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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Nine Shot Early Sunday Morning Outside Amarillo Nightclub
[Breitbart] Nine people were shot, one of them fatally, outside a nightclub on Polk Street in Amarillo, Texas, early Sunday morning.

KVII reported the shooting occurred around 2 a.m.

FOX 4 KDFW noted that police received “numerous 911 calls” regarding the shooting, which “possibly stems from an earlier altercation inside the bar.”

The alleged shooter is identified as 23-year-old Robert Kenney Knox, who allegedly left the bar earlier in the night then returned in a vehicle from which he exited and opened fire. He then got back into the vehicle and the driver sped away. A witness followed the vehicle and called police to provide them with details on the vehicle’s location.

Police located the vehicle, and arrested Knox and the driver, 21-year-old Nahryah Hilesta Ines Hayes. A third occupant of the vehicle, 22-year-old Britt Brinson Cave was arrested as well. Knox and Hayes were each charged with one count of murder and “eight counts of deadly conduct/discharge of a firearm.” Cave was charged with public intoxication
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11141 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nothing much good happens after about 10:00 pm.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2025 1:28 Comments || Top||

#2  How about the birth of a baby?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 01/28/2025 14:19 Comments || Top||

#3  Or the Perry Mason comic outro on MeTV (if that still exists)? Set a standing alarm for 2330-ish during one of their runs through the whole series just in case I happened to be near a screen. So corny but so damned endearing.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 01/28/2025 22:31 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Blue city [ATL] looks to halt homeless encampment sweeps after city truck crushes sleeping man
[FoxNews] Cornelius Taylor, 49, died in an incident while the city of Atlanta was clearing homeless encampments.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 09:43 || Comments || Link || [11136 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I only see them camped under the I-20 bridges when I’m on the downtown connector
Posted by: Beavis || 01/28/2025 12:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Years ago an ABQ brushmower shredded a bum sleeping in a thicket along the Rio Grande near downtown. Ho-hum news from a state the USA forgot about, so far from heaven and so close to Texas.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 01/28/2025 14:10 Comments || Top||


Judgment Day for reporter who helped catch abortionists trading in baby body parts
[World Net] An undercover reporter who worked with David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress to catch abortionists across America boasting about their trade in the body parts of unborn babies will walk off with clean record after former Joe Biden administration officials, while at jobs in California, orchestrated a criminal case against her.

Liberty Counsel, which has represented Sandra Merritt for years, confirmed that California prosecutors have agreed to end the criminal case with a plea deal.

There will be no prison time, no fines and the state is dropping all remaining felony counts. In return, Merritt is pleading "no contest" to one charge which, after a year of probation, will be reduced to a misdemeanor for sentencing, and then that will be expunged from her record.

Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver said, "Sandra Merritt did nothing wrong. She did the right thing by exposing the depravity of the abortion industry. This plea agreement ends an unjust criminal case by dropping these baseless criminal charges without any prison time, fines or other penalties.

Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2025 09:37 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Google Maps caves to Trump as it renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America
[DM]
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 10:58 || Comments || Link || [11136 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Was kind of partial to Gulf of Buc-cee's, but this is fine.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 13:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Nice ring to it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2025 14:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, this is the Americas after all.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2025 14:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Have you checked personally? I switched my VPN to a US server and still get Gulf of Mexico. Also the font is wrong.
Posted by: European Conservative || 01/28/2025 14:52 Comments || Top||

#5  The change will be visible in the U.S. once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

will be - future tense. Rome wasn't renamed in a day.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/28/2025 15:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Istanbul (not Constantinople)
Posted by: European Conservative || 01/28/2025 15:15 Comments || Top||

#7  You guys threw a hissy fit when they renamed forts, schools, etc, that were originally built and named for us. Explain please, how this is different. In fact, if not intent.
We remain, Your Most Obedient Servants,
The Confederate General (Ret.) Association
Posted by: Confederate_General_Assoc || 01/28/2025 15:41 Comments || Top||

