The RoanokeSlant
This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.comSaturday, March 08, 2025
Korean War Virus Killed Mrs Hackman
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Gene Hackman died at home a week after wife Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus, (norovirus), authorities say
Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus, authorities say | AP News
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During the Korean War some US soldiers became deathly ill with a virus near the Korean village of Hantaan. ie: Hantavirus
The disease was spread through dried dusty mouse feces that were inhaled by soldiers sleeping on the ground.
Hantaan virus - Wikipedia
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Locally: Year’s later hikers on the Application trail were sickened while sleeping in lean-tos along the trail.
NPS Warns of Norovirus Outbreak on Appalachian Trail - Backpacker
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It’s curious that the Hantavirus would be in a $4 Million Santa Fe Ranch
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It’s even more curious that Mr. Hackman lived for a week in the home with his deceased wife’s body.
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Sometimes life is stranger than fiction, even for famous movie stars.
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Gene Hackman died at home a week after wife Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus, (norovirus), authorities say
Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus, authorities say | AP News
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During the Korean War some US soldiers became deathly ill with a virus near the Korean village of Hantaan. ie: Hantavirus
The disease was spread through dried dusty mouse feces that were inhaled by soldiers sleeping on the ground.
Hantaan virus - Wikipedia
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Locally: Year’s later hikers on the Application trail were sickened while sleeping in lean-tos along the trail.
NPS Warns of Norovirus Outbreak on Appalachian Trail - Backpacker
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It’s curious that the Hantavirus would be in a $4 Million Santa Fe Ranch
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It’s even more curious that Mr. Hackman lived for a week in the home with his deceased wife’s body.
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Sometimes life is stranger than fiction, even for famous movie stars.
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Friday, March 07, 2025
Natural Variations
Thursday, March 06, 2025
Reflections Of Herbert Hoover And Bonus Army
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Trump says DC Mayor Bowser 'must clean up' homeless encampments in the capital
President Trump said the government will be 'forced to do it for her' if Mayor Bowser doesn't remove the 'unsightly' homeless encampments
Trump told DC Mayor Bowser she 'must clean up' homeless encampments within city | Fox News
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Reflections:
In 1932, 43,000 persons, 17,000 were WW-1 veterans, setup and occupied a major ramshackle encampment in DC surrounding the reflecting-pool. They were demanding a war bonus to assist with the impacts of the Great Depression.
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The encampments and protesters were removed by force by US troops led by Generals MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton.
What a difficult and sad assignment for these Army Officers.
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Illegal Encampments Reflect Back To Bonus Army
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/01/illegal-encampments-reflect-back-to.html
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Time To Put Dad Somewhere
Eagle Goose Contention
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Pres. Trump 3-4-25 State of the Union
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Pres. Trump 3-4-25 State of the Union
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FULL SPEECH: Trump addresses Congress
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The Democrats behavior at the Joint Address
was disgusting and UnAmerican and
disrespectful to America.
Their fall from grace is pathetic.
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When thy get home to thy kennel tonight
I hope thy mother bites thee!
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Tuesday, March 04, 2025
Arrogance Goeth Before The Fall
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Zelenskyy: Why Was He Here?
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/03/zelenskyy-why-was-he-here.html
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Zelenskyy: Why Was He Here?
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/03/zelenskyy-why-was-he-here.html
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Monday, March 03, 2025
Where’s The Pork?
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The Real “UnSustainable” Issue
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-real-unsustainable-issue.html
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The Real “UnSustainable” Issue
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-real-unsustainable-issue.html
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Saturday, March 01, 2025
Zelenskyy: Why Was He Here?
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There’s one thing to Not show-up at the church – it’s totally another to show-up and then bad-mouth the bride and her family!
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When you go to the bank to “close” on a property --- You don’t bring your contractor or carpenter or plumber – you bring your checkbook!
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What was Zelenskyy thinking? That he was going to bulldoze Trump? Really!
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Of course he’s distraught – Russia invaded and attacked him and he has lost massive numbers of his young men, massive amounts of his cities and major amount of his territory including critical access to the Black Sea and things will probably get progressively worse.
There’s one thing to Not show-up at the church – it’s totally another to show-up and then bad-mouth the bride and her family!
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When you go to the bank to “close” on a property --- You don’t bring your contractor or carpenter or plumber – you bring your checkbook!
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What was Zelenskyy thinking? That he was going to bulldoze Trump? Really!
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Of course he’s distraught – Russia invaded and attacked him and he has lost massive numbers of his young men, massive amounts of his cities and major amount of his territory including critical access to the Black Sea and things will probably get progressively worse.
He is well justified in Not trusting 'others' -- In 1994 Bill Clinton coerced him into giving-up his nuclear weapons and missiles to Russia for US protection.
That deal lasted as long as the sun did shine, and the rivers did flow.
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But now, IF he can’t handle ‘the deal at hand’ – stay the hell home!
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Now Ukraine has been further diminished and Putin emboldened, and Trump convinced that Zelenskyy is Not a 'compliant' dependable partner!
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The next act is up to NATO, and we all know they don’t want to be in a leadership role facing ‘the bear’! That’s why they don’t want Ukraine to be a NATO country!
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As the golfers say: drop-one count-two!
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Contrarian View: Ukraine-Russian War
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/07/contrarian-view-ukraine-russian-war.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/putin-demands-ukraine-surrender.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/biden-s-ukraine-wag-dog.html
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But now, IF he can’t handle ‘the deal at hand’ – stay the hell home!
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Now Ukraine has been further diminished and Putin emboldened, and Trump convinced that Zelenskyy is Not a 'compliant' dependable partner!
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The next act is up to NATO, and we all know they don’t want to be in a leadership role facing ‘the bear’! That’s why they don’t want Ukraine to be a NATO country!
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As the golfers say: drop-one count-two!
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Contrarian View: Ukraine-Russian War
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/07/contrarian-view-ukraine-russian-war.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/putin-demands-ukraine-surrender.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/biden-s-ukraine-wag-dog.html
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Real “UnSustainable” Issue
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For years the media has broadcast from a host of sources that we are on an “UnSustainalble” environmental path!
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Turns out we are indeed on an “UnSustainable” path BUT it’s a financial path of government spending and debt far exceeding what our economic system can support!
This has now become a crisis under Biden’s massive spending bills resulting in our payments on the debt exceed our national defense spending.
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When individuals or businesses do this they go bankrupt.
When governments do this they crash into chaos, depression, revolution and war.
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Musk spoke eloquently to this national issue at the Trump cabinet meeting 2-26-25.
President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025
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Sadly the PravdaMedia and the Democrats chose to politicize this issue for which they share the major fault and responsibility. Unfortunately, both Schumer and Jeffries chose to demigod this major National challenge.
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Elon Musk dunks on Sen Chuck Schumer, declaring 'Hysterical reactions' demonstrate DOGE's importance
'We’re never going to get another chance like this,' Musk asserts
Elon Musk dunks on Sen Chuck Schumer, declaring 'Hysterical reactions' demonstrate DOGE's importance | Fox News
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In 1993 when IBM product sales crashed, the new CEO publically described the staffing going forward as:
For years the media has broadcast from a host of sources that we are on an “UnSustainalble” environmental path!
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Turns out we are indeed on an “UnSustainable” path BUT it’s a financial path of government spending and debt far exceeding what our economic system can support!
This has now become a crisis under Biden’s massive spending bills resulting in our payments on the debt exceed our national defense spending.
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When individuals or businesses do this they go bankrupt.
When governments do this they crash into chaos, depression, revolution and war.
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Musk spoke eloquently to this national issue at the Trump cabinet meeting 2-26-25.
President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025
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Sadly the PravdaMedia and the Democrats chose to politicize this issue for which they share the major fault and responsibility. Unfortunately, both Schumer and Jeffries chose to demigod this major National challenge.
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Elon Musk dunks on Sen Chuck Schumer, declaring 'Hysterical reactions' demonstrate DOGE's importance
'We’re never going to get another chance like this,' Musk asserts
Elon Musk dunks on Sen Chuck Schumer, declaring 'Hysterical reactions' demonstrate DOGE's importance | Fox News
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Trump orders layoff plans
Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
Trump orders plans for federal employee layoffs
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-.Trump orders layoff plans
Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
Trump orders plans for federal employee layoffs
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In 1993 when IBM product sales crashed, the new CEO publically described the staffing going forward as:
I don’t need 5-people doing 3-people’s worth of work!
I need 3-people doing 5-peoples worth of work!
The Result: Tens of thousands lost their jobs!
Up to that point IBM had never done a major downsizing!
I need 3-people doing 5-peoples worth of work!
The Result: Tens of thousands lost their jobs!
Up to that point IBM had never done a major downsizing!
The massive downsizing worked and IBM survived!
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Virginia’s Sen Kaine Still Losing
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Who does Tim Kaine really represent?
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Dem (Va Kaine) bid to end Trump energy emergency squashed after forced Senate vote
Dem bid to end Trump energy emergency squashed after forced Senate vote | Fox News
The White House argued that scrapping the emergency would endanger nearly 900,000 jobs and have a negative $3.6 trillion impact. The order encourages domestic energy production on federal lands and nixed a Biden-era push to strive for more electric vehicles on the road.
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"Tim Kaine wants to impoverish Americans. President Donald Trump’s executive order brings America into the future and unleashes prosperity. Senator [Tim] Kaine wants to cost the economy trillions and risk losing nearly a million jobs," deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
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Who does Tim Kaine really represent?
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Dem (Va Kaine) bid to end Trump energy emergency squashed after forced Senate vote
Dem bid to end Trump energy emergency squashed after forced Senate vote | Fox News
The White House argued that scrapping the emergency would endanger nearly 900,000 jobs and have a negative $3.6 trillion impact. The order encourages domestic energy production on federal lands and nixed a Biden-era push to strive for more electric vehicles on the road.
