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03-15-2021, 11:28 AM
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Over the past two centuries, seafaring piracy has declined sharply. Over that same period of time, average global temperatures have increased.
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03-15-2021, 11:28 AM
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I am thinking he is going to need to step down shortly in order to be appointed Vice President when Harris officially gets bumped up to being the President.
It sure seems like Biden's time in the White House is short.
His handlers aren't even letting him answer any questions for fear he might forget his name or say something even stupider than he already has.
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03-15-2021, 11:33 AM
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the media misrepresented Trump (via unnamed sources) for political gains?! never.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...n-trash-folder
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...n-trash-folder
he Wall Street Journal first published audio last week of the roughly six-minute call on Dec. 23 between Trump and Frances Watson, the chief investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, in which he urged her to look for fraud in mail-in ballots in Fulton County, where much of Atlanta is located.
Indeed, Trump can be heard telling Watson, who was in the middle of conducting an audit of voting results in Cobb County, that he won the 2020 election and that she would be "praised" when the "right answer comes out." He also insisted "something bad happened."
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However, the audio shows that early reports in January about that call, based on anonymous sourcing, misquoted Trump. In those reports, Trump was quoted as urging Watson to "find the fraud," and if she did so, the investigator would be a "national hero."
Outlets such as CNN published these quotes, corroborating what was first reported by the Washington Post. While CNN's version, reliant on a single anonymous source, remains unchanged, the Washington Post stuck a long correction note to the top of its report:
...Both CNN and Washington Post reported previously that state officials said they did not believe a recording of the Trump-Watson call existed, but in recent days both have new reports that say officials found the recording in Watson's trash folder on her device while responding to a public records request.
Watson spoke with WSB-TV, which reported that the investigator said she was surprised by Trump's call but did not feel that she was being pressured by him. “It is something that is not expected, and as I mentioned in the call, I was shocked that he would take the time to do that,” she said.
Indeed, Trump can be heard telling Watson, who was in the middle of conducting an audit of voting results in Cobb County, that he won the 2020 election and that she would be "praised" when the "right answer comes out." He also insisted "something bad happened."
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However, the audio shows that early reports in January about that call, based on anonymous sourcing, misquoted Trump. In those reports, Trump was quoted as urging Watson to "find the fraud," and if she did so, the investigator would be a "national hero."
Outlets such as CNN published these quotes, corroborating what was first reported by the Washington Post. While CNN's version, reliant on a single anonymous source, remains unchanged, the Washington Post stuck a long correction note to the top of its report:
"Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find “dishonesty” there. He also told her that she had “the most important job in the country right now.” A story about the recording can be found here. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump."
— Washington Post
— Washington Post
Watson spoke with WSB-TV, which reported that the investigator said she was surprised by Trump's call but did not feel that she was being pressured by him. “It is something that is not expected, and as I mentioned in the call, I was shocked that he would take the time to do that,” she said.
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03-15-2021, 01:54 PM
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The Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 88) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished the death penalty for most offences of piracy, but created a new offence often known as piracy with violence, which was punishable with death. This offence still exists in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland, but is no longer punishable by death in either country.
Section 2 of the Act creates the offence of piracy with violence:
Whosoever, with intent to commit or at the time of or immediately before or immediately after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or vessel, shall assault, with intent to murder, any person being on board of or belonging to such ship or vessel, or shall stab, cut, or wound any such person, or unlawfully do any act by which the life of such person may be endangered, shall be guilty of felony...
Section 2 of the Act creates the offence of piracy with violence:
Whosoever, with intent to commit or at the time of or immediately before or immediately after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or vessel, shall assault, with intent to murder, any person being on board of or belonging to such ship or vessel, or shall stab, cut, or wound any such person, or unlawfully do any act by which the life of such person may be endangered, shall be guilty of felony...
for the environment obviously
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03-15-2021, 02:48 PM
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RENT FREE ( get it?! )
https://apnews.com/article/dallas-he...3e37f30746f1b6
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center will be used for up to 90 days beginning as early as this week, according to written notification sent to members of the Dallas City Council on Monday. Federal agencies will use the facility to house boys ages 15 to 17, according to the memo, which describes the soon-to-open site as a “decompression center.”
Not a super spreader event; that's only the Super Bowl.
https://apnews.com/article/dallas-he...3e37f30746f1b6
US to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site
The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center will be used for up to 90 days beginning as early as this week, according to written notification sent to members of the Dallas City Council on Monday. Federal agencies will use the facility to house boys ages 15 to 17, according to the memo, which describes the soon-to-open site as a “decompression center.”
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