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Nov 22 2018

Chief Justice Roberts Criticizes POTUS, Defends 9th Circuit – Trump Responds 79% of Decisions Overturned…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 21, 2018 by

On Tuesday President Trump was questioned about Federal Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issuing a temporary restraining order against the administration.  The Tigar decision allows those who cross the border illegally to request asylum. The president responded: “this was an Obama judge, and I’ll tell you what, it’s not going to happen like this anymore.”

The activist asylum ruling comes as more than six thousand Central Americans, are currently located in Tijuana Mexico, with an equal or higher number to follow, all trying to force their way into the U.S.  However, apparently the frustrated response by President Trump triggered Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts:

(NY Post)  Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday rebuked President Trump’s scathing criticism of the federal judiciary — praising the longstanding American tradition of judicial independence.

Roberts specifically pushed back against Trump’s description of a judge who ruled against his new hardline migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”  Roberts said Wednesday the US doesn’t have “Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”  (read more)

Now at this point, and using historic references, pontificating Justice Roberts would think that’s the end of the issue.

Boy was he wrong…

This is the era of Trump.

In the era of Trump, the Marques-of-Queensbury rule book is nothing more than a high-brow coffee table paperweight.  Within this battle, if you use your official position to step-foot into the political public policy arena,… well, as Mike Tyson said: everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face….  And so it goes.

ChuckGrassley

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Here we go….

The jukebox goes silent, and POTUS Trump locks the door.

Driving the left-wing media and #NeverTrump coalition to their fainting couches, President Trump didn’t hesitate to fight back with some factual statistics to support his  continued frustration with the ninth circuit justices.

(Link)

This Thanksgiving CTH is thankful for the era of Trump.

Finally someone is fighting back against the knuckleheaded stupidity from DC.

Nov 22 2018

Butte County Officials Establish “Health Advisory” Predicate To Block All Property Owners From Returning…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 21, 2018 by

[OK, take note – this official Butte County statement now leads me to add a ‘Paradise Fire’ tab to the category listings on the right margin of the page.  This evolving story deserves continued and ongoing review.]

Today, Butte County health officials are establishing a the legal predicate to stop residents of Paradise, CA , and surrounding region, from returning to live on their property following the devastating “Camp Fire” wildfire.  The framework surrounds a regional “health advisory”; however, the objective appears to be blocking anyone from returning to live on their property for an undetermined period of time.

This type of big-government intervention is concerning for a myriad of reasons and could likely spur even more people to begin questioning motives:

Butte County – Dr. Andy Miller, Butte County Health Officer, has issued a hazard advisory strongly suggesting no habitation of destroyed property until property is declared clear of hazardous waste and structural ash and debris by Butte County Environmental Health.

There is evidence from recent fires in California that homes and property destroyed by fire contain high and concerning levels of heavy metals, lead, mercury, dioxin, arsenic, and other carcinogens. Some property may have the presence of radio-active materials. Exposure to hazardous substances may lead to acute and chronic health effects, and may cause long-term public health and environmental impacts.

As areas affected by the fire with destroyed homes and property are opened to residents, residents will have limited access to visit property to collect recognizable belongings and mementoes that may have survived the fire. Residents should review the Health and Safety Precaution for Re-entry packet, which will be distributed at controlled re-entry checkpoints.

The County is working with State and Federal partners who will assess each property for hazardous waste and remove those materials from each property. This process will take time.

There is no estimate as to how long it will take to assess and remove hazardous materials from each property at this time. After the property has been cleared of hazardous waste, the property owner can sign-up for a State debris removal program at no cost to the property owner.  (read more)

Understanding and appreciating the sensitivity because there are likely human remains in the burned-out rubble from almost 900 missing persons, and a death toll increasing daily (currently 81), this declaration by county health officials is remarkable in scale/scope.

Well over 12,600 single family homes were destroyed and hundreds more multi-unit dwellings.  That equates to tens-of-thousands of people over a significant area who are essentially being stopped from going home to begin the process of recovery.

From a resident’s perspective this health declaration is troubling on many levels.  Can the local government stop you from parking a camper on your own property while you rebuild?  Under what statute or set of regulations would the state or local county government be able to limit habitation on private property?  Is this a new standard being established?

Additionally, this semi-legal assertion appears to be establishing a precedent and could likely fuel significant numbers of people who are starting to question if there are motives and intents beyond (or before) the crisis at hand.

We’ll keep watching, and praying.

Nov 22 2018

Team Mueller Responds to Assertive Papadopoulos With Brush Back Legal Pitch…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 21, 2018 by

Former short-term Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos has been increasingly vocal about his belief he was a target of an elaborate sting operation by the DOJ and FBI in 2016 and 2017.