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"Tim Kaine wants to impoverish Americans. President Donald Trump’s executive order brings America into the future and unleashes prosperity. Senator [Tim] Kaine wants to cost the economy trillions and risk losing nearly a million jobs," deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
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Happy Democrat Inseminated Person’s Day
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Wisconsin (Democrat) Gov. Evers defends proposal subbing ‘inseminated person’ for ‘mother’
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defends proposal subbing 'inseminated person' for 'mother' - Washington Times
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The Democrat Party, including Wisconsin Gov Evers, have left the community of “normal Americans” and embraced a sad sack of ‘deniers’ of biology and American culture.
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The LGBTQ View of Motherhood and Mother’s Day
“This was inevitable: Social-justice warriors are now saying that Mother’s Day is gender-exclusionary.
While the holiday remains in place, even use of the word “mother” is becoming increasingly controversial.”
https://heatst.com/culture-wars/critics-attack-mothers-day-as-offensive-because-its-a-gendered-holiday/
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Roanoke Times Pathetic Mother’s Day Recognition
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/05/roanoke-times-pathetic-mothers-day.html
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Wisconsin (Democrat) Gov. Evers defends proposal subbing ‘inseminated person’ for ‘mother’
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defends proposal subbing 'inseminated person' for 'mother' - Washington Times
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The Democrat Party, including Wisconsin Gov Evers, have left the community of “normal Americans” and embraced a sad sack of ‘deniers’ of biology and American culture.
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The LGBTQ View of Motherhood and Mother’s Day
“This was inevitable: Social-justice warriors are now saying that Mother’s Day is gender-exclusionary.
While the holiday remains in place, even use of the word “mother” is becoming increasingly controversial.”
https://heatst.com/culture-wars/critics-attack-mothers-day-as-offensive-because-its-a-gendered-holiday/
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Roanoke Times Pathetic Mother’s Day Recognition
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/05/roanoke-times-pathetic-mothers-day.html
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AEP Electric Rate Increases Reflect Democrat Va Laws
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AEP electric rates continue to increase as the Virginia Democrat electric power plan laws take effect.
The Democrat Laws require total shutdown of fossil fueled plants and conversion to 100% wind and solar, that of course is impossible given the limited time the sun shines on Virginia every day and the major variability of the wind.
The Democrat Plan doesn’t address what keeps the lights and heat on when the sun doesn’t shine! Nor does it address the cost of duplicate power sources required for no sun and or no wind timeframes.
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Delegate proposes two-year freeze on AEP rate hikes amid rising utility costs
Delegate proposes two-year freeze on AEP rate hikes amid rising utility costs – The Enterprise
A proposed bill in the Virginia House of Delegates seeks to freeze Appalachian Power Company (AEP) rate increases for two years while introducing greater citizen input into the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) decision-making process.
“We’re hearing from people with $700 to $1,000 power bills, and it’s just not sustainable for power rates to keep increasing at the rate that they are,” Phillips said.
Phillips attributed much of the rising costs to the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), passed in 2020, which mandates a transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2045 for Dominion Energy Virginia and by 2050 for Appalachian Power.
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D.Va.Sen Edwards Worried About Electric Bills – Really?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/01/dvasen-edwards-worried-about-electric.html
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Our Electric Grid: Let’s Make It A Social Community Project
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-electric-grid-lets-make-it-social.html
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Dominion Energy A Predatory Democrat Entity
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/04/dominion-energy-predatory-democrat.html
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025
Pardon Me
Monday, February 24, 2025
Non-elected Government Employees
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Another Conflicted Judge
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By Blocking Federal Funding Freeze, Judge Kept Millions Flowing to a Non-Profit He Headed
By Blocking Funding Freeze, Judge Kept Millions Flowing to Nonprofit He Headed
A judge who blocked President Trump’s federal spending freeze is Chairman Emeritus of a nonprofit that will continue to receive millions in government funding as a result of his ruling, in an apparent conflict of interest seen as a second cause for the judge’s impeachment.
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On Wednesday, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) announced articles of impeachment against federal Judge John McConnell on the grounds that he overreached his authority and engaged in partisan activism by blocking Trump’s executive order freezing federal funding while Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) searches for wasteful spending.
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“Impeach this pseudo-jurist!!,” Musk responded to Rep. Clyde’s post.
Then, on Sunday, America First Legal Foundation (AFL) reported that Judge McConnell appears to have had a conflict of interest, which he did not disclose, when he ruled on the lawsuit petitioning him to block the spending freeze.
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Just A Few Examples of Obama-Judges Political Activism
h ttp://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/11/chief-justice-roberts-trying-to-justify.html
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By Blocking Federal Funding Freeze, Judge Kept Millions Flowing to a Non-Profit He Headed
By Blocking Funding Freeze, Judge Kept Millions Flowing to Nonprofit He Headed
A judge who blocked President Trump’s federal spending freeze is Chairman Emeritus of a nonprofit that will continue to receive millions in government funding as a result of his ruling, in an apparent conflict of interest seen as a second cause for the judge’s impeachment.
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On Wednesday, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) announced articles of impeachment against federal Judge John McConnell on the grounds that he overreached his authority and engaged in partisan activism by blocking Trump’s executive order freezing federal funding while Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) searches for wasteful spending.
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“Impeach this pseudo-jurist!!,” Musk responded to Rep. Clyde’s post.
Then, on Sunday, America First Legal Foundation (AFL) reported that Judge McConnell appears to have had a conflict of interest, which he did not disclose, when he ruled on the lawsuit petitioning him to block the spending freeze.
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Just A Few Examples of Obama-Judges Political Activism
h ttp://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/11/chief-justice-roberts-trying-to-justify.html
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
PravdaMedia And Liberals Blasphemies Jesus Again
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The Liberals, self-proclaimed keeper of virtue, once again demeans Christ and therefore Christians.
Reflection of prior nasty anti-Christian blasphemy:
Andres Serrano who collected $15,000 of taxpayer-funded money from the National Endowment for the Arts for his photographs of Jesus submerged in a container of urine.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D61F3BF930A25754C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/12/yet-another-christian-insult-in-time.html
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Now the public is treated to yet another Blasphemy: Hollywood Casts Queer Female Jesus
“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo — a female who identifies as bisexual and queer — is slated to portray Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Hollywood Bowl, an amphitheater in Los Angeles.
The 38-year-old celebrity posted about the controversial role on her Instagram story, writing, “Just a little busy this summer. Can’t wait!”
She also collaborated with the Hollywood Bowl in a post to her feed:
'Blasphemy': Female 'Wicked' Star Cynthia Erivo to Play Jesus in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' | CBN News
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It’s of interest that any negative portrayal of Mohamed results in a death fatwa!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/02/mocking-muhammad-and-jesus_06.html
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Christianophobia At Paris Olympics
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/07/christianophobia-at-paris-olympics.html
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Obama’s Designated JV-ISIS Team Hits Paris Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/11/obamas-designated-jv-isis-team-hits.html
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The Liberals, self-proclaimed keeper of virtue, once again demeans Christ and therefore Christians.
Reflection of prior nasty anti-Christian blasphemy:
Andres Serrano who collected $15,000 of taxpayer-funded money from the National Endowment for the Arts for his photographs of Jesus submerged in a container of urine.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D61F3BF930A25754C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/12/yet-another-christian-insult-in-time.html
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Now the public is treated to yet another Blasphemy: Hollywood Casts Queer Female Jesus
“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo — a female who identifies as bisexual and queer — is slated to portray Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Hollywood Bowl, an amphitheater in Los Angeles.
The 38-year-old celebrity posted about the controversial role on her Instagram story, writing, “Just a little busy this summer. Can’t wait!”
She also collaborated with the Hollywood Bowl in a post to her feed:
'Blasphemy': Female 'Wicked' Star Cynthia Erivo to Play Jesus in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' | CBN News
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It’s of interest that any negative portrayal of Mohamed results in a death fatwa!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/02/mocking-muhammad-and-jesus_06.html
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Christianophobia At Paris Olympics
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/07/christianophobia-at-paris-olympics.html
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Obama’s Designated JV-ISIS Team Hits Paris Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/11/obamas-designated-jv-isis-team-hits.html
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Friday, February 21, 2025
A Roanoke Murder That Finally Mattered
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Roanoke, like many cities, has an ongoing crime problem that keeps being marginalized by the city council, the police and their sympathetic media.
This has strangely passed as not a crisis because the preponderance of the crime has been youthful black-on-black crime.
Not clear why the NAACP hasn’t registered some displeasure.
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The latest murder victim is an 80-year old lady, well know and loved by those in her community. A difficult loss to sweep under the rug and gloss-over with platitudes that our crime problem isn’t really that bad compared to center-city-Richmond and note it’s even somewhat biracial!
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New details revealed in brutal South Roanoke murder of Susan Williams
Police say Kurt Davis, 34, admitted to killing Williams, 80, to “keep the peace” by hitting her in the head with a rock.
New details revealed in brutal South Roanoke murder of Susan Williams
Roanoke, like many cities, has an ongoing crime problem that keeps being marginalized by the city council, the police and their sympathetic media.
This has strangely passed as not a crisis because the preponderance of the crime has been youthful black-on-black crime.
Not clear why the NAACP hasn’t registered some displeasure.
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The latest murder victim is an 80-year old lady, well know and loved by those in her community. A difficult loss to sweep under the rug and gloss-over with platitudes that our crime problem isn’t really that bad compared to center-city-Richmond and note it’s even somewhat biracial!
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New details revealed in brutal South Roanoke murder of Susan Williams
Police say Kurt Davis, 34, admitted to killing Williams, 80, to “keep the peace” by hitting her in the head with a rock.
