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South Korean President Imposes Martial Law.
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Secret Service agents fire on carjackers outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's home in DC
[NY Post] Secret Service agents fired off a round of shots at carjackers trying to break into vehicles near Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in the early hours of Tuesday, The Post has learned.

No one was hit — but the suspects drove off in their car from the cabinet official’s neighborhood in Northwest Washington shortly after 1:30 a.m. and have not yet been apprehended.

The DC Metro Police Department is investigating the incident, which will be overseen by US Attorney Matthew Graves’ office.

Reps for the Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/03/2024 10:48 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But don't you do that, Joe Citizen.

I am curious how many Round of Shots were fired, all being misses.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/03/2024 11:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Maybe time to go back to the Pinkertons. Oh, right, that Lincoln flub.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/03/2024 11:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Hopefully, Janet has real agents and not the practice squad who was protecting Trump on PA.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/03/2024 12:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Will loser Graves get to the bottom of this before he gets fired? He doesn't have a lot of time.
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/03/2024 16:36 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm just curious whether the jackers were also govt employees.
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/03/2024 19:10 Comments || Top||


Behold the Hundreds of Crimes for Which Hunter Biden Just Got Pardoned
[PJM] To no one's surprise—go stand in a corner if you were—Joe Biden went back on his "word as a Biden" and pardoned the family bagman, his 54-year-old son Hunter, for crimes he committed from 2014-2024. That ten-year retrospective pardon covers a lot of crimes, many of which we'll go through below. The pardon is breathtaking in its scope. Usually, someone serves some time for a crime, and then a president commutes a sentence and pardons the person for the reasons they're in the slammer. Not so here. Far from it. Hunter hasn't been sentenced yet. He likely wouldn't have done prison time. But there's an entire universe of crimes on Hunter Biden's laptop that he committed for the family business, the product of which was access to and favors from Joe Biden. As former federal prosecutor and former congressman Trey Gowdy asked Sunday night: Who's the pardon for, Hunter or Joe? The answer is both.

In 2023, remember, Hunter's attorneys on his tax evasion and gun crime cases were negotiating a plea deal and presented a Delaware judge a deal that included immunity for any future crime he may commit. Had she granted that motion, we might be looking at a man who could have committed murder in the middle of 5th Avenue next year and never suffered the consequences.

The Report on the Hunter Biden Laptop, from which I've been culling information for stories for our VIP readers, used cyber experts and law enforcement to verify it was his and used the 200 gigabytes of information to recreate Hunter's legal and illegal business arrangements, tax crimes, and his drug and hooker-filled sessions. If you have a problem with the latter kind of activity, do yourself a favor and please don't look at the laptop. It's X-rated.

Salacious stuff aside, entries from Hunter's forgotten laptop—he'd lost three in 2019 and lost his phone 57 times, according to the Report—showed that the Biden family bagman had entries, mostly emails, that went back to 2009.

It's important to mention here that the FBI sat on the existence of Hunter's laptop for one year and silently watched 51 intelligence community people claim that whatever the New York Post was reporting looked like Russian disinformation before the 2020 election. The FBI information operation included leaking stories claiming that Rudy Giuliani, a former Southern District of New York federal prosecutor and mayor of New York, was a Russian stooge because he talked about information on the laptop. For the record, Giuliani, ever the law-and-order guy, was instrumental in getting the laptop into the FBI's hands. Unfortunately for Giuliani, he was a Trump supporter and therefore needed to be squashed...
RTWT
Posted by: Frank G || 12/03/2024 01:26 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 
As was said yesterday.
Hunter, having been given immunity, now has no legal excuse / coverage to avoid testifying at any trial.

Once subpoenaed as a witness against for those indicted, he must tell the truth or face contempt and or perjury chargers.

This includes his own family members crimes. Like rumors, that Dr. Jill was playing president. Having brain numb JB to sign Executive Orders, or donate $$$$$ in certain directions/pockets.

Refusing to provide info or testify, will have him charged for crimes he was not pardoned for by daddy.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/03/2024 4:43 Comments || Top||

#2 
Check out this article.

‘Misrepresents the law’: DOJ refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden charges despite pardon — and prosecutors brought Bannon receipts"
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/03/2024 5:07 Comments || Top||


#4  Joe Bidet - "Nobody is above the Law."

