Law Enforcement, by its very nature, is the pointy end of the stick, and thus, it’s weaponized. When it becomes political, that’s a problem. When an institution is known to lie and blame others to the point of working to destroy honest people when they disclose the lie, it’s time to flush the place out. Think of Hercules cleaning out the Aegean Stables.
Has the FBI made their report of the attempted assassination of Pres. Trump available? If not, why not? What could be that secret? And what about the Epstein files? Evil can only operate in darkness, and the FBI is the agent of much of the darkness inside the Washington DC Beltway.
Cull their numbers, eliminate the senior cadre, keep the FBI working on their foreign counterintelligence mission, and create a new agency with all new people to conduct investigations for the Justice Department.
The January 5 Pipe Bomb Incident
(read about it here) WASHINGTON, DC – For anyone who has paid attention, the bizarre case of pipe bombs planted outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2021, remains a mystery worthy of a spy novel. Even more bizarre is the apparent lack of urgency by the FBI in solving the mystery. It’s likely because the “bombers” were FBI special agents in mufti.
The bomb case was moved off the front pages of the country’s newspapers and media websites by the siege at the US Capitol on January 6. Fortunately, the bombs never went off, however, the mystery remains. The FBI claimed before a congressional committee that phone data that would have provided metadata of the areas where the bombs were planted was “corrupted.” That data would have been important to determine who was in the area and when at the time the bombs were planted.
However, Steven Richards and John Solomon of Just the News reported last week that according to mobile phone providers, they have “intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident,” The Western Journal reports.
In March 2021, surveillance photos of the suspect who planted the pipe bombs at the two locations the evening before the Jan. 6 “insurrection” were released to the public.
One might think that the case of a pipe bomb being planted in particular outside the DNC, where incoming vice president Kamala Harris was visiting, might draw some increased scrutiny by the “preeminent” law enforcement agency in the country. That is not the case.
“In one episode that represents the extent of the security lapse which left experts disturbed, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was brought within yards of where the pipe bomb had earlier been planted, according to security footage reviewed by Just the News last year and released publicly by the House Administration Committee on Oversight,” the outlet reported.
“The footage shows the suspect calmly sitting at a park bench near the DNC’s garage entrance the night before, taking out the explosive device and planting it between the bench and a bush about 10 yards from the driveway before walking off.
“A photo of the device as it was found while Harris was still visiting the DNC shows it visible to the human eye.”
As The Western Journal noted, “a man in a gray hoodie and black pants” wouldn’t necessarily be an easy target to track down; however, metadata from cell phones makes it fairly easy to identify suspects who are carrying them. Just ask anyone within a mile of the US Capitol on January 6. So-called “geofence warrants” allow law enforcement agencies to “cast a digital dragnet over the area where a crime was committed,” thereby allowing them to track any suspicious persons. For unknown reasons, the FBI seems disinterested in such an approach.
Former assistant director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Steve D’Antuono, testified (under oath) to a congressional committee last summer that such data was unavailable to them.
“We did a complete geofence. We have complete data. Not complete because some data was corrupted by one of the providers, not purposely by them, right,” he said. “It is just an unusual circumstance that we have corrupt data from one of the providers.
However, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), chair of the House Administration Oversight Committee, said that is not the case. He said that cellular carriers told him that.
“In the days and weeks following January 6, 2021, the FBI opened an investigation into the pipe bomber and attempted to identify the suspect by analyzing cell phone data linked to the area surrounding the RNC and DNC,” Loudermilk told Just the News.
“In June 2023, the former Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Steve D’Antuono, who oversaw the pipe bomb investigation, said that the FBI received corrupted data from one of the cell carriers and that it most likely contained the identity of the pipe bomber.
“Given the significance of this information, my Subcommittee sent letters to the three major cell carriers, asking them to respond to Mr. D’Antuono’s claim of corrupted data,” Loudermilk continued.
“Every major cell carrier responded and confirmed they did not provide the FBI corrupted data.”
Where did Joe go?
Memes of the Day
Bullet Points:
** The only easy year was last year…and last year sucked.
** I’ve eaten a lot of good Mexican food in my life. I’ve also eaten some exceptional Mexican food; the one thing in exceptional situations is the presence of the tortilla lady. If a tortilla lady is present, you know it’ll be worth your time. Danny weighs in on tacos.
** Ernest Hemingway once said: In our darkest moments, we don’t need solutions or advice. We yearn for human connection—a quiet presence, a gentle touch. These small gestures are the anchors that hold us steady when life feels like too much.
Please don’t try to fix me. Don’t take on my pain or push away my shadows. Just sit beside me as I work through my inner storms. Be the steady hand I can reach for as I find my way.
My pain is mine to carry, my battles mine to face. But your presence reminds me I’m not alone in this vast, sometimes frightening world. It’s a quiet reminder that I am worthy of love, even when I feel broken.
