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To: Snowshoe who wrote (163846)	10/17/2020 11:43:40 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218449

RE <<Kentucky Postal Worker Who Dumped More Than 100 Absentee Ballots Fired, May Face Federal Charges>> can easily be a false flag operation. Hard to say these days as divisiveness go hard. I am either worried about the electioneering nor the outcome, because I do not believe it would make any difference either way, as Team American may well be operating under a faulty premise engendered by its deep-state Trump did not divide Team America. He may have accelerated the division. Trump presidency is a product of the division. At the get-go of the episode, circa 2019 something, I equated H1N1 to CoVid19, before it was known as CoVid19, when Team America as expressed by the cretin Wilbur Ross thought the WuVirus would be helpful in the persecution of the war against Team China, and I noted the analogical role Team American was then playing w/r to WuVirus as it did in H1N1 I also noted how Team China was doing most to protect the planet’s supply chains, as I saw the error of otherwise intelligent and coherent folks’ ways in advocating migration to Vietnam, Philippines, and of all places India! I pity the companies that fell for the balderdash wrapped around the chant to migrate, and at the time I noted, migration cost money, incurs execution errors, loses market, and suffers risks from whiplash. The faithful of Kyle Bass may not like what is dawning, but deserve everything now going their way. Oh yeah, before signing off, yes, Trump is correct, that trade wars are easy to win, which, by logic, also means it is easy to lose; all depends on whether one is on the winning or losing side. Now Team America is doubling down, per scorched-earth policy, but perhaps more by the Trump against the Democrats than against Team China-China-China. I expect the Trump to win the coming election, and had noted many times, he is good for China, but should he lose, I expect the Democrats to screw up big time, because the entire narrative that the Republicans and Democrats are following is one of bias, falsehoods and outright lies. True winning policies cannot arise out of cargo-cult meme, and letting slogans doing the thinking was and remains the way to Wave #2, 3, 4 … Too bad about the folks not paying attention and following the script to their doom, and that be on the creepy suspect MSM I worry about below chart and what it seems to be indicating.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (163846)	10/17/2020 11:43:50 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218449

The <<postal worker>> going postal is concerning. Also alarming is below story indicating perhaps something terribly wrong. I am having a difficult time picturing how exactly Team USA or maybe just Team California is dispensing UBI Are there people actually as stupidly cretinous as "Nuke Bizzle"? Giving new meaning to what John Wayne allegedly said, that "life is hard, especially if you are stupid" zerohedge.com "I Got Rich Off Of EDD:" Feds Bust LA Rapper For $1.2M Unemployment Scam Detailed In Music Video A tidal wave of first-time jobless claims during the virus pandemic overwhelmed California's computer systems, as it was a perfect opportunity for scammers to use stolen identities and file false claims. This is precisely what happened in Los Angeles when a get-rich-quick unemployment benefits scheme netted one rapper more than $1.2 million, reported CBS Los Angeles. The rapper, Fontrell Antonio Baines, 31, who goes by "Nuke Bizzle," was arrested Friday on federal charges for fraudulently receiving $1.2 million in unemployment insurance benefits under the CARES act. "According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Baines possessed and used debit cards preloaded with unemployment benefits administered by the California Employment Development Department," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. "The debit cards were issued in the names of third-parties, including identity theft victims. The applications for these debit cards listed addresses to which Baines had access in Beverly Hills and Koreatown," federal prosecutors said in a news release. Court documents pointed out Baines uploaded a music video titled "EDD" [Employment Development Department] on YouTube, which included the lyrics, "I got rich off of EDD" and "getting rich by [going] to the bank with a stack of these." A second rapper in the video sings: "You gotta sell cocaine, I just file a claim." Baines was also heard giving a "shoutout" to President Trump for the CARES Act. Court documented showed Baines used at least 92 preloaded EDD debit cards, worth more than $1.2 million, with many of the withdraws in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. EDD fraud in California has been an ongoing, widespread issue this year. Between mid-August and the first week of September, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims in California soared, which forced California's EDD to halt new unemployment claims mid-September for two weeks. No matter what - or who - is to blame, California's fraud issue underscores the widespread unemployment data challenges - including clerical errors and double counting - that state employment departments have faced since the pandemic began. "Aggressive efforts to fight fraud are yielding results in curbing the recent uptick in suspicious Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims in California," the state's employment department said. And to refresh readers' minds about pandemic fraud, a Florida man recently used loans granted under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to purchase a 2020 Lamborghini Huracan.