New details revealed in brutal South Roanoke murder of Susan Williams
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Another Roanoke Shooting Death 2-20-25
Man dead after shooting in NE Roanoke
Man dead after shooting in NE Roanoke
A man has been pronounced dead after a shooting in northeast Roanoke, according to Roanoke Police.
Police say two people are being interviewed in connection with the shooting Thursday afternoon in the 100 block of Laconia Ave NE, and that there is no active threat to the community.
Police have not released information about the circumstances of the shooting.
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Another Roanoke Shooting Death 2-20-25
Man dead after shooting in NE Roanoke
Man dead after shooting in NE Roanoke
A man has been pronounced dead after a shooting in northeast Roanoke, according to Roanoke Police.
Police say two people are being interviewed in connection with the shooting Thursday afternoon in the 100 block of Laconia Ave NE, and that there is no active threat to the community.
Police have not released information about the circumstances of the shooting.
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Roanoke’s OK-Coral Shoot-Out
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/02/roanokes-ok-coral-shoot-out.html
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Roanoke Mayor Lea Lamenting Crime He Has Coddled
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/09/roanoke-mayor-lea-lamenting-crime-he.html
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Roanoke Most Dangerous City In Virginia
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/roanoke-most-dangerous-city-in-virginia.html
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Gunshot Wounds Good News?
Now this headline takes the blue ribbon!
THE GOOD NEWS --- THE 7 SHOOTINGS WERE NONFATAL!
Really? Apparently the Roanoke antiCrime initiative is working – the bad guys are either bad-shots or are aiming to wound and cripple – not to kill!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/04/gunshot-wounds-good-news.html
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Roanoke’s OK-Coral Shoot-Out
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/02/roanokes-ok-coral-shoot-out.html
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Roanoke Mayor Lea Lamenting Crime He Has Coddled
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/09/roanoke-mayor-lea-lamenting-crime-he.html
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Roanoke Most Dangerous City In Virginia
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/roanoke-most-dangerous-city-in-virginia.html
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Gunshot Wounds Good News?
Now this headline takes the blue ribbon!
THE GOOD NEWS --- THE 7 SHOOTINGS WERE NONFATAL!
Really? Apparently the Roanoke antiCrime initiative is working – the bad guys are either bad-shots or are aiming to wound and cripple – not to kill!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/04/gunshot-wounds-good-news.html
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Virginia Schools Need Remedial Math & SexEd
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Virginia will now prohibit boys from playing in girls High School sports!
Why was it necessary for Trump to demand that change back to sanity?
Virginia will now prohibit boys from playing in girls High School sports!
Why was it necessary for Trump to demand that change back to sanity?
It's not about the birds & bees --- it's about the boys and the girls!
And --- it’s now even clearer that the shut-down of our schools for covid has scholastically seriously degraded a generation of our youth!
Great Job Fauci!....... (the highest paid US government employee!).
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/faucigate-starts-to-open.html
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Great Job Public Teacher’s Unions!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/09/randi-school-children-academic-abuser.html
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And --- it’s now even clearer that the shut-down of our schools for covid has scholastically seriously degraded a generation of our youth!
Great Job Fauci!....... (the highest paid US government employee!).
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/faucigate-starts-to-open.html
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Great Job Public Teacher’s Unions!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/09/randi-school-children-academic-abuser.html
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Every Virginian should note that the Private and Religious schools that operated throughout the pandemic did Not have health issues and provided a proper education to their students!
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Virginia High School Sports Authority to Comply with Trump’s Ban on Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports
Virginia High School Sports Authority to Comply with Trump's Ban on Trans Athletes in Women's Sports
The Virginia High School League (VHSL) said Monday that it will abide by President Trump’s new Title IX rules that prohibit transgender athletes from playing in girl’s and women’s sports.
The move comes a week after President Trump signed an executive order on February 5 to alter Title IX rules to rescind federal funding from schools that allow transgender athletes to play as females.
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Virginia ranked last in U.S. for math recovery from 2019-2024
Va. ranked last in U.S. for math recovery from 2019-2024
Virginia ranks 51st in the U.S. - behind all other states and Washington D.C. - in math recovery from 2019 to 2024 for its performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an assessment known as “The Nation’s Report Card."
Average student achievement in math for Virginia’s students remains almost a full grade level below 2019 levels in math, according to researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities who have shared data that translates changes in test scores to “grade-level equivalents,” in an attempt to add context to what those test score dips mean.
Virginia experienced some of the nation’s biggest COVID-era drops in reading and math scores from 2019-2022, so it has more academic ground to recover than other states.
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Virginia’s Failing Schools
Youngkin administration report finds 'alarming' trends in Virginia's K-12 performance
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/05/virginias-failing-schools.html
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Virginia Dumbing Down Academic Excellence
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/04/virginia-dumbing-down-academic.html
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Virginia High School Sports Authority to Comply with Trump’s Ban on Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports
Virginia High School Sports Authority to Comply with Trump's Ban on Trans Athletes in Women's Sports
The Virginia High School League (VHSL) said Monday that it will abide by President Trump’s new Title IX rules that prohibit transgender athletes from playing in girl’s and women’s sports.
The move comes a week after President Trump signed an executive order on February 5 to alter Title IX rules to rescind federal funding from schools that allow transgender athletes to play as females.
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Virginia ranked last in U.S. for math recovery from 2019-2024
Va. ranked last in U.S. for math recovery from 2019-2024
Virginia ranks 51st in the U.S. - behind all other states and Washington D.C. - in math recovery from 2019 to 2024 for its performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an assessment known as “The Nation’s Report Card."
Average student achievement in math for Virginia’s students remains almost a full grade level below 2019 levels in math, according to researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities who have shared data that translates changes in test scores to “grade-level equivalents,” in an attempt to add context to what those test score dips mean.
Virginia experienced some of the nation’s biggest COVID-era drops in reading and math scores from 2019-2022, so it has more academic ground to recover than other states.
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Virginia’s Failing Schools
Youngkin administration report finds 'alarming' trends in Virginia's K-12 performance
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/05/virginias-failing-schools.html
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Virginia Dumbing Down Academic Excellence
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/04/virginia-dumbing-down-academic.html
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Monday, February 17, 2025
Reining In DOGE?
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Roanoke Times Pg 1 2-9-2025
Judge tries to rein in DOGE
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DOGE is a major Trump effort to reduce government Waste, Fraud and Abuse of Taxpayer Money! Trump has engaged Musk to help in this effort.
Why would a judge try to rein in DOGE unless he is part of the Waste, Fraud and Abuse?
Why Indeed!
Clearly the DOGE effort is finding massive amounts of funds that have and are misdirected and represent malfeasance if not outright fraud.
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It’s indeed sad that the Democrat Party and their PravdaMedia are devoting major efforts to stop the DOGE process and protect the abuse and misappropriation of taxpayer funds.
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The good news is that ‘the public’ is supporting the DOGE effort in spite of the massive effort to sidetrack and derail the process with frivolous and wrong-headed legal misdirection and propaganda.
Roanoke Times Pg 1 2-9-2025
Judge tries to rein in DOGE
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DOGE is a major Trump effort to reduce government Waste, Fraud and Abuse of Taxpayer Money! Trump has engaged Musk to help in this effort.
Why would a judge try to rein in DOGE unless he is part of the Waste, Fraud and Abuse?
Why Indeed!
Clearly the DOGE effort is finding massive amounts of funds that have and are misdirected and represent malfeasance if not outright fraud.
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It’s indeed sad that the Democrat Party and their PravdaMedia are devoting major efforts to stop the DOGE process and protect the abuse and misappropriation of taxpayer funds.
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The good news is that ‘the public’ is supporting the DOGE effort in spite of the massive effort to sidetrack and derail the process with frivolous and wrong-headed legal misdirection and propaganda.
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DOGE announces $881 million in cuts for Education Department contracts
About 170 contracts for the Institute of Education Sciences were targeted.
DOGE announces $881 million in cuts for Education Department contracts - POLITICO
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The Federal DOEd should be massively downsized!
DOGE announces $881 million in cuts for Education Department contracts - POLITICO
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The Federal DOEd should be massively downsized!
Each state has a DOEd and that is where our education system should be focused!
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Elon Musk at the White House: FULL NEWS CONFERENCE
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ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S
“DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY”
Establishing And Implementing The President's "Department Of Government Efficiency" – The White House
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Order blocking Musk's DOGE from Treasury systems doesn't apply to Bessent, judge says
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Democrats, Angry About DOGE's Spending Audits, Ready to Shut Down Government Spending
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Elon Musk at the White House: FULL NEWS CONFERENCE
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ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S
“DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY”
Establishing And Implementing The President's "Department Of Government Efficiency" – The White House
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Order blocking Musk's DOGE from Treasury systems doesn't apply to Bessent, judge says
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Democrats, Angry About DOGE's Spending Audits, Ready to Shut Down Government Spending
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Roanoke’s OK-Coral Shoot-Out
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If 5 Shot In Roanoke Did Anyone Hear It?
“If a tree falls in the forest
And no one heard it
Did it make a sound?”
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A search query of Roanoke Times online didn’t hear it:
(but we can be sure it made a sound!)
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The hardcopy paper had a small Pg 2 blurb.
Roanoke Times Paper Pg A2 Sunday 2-16-2025
Shooting on Melrose Ave at 4:15 AM Friday
Shooting leaves 5 Injured.
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ROANOKE, VA – 2.15 7:40 p.m. UPDATE: 10News
Arrest made in connection with Northwest Roanoke shooting that injured five Saturday
Roanoke Police announced the arrest of a man in connection with the shooting that left five people injured, including the suspect. Donald Leroy Williams, 40, of Roanoke, is currently charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. The investigation remains active and ongoing, police said.