So, in those dark hours when I lose my way, will you just be here? Not as a rescuer but as a companion. Hold my hand until the dawn arrives, helping me remember my strength.
Your silent support is the most precious gift you can give. It’s a love that helps me remember who I am, even when I forget.
** Geologists are down-to-earth people. Yes, they have their faults, but they rock… (it’s ok to groan)
** AG nominee Pam Bondi worked as a lobbyist for the government of Qatar. In July 2019, Bondi, a partner in the DC office of the powerful lobbying group Ballard Partners, was registered through the firm to influence Capitol Hill on human trafficking issues on behalf of the Gulf state for a fee of $115,000 per month. She ended her role at Ballard in November 2019 to help defend Trump during his first impeachment trial and later returned to restart her lobbying contracts.
** Transgenderism is what happens when a mental illness is “transitioned” into an alleged civil rights movement. Remember Corporal Klinger dressed in women’s clothes so he could leave the insanity of the Korean War by acting insane. It’s about time we treated gender dysphoria as the mental illness that it is and stopped the destruction of an entire generation of confused youth by political activists who are dedicated to destroying our culture. Congress is considering the annual defense authorization bill for 2025, a large legislative package determining military spending. Both the House and Senate versions of the bill contain several provisions that limit the Pentagon’s diversity initiatives, including one that would eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion offices. It can’t come soon enough.
** UK Defense Journal – “Over the last year, our forces were losing 300 more full-time personnel than we were joining monthly.” The British military is small enough that those numbers are very telling. One day, they’ll pack the idea of a military in while keeping a small ceremonial troop around to make King Chuck feel good about himself.
** MOSCOW, Nov 22 (Reuters) – New U.S. sanctions on Moscow may shut down the only way European customers can pay for Russian gas, increase volatility on Russia’s FX market and push Moscow closer to Beijing’s orbit, Russian economists said on Friday.
On Thursday, Washington imposed new sanctions on Russia’s Gazprombank, preventing the state-controlled lender from handling any new energy-related transactions that touched the U.S. financial system. The U.S. also targeted 50 other Russian banks and the Bank of Russia’s System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS).
** Housekeeping – Many of this blog’s readers know I have an office in Athens, Greece, and maintain relationships with the Greek and other Balkan states for business purposes. I received a call last night reporting that hundreds of requests for so-called Golden Visas to Greece (permanent resident status) have come from the US, with many more anticipated, as with Tom and Rita Hanks (visitors to Epstein’s Island), who became Greek Citizens (no extradition treaty with the US on sexual crimes), others are taking advantage of the legal loophole to prepare an exit before Pres. Trump takes office. Portugal has been inundated with similar requests as they, too, have no extradition treaty with the US for sexual crimes.
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Target is Gloomy
CBS reported, “Target is heading into the holiday season with a gloomy outlook. The retailer reported that its sales and profit fell short of analysts’ expectations and lowered its earnings forecast for the current quarter. Its shares tumbled, losing 22% of their value.
“Shares of Target plunged $34.27 to $121.78 in Wednesday afternoon trading.
“The retail chain said its third-quarter sales rose 1.1% to $25.7 billion, while net income dropped 12% to $854 million, or $1.85 per share. Analysts had forecast sales of $25.9 billion and per-share earnings of $2.30, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet.”
For the historical record, I boycotted Target (a French-owned company) when they went full rainbow tranny and will not buy anything from them. I don’t suggest that my boycott has anything to do with their financial woes, but – karma is what it is.
Fishwrap
There has been newsfeed about a panicked European response to President Trump’s election: “We need to see to our own defense.” My response is that everyone needs to deal with their own defense. It’s both a national imperative and a personal imperative. Maybe I’ve lived in the middle of nowhere too long – in a place where nobody is coming to save you if ANYTHING bad happens. If Europe fears Russia, maybe they should sack up and build an anti-ballistic missile capability without waiting for the American taxpayers to build it for them.
If you fear for your personal safety, what are you doing to defend yourself? Do you think that the police will proactively save you? That’s not what they’re paid to do. They can take a report while standing over your carcass, documenting what happened to you after the fact and your clay is cold. You pay them to do that.
Identify the Aircraft
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The referenced aircraft was fitted with the experimental Martin D-1 swiveling turret. The four 20 mm guns could be elevated to vertical, while the entire nose section could rotate 360 degrees! That’s as much of a hint as you’re getting. No, I wouldn’t want to fly it. Some engineers had a wet dream and convinced some generals to authorize it.
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Parting Shot
What? Aren’t fat, balding, older men of color (MOCs) good enough anymore to be crowned Miss Universe?
There goes Big Mike Obama’s opportunity — right out the window.