#8  ...oh, those pesky oaths of allegiance that were betrayed. I have problems with removing the line soldier statutes as they were basically fighting for their team/tribe [not much different than a fall Saturday college rivalry in allegiance]. They were exploited by their ruling class, something we can identify with for these last 20 years. Individually, I'm for keeping Bragg's name because he probably contributed more to the final Union victory than a bushel of Union generals through his incompetence and ego.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2025 16:14 Comments || Top||

#9  I would note as well, that it was pretty damn cynical of the swamp to name them so in the first place when they needed hundreds of thousands of white southern boys to go die and be maimed in Europe and Asia from Cuba through Vietnam for their goals.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2025 16:19 Comments || Top||

#10  Breslau - Wroclaw
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2025 16:36 Comments || Top||

#11  Filed, hating meself for thinking it, under "2000 lb. Bunker Buster of the Day." And I'm fine with the name ("We're norteamericanos too!" and all that).
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 01/28/2025 21:31 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Miss California MAGA model slams sobbing Selena Gomez and asks why she doesn't house illegal migrants in her mansion
[DM] A former Miss California and runner-up Miss USA has slammed Selena Gomez for her video sobbing over President Donald Trump's deportation policy.

Carrie Prejean Boller, a longtime fan of Trump, hit out at the 32-year-old actress on social media for her since-deleted video in which she said she felt powerless to do anything as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deport 'my people.'

'Hey Selena Gomez, How about you call all of "your people" you're crying about being deported and invite them to stay at your mansion behind your big walls and gates until they leave?' Boller wrote.

'Have them over for dinner, feed them, bathe them, let them sleep in your home, pay for their schooling and medical bills.

'You could have helped them and you have not and will not,' Boller said, noting that the Only Murders in the Building star never expressed outrage over the murder of nursing student Laken Riley by an undocumented immigrant or that of Maryland mother Rachel Morin.

'Save your fake tears,' she told the actress.

Gomez had purchased the home of late rock star Tom Petty for $4.9million in 2020, according to Home Beautiful.

The more than 11,000-square-foot Encino, California property - which was custom-built by Petty and his wife Jane Benyo in 1989 - features six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 01:17 || Comments || Link || [11149 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


#2 
What!!!!
Ask a Rich, Whiny Liberal to do what they demand of others?
🤭
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/28/2025 5:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Her People being deported were at Palisades.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 10:49 Comments || Top||

#4  "You could have helped them and you have not and will not"
Needs to be on auto-repeat.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 01/28/2025 14:14 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
The 'nerd with a terrible haircut that nobody took seriously' who created DeepSeek... and is now invited to the top table of China's political elite after humiliating US tech giants
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The success of Chinese firm DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry - bringing the world's attention to its previously low-profile boss.

More than $1trillion was wiped off the value of global technology stocks yesterday after DeepSeek's advanced AI technology was revealed to the world - sparking panic that the West could fall behind in the AI arms race.

Liang Wenfeng, a hedge fund manager, founded DeepSeek in the city of Hangzou with the proceeds of his successful financial business, although some sceptics have questioned how big a role the Chinese state has in the company's rapid development.

Now CEO OF DeepSeek, Wenfeng was never motivated by money, according to friends, but had always hoped he would command the respect of the US-dominated tech world.

And after being responsible for one of the biggest shake-ups in the AI sphere, it is safe to say the entrepreneur has achieved just that.

The new AI assistant is already poised to wipe almost a trillion dollars off the value of Silicon Valley firms and President Donald Trump has praised its meteoric rise as a 'wake-up call' for the US.

Wenfeng, who by Chinese media accounts has just turned 40, launched his app in the United States on the same day as Trump's inauguration.

The chatbot has since become the most downloaded free app in the country - with its skyrocketing popularity seeing the value of its rival AI firms tumble and sending shockwaves through Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

His success at challenging US dominance in the sector has seen him hailed a national hero in China, and earned him an audience with the country's prime minister Li Qiang last week.