In general terms, Papadopoulos suspicions are very well founded.

After pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators (FBI) about the date of his contacts with a sketchy Maltese Professor named Joseph Misfud, Mr. Papadopoulos came to the conclusion Misfud was actually an FBI asset working with an agenda to to entrap him within the “spygate” conspiracy.   Working with new lawyers an assertive Papadopoulos requested a delay in his 14-day jail sentence.

Today, in response to the legal filing for delay, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team fired a legal warning shot:  “The defendant received what he bargained for, and holding him to it is not a hardship,” the prosecutors wrote in the filing.

https://www.scribd.com/embeds/393813751/content?start_page=1&view_mode=&access_key=key-hOk1qW7DFe8KeJOKNcBj

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Nov 22 2018

Trey Gowdy Launches Probe of Ivanka Trump Email Use…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 21, 2018 by

Retiring republican representative Trey Gowdy (U-DC) sent a letter to the White House asking for information on Ivanka Trump’s 2017 usage of her personal email to discuss government business.

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requests in his letter that White House chief of staff John Kelly provide information surrounding use of email that “implicates the Presidential Records Act and other security and record-keeping requirements.” Mr. Gowdy presents a December 5th deadline for a response.

(link to pdf)

Nov 22 2018

Alan Dershowitz Discusses President Trump Responses to Mueller Questions…


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Alan Dershowitz appears on Fox and Friends to discuss the issues within President Trump’s written responses to Special Counsel Robert Mueller; and additional legal perspective on the border asylum issues.

Nov 22 2018

Analysis of US Midterm Election


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Nov 22, 2018 by Martin Armstrong

 

The Blue Wave that the Democrats have been cheering is not impressive in the least. Everything appears to be within the projected parameters, but we are currently at 47% in the Senate. This suggests that we may not elect the Bearish Reversal. This warns that we have not yet broken down the political system and that the Democrats will do their best now to disrupt and obstruct the Trump Administration simply to win the 2020 Presidency for Hillary. This is being interpreted as negative economically by most and this indicated that we are more likely to see the USA turn more to the downside into 2020 with both economic and job growth. When we get the final numbers we will be able to provide the projection into 2020.

Nov 22 2018

Is the American Court System Hopeless? Acosta of CNN Should Be Banned & Cannot have a First Amendment Right Legally


Armstrong Economics Blog/Rule of Law

Re-Posted Nov 22, 2018 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You are rather famous in legal circles and the fact it took the Supreme Court to agree to hear your case before they released you is indicative of the deep corruption in New York. This seems to be like the disgrace of Lord Bacon who took bribes from litigants. Do you think we will ever see sweeping changes to the legal system in the United States which is no longer trustworthy after that insane ruling in favor of CNN?

PJ

ANSWER: Trump’s argument that CNN was not banned, just Acosta and that CNN could send someone else. For the judge to declare that Acosta has a First Amendment right is one of the most absurd corrupt legal decisions you can possibly deliver. This decision calls into question the validity of the American court system and its inherent bias that infects the rule of law. Trump’s legal position was CORRECT. Acosta has ABSOLUTELY NO such First Amendment right to enter the White House. This ruling claiming it is a personal right of Acosta is nuts. Therefore, everybody reading this blog, including non-Americans, can all demand access at the White House for a press conference claiming they too have a First Amendment right. This decision is absurd and really there should now be demands that swarm the White House based upon that decision for it is stupid. CNN could have sent in another person. Acosta has NO personal right whatsoever or else we all do. It is judges like this who give lawyers a bad name. He should be impeached. If I were Trump, Acosta will be seated in the last row and he will NEVER get to ask a question since not everyone in that room get time to ask a question. Let CNN take that back to the court.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, not the freedom of Acosta to report.

Yes, there are times throughout history that there are sweeping rebukes of the corruption in the court system. One such time took place during 1621 when Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon, who was the highest legal judge/officer in the land, was accused of having taken bribes from those appearing in court before him. A process called impeachment, trial by parliament, was revived after a 150-year interval. Bacon was found guilty, dismissed from his job, fined and imprisoned in the Tower. Bacon was charged with 23 separate counts of corruption. He was sentenced to a fine of £40,000 and committed to the Tower of London. However, the imprisonment lasted only a few days thanks to the king and the fine was also remitted. Still, Parliament declared Bacon incapable of holding any future office or sitting in Parliament. He barely escaped degradation, which was the penalty of being stripped of his titles of nobility.