One View of The View
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Identify the Aircraft:
1. Grumman F-11 Tiger
2. Handley Page Heyford
3. Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
4. Twin seat Hawker Hurricane
5. Northrop F-89 Scorpion
6. Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate
WOW!
That was fast. The latest upgrade package appears to work just fine. But what happens when Skynet takes over, and abolished coffee?
Abolish coffee? Even an AI wouldn’t be that daft!
A lowest bidder- made government A.I. might qualify.
No kidding, Claudio. However, you get better results when you opt for the coffee IV drip instead of the hot mug of Navy mud.
I’m Army. IVs are for zoomies.
And only the Navy could have come up with the Skypirate.
Ah…the OV-1D. The only Army aircraft that scored an air to air kill in SE Asia using guns. The USAF pooped their collective pants when this happened so all guns were removed.
Yeah, you wouldn’t want more air-to-air kills from an observation aircraft. It gives the fighters a black eye.
Target? Stop. Buying from them a few years ago.
No extradition treaties? Not yet. Not yet.
Street Tortillas – Ahhh, flavor beats those made totally via machine in sanitary environment! Plus, you gain the necessary gut flora and fauna to avoid relapses of Montezuma’s revenge.
Right, Cletus. It’s not just the flavor but the added immunity.
Exactly!
Just as long as they’re proper corn tortillas….
Corn tortillas dipped in that Birria broth.
Excellent piece on the corruption of the Fibbies and the pipe bomber. Steve Baker, a longtime investigative journalist, joined Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze” and has been reporting on the pipe bomber story for quite a while and everything I hear and read makes it worse.
Dan Bongino was all over this as well before he made a tactical decision to focus on the election. IIRC, another data point that raised many questions is the point in the time line when a bomb dog swept the area and did not alert.
Bondi is a lobbyist, which I equate with ticks on the scrotum of a dog. Adding her liking for red-flag laws is a deal breaker.
She’ll be confirmed. Pres. Trump needs somebody with enough experience inside the beltway to be able to knife-fight with the best of them. I had a long discussion about Bondi with a friend this morning. She’s a politician, which means that she’s dirty. Sessions recused himself from everything to keep himself clean, and cut the boss’ throat in so doing. Bondi won’t make that mistake. You’re not thinking like an operator, Jess.
Bondi is a tough no nonsense cookie. Perfect in the role.
I kinda like the thought of Due Process. I wish she did.
As long as the operator doesn’t lose track of why the plays are being made. I think we’ve seen what takes place after that happens. There needs to be a boss they report to that has a strong sense of values.
We The People are continually being subject to a police state at the hands of those who believe we work for them. No surprise the Boys in Sunglasses circled the wagons on their Pelosi-driven coup. 125 years ago We The People didn’t need to gain permission from ‘the government” for:
– Collect rain water
– Go fishing
– Own property
– Start a business
– Build a home…or shed
– Put up a fence
– Get married
– Hunt
– Own a weapon
– Cut hair
– Sell a product
– Protest
– Own/drive your car without hindrance
– Sell food….
…to name a few.
You sound like one of those pesky white male Christians that the FBI warned us about.
I am…and Colonialist-Level Red, White, & Blue proud of it! Fight!Fight!Fight! SISU MAGA! ™ Time For A Reset! ™ Drain The Swamp! Turn K-Street into a ‘We The People’ Park! Democracy rules in a Constitutional Republic!
(that about covers it)
incoming missile in three…two…one.
“Geologists are down-to-earth people. Yes, they have their faults, but they rock…”
Dude, were you stoned when you wrote this?
No, I’m clean and sober and that alone should worry you.
We know who to call when in a pinch.
In a pinch, you call “Ghost Busters!”
since the fbi was founded to get dirt on the politicians, i say keep them but make that their only mission. or better yet, transfer every agent/head of every alphabet agency to another alphabet agency every two years, sorta like the army does. not en mass but individually. that should keep them on their toes and unable to build their little kingdoms. defense- i’ve taken to going armed even just walking around my little homestead, and stashed an ar15 w/e in several strategic spots. the chickens approve of the new security measures.
Walk softly, carry a big stick.
A 36oz Al Kaline Louisville Slugger is a good stick.
but an ar has a longer reach.
* “Think of Hercules cleaning out the Aegean Stables.”
I was going to send in a correction, but now I understand, Ἀλκείδης.