The only AI boss to attend the meeting of China's leading entrepreneurs, Liang shared his insights on the sector with the country's top officials, who said that Beijing will 'focus on breakthroughs in key core technologies and cutting-edge technologies.'
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 10:47 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Cyber
Trump says Microsoft in talks to acquire TikTok
[FoxBusiness]
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 00:22 || Comments || Link || [11138 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  TikTok is doomed.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 0:24 Comments || Top||

#2 
Question: How much will the CCP still own, or have operational control, of if this is approved?

As we already know, the CCP requires 51% state ownership of all China related business operations. So what changes with the CCP having 51% control?

BTW: "Currently, about 40 percent of Microsoft's China cloud computing business comes from helping multinationals set up such operations in the nation, 40 percent from helping Chinese companies go global, and about 20 percent from delivering specific industry expertise within China, Bao said."
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/28/2025 5:35 Comments || Top||

#3  If Windows update is anything to go by, we will soon be required to use TikTok.
Posted by: ed in texas || 01/28/2025 8:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Well when Xi came to visit under Bush’s presidency he didn’t visit Bush, he went straight to MSFT.

MSFT is partner with UW in the design build of GIX facility about a mile from MSFT or so. GIX China’s MIT.

Probably good odds CCP owned still, just not on paper. They would have anticipated and laid the groundwork probably years ago.
Posted by: Jefe101 || 01/28/2025 10:45 Comments || Top||

#5  "It looks like you are wanting to swallow a Tide Pod. Would you like help?"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 14:36 Comments || Top||


Economy
Nvidia no longer world's most valuable company after losing $589 BILLION in biggest stock drop in history
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Nvidia is no longer the world's most valuable company after suffering the biggest stock market drop in history.

The chipmaker shed more than $589 billion in value on Monday after its stock dropped around 17 percent.

The plunge cost the company the equivalent value of Netflix's market cap or the entire GDP of countries such as Ireland, Sweden or Belgium.

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang personally saw $21 billion wiped off his net worth on Monday due to the stock he holds in the company.

The losses came after investors panicked about the implications of a new Chinese AI that appears to compete with its American rivals but for a fraction of the cost.

DeepSeek's advances have raised doubts about whether the US will retain its lead in the global race of advancing AI technology.

The Chinese company released its free AI Assistant last week which it says uses less Nvidia chips at a fraction of the cost of current models on the market.

DeepSeek overtook its rival ChatGPT to become the most-downloaded free application available on the Apple Store in the US on Monday.

Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 01:30 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1 
Beware the CCP offering a free AI Assistant.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/28/2025 4:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Humanity is toast
Posted by: Grons Phuling4961 || 01/28/2025 7:28 Comments || Top||

#3  (1) Stock was waay overvalued. Trendy.
(2) The CCP has entered the stock manipulation biz in a big way.
Posted by: ed in texas || 01/28/2025 8:28 Comments || Top||

#4  CCP probably 'borrowed' Nvidia technology to accomplish their new system.... with some tweaks of course.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/28/2025 8:33 Comments || Top||

#5  Cyber attacks are starting on accounts that use DeepSeek.

Probably also on accounts that use Chat GPT and other AI programs but we don't know about that yet.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 01/28/2025 9:11 Comments || Top||


#7  Begun, the AI wars have.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 9:56 Comments || Top||

#8  The DeepSeek AI chatbot burst onto the scene: are fears about it overblown?