UPDATE:
Five people were shot and two are in critical condition following a shooting that occurred on the 4100 block of Melrose Avenue on Saturday, Roanoke Police Department said.
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If 5 Shot In Roanoke Did Anyone Hear It?
“If a tree falls in the forest
And no one heard it
Did it make a sound?”
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A search query of Roanoke Times online didn’t hear it:
(but we can be sure it made a sound!)
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The hardcopy paper had a small Pg 2 blurb.
Roanoke Times Paper Pg A2 Sunday 2-16-2025
Shooting on Melrose Ave at 4:15 AM Friday
Shooting leaves 5 Injured.
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ROANOKE, VA – 2.15 7:40 p.m. UPDATE: 10News
Arrest made in connection with Northwest Roanoke shooting that injured five Saturday
Roanoke Police announced the arrest of a man in connection with the shooting that left five people injured, including the suspect. Donald Leroy Williams, 40, of Roanoke, is currently charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. The investigation remains active and ongoing, police said.
UPDATE:
Five people were shot and two are in critical condition following a shooting that occurred on the 4100 block of Melrose Avenue on Saturday, Roanoke Police Department said.
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Kayaker Swallowed And Spit-Out
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For those who question Jonah being swallowed by a whale there is now an online video of such a real-time almost meal!
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A whale took a major mouthful of a kayaker and then spit him and his kayak out.
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Wait for it – long lead-in Ad:
Video shows the moment a kayaker was briefly swallowed by whale off Chile | Fox News Video
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Whale momentarily swallows kayaker in Chile
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Kayaker describes being swallowed and spit out by whale
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For those who question Jonah being swallowed by a whale there is now an online video of such a real-time almost meal!
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A whale took a major mouthful of a kayaker and then spit him and his kayak out.
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Wait for it – long lead-in Ad:
Video shows the moment a kayaker was briefly swallowed by whale off Chile | Fox News Video
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Whale momentarily swallows kayaker in Chile
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Kayaker describes being swallowed and spit out by whale
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Sunday, February 02, 2025
The Life-Death Importance Of Job Criteria
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The devastating aircraft accident in DC between a passenger plane and a military helicopter has taken 67 precious lives.
Very early, perhaps too early, Pres. Trump made remarks about recent national policy regarding selection criteria and processes for selecting persons in high responsibility positions.
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The FAA position documents he read aloud were clearly not OK and not consistent with responsible management of public safety!
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Those criteria may or may-not be the cause-effect of this accident, however; they clearly are Not acceptable for public safety in any venue, civilian, government or military.
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FAA’s diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington
Ongoing policy criticism envelops crash aftermath despite no evidence DEI hiring played any role in accident
FAA's diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington - Washington Times
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A major reason military helicopters are operating in this high-risk area are demands by congressmen, senators, administrators and bureaucrats for chopper-service.
Woud be appropriate for the accident investigation to include this inappropriate use of military aircraft in such a high-risk zone and demand it either stop or the commercial service be stopped.
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The devastating aircraft accident in DC between a passenger plane and a military helicopter has taken 67 precious lives.
Very early, perhaps too early, Pres. Trump made remarks about recent national policy regarding selection criteria and processes for selecting persons in high responsibility positions.
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The FAA position documents he read aloud were clearly not OK and not consistent with responsible management of public safety!
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Those criteria may or may-not be the cause-effect of this accident, however; they clearly are Not acceptable for public safety in any venue, civilian, government or military.
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FAA’s diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington
Ongoing policy criticism envelops crash aftermath despite no evidence DEI hiring played any role in accident
FAA's diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington - Washington Times
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A major reason military helicopters are operating in this high-risk area are demands by congressmen, senators, administrators and bureaucrats for chopper-service.
Woud be appropriate for the accident investigation to include this inappropriate use of military aircraft in such a high-risk zone and demand it either stop or the commercial service be stopped.
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Passenger Plane Crashes With Military Helicopter Over DC
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/passenger-plane-crashes-with-military.html
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Passenger Plane Crashes With Military Helicopter Over DC
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/passenger-plane-crashes-with-military.html
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FBI Purge Now Not OK
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FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up
Top FBI officials terminated or forced to quit - Washington Times
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FBI employees were terminated or forced to quit Thursday within hours of FBI Director nominee Kash Patel’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
At least 20 executive assistant directors, assistant directors and special agents in charge from throughout the U.S. were forced out of the agency, according to sources. Field offices where top officials lost their posts include Miami, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C.
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Trump’s purge of his well documented FBI enemies has brought out strange liberal bed-fellows!
Left-wing PravdaMedia fellow-travelers wining on behalf of FBI agents being exposed and fired! --- Really!
What a change from their animalistic attacks upon ole J.Edgar Hoover and the thrill of exposing his fetishes and dossiers and shenanigans.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/05/obama-spies-in-trump-campaign-real.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2017/12/obamas-contamination-of-fbi-and-doj-and.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-fbis-fisa-faults.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/01/was-obamas-fbi-new-kgb.html
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FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up
Top FBI officials terminated or forced to quit - Washington Times
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FBI employees were terminated or forced to quit Thursday within hours of FBI Director nominee Kash Patel’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
At least 20 executive assistant directors, assistant directors and special agents in charge from throughout the U.S. were forced out of the agency, according to sources. Field offices where top officials lost their posts include Miami, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C.
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Trump’s purge of his well documented FBI enemies has brought out strange liberal bed-fellows!
Left-wing PravdaMedia fellow-travelers wining on behalf of FBI agents being exposed and fired! --- Really!
What a change from their animalistic attacks upon ole J.Edgar Hoover and the thrill of exposing his fetishes and dossiers and shenanigans.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/05/obama-spies-in-trump-campaign-real.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2017/12/obamas-contamination-of-fbi-and-doj-and.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-fbis-fisa-faults.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/01/was-obamas-fbi-new-kgb.html
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Panama ‘Just Cause’ Again
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Among Naïve Jimmy Carter’s blunders was ‘giving’ American Built Panama Canal Zone to an unreliable entity that became controlled by dictator Noriega who placed the canal at risk for vital US military and commercial interests.
Operation Just Cause | Summary, Panama, Casualties, & Rock Music | Britannica
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Total safe Panama access, at reasonable cost, has again become at risk for US interests under the current regime who has allowed China to gain control functions of the canal.
President Trump has made it clear that US vital interests are being jeopardized, and the US will once again take control of the canal, by force again if necessary.
Marco Rubio holding talks in Panama as Donald Trump demands canal control, pressures U.S. neighbors - Washington Times
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The 1989 US invasion of the Panama Canal Zone and capture of dictator and drug-lord Noriega had a significant personal connection for me. The US commanding general Marc Cisneros was a friend and fellow Artillery Officer in Babenhausen Germany in 1962. At a reunion in 2017 Lt. Gen. Cisneros gave an insightful presentation of his view of the Panama Canal invasion and capture of Noriega.
Cisneros, Marc: 1939—: Army General, College President, Chief Executive Officer | Encyclopedia.com
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Among Naïve Jimmy Carter’s blunders was ‘giving’ American Built Panama Canal Zone to an unreliable entity that became controlled by dictator Noriega who placed the canal at risk for vital US military and commercial interests.
Operation Just Cause | Summary, Panama, Casualties, & Rock Music | Britannica
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Total safe Panama access, at reasonable cost, has again become at risk for US interests under the current regime who has allowed China to gain control functions of the canal.
President Trump has made it clear that US vital interests are being jeopardized, and the US will once again take control of the canal, by force again if necessary.
Marco Rubio holding talks in Panama as Donald Trump demands canal control, pressures U.S. neighbors - Washington Times
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The 1989 US invasion of the Panama Canal Zone and capture of dictator and drug-lord Noriega had a significant personal connection for me. The US commanding general Marc Cisneros was a friend and fellow Artillery Officer in Babenhausen Germany in 1962. At a reunion in 2017 Lt. Gen. Cisneros gave an insightful presentation of his view of the Panama Canal invasion and capture of Noriega.
Cisneros, Marc: 1939—: Army General, College President, Chief Executive Officer | Encyclopedia.com
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Friday, January 31, 2025
Media’s Selective Nazism
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The PravdaMedia have and are trying to diminish and tarnish Musk at every twisted opportunity.
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Their latest disgusting malignment is labeling Musk a Nazi based on a photo of him pointing his hand/arm out at an object.
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It’s of interest that others, like Hillary and Kamala, were not held up to scorn for their “pointing's”!
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How did the US media loose it’s way from fair and balanced and American?
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The PravdaMedia have and are trying to diminish and tarnish Musk at every twisted opportunity.
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Their latest disgusting malignment is labeling Musk a Nazi based on a photo of him pointing his hand/arm out at an object.
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It’s of interest that others, like Hillary and Kamala, were not held up to scorn for their “pointing's”!
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How did the US media loose it’s way from fair and balanced and American?
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Darn That Global Warming In Roanoke
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Passenger Plane Crashes With Military Helicopter Over DC
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Prayers and Condolences go out to all those lost and their loved ones.
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Plane collision near Washington, DC
What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC | CNN
Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below, a DC fire official said.
First responders have recovered 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter, Fire and EMS Chief John A. Donnelly said at a news conference Thursday morning. There were 64 people on board the plane and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.
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Trump did not wait for the Democrats and their Pravda-Media to blame his 10-days in office for the crash --- instead ---- Trump pointed an accusing finger at Biden-Buttigieg for dummying-down FAA hiring criteria with egregious DEI-criteria that he read verbatim at the podium from the FAA regulations.
Criteria so shocking that it’s difficult to imagine that anyone hired under those criteria are actually in any control tower in the country!
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Trump blasts DEI in wake of DC plane crash | FOX 5 DC
President Donald Trump said – admittedly without evidence – that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are to blame for the horrific crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 -people.