“Many of this blog’s readers know I have an office in Athens, Greece …”
* “Target…”
There are many “industries” owned by foreign (even the PRC) enterprises that provide jobs for American citizens in our country just as we have/had many in foreign climes; if Target can give me the product (and quality) I’m looking for at a reasonable price, I’ll buy there (I’ll always check the market though) and swallow my ?whatever?;
always reminds me of a friend who was looking over the market for a good (and expensive) car, but wouldn’t look at any automobile made/produced in Germany because the people there may/might have been involved in killing/murdering members of his family; I understand his reasoning from his point of view, just don’t agree with it
* Law Enforcement
when we volunteer for the Armed Services, we are not suicidal, but we do say (to ourselves, at least) that we are willing (out of love for our country and our way of life) to put our lives on the line (at least I did): there is no such idealism for “the boys in blue”; it’s a job – with a billy stick – and a gun, speaking of which, why are there so many people (for the greater part, I don’t consider politicians people – lower forms of life, perhaps) who try to prevent John Q. Average from defending himself by whatever means necessary from violence – and even were they so inclined, the police just can’t be everywhere at all times.
England is ‘retiring’ helos, ships, and other parts of the military, assuming the US is going to pick up the ‘load’. I think they are in for a rude awakening in January.
WAIT! Don’t we have a special relationship where they look down on us with scorn and we protect them?
lol! that about sums it up.
Hang on, are we talking about Great Britain, or the even specialer relationship?
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But in terms of Britain, the UK Foreign Secretary, the excremental [1] David Lammy, has a long history of commentary on Trump.
In response to “Make America Great Again!,” Lammy twitted in 2019: “Hitler said the same about Germany in a speech in 1940. In fact he said it on numerous occasions. It was one of the underlying imperatives of his political movement. It was cover for the most detestable human acts. We see you Mr Trump.”
This was the same theme as his 2017 twit of “[Trump is] a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser.”
Lammy further clarified his position in 2019 with “Deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, Donald Trump is no friend of Britain. He is not fit to hold public office.”
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And on November 6th Lammy X’d: “Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump on your victory. The UK has no greater friend than the US, with the special relationship being cherished on both sides of the Atlantic for more than 80 years. We look forward to working with you and @JDVancein the years ahead.”
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I dunno about you fellas (and gals) but that sounds sincere to me.
[1] “excremental” is a commentary on his character, not any physical characteristic. And if I WERE making mockery of a distinguishing characteristics, I would be snarking along the lines of “occult GI bleed”. So there.
The US Marine Corps (Department of the Navy) currently has about 177,200 active duty members and 32,400 reserve personnel, making up 13.4% of the US active-duty force.
The entire British military comprises 136,525 regular forces and 32,145 reserve personnel (and 4,244 Ghurkas).
The US Navy has an Army With its own Air Force that is more capable in some ways than the RAF…..
RAF Fighter Jets, 150 Typhoon&F-35
USMC 290, F+18, F-35& Av-8B
Tanker/Transport
RAF Voyager A330 9, Atlas A400M, 8, C-17 22. =30
USMC KC-130J 57 and while not strat tanker Transport, also have some rigged as Harvest Hawk with hellfire missile pods under wing…. So more shooty!
https://www.wdmma.org/ranking.php
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz bthe Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. 12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground gseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
I always liked Seatrain’s version…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugQkcJbac6w
Pretty cool.
“Do you think that the police will proactively save you? ”
Call the police and order a pizza.
When they arrive, offer the police some of the cold pizza.
“Weaponizing”. DJT’s not in office yet. 3rd time’s the charm? Perhaps AT the inauguration for The Big Show? I wouldn’t put it past them (whoever “them” is). J Edgar set the tone for the Fibbies long ago. They’re just keeping the tradition alive. I’m surprised that nuke cluck didn’t get a job with them (or perhaps he did)
Patents: I agree with Musk’s intent but disagree with his conclusion: patents are for lawyers.
A very long time ago (but the 70s weren’t that long ago, were they?) I was proud of the black hole work I was involved with. Perhaps it was only that I was young enough to still believe. Now? Damn, how times and self change. Lost that last govt job in DC when it was determined I supported Trump … but I’d have quit not long after when the WuFlu crap got crazier than expected. I’ve since found a deep hole and jumped in. Not that posting comments on strange web sites is anonymous. :) Hi guys!
FBI
F**k’em all. Awhile back I wrote a post, “Outrageous abuse of power,” about how an rotten FBI agent ruined the life of my friend, Al Imhoff, because he could. I later posted, “Name Cleared”.
Re-purpose them as litter gatherers along the Interstates. That is a job they will have a hard, but not impossible, time corrupting.
—not impossible.
Ah, no extradition for sex crimes. But doesn’t belonging to a large-scale human-trafficking ring fall under RICO? Isn’t RICO covered under extradition? How about financial crimes? How about physical assault? There are so many associated crimes that the finks and finkettes can be charged with that aren’t, technically, actual sex crimes that any remotely reasonable prosecutor could hammer the pedos with.
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It’s not that hard. Just look at how the FBI has charged people with everything but gun crimes knowing that bringing people in on gun crimes could end up in the hands of the Supreme Court and get all the federal legislation tossed out on its collective ass. I’ve seen people charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor instead of actual gun charges.
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MPSA – Make Pedos Scared Again.