The advancements made by DeepSeek with what it reported as being fewer, lower capability chips and a lower cost than spending on AI training by U.S. rivals prompted a market sell-off and a debate over whether the Chinese firm has upended American firms' edge in the AI race.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 10:41 Comments || Top||

#9  re: #3 - The "eat a tide pod" of stock trading
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/28/2025 10:43 Comments || Top||

#10  /\ "Tide Pod"....whahahahahaha gasp, whahahahaha.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2025 10:52 Comments || Top||

#11  Look at the the last century. To which shiny new technology have humans not irreversably enyoked ourselves?
And now comes full frontal AI.
As they say in Corp speak, "We're really excited about the opportunity!"
Posted by: hyper || 01/28/2025 12:09 Comments || Top||

#12  NVIDIA gained quite a bit today. Over 60% of yesterday's loss was recouped.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 01/28/2025 16:26 Comments || Top||

#13  Panicked bitches and media losses were recovered by smart investors. Show how DeepSeek is any better than our own AI Myth
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2025 19:44 Comments || Top||

#14  Why the Current Day Hollywood Message people are in trouble with AI:



That said, I watched an obviously generated show about dinosaurs recently. Besides the obviously not how humans communicate even in a simple lecture format, there was a graphic I'm sure was supposed to show Continental Drift. It showed modern day Earth, cut it up and positioned the pieces where they were supposed to be, and animated it. So what you had, most blaringly, was India Subcontinent superimposed on top of today's North Africa and just moving into today's position like a puzzle of today's earth pieces just floating around.

But again, that being said, in gamer terms, the AI from just a couple years ago - commercially - jumped from Atari 2600 to Nintendo NES, and catching up to current Unreal 5 Engine will probably only be another year or 2, and able to do more than just a trailer or music video about Middle Earth.



Why the saying is, Authenticity is the Currency of the Future.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 20:39 Comments || Top||


Existing Home Sales Fall to 30-Year Low
[Epoch Times] Existing home sales in the United States hit an almost three-decade low last year but showed signs of recovery in the final months, according to the latest numbers released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

The decades-low existing-home sales of 4.06 million units came while the median price of homes hit a record high of $407,500 last year, NAR said. In December 2024, the median existing-home price was up 6 percent from a year ago, with all four U.S. regions registering price hikes.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum last week to rein in inflation costs facing Americans, including bringing down the cost of housing. The memo blamed regulatory requirements as contributing to the problem as these expenses "alone account for 25 percent of the cost of constructing a new home," it said.

Trump’s executive action directed agencies to deliver "emergency price relief" for Americans, including pursuing actions to lower housing costs and improve the supply of homes in the market.

Trump has nominated Bill Pulte, known for his philanthropic initiatives, for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) welcomed the nomination.
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11140 views] Top|| File under:

#1  December waw a rough month for some agents in North Georgia.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2025 1:27 Comments || Top||

#2 

Could having a $150k 1700 Sq/Ft house in 2020,
that is now selling for $285k + in 2025.

Along with Home interest rates of 2 to 3 points higher.

Food and other living prices up 21% over the same period.

Increases in local/State/Federal taxes.

But! Incomes not keeping pace.

Could all of these have something to do with it
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/28/2025 5:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Some of that cost is because people want and builders construct HGTV homes as well. Do you want a 'home' or do you want an investment? How many 'basic' models do you see being built?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2025 8:36 Comments || Top||


Europe
Denmark announces $2.1 BILLION Arctic military project in response to Donald Trump wanting to buy Greenland
[DM] The European Union is seeking to beef up its military presence in Greenland just one week after President Donald Trump took office and threatened to seize the vast land mass.

It came after Denmark said on Monday it plans to spend $2.05 billion to boost its military presence in the Arctic.

While the Scandinavian country is responsible for Greenland's security and defense, Copenhagen has limited military capabilities on its island territory.

After his November election win, Trump reupped his offer to purchase Greenland, which Denmark has repeatedly denied any interest in accepting.

During a press conference in Mar-a-Lago weeks before his second term, Trump did not rule out the possibility of using force to take the island territory.

Now, Gen. Robert Brieger of Austria, the top EU military official, has said the group should deploy troops to Greenland.

Greenland holds military significance for Washington, D.C. There are currently 200 American troops stationed at the Pituffik Space Base, which is part of a missile early warning system.

The base also serves as a space and satellite surveillance command hub.