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Trump, speaking at a news conference Thursday, began by expressing his condolences to the people who lost their lives, but quickly transitioned to a more combative tone and bashed the Biden administration’s diversity efforts at the FAA.
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Trump took ample time during the press conference to bash the Biden administration, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Trump said Buttigieg concluded that the FAA’s workforce was "too white," and that his diversity efforts "run it right into the ground," even using profanity at one point to describe the former transportation secretary.
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Prayers and Condolences go out to all those lost and their loved ones.
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Plane collision near Washington, DC
What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC | CNN
Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below, a DC fire official said.
First responders have recovered 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter, Fire and EMS Chief John A. Donnelly said at a news conference Thursday morning. There were 64 people on board the plane and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.
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Trump did not wait for the Democrats and their Pravda-Media to blame his 10-days in office for the crash --- instead ---- Trump pointed an accusing finger at Biden-Buttigieg for dummying-down FAA hiring criteria with egregious DEI-criteria that he read verbatim at the podium from the FAA regulations.
Criteria so shocking that it’s difficult to imagine that anyone hired under those criteria are actually in any control tower in the country!
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Trump blasts DEI in wake of DC plane crash | FOX 5 DC
President Donald Trump said – admittedly without evidence – that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are to blame for the horrific crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 -people.
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Trump, speaking at a news conference Thursday, began by expressing his condolences to the people who lost their lives, but quickly transitioned to a more combative tone and bashed the Biden administration’s diversity efforts at the FAA.
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Trump took ample time during the press conference to bash the Biden administration, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Trump said Buttigieg concluded that the FAA’s workforce was "too white," and that his diversity efforts "run it right into the ground," even using profanity at one point to describe the former transportation secretary.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
DeepSeek: David And Goliaths
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A Chinese Scientist-Programmer developed DeepSeek AI Program that performs the AI functions of Nvidia at a small fraction of the cost and complexity!
This reality has sent a shock wave through the AI technical community and an earthquake through the dozen AI stock market entities!
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Reminiscent of the IBM PC impacted by 'little-Apple' in 1984:
Apple's ‘1984 Superbowl Ad’ (only 41-years ago) publically focusing on IBM!
Click to View the Video (sound on):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R706isyDrqI
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How China’s DeepSeek Outsmarted America
AI startup developed a top system by relying on inexperienced engineers and a loophole in U.S. export controls
How China’s DeepSeek Outsmarted America - WSJ
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Conventional thinking held that developing leading AI required loads of expensive, cutting-edge computer chips—and that Chinese companies would have trouble competing because they couldn’t get those chips. DeepSeek defied those predictions with a resourcefulness that led to a $1 trillion bloodbath on Wall Street and is spurring Silicon Valley to rethink its approach.
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DeepSeek’s Rise Exposes Nvidia’s Weakness
A new Chinese AI model threatens to diminish the need for Nvidia’s most-expensive chips
DeepSeek’s Rise Exposes Nvidia’s Weakness - WSJ
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DeepSeek Scrambles U.S.-China Tech War
The U.S. tried to slow China’s tech advances, but DeepSeek showed how hard that is
DeepSeek Scrambles U.S.-China Tech War - WSJ
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AI On The Bleeding Edge
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/ai-on-bleeding-edge.html
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A Chinese Scientist-Programmer developed DeepSeek AI Program that performs the AI functions of Nvidia at a small fraction of the cost and complexity!
This reality has sent a shock wave through the AI technical community and an earthquake through the dozen AI stock market entities!
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Reminiscent of the IBM PC impacted by 'little-Apple' in 1984:
Apple's ‘1984 Superbowl Ad’ (only 41-years ago) publically focusing on IBM!
Click to View the Video (sound on):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R706isyDrqI
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How China’s DeepSeek Outsmarted America
AI startup developed a top system by relying on inexperienced engineers and a loophole in U.S. export controls
How China’s DeepSeek Outsmarted America - WSJ
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Conventional thinking held that developing leading AI required loads of expensive, cutting-edge computer chips—and that Chinese companies would have trouble competing because they couldn’t get those chips. DeepSeek defied those predictions with a resourcefulness that led to a $1 trillion bloodbath on Wall Street and is spurring Silicon Valley to rethink its approach.
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DeepSeek’s Rise Exposes Nvidia’s Weakness
A new Chinese AI model threatens to diminish the need for Nvidia’s most-expensive chips
DeepSeek’s Rise Exposes Nvidia’s Weakness - WSJ
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DeepSeek Scrambles U.S.-China Tech War
The U.S. tried to slow China’s tech advances, but DeepSeek showed how hard that is
DeepSeek Scrambles U.S.-China Tech War - WSJ
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AI On The Bleeding Edge
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/ai-on-bleeding-edge.html
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Monday, January 27, 2025
AI On The Bleeding Edge
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China’s DeepSeek has sparked a deep freakout.
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WSJ: Stock Market Today: Nvidia Stock Sinks on China DeepSeek AI Threat — Live Updates
The Chinese artificial-intelligence upstart has trained high-performing artificial intelligence models cheaply—and without the most advanced gear provided by Nvidia and others. That has pulled the rug from under global companies riding the AI wave, including chip makers, infrastructure suppliers and power stocks, as investors question the outlook for AI spending.
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Nvidia fell 15%, wiping out more than $400 billion in market value and weighing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite
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How to win without an economic war of attrition!
China’s DeepSeek Reflection Of First A-bombs!
China’s DeepSeek has sparked a deep freakout.
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WSJ: Stock Market Today: Nvidia Stock Sinks on China DeepSeek AI Threat — Live Updates
The Chinese artificial-intelligence upstart has trained high-performing artificial intelligence models cheaply—and without the most advanced gear provided by Nvidia and others. That has pulled the rug from under global companies riding the AI wave, including chip makers, infrastructure suppliers and power stocks, as investors question the outlook for AI spending.
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Nvidia fell 15%, wiping out more than $400 billion in market value and weighing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite
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How to win without an economic war of attrition!
China’s DeepSeek Reflection Of First A-bombs!
Drop 2 bombs -- demand surrender!
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Saturday, January 25, 2025
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
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Given our 1st and 14th Amendments to the Constitution, it seems strange that a Presidential proclamation would be necessary to restate those amendments in 2025.
Given our 1st and 14th Amendments to the Constitution, it seems strange that a Presidential proclamation would be necessary to restate those amendments in 2025.
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Clearly the abuse of freedom of speech occured during the trauma of the Covid Pandemic. Propagated by the media and apparently instigated by the ‘public health system’.
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It’s also clear that the 51 Heads of our Intelligence Agencies were not truthful in slandering Trump during his run for reelection.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/no-clearance-no-consulting-jobs.html
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It’s sad that our senior security officers and our media, that is supposed to be committed to fair, balanced and honest reporting, needs to be reminded of their responsibilities.
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Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White House
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Presidential Actions
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025
Section 1. Purpose. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment essential to the success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference. Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve. Under the guise of combatting “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation,” the Federal Government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens across the United States in a manner that advanced the Government’s preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society.
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Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to:
(a) secure the right of the American people to engage in constitutionally protected speech;
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Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White House
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It’s also clear that the 51 Heads of our Intelligence Agencies were not truthful in slandering Trump during his run for reelection.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/no-clearance-no-consulting-jobs.html
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It’s sad that our senior security officers and our media, that is supposed to be committed to fair, balanced and honest reporting, needs to be reminded of their responsibilities.
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Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White House
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Presidential Actions
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025
Section 1. Purpose. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment essential to the success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference. Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve. Under the guise of combatting “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation,” the Federal Government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens across the United States in a manner that advanced the Government’s preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society.
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Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to:
(a) secure the right of the American people to engage in constitutionally protected speech;
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Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White House
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Birthright Citizenship Not For Illegal’s
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The Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.
The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
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Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship – The White House
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Trump Administration view:
To be ‘birthright’ citizens, one must be born to a “Legally Resident Person” Not to an ‘Illegal Alien’.
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The Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.
The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
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Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship – The White House
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Trump Administration view:
To be ‘birthright’ citizens, one must be born to a “Legally Resident Person” Not to an ‘Illegal Alien’.
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Up to 250,000 children born to illegal migrants in 2023: preliminary report | Fox News
which accounts for about 7% of total births in the U.S. that year.
Furthermore, it appears that more children were born to illegal immigrant parents than to legal noncitizens.
Although not yet available, the group says that the 2024 numbers are likely to be even higher given the surge of illegal immigrants into the country under the Biden administration.
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Up to 250,000 children born to illegal migrants in 2023: preliminary report | Fox News
which accounts for about 7% of total births in the U.S. that year.
Furthermore, it appears that more children were born to illegal immigrant parents than to legal noncitizens.
Although not yet available, the group says that the 2024 numbers are likely to be even higher given the surge of illegal immigrants into the country under the Biden administration.
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Obama Removes The Allegiance Commitment From Citizenship Oath
Obama Removes The Allegiance Commitment From Citizenship Oath
(so much for the "I pledge allegiance to the United States!)
Reflect on Teddy Roosevelt's definition of what it means for an immigrant to become an American!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/07/obama-removes-allegiance-commitment.html
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El Paso Border Is Not Ellis Island
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/el-paso-border-is-not-ellis-island.html
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The Open-Borders, Sanctuary, Anti-ICE Democrats Won
(but they didn’t win the 2024 election!)
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-open-borders-sanctuary-anti-ice.html
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Reflect on Teddy Roosevelt's definition of what it means for an immigrant to become an American!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/07/obama-removes-allegiance-commitment.html
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El Paso Border Is Not Ellis Island
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/el-paso-border-is-not-ellis-island.html
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The Open-Borders, Sanctuary, Anti-ICE Democrats Won
(but they didn’t win the 2024 election!)