There have been plenty of incidents of corrupt judges in the past. Curiously, perhaps there is a 154.8-year cycle in judicial corruption. It will take more gathering of evidence to confirm it, but on the surface interestingly in 1926, there was such an incident. Illinois U.S. District Judge George English (D) was impeached for taking an interest-free loan from a bank of which he was a director. He resigned before his Senate trial for impeachment in 1926

Nov 21 2018

Report: U.S. Attorney John Huber Expected To Testify to House Oversight Subcommittee December 5th…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 21, 2018 by

Interesting report from The Hill today quoting an interview with Representative Mark Meadows.  According to the report U.S. Attorney John Huber is expected to testify to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Reform about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

(Via The Hill) Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said Tuesday that House Republicans plan to hear testimony on Dec. 5 from the prosecutor appointed by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to probe alleged wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation.

Meadows, who is chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, told Hill.TV’s “Rising” that it’s time to “circle back” to U.S. Attorney General John Huber’s investigation with the Justice Department into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged any improper activities.

“Mr. [John] Huber with the Department of Justice and the FBI has been having an investigation – at least part of his task was to look at the Clinton Foundation and what may or may not have happened as it relates to improper activity with that charitable foundation, so we’ve set a hearing date for December the 5th,” he told Hill.TV during an interview on Wednesday.

Meadow’s said the committee plans to delve into a number of Republicans concerns surrounding the foundation, including whether any tax-exempt proceeds for personal gain and whether the Foundation complied with IRS laws.

Sessions appointed Huber last year to work in tandem with the Justice Department to look into conservative claims of misconduct at the FBI and review several issues surrounding the Clintons. This includes Hillary Clinton’s ties to a Russian nuclear agency and concerns about the Clinton Foundation.  (read more)

Little is known of the original instructions by former AG Jeff Sessions to U.S. Attorney John Huber.  Prior to May 2018, many people -including myself- hoped he was brought in to review the unlawful conduct within the DOJ and FBI that was surfacing as an outcome of congressional oversight and IG reviewed evidence.  Unfortunately, as the IG report(s) were released in April and June 2018, those hopes were diminished.

Interestingly, the framework of the article today that outlines his upcoming appearance is written around the politics of the investigation of the Clinton review and not the legal aspects therein.  This could be a troubling indication because: (a) Huber wouldn’t be able to testify about an ongoing criminal investigation; and (b) this framework would infer DOJ officials (above Huber) have made a determination -or agreed with his determination- that no legal liability is possible within the matters Huber reviewed.

Of course, that’s just my initial take on the way this is all positioned – and not intended to deflate anyone who was hoping John Huber would generate some prosecutorial angle within a multitude of investigations he was possibly reviewing.

From the way the outline of Huber’s appearance is structured, it appears the extent of his investigative responsibility was limited to a review of matters related to Hillary Clinton that surfaced as an outcome of other inquiry – including matters reviewed by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz as they related to Hillary Clinton.

Common sense and basic DOJ practice would then indicate: if Huber is testifying to congress he is not likely holding any indictments for material related to discussion within his testimony.

It looks like Huber testifies on December 5th, then quietly exits the overall picture.

It does not look like Mr. Huber was reviewing anything within “spygate” or the FISA abuse; and also did not likely have any involvement in the Andrew McCabe DOJ legal review and DC-based grand jury matters relating to Andrew McCabe.

Of course, I could be entirely mistaken in my analysis.

{insert hope here}

Nov 21 2018

Welcome to the Pi Target Day – 2018.89


Armstrong Economics Blog/ECM

Re-Posted Nov 21, 2018 by Martin Armstrong

Welcome to the Pi Target Day 2018.89. There is just so much going on it is hard to say which event is the critical target. These events are usually GEOPOLITICAL in nature. They have marked the day Hitler was offered the Chancellorship, the attack on the pound & the break of the ERM with the follow-through of Ireland, the attack on the World Trade Center 911, to the day Greece stated it would apply for help to the IMF. This one should be interesting because we have everything from BREXIT Crisis to the EU stating it will sanction Italy on the 21st and Russia announcing it is criminally investigating Browder which can lead to a real crisis of US interfering into the Russian elections back in 1999. So hang on. This should be interesting.

Nov 21 2018

Dominick Dunn – Death in Monaco


Armstrong Economics Blog/Corruption

Re-Posted Nov 21, 2018 by Martin Armstrong

 

Dominick Dunn was someone I was in contact with about the claimed murder of Edmond Safra. He told me that someone came up to him in Paris in a restaurant and politely told him he should be careful about looking into the murder of Safra. Dominick died on August 26th, 2009. He story on Safra, Death in Monaco, raised a lot of eyebrows. He also did a piece for TV on the issue. It was Edmond Safra who was the major shareholder in Hermitage Capital that Browder is now running around claiming he is Putin’s biggest critic. Once Safra was killed on December 3rd, 1999, they filed for contempt on me to prevent me from ever exposing what was behind the curtain in this affair. I was helping Dominick in his investigation.