia and China have avoided challenging the U.S. ban on trade with Venezuela. The country's fuel crunch follows decades of mismanagement, corruption and under-investment at state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela since the time of Maduro's late mentor and predecessor, Hugo Chavez."
Iran seems to want a war.
President Trump will not give them one.
ITEM 15: Zero Hedge reported, "President Donald Trump’s legal team began a forensic analysis of Dominion voting machines in Michigan after a judge on Friday permitted the examination."
The press no longer is able to say without evidence.
Their next step is to say old news.
ITEM 16: National Review reported, "The Daily Beast and Business Insider tried to spin the nursing home death of Kristi Noem’s 98-year-old grandmother into a political hitjob, despite the fact that the death was not covid-related and the nursing home enacted strict protocols for visitors.
"'Shameful,' was the reaction of Noem’s policy director Maggie Seidel to National Review."
This reminds me of my niece (53 at the time) asking for the day off to attend her grandmother's funeral. We didn't know you still had a grandmother, they told her.
So God bless Governor Noem and her family. The media should have given them the day off from the incessant lying.
ITEM 17: Japan Times reported, "Australia has become Beijing’s preferred pinata as China lashes out against perceived disrespect from other governments. Apparently willing to take a wait and see approach on relations with the United States and Japan as new administrations find their feet — and, it is hoped in Beijing, reset relations in a more accommodating fashion — Canberra in contrast has been handed an expansive set of demands that must be met for bilateral relations to return to what Beijing considers normal. Until then, Australia’s No. 1 trade partner is imposing painful trade sanctions."
This is a $40 billion blow to Australia's economy, which adjusted for population would be a half-trillion-dollar blow to the USA.
The Aussies are like shove it.
The story said, "Rather than intimidate, the ambassador’s reply intensified debate in Australia over China’s role in the nation’s economy. Canberra hasn’t backed down. While insisting that it is not opposed to China’s success and prosperity, the government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison also insists that Beijing must respect international law and Australia’s sovereignty."
Shut down all trade and diplomatic relations with Red China. It is a communist country that wants to destroy capitalism.
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