So Hunter's a 'nobody', apparently.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/03/2024 8:03 Comments || Top||

#5  German proverb:

"Ist der Ruf erst ruiniert, lebt es sich ganz ungeniert."

(Once your reputation is ruined, you can live a carefree life.)
Posted by: European Conservative || 12/03/2024 8:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Joe's justification for pardoning Hunter was actually pretty reasonable --- if he had only pardoned him for the gun paperwork and tax delinquency. But of course, the real reason for the pardon was to keep Hunter from making deals that would implicate Pop (and himself) on many other, more serious crimes.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/03/2024 9:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Did Joe know he pardoned Hunter?

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/03/2024 11:48 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ Snark of the Day.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/03/2024 12:14 Comments || Top||

#9  From Carter through Clinto, embarrassing pardons are a Dem tradition.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/03/2024 12:50 Comments || Top||

#10  Worst POTUS in the history of the USA. Unbelievable. Criminals.
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/03/2024 16:43 Comments || Top||

#11  Now, just how many countless others will Joe pardon who were convicted of non-violent drug "offenses"?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 12/03/2024 22:59 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
South Korean president declares martial law in move against opposition party
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/03/2024 10:22 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Trump election ripples out like an earthquake.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/03/2024 12:48 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
New York Democrats Draft Plan to Protect Criminal Migrants
Staying true to the Democratic Party brand.
[Breitbart] New York Democrats are sponsoring a bill that would strengthen protections for illegal aliens accused of crimes even as Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is suddenly claiming she supports deporting criminal illegal immigrants.

As the country turned to favor President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to deport illegal aliens, Hochul performed her about-face last month when she claimed during a press conference that she favors getting illegals accused or convicted of crimes deported.

“If someone breaks the law, I’ll be the first one to call up ICE and say, ‘Get them out of here,’” the sanctuary state governor exclaimed.

This head-turning and sudden proclamation aside, Hochul’s state party does not seem to be following her lead as 31 Democrats have now co-sponsored a bill in the state senate that would throw up even more protections for illegal aliens in the state’s criminal justice system in order to keep them away from ICE officers looking to deport them.

Despite her sudden claim that she supports deporting “criminals,” Hochul has not objected to this bill at all.

The bill (State Senate Bill S987) aims to prohibit the discovery and disclosure of immigration status, according to the one-line summary.

It states that “no police officer, peace officer, or school resource officer” will be allowed to communicate with ICE about any individual with whom they are dealing in the justice system. Further, they will not be allowed to facilitate the transfer of any individual from their custody to the custody or any immigration official.

New York Councilwoman Vickie Paladino is infuriated by the bill and notes that it not only bars local law enforcement from working with ICE at all, it also requires city authorities to act as immigration advocates on behalf of the criminal.

“This is not about ‘family separation’ or ‘helping our new neighbors’ as progressives like to disingenuously euphemism,” she said in her message on X, “this bill is STRICTLY about PROTECTING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS and ensuring they get to stay in our city and enjoy the comforts of our lax justice system. It’s an absolute outrage.”

Paladino is also shocked that state senators from two parts of New York City that saw a huge upswing for Donald Trump in the 2024 election are also supporting this travesty.

“Even worse, two local State Senators who represent my area of Northeast Queens are co-sponsors — John Liu and Toby Stavisky,” she wrote, adding, “Why would individuals who represent the most conservative part of the city — an area which moved dramatically to Trump in this election — sponsoring legislation with the furthest-left members of the Democrat party? Why are they doing the EXACT OPPOSITE of what their constituents voted for?”

“The fact of the matter is that deporting criminals — especially gang members — is highly popular across the political spectrum, yet our Democrat monopoly simply does not care. There is seemingly nothing which will stop them from putting criminals first,” Paladino concluded.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/03/2024 06:35 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:


#2  /\ Deport the lawyers as well.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/03/2024 7:28 Comments || Top||

#3  And this will provide more protection than NY is already providing? Just require a SSN for all federal welfare subsidies. Make them fund the illegals out of their own budget.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/03/2024 12:54 Comments || Top||

#4  New York Democrats Draft Plan to Protect Criminal Migrants

Proving once more that the Democratic Party is in itself a criminal conspiracy
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/03/2024 15:33 Comments || Top||

#5  Does NY care about protecting American citizens?
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/03/2024 17:15 Comments || Top||



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  South Korean President Imposes Martial Law.
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