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-open-borders-sanctuary-anti-ice.html
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Ocean Rise And The Ceiling
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Norway’s Incredible Ship Tunnel Plan Is Back On Track
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Norway's ambitious Stad Ship Tunnel will provide cargo and passenger vessels with a safe and efficient route through one of the most challenging stretches of the Norwegian coastline.
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The Stad peninsula projects into the Norwegian Sea, creating treacherous conditions for maritime traffic due to its relentless weather and unpredictable currents. Norway's innovative response? Carve a mile-long tunnel directly through the peninsula.
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It’s interesting that Norway has such a bipolar view of climate and ocean rise.
Norway is a Major developer of oil and natural gas while priding herself in renewable energy utilization while hawking the Gore-line.
Norway’s Incredible Ship Tunnel Plan Is Back On Track
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Norway's ambitious Stad Ship Tunnel will provide cargo and passenger vessels with a safe and efficient route through one of the most challenging stretches of the Norwegian coastline.
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The Stad peninsula projects into the Norwegian Sea, creating treacherous conditions for maritime traffic due to its relentless weather and unpredictable currents. Norway's innovative response? Carve a mile-long tunnel directly through the peninsula.
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It’s interesting that Norway has such a bipolar view of climate and ocean rise.
Norway is a Major developer of oil and natural gas while priding herself in renewable energy utilization while hawking the Gore-line.
Apparently Norwegian oil and gas doesn't result in CO2.
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A key decision for this Stad ship tunnel will be: ‘how high to make the tunnel ceiling for ship clearance’!
Given the focus on sea-level rise due to CO2 global warming: How high before the ship-tunnel is unusable?
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The Danish-Swedish tunnel has similar limits and based on its design it's sea-level-life may be very short -- or maybe not!
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The Swedish-Danish Tunnel
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/11/good-news-bad-news-is-wrong.html
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A key decision for this Stad ship tunnel will be: ‘how high to make the tunnel ceiling for ship clearance’!
Given the focus on sea-level rise due to CO2 global warming: How high before the ship-tunnel is unusable?
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The Danish-Swedish tunnel has similar limits and based on its design it's sea-level-life may be very short -- or maybe not!
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The Swedish-Danish Tunnel
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/11/good-news-bad-news-is-wrong.html
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Liberal Ministers Still Peddling Left-Wing Politics
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Politicizing ‘the pulpit’ is inappropriate no matter who does it!
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Abraham Lincoln was asked (ostensibly by a Democrat reporter)
“If God was on our side”?
He Replied: “The question is Not If God is on our side –the question is:
Are We On God’s Side?”
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Pastors, conservatives unleash on Episcopal bishop for 'weaponizing' the pulpit against Trump
'Desperate': Pastors, conservatives lambaste Episcopal bishop for 'weaponizing' the pulpit against Trump | Fox News
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The Washington, D.C., pastor who delivered a liberal sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance is facing fierce backlash from fellow pastors, as well as critics on social media for "weaponizing" the pulpit instead of promoting unity.
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"Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She's the first woman to hold the position. She was given a great honor today, a chance to unify America around a Christian message at the dawn of a new administration. Instead, she disgraced herself with a lecture you'd hear on CNN or an episode of The View. What an embarrassment," Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk posted to X.
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Duke Religious Expert Finds Faith In Decline And It’s the Conservative’s Fault -. 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/10/duke-religious-expert-finds-faith-in.html
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During the 1970’s the left-wing elements of the Christian Church, spearheaded by New York’s Riverside Church, alienated scores of parishioners by the tone, tenor, content and intensity of their anti-war crusade. This clearly alienated very large numbers of veterans of WW2, Korea, Vietnam and their families, friends and associates, including myself who up to that time had been a faithful member, Deacon and Elder.
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Politicizing ‘the pulpit’ is inappropriate no matter who does it!
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Abraham Lincoln was asked (ostensibly by a Democrat reporter)
“If God was on our side”?
He Replied: “The question is Not If God is on our side –the question is:
Are We On God’s Side?”
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Pastors, conservatives unleash on Episcopal bishop for 'weaponizing' the pulpit against Trump
'Desperate': Pastors, conservatives lambaste Episcopal bishop for 'weaponizing' the pulpit against Trump | Fox News
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The Washington, D.C., pastor who delivered a liberal sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance is facing fierce backlash from fellow pastors, as well as critics on social media for "weaponizing" the pulpit instead of promoting unity.
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"Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She's the first woman to hold the position. She was given a great honor today, a chance to unify America around a Christian message at the dawn of a new administration. Instead, she disgraced herself with a lecture you'd hear on CNN or an episode of The View. What an embarrassment," Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk posted to X.
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Duke Religious Expert Finds Faith In Decline And It’s the Conservative’s Fault -. 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/10/duke-religious-expert-finds-faith-in.html
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During the 1970’s the left-wing elements of the Christian Church, spearheaded by New York’s Riverside Church, alienated scores of parishioners by the tone, tenor, content and intensity of their anti-war crusade. This clearly alienated very large numbers of veterans of WW2, Korea, Vietnam and their families, friends and associates, including myself who up to that time had been a faithful member, Deacon and Elder.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
No Clearance No Consulting Jobs
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Trump revokes security clearances of 51 intel officials who signed discredited Hunter Biden laptop letter
The officials include former director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former National Security Advisor John Bolton
Trump revokes security clearances of 51 intel officials who signed discredited Hunter Biden laptop letter | Fox News
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President Donald Trump pulled the security clearances of more than 50 national security officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
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A total of 51 former national security officials released a public letter in 2020 claiming that even though the laptop did not have "any evidence of Russian involvement," it looked like a "Russian information operation."
The letter came after the New York Post reported they had emails showing Hunter Biden coordinated for Joe Biden to meet with a top executive at Ukrainian energy company Burisma months before pressuring Ukrainian officials to oust a prosecutor investigating the company.
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Hunter’s LapTop ‘Its Back’
The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop -- Falsely Called "Russian Disinformation" -- is Authentic
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/03/hunters-laptop-its-back.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/10/biden-and-hunter-inc-pay-to-play-r-us.html
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Trump revokes security clearances of 51 intel officials who signed discredited Hunter Biden laptop letter
The officials include former director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former National Security Advisor John Bolton
Trump revokes security clearances of 51 intel officials who signed discredited Hunter Biden laptop letter | Fox News
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President Donald Trump pulled the security clearances of more than 50 national security officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
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A total of 51 former national security officials released a public letter in 2020 claiming that even though the laptop did not have "any evidence of Russian involvement," it looked like a "Russian information operation."
The letter came after the New York Post reported they had emails showing Hunter Biden coordinated for Joe Biden to meet with a top executive at Ukrainian energy company Burisma months before pressuring Ukrainian officials to oust a prosecutor investigating the company.
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Hunter’s LapTop ‘Its Back’
The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop -- Falsely Called "Russian Disinformation" -- is Authentic
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/03/hunters-laptop-its-back.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/10/biden-and-hunter-inc-pay-to-play-r-us.html
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Joe Biden malfeasance in his own words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA--dj2-CY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA--dj2-CY
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Jan 6, 2021 DC Protesters: Trump Commutations & Pardons
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Trump Commutes some Jan 6th defendants to time-served with conviction record intact.
Trump Pardons most Jan 6th defendants to time-served with conviction record expunged.
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GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021
Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021 – The White House
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This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation.
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Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed Jan 6 Capitol protester was shot and killed, by a Capitol police officer, while crawling through a front window.
No action was taken for this reckless action that normally would result in charges of manslaughter.
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Ashli Babbitt $30 million ‘wrongful death’ suit gets Court green light
Ashli Babbitt $30 million ‘wrongful death’ suit gets green light | Judicial Watch
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DC ‘Riot Reality
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/03/dc-riot-reality.html
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Trump Commutes some Jan 6th defendants to time-served with conviction record intact.
Trump Pardons most Jan 6th defendants to time-served with conviction record expunged.
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GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021
Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021 – The White House
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This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation.
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Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed Jan 6 Capitol protester was shot and killed, by a Capitol police officer, while crawling through a front window.
No action was taken for this reckless action that normally would result in charges of manslaughter.
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Ashli Babbitt $30 million ‘wrongful death’ suit gets Court green light
Ashli Babbitt $30 million ‘wrongful death’ suit gets green light | Judicial Watch
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DC ‘Riot Reality
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/03/dc-riot-reality.html
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Trump 2nd Inauguration 1-20-25
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Trump Speech Reflective of:
Marc Antony:.. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;. I come to bury Caesar (Biden), not to praise him.
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President Donald Trump's second inauguration address
Putting America First
President Donald Trump's second inauguration address [FULL SPEECH]
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INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
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Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration
Joe Biden pardons Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, Jan. 6 committee members
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Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members
Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members | CNN Politics
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Trump Speech Reflective of:
Marc Antony:.. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;. I come to bury Caesar (Biden), not to praise him.
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President Donald Trump's second inauguration address
Putting America First
President Donald Trump's second inauguration address [FULL SPEECH]
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INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
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Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration
Joe Biden pardons Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, Jan. 6 committee members
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Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members
Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members | CNN Politics
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Saturday, January 18, 2025
TIKTOK China’s Trojan Horse
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TikTok Ban: Supreme Court Upholds Law Barring App From The U.S.
Latest TikTok Ban Updates: Here’s What We Know As Deadline Nears
The Supreme Court sided against TikTok on Friday, upholding the law forcing the app’s sale or ban in the U.S. on Jan. 19 while President-elect Donald Trump signaled he may try to intervene.
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TikTok Ban: Supreme Court Upholds Law Barring App From The U.S.
Latest TikTok Ban Updates: Here’s What We Know As Deadline Nears
The Supreme Court sided against TikTok on Friday, upholding the law forcing the app’s sale or ban in the U.S. on Jan. 19 while President-elect Donald Trump signaled he may try to intervene.