Brieger, current Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC), wants the bloc to send in troops to beef up presence amid concerns that Trump will take swift action to gain control of the autonomous Danish region.

The general, however, said the move is meant to send a 'strong signal' and serve as a deterrent against Russian and Chinese activity in the strategic location.

Trump said this month that Greenland is vital to U.S. security and has demanded Denmark give up control of the Arctic island.

Amid the threats, Denmark has now decided to up its defense spending in Greenland.

It's a drastic reversal after for more than a decade Denmark has cut defense spending it sends to Greenland.

Last year Denmark allocated $26 billion – when converted to USD – for its military spending. And now it wants to use more than $2 billion of that to be allocated to the Arctic.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said at a press conference that the latest deal includes funding for doubling the number of long-range surveillance drones to four total and three new Arctic Navy vessels.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 01:16 || Comments || Link || [11143 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Couldn't find that before for your NATO commitment?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2025 7:26 Comments || Top||

#2  It is time to read "The Art of the Deal".
Posted by: SteveS || 01/28/2025 9:55 Comments || Top||



#5  EU and Denmark have been ignoring the artic security from Russia and China for way to long. Trump is pretty much saying "Get in gear or we buy/take it".

Seems in gear is the choice.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/28/2025 13:09 Comments || Top||


#7  I hope Trump spit out his Diet Coke laughing at that. Like anybody listens to Germany's "leader".
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2025 14:43 Comments || Top||

#8  Saw somewhere France offered to send troops to Greenland.

As a deterrent to Russia? Why was this not done three years ago?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 15:13 Comments || Top||


#10  Too busy trying to sent troops to Ukraine, but they should have had some to spare since they were getting kicked out of Africa (unless that was more recent than three years ago).
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2025 17:01 Comments || Top||


Inside the [sudden] race for Greenland's mineral wealth
[BBC] President Donald Trump has said he thinks the US will gain control of Greenland, underlining his persistent claim on the Arctic island, on one occasion pointing to "economic security" as the reason. While the autonomous Danish territory has been quick to say it isn't for sale, its vast and mostly untapped mineral resources are in great demand.

Jagged grey peaks suddenly appear before us, as the motorboat navigates choppy coastal waters and dramatic fjords at Greenland's southern tip.

"Those very high pointy mountains, it's basically a gold belt," gestures Eldur Olafsson, the chief executive of mining company Amaroq Minerals.

After sailing for two hours we stepped ashore at a remote valley beneath Nalunaq mountain, where the firm is drilling for gold.

It's also scouring the surrounding mountain range and valleys, hunting for other valuable minerals, having snapped up exploration licences spanning over 10,000 sq km (3,861 sq miles).

"We're looking for copper, nickel, and rare earths," says the Icelandic boss. "This is uncharted, and still has the potential to have multiple big deposits."
The base camp is a cluster of mobile buildings and bright orange accommodation tents housing more than 100 staff, including Greenlanders, Australians, and British former coal miners. From there a road climbs up the valley, and we drive by car into the gold mine, following a dark tunnel upwards inside the mountain.

"See here!" says Mr Olafsson pointing to a seam of white quartz and a thin dark line. "Gold, gold, gold. All the way over. Isn't that extraordinary?"

The mine, which Amaroq bought in 2015, had operated for most of the preceding decade, but closed due to then falling gold prices, and high operating costs.

Amaroq is confident that the mine will now be profitable. And it plans to ramp up production this year, where it has built a brand new processing plant to crush the ore and refine the precious metal into gold bars.

"We can either walk off site every month with a suitcase of gold, versus a 30,000 tonne ship [carrying the ore]," explains Mr Olafsson.

He says that Greenland presents an unrivalled opportunity because its huge mineral reserves are largely untouched.

"It can be the supplier of all the minerals the Western world will need for decades," adds Mr Olafsson. "And that is a very unique position."
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:


Government Corruption
CIA declassified plan to carry out terrorist attacks against Americans
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified the Northwoods plan, which contains information about organizing terrorist attacks against Americans to justify the war against Cuba in the early 1960s. This was written about by the American publication Daily Mail.

"A 12-page report signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1962 details a secret plan to carry out terrorist attacks against American citizens to justify war with Cuba in the 1960s," the publication states.

The Northwoods plan would have accused Cuba of carrying out terrorist attacks against the American people, followed by a war to overthrow the communist regime of Fidel Castro. The document described terrorist attacks against civilians in Florida or the bombing of an American warship at Guantanamo Bay.

"The plan included everything from spreading rumors to landing friendly Cubans in military uniforms, holding protests at military bases, and detonating ordnance inside facilities. The list also included a device to set planes on fire at an air base and sink a ship at the entrance to an unspecified base's harbor, then holding funerals for the supposed victims," ​​the article also noted.

The publication specifies that then US President John Kennedy refused to carry out such an operation and was soon liquidated. And now, when the current US President Donald Trump demanded that the CIA data on Kennedy's assassination be declassified, new details of his mysterious murder have emerged.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 26, the CIA also stated that the most likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic was a leak in a research laboratory in Wuhan, China. At the same time, one of the reasons for the lack of a confirmed and clear position on the issue of origin could be possible retaliatory steps from China, which the United States does not want to face.
Posted by: badanov || 01/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11138 views] Top|| File under: Commies



Home Front: Politix
2nd Amendment Preservation: Kentucky Bill Would Ban State Enforcement of All Federal Gun Control
[TAC] FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 17, 2025) — A newly filed Kentucky House bill would expand current state law to prohibit state and local enforcement of any federal gun control measures enacted after December 15, 1791, the day the Second Amendment was ratified, drawing a bold line in defense of the right to keep and bear arms.
The lawsuits around this, should it pass in both houses of the Kentucky legislature and is passed into law, will be fascinating.
In 2023, the state enacted a law prohibiting Kentucky law enforcement agencies, local governments, and public agencies from "adopting a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces, assists in the enforcement of, or otherwise cooperates in a "federal ban" on firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessory enacted on or before Jan. 1, 2021." It also prohibits the expenditure of public funds for the same.

Rep. T.J. Roberts and Rep. Felicia Rabourn filed House Bill 82 (HB82) to expand the current ban on state enforcement of a "federal ban" on firearms and ammunition to include any law, rule, or regulation effective after Dec. 15, 1791, the day the Second Amendment was ratified.

State law defined a "federal ban" as "a federal law, executive order, rule, or regulation ... that infringes upon, calls into question, prohibits, restricts, or requires individual licensure for or registration of the purchase, ownership, possession, transfer, or use of any firearm, ammunition, or firearm accessories."

State or local government agents who violate the law are subject to termination and misdemeanor criminal charges.

A person commits an offense under this section when, while acting in his or her official capacity under color of law, he or she knowingly violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for each subsequent offense.

"I believe the ATF is evil and that Kentucky should never comply with federal gun control, so I introduced House Bill 82 to protect all peaceful people’s rights to keep and bear arms," Roberts said in a post on X.

IMPACT
Withdrawing state support would significantly hinder the enforcement of federal gun control in Kentucky.

The federal government relies heavily on state cooperation to implement and enforce almost all of its laws, regulations, and acts — including gun control. As noted by the National Governors’ Association during the partial government shutdown of 2013, "states are partners with the federal government on most federal programs."

By simply withdrawing this cooperation, states and localities can nullify many federal actions in practice and effect.

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano agreed. In a televised discussion on the issue, he noted that a single state taking this step would make federal gun laws "nearly impossible" to enforce.

"Partnerships don’t work too well when half the team quits," Tenth Amendment Center director Michael Boldin said. "By withdrawing all resources and participation in federal gun control, states and even local governments can help bring these unconstitutional acts to their much-needed end."