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Friday, January 17, 2025
Trump Skips Frost On Rose Garden Inauguration
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I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (Music Video)
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I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (Music Video)
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About 120 million people could experience subzero temps soon. Where the cold will be worst. - The Washington Post
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Trump’s inauguration to be moved indoors | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors, he announced Friday, due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation’s capital.
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Special Guest Seating:
Gore, Kerry and Greta will be seated in the Rose Garden
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About 120 million people could experience subzero temps soon. Where the cold will be worst. - The Washington Post
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Trump’s inauguration to be moved indoors | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors, he announced Friday, due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation’s capital.
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Special Guest Seating:
Gore, Kerry and Greta will be seated in the Rose Garden
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California’s Ongoing Psychosis
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The ongoing fire-devastation and impacts upon the people involved is reminiscent of wartime. The remediation will take years to implement, and many lives have been permanently altered. Unfortunately, much of the California leadership have been a major disappointment and well deserve scorn.
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Official handpicked by Mayor Bass to oversee LA Fire Department put on leave over alleged bomb threat
Official handpicked by Mayor Bass to oversee LA Fire Department put on leave over alleged bomb threat | Blaze Media
Man appointed by Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to oversee public safety in Los Angeles has been on leave for nearly a month in connection with a bomb threat made against Los Angeles City Hall.
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Insurers’ Rule Change Puts (All) California Homeowners on the Hook for L.A. Fire
The spiraling cost to rebuild could overwhelm the California Fair Plan, the decades-old, government-created insurance safety net
Insurers’ Rule Change Puts California Homeowners on the Hook for L.A. Fire - WSJ
A little-noticed rule change last year by California’s insurance regulator will likely shift a large chunk of the cost of the Los Angeles wildfires to homeowners across the state.
Pushed by insurers, the change puts California homeowners on the hook to pay directly toward the cost of rebuilding from very large disasters through even fatter insurance bills—whether they were exposed to the L.A. fire or not.
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Newsom Has a Permitting Epiphany
The Governor waives environmental rules to assist rebuilding from the wildfires. Why not for everyone?
Newsom Has a Permitting Epiphany - WSJ
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday waived the state’s environmental laws in areas affected by the fires to expedite rebuilding. Wonderful, but that raises a question: Why not ease regulations for all projects if the rules are such a barrier to development?
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California Inferno Was ‘Preventable.’ Blame Malfeasance of Newsom, Bass for Catastrophe.
Blame for Catastrophic Calif. Wildfires Lies With Newsom, Bass
And so put it all together, whether it’s a deliberate policy to not store water, not preserve water. Last year was one of the wettest years that we’ve had. We’ve had three out of the last four years have been very wet. We had a huge snowpack. We had rivers that were running in 19th-century fashion, but out to the sea to save the delta smelt.
So, it was a total systems collapse from the idea of not spending money on irrigation, storage, water, fire prevention, force management, a viable insurance industry, a DEI hierarchy. You put it all together and it’s something like a DEI-Green New Deal hydrogen bomb.
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California's Shock & Awe Reality
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/californias-shock-awe-reality_15.html
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Official handpicked by Mayor Bass to oversee LA Fire Department put on leave over alleged bomb threat
Official handpicked by Mayor Bass to oversee LA Fire Department put on leave over alleged bomb threat | Blaze Media
Man appointed by Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to oversee public safety in Los Angeles has been on leave for nearly a month in connection with a bomb threat made against Los Angeles City Hall.
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Insurers’ Rule Change Puts (All) California Homeowners on the Hook for L.A. Fire
The spiraling cost to rebuild could overwhelm the California Fair Plan, the decades-old, government-created insurance safety net
Insurers’ Rule Change Puts California Homeowners on the Hook for L.A. Fire - WSJ
A little-noticed rule change last year by California’s insurance regulator will likely shift a large chunk of the cost of the Los Angeles wildfires to homeowners across the state.
Pushed by insurers, the change puts California homeowners on the hook to pay directly toward the cost of rebuilding from very large disasters through even fatter insurance bills—whether they were exposed to the L.A. fire or not.
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Newsom Has a Permitting Epiphany
The Governor waives environmental rules to assist rebuilding from the wildfires. Why not for everyone?
Newsom Has a Permitting Epiphany - WSJ
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday waived the state’s environmental laws in areas affected by the fires to expedite rebuilding. Wonderful, but that raises a question: Why not ease regulations for all projects if the rules are such a barrier to development?
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California Inferno Was ‘Preventable.’ Blame Malfeasance of Newsom, Bass for Catastrophe.
Blame for Catastrophic Calif. Wildfires Lies With Newsom, Bass
And so put it all together, whether it’s a deliberate policy to not store water, not preserve water. Last year was one of the wettest years that we’ve had. We’ve had three out of the last four years have been very wet. We had a huge snowpack. We had rivers that were running in 19th-century fashion, but out to the sea to save the delta smelt.
So, it was a total systems collapse from the idea of not spending money on irrigation, storage, water, fire prevention, force management, a viable insurance industry, a DEI hierarchy. You put it all together and it’s something like a DEI-Green New Deal hydrogen bomb.
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California's Shock & Awe Reality
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/californias-shock-awe-reality_15.html
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Virginia Democrats Enable Trans-Women/Men
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Why do Democrats vote to: enable girls to be legally hurt by boys, diminish girl’s sports, and expose girls to males in their locker rooms and showers? Why indeed?
Do these Democrats not have daughters and granddaughters?
Where is Gloria Steinem and her friends?
And why does the left-wing liberal-media cheer them on?
Is the end-game a UniSex society?
Apparently Therapy is available to achieve that goal:
“Prioritize your mental health. Get convenient and affordable therapy with BetterHelp. NSLS Members: get 50% off your first month of therapy.”
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Virginia GOP leaders call for ban on trans women in women's sports
Virginia’s top Republicans joined hands to call on the General Assembly to keep transgender women – who they called “biological males” – out of women’s sports.
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The defeat in a state Senate subcommittee likely means the full education panel will kill the bill and similar measures.
Why do Democrats vote to: enable girls to be legally hurt by boys, diminish girl’s sports, and expose girls to males in their locker rooms and showers? Why indeed?
Do these Democrats not have daughters and granddaughters?
Where is Gloria Steinem and her friends?
And why does the left-wing liberal-media cheer them on?
Is the end-game a UniSex society?
Apparently Therapy is available to achieve that goal:
“Prioritize your mental health. Get convenient and affordable therapy with BetterHelp. NSLS Members: get 50% off your first month of therapy.”
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Virginia GOP leaders call for ban on trans women in women's sports
Virginia’s top Republicans joined hands to call on the General Assembly to keep transgender women – who they called “biological males” – out of women’s sports.
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The defeat in a state Senate subcommittee likely means the full education panel will kill the bill and similar measures.
VA: Bill to bar trans women from women's sports fails test
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Democrats Destroying Girl’s Sports And Mutilating Minors
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/democrats-destroying-girls-sports-and.html
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Altered Boys Beat Girls – It’s The Obama Legacy
Martina Navratilova following Sunday's controversial op-ed, in which the tennis star called transgender women who compete in women’s sports “cheats.””
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/02/altered-boys-beat-girls-its-obama-legacy.html
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Democrats Destroying Girl’s Sports And Mutilating Minors
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/democrats-destroying-girls-sports-and.html
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Altered Boys Beat Girls – It’s The Obama Legacy
Martina Navratilova following Sunday's controversial op-ed, in which the tennis star called transgender women who compete in women’s sports “cheats.””
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/02/altered-boys-beat-girls-its-obama-legacy.html
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
California's Shock & Awe Reality
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California’s massive and devastating wild-fires of Jan 2025 is reflective of the 3rd Reich’s Blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939; a rolling total devastation without mercy or reprieve.
The moderating news is the limited number of casualties compared to prior fires.
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WSJ: How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost
Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead.
How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost - WSJ
After the November election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his plans to “Trump-proof” the Golden State. How about fire-proofing? Los Angeles’s horrific fires are exposing the costs of its progressive follies, which even wealthy liberals in their Palisades palaces can’t escape.
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Start with its environmental obsessions. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 2019 sought to widen a fire-access road and replace old wooden utility poles in the Topanga Canyon abutting the Palisades with steel ones to make power lines fire- and wind-resistant. In the process, crews removed an estimated 182 Braunton’s milkvetch plants, an endangered species.
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The utility halted the project as state officials investigated the plant destruction. More than a year later, the California Coastal Commission issued a cease-and-desist order, fined the utility $2 million, and required “mitigation” for the project’s impact on the species. This involved replacing “nonnative” vegetation with plants native to the state. You have to chuckle at the contradiction: California’s progressives want to expel foreign flora and fauna but provide a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.
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WSJ: California’s Wildfire Climate Excuse
Gov. Newsom tilts at carbon emissions, not fire mitigation.
California’s Wildfire Climate Excuse - WSJ
This ignores that California’s climate has long been variable with dry years following wet ones. The nearby chart from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shows precipitation in the state going back 130 or so years. There are wet and dry spells. The last couple of decades have had more dry years, but then so did the 1910s and 1920s when carbon emissions were far less than they are today.
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WSJ: End of a Climate Delusion
Amid California’s fires, voters wake up from the dream that green pork is a solution.
End of a Climate Delusion - WSJ
Here’s another concept: Climate change can exist and yet be an insignificant variable. In Southern California’s Mediterranean climate, anytime 100-mile-an-hour winds start blowing embers toward densely packed housing developments, a conflagration is certain. The only answer then is to have the manpower and resources ready to put fires out as quickly as they start.