LEGAL BASIS
Under the Constitution, the state can legally bar state and local agents from enforcing federal gun control. As Roberts noted, "The Supreme Court, before I was born, made clear that the federal government cannot force states to use their resources to aid federal gun control measures."

Based on James Madison’s advice for states and individuals in Federalist #46, a "refusal to cooperate with officers of the Union" represents an extremely effective method to bring down federal gun control measures because most enforcement actions rely on help, support, and leadership from state and local governments.

This strategy of using a "refusal to cooperate" with federal enforcement has been reaffirmed under the long-standing and well-established legal principle known as the anti-commandeering doctrine.

This legal concept dates back to the earliest days of the republic. As the third Chief Justice, Oliver Ellsworth put it, "This Constitution does not attempt to coerce sovereign bodies, states, in their political capacity."

Simply put, the federal government cannot force states to help implement or enforce any federal act or regulatory program.

The anti-commandeering doctrine is based primarily on five major Supreme Court cases dating back to 1842. Printz v. U.S. serves as the cornerstone.

"The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program."

No determination of constitutionality is necessary to invoke the anti-commandeering doctrine. State and local governments can refuse to enforce federal laws or implement federal programs whether they are constitutional or not.

WHAT’S NEXT
HB82 is currently in the House Committee on Committees. This committee must assign the bill to a House standing committee for further consideration.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11139 views] Top|| File under:


#2  The Constitutional supremacy clause is in operation. They need to think outside the box. The state can beat it by establishing by law its own militia and who constitutes that militia. Those so enrolled would then be guaranteed the right to bear arms via the state law. They are the militia as per 2d Amendment.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2025 7:30 Comments || Top||

#3  P2K I have wondered about that path too for the NFA restrictions as the 1789 militia act is still in full effect and it is expected for militia to provide their own arms and equipment.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/28/2025 10:19 Comments || Top||


Budget cuts finds a common cause with rich topic: ending abuse of research animals
[JustTheNews] Congresswoman and watchdog group reveal $20 billion spent annually on abusive animal research.

The federal government is spending $20 billion annual in taxpayer dollars for abusive animal research, and most Americans are unaware, says New York GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.

Malliotakis recently made the claim on the Just the News, No Noise television show on which she also said federal funds go toward inhumane experiments on animals in such countries as China and Russia.

"I don't think most Americans know that their tax dollars are being used in this way to literally abuse animals with cruel, inhumane and unnecessary experiments that are not doing anything to improve public health," she said.

"And it's it's actually crazy to learn that we have hundreds of thousands of animals that are locked up in cages that are in federal labs, or labs that we, the U.S. taxpayer, are funding cats, dogs, monkeys, rabbits, other animals, and that there these unnecessary tests are taking place all around the country, and we're even funding experiments taking place overseas and in countries that dislike us."

The congresswoman also pointed out that funding for animal research in other countries includes so-called "gain of function" experiments like those conducted in Wuhan, China – which by general definition is research to try to learn more about how a virus might mutate and spread. However, such experiments are also risky because a lab mistake could spawn a more lethal virus.

"We also saw that there was animal testing taking place in the Wuhan lab, and we were funding these experiments, and it's still taking place in other countries that have sub par safety conditions, so that not only is, you know, not necessarily cruel experiment on the animal, but it could potentially cause the next pandemic," Malliotakis said.

She was referring to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, from which some people and groups, including the CIA, think COVID-19 was leaked.

Researchers from the lab were collaborating with ones from New York-based EcoHealth Alliance on bat-virus research, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health at or near the time COVID was first detected, in Wuhan, according to Science magazine.

EcoHealth has denied such allegations including that the virus came from and was leaked from the lab.

"EcoHealth Alliance strongly refutes these allegations," the group said in June 2024. "We have provided dozens of statements to the press to show that they are patently false, but in a difficult political landscape, these false narratives find fertile ground."

Malliotakis also spoke about working with government watchdog group White Coat Waste Project to expose inhumane experiments funded by the NIH that involved locking the heads of beagles in mesh cages filled with sand flies and allowing them to be eaten alive.

The NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has admitted to funding some research using beagles, but it denied that it funded one project in Tunisia that went viral on social media because it involved sedated beagles whose heads were stuck in mesh cages filled with diseased sand flies, according to factcheck.org.

White Coat has proposed a 100-day plan for the Trump administration to end the federal funding of animal abuse and save $20 billion in taxpayer's money.

Malliotakis is the sponsor of the HELP PETS Act that seeks to remove federal funding from universities and colleges that conduct inhumane animal experiments. She recently re-introduced the bill amid Republicans eager to cut excessive government spending and controlling the White and Congress, after the Biden administration.

She also is a cosponsor of Goldie's Act, a proposed law that would require the USDA to notify state and local law enforcement of cases of abused animals.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11155 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "I don't think most Americans know that their tax dollars are being used in this way to literally abuse animals with cruel, inhumane and unnecessary experiments that are not doing anything to improve public health,"

Malliotakis attended New Dorp High School on Staten Island, and during her senior year was elected class president.[5] She received a B.A. in communications from Seton Hall University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Wagner College.[6]
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/28/2025 12:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Animal testing has to be done to assess drug toxicity and dose response. But some animal models just don’t work for testing potential efficacy. We’re using human cells for that purpose as well as dose response. Still have to use non human primates for toxicity and dose coverage. (We’re developing a gene replacement therapy for a genetic form of Parkinson’s that affects young people)
Posted by: Remoteman || 01/28/2025 13:52 Comments || Top||

#3  This is why Fauci had his puppy torture mill overseas.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/28/2025 14:07 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Vaccination and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
[Science, Public Health Policy and the Law] Background: Vaccinations required for school attendance have increased nearly threefold since the 1950s, now targeting 17 infectious diseases. However, the impact of the expanded schedule on children’s overall health remains uncertain. Preliminary studies comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated children have reported that the vaccinated are significantly more likely than the unvaccinated to be diagnosed with bacterial infections, allergies, and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The objective of this study was to determine the association between vaccination and NDDs in 9-year-old children enrolled in the Medicaid program. The specific aims were to test the hypothesis that: 1) vaccination is associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other NDDs; 2) preterm birth coupled with vaccination increases the odds of NDDs compared to preterm birth without vaccination; and 3) increasing numbers of vaccinations are associated with increased risks of ASD.

Methods: The study population comprised children born and continuously enrolled in the Florida State Medicaid program from birth to age 9. Vaccination uptake was measured by numbers of healthcare visits that included vaccination-related procedures and diagnoses. Cross-sectional analyses were performed to calculate prevalence odds ratios (Aims 1-2). A retrospective cohort design was used to compute relative risks specifically of ASD (Aim 3).

Results: The analysis of claims data for 47,155 nine-year-old children revealed that: 1) vaccination was associated with significantly increased odds for all measured NDDs; 2) among children born preterm and vaccinated, 39.9% were diagnosed with at least one NDD compared to 15.7% among those born preterm and unvaccinated (OR 3.58, 95% CI: 2.80, 4.57); and 3) the relative risk of ASD increased according to the number of visits that included vaccinations. Children with just one vaccination visit were 1.7 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD than the unvaccinated (95% CI: 1.21, 2.35) whereas those with 11 or more visits were 4.4 times more likely to have been diagnosed with ASD than those with no visit for vaccination (95% CI: 2.85, 6.84).

Conclusions: These results suggest that the current vaccination schedule may be contributing to multiple forms of NDD; that vaccination coupled with preterm birth was strongly associated with increased odds of NDDs compared to preterm birth in the absence of vaccination; and increasing numbers of visits that included vaccinations were associated with increased risks of ASD.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2025 00:39 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This peer-reviewed study would most likely get banned from Fartbook, Instagram, YouTube, and other scum-like platforms.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/28/2025 14:42 Comments || Top||



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