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2019 Stop WildFires With Fire-Breaks
Roanoke Times, 7-20-2019, Pg N&W 1: Trump Admin proposed plan to slow wildfires by clearing swaths of land.
https://www.roanoke.com/news/nation/wire/plan-to-slow-western-wildfires-would-clear-strips-of-land/article_0c09fb96-2dbe-518b-88b9-711701e620fb.html
“The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of terrain in the West.”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/07/stop-wildfires-with-fire-breaks.html
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Pacific Palisades Reservoir Offline And Empty
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/pacific-palisades-reservoir-offline-and.html
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LA Fires & Roanoke Floods: Fish Won! People Lost Big!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/la-fires-roanoke-floods-fish-won-people.html
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California’s massive and devastating wild-fires of Jan 2025 is reflective of the 3rd Reich’s Blitzkrieg of Poland in 1939; a rolling total devastation without mercy or reprieve.
The moderating news is the limited number of casualties compared to prior fires.
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WSJ: How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost
Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead.
How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost - WSJ
After the November election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his plans to “Trump-proof” the Golden State. How about fire-proofing? Los Angeles’s horrific fires are exposing the costs of its progressive follies, which even wealthy liberals in their Palisades palaces can’t escape.
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Start with its environmental obsessions. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 2019 sought to widen a fire-access road and replace old wooden utility poles in the Topanga Canyon abutting the Palisades with steel ones to make power lines fire- and wind-resistant. In the process, crews removed an estimated 182 Braunton’s milkvetch plants, an endangered species.
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The utility halted the project as state officials investigated the plant destruction. More than a year later, the California Coastal Commission issued a cease-and-desist order, fined the utility $2 million, and required “mitigation” for the project’s impact on the species. This involved replacing “nonnative” vegetation with plants native to the state. You have to chuckle at the contradiction: California’s progressives want to expel foreign flora and fauna but provide a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.
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WSJ: California’s Wildfire Climate Excuse
Gov. Newsom tilts at carbon emissions, not fire mitigation.
California’s Wildfire Climate Excuse - WSJ
This ignores that California’s climate has long been variable with dry years following wet ones. The nearby chart from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shows precipitation in the state going back 130 or so years. There are wet and dry spells. The last couple of decades have had more dry years, but then so did the 1910s and 1920s when carbon emissions were far less than they are today.
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WSJ: End of a Climate Delusion
Amid California’s fires, voters wake up from the dream that green pork is a solution.
End of a Climate Delusion - WSJ
Here’s another concept: Climate change can exist and yet be an insignificant variable. In Southern California’s Mediterranean climate, anytime 100-mile-an-hour winds start blowing embers toward densely packed housing developments, a conflagration is certain. The only answer then is to have the manpower and resources ready to put fires out as quickly as they start.
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2019 Stop WildFires With Fire-Breaks
Roanoke Times, 7-20-2019, Pg N&W 1: Trump Admin proposed plan to slow wildfires by clearing swaths of land.
https://www.roanoke.com/news/nation/wire/plan-to-slow-western-wildfires-would-clear-strips-of-land/article_0c09fb96-2dbe-518b-88b9-711701e620fb.html
“The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of terrain in the West.”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/07/stop-wildfires-with-fire-breaks.html
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Pacific Palisades Reservoir Offline And Empty
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/pacific-palisades-reservoir-offline-and.html
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LA Fires & Roanoke Floods: Fish Won! People Lost Big!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/la-fires-roanoke-floods-fish-won-people.html
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Privatizing Firefighting Again
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Reflections of ‘Paladin: Only Have Hose Will Travel’
Johnny Western - Ballad of Paladin Have Gun Will Travel
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Back to the future:
As fires become more frequent and expensive, some insurers pay for private firefighting crews
Wealthy Homeowners and Their Insurers Turn to Hired Help to Fight L.A. Wildfires - WSJ
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When former Olympic gold-medal sprinter Michael Johnson heard the Palisades fire was heading his way, he knew his multimillion-dollar hillside home in Malibu, Calif., was in danger.
Johnson didn’t simply dial 911 as others in the wildfire’s path did: He turned to his private firefighting system for protection.
Johnson pays about $5,000 a year to lease the system, a pump-and-hose apparatus that can draw large amounts of water from his swimming pool to help fight the progress of wildfires and backstop the city’s municipal firefighters and hydrants.
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Just as Johnson and his wife started hosing down their property in hopes of preventing any embers from igniting, a man sent by the system’s supplier, Fire Defense Service, showed up to help them. The Johnsons soon evacuated, believing they would never see their house again. But the man from Fire Defense stayed behind to help protect their house and a neighbor’s who was also a client.
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Back to the future:
When the "Great Fire of London" occurred, which devastated much of the city and led to the establishment of the first fire insurance companies, who then funded their own fire brigades to protect the properties they insured from future fires; essentially creating the link between insurance companies and dedicated firefighting teams.
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In US in 1800’s ‘fire marks’, were metal plates attached to buildings to indicate that they were insured and protected by the indicated 'privately paid' fire brigade.
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Reflections of ‘Paladin: Only Have Hose Will Travel’
Johnny Western - Ballad of Paladin Have Gun Will Travel
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Back to the future:
As fires become more frequent and expensive, some insurers pay for private firefighting crews
Wealthy Homeowners and Their Insurers Turn to Hired Help to Fight L.A. Wildfires - WSJ
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When former Olympic gold-medal sprinter Michael Johnson heard the Palisades fire was heading his way, he knew his multimillion-dollar hillside home in Malibu, Calif., was in danger.
Johnson didn’t simply dial 911 as others in the wildfire’s path did: He turned to his private firefighting system for protection.
Johnson pays about $5,000 a year to lease the system, a pump-and-hose apparatus that can draw large amounts of water from his swimming pool to help fight the progress of wildfires and backstop the city’s municipal firefighters and hydrants.
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Just as Johnson and his wife started hosing down their property in hopes of preventing any embers from igniting, a man sent by the system’s supplier, Fire Defense Service, showed up to help them. The Johnsons soon evacuated, believing they would never see their house again. But the man from Fire Defense stayed behind to help protect their house and a neighbor’s who was also a client.
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Back to the future:
When the "Great Fire of London" occurred, which devastated much of the city and led to the establishment of the first fire insurance companies, who then funded their own fire brigades to protect the properties they insured from future fires; essentially creating the link between insurance companies and dedicated firefighting teams.
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In US in 1800’s ‘fire marks’, were metal plates attached to buildings to indicate that they were insured and protected by the indicated 'privately paid' fire brigade.
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No Democrat Skepticism For Bobbie
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Democrats are ‘worried’ that Pat Bondi, Trumps pick for AG, is too close to him as President! Really?
They didn’t have a problem when Jack Kennedy chose his brother to be his AG! Talk about close!
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Hypocrisy -- your name is Democrat!
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Bondi faces a skeptical reception from Democrats at confirmation hearing over her loyalty to Trump
What to know about Donald Trump's AG pick Pam Bondi as she faces questioning on Capitol Hill - Washington Times
Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who was part of Trump’s legal team during his first of two impeachment trials before the Senate, encounters a skeptical reception from Democrats concerned by her perceived loyalty to Trump.
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Democrats are ‘worried’ that Pat Bondi, Trumps pick for AG, is too close to him as President! Really?
They didn’t have a problem when Jack Kennedy chose his brother to be his AG! Talk about close!
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Hypocrisy -- your name is Democrat!
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Bondi faces a skeptical reception from Democrats at confirmation hearing over her loyalty to Trump
What to know about Donald Trump's AG pick Pam Bondi as she faces questioning on Capitol Hill - Washington Times
Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who was part of Trump’s legal team during his first of two impeachment trials before the Senate, encounters a skeptical reception from Democrats concerned by her perceived loyalty to Trump.
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Sunday, January 12, 2025
Pacific Palisades Reservoir Offline And Empty
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Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline and empty when firestorm exploded
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It Keeps Getting Worse: L.A. Water 'CEO' Makes Unbelievable Salary and Claimed 'Equity' Was Top Priority – RedState
For starters, Quiñones is being paid $750,000 a year plus a housing allowance to operate as the "CEO" of LADWP.
She “has the skill set and leadership experience to advance the department into 100% clean energy by 2035,” the mayor said at the time.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/la-fires-roanoke-floods-fish-won-people.html
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Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline and empty when firestorm exploded
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It Keeps Getting Worse: L.A. Water 'CEO' Makes Unbelievable Salary and Claimed 'Equity' Was Top Priority – RedState
For starters, Quiñones is being paid $750,000 a year plus a housing allowance to operate as the "CEO" of LADWP.
She “has the skill set and leadership experience to advance the department into 100% clean energy by 2035,” the mayor said at the time.
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One of the primary drivers of the devastation has been a lack of water due to unfilled reservoirs in Los Angeles County and unmaintained, failing infrastructure that caused fire hydrants to run dry. As RedState reported, the Santa Ynez Reservoir was taken offline for maintenance during wildfire season, a decision that has turned out to be catastrophic.
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Gov. Newsom cut fire budget, Cal Fire funding by $100M months before lethal California fires | Fox News
The budget, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs, according to an analysis according to an analysis by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office and reported in Newsweek.
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One of the primary drivers of the devastation has been a lack of water due to unfilled reservoirs in Los Angeles County and unmaintained, failing infrastructure that caused fire hydrants to run dry. As RedState reported, the Santa Ynez Reservoir was taken offline for maintenance during wildfire season, a decision that has turned out to be catastrophic.
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Gov. Newsom cut fire budget, Cal Fire funding by $100M months before lethal California fires | Fox News
The budget, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs, according to an analysis according to an analysis by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office and reported in Newsweek.
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LA Fires & Roanoke Floods: Fish Won! People Lost Big! http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/la-fires-roanoke-floods-fish-won-people.html
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