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Jester Politics News Roundup For March 23, 2024

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Jester Politics News Roundup For March 23, 2024 Women’s History month is ending, and since March 25 is the date Greeks celebrate their Independence from the Ottoman Empire I thought it appropriate to highlight Laskarina Bouboulis (née Pinotsi) – a Greek woman who can only be described as a Badass Hero.  Born in an Ottoman jail while her mother was visiting her father, Bouboulina as she became known, would rise to rule over a vast merchant fleet, which she used to hide the building of warships in preparation of the Greek revolt. When Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the Hellenic flag over the Monastery of Agia signaling the start of the Greek revolt, Bouboulina was ready.  She raised her flag on the mast of her flagship Agamemnon and led a fleet against the Ottomans.  She was involved in combat on more than a few occasions during her time sailing against the Ottomans.  When the Greeks finally won their independence, she was hailed as a hero. Her late husband had fought with the Russians, and she had remained on friendly terms with that nation.  So, though still a surprise, it is not shocking that in recognition of her exploits the Russian Tsar posthumously granted her the rank of Admiral of the Russian Navy. How many women like Bouboulina, Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Malala Yousafzai, Marie Curie, Sally Ride, Mother Teresa, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Ellen Ochoa, and Nancy Hart have you heard the media honor during Woman’s History month?  Yea, me neither and that is a shame.

Stating the obvious: Border Patrol Chief Says the 140,000 Migrants Who Evaded Capture Are a ‘National Security Threat’.  In 2023 there were 151 known or suspected terrorist arrested crossing our southern border.  Given that number, how many terrorists are among the 140,000 who evaded our border patrol agents? 

The October 7, 2023, terrorist massacre in Israel; the March 23, 2024, Moscow terrorist attack; the continuing terrorist attacks on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and the Houthi’s almost daily attacks on international merchant ships in the Red Sea should be a wakeup call – there are a lot of fanatics who want to kill westerners in general and Jews and Americans in particular.  So why is President Biden making it easy for these fanatics to cross undetected into the U.S.?  He has the authority to close the border now, all he has to do is reinstate the Trump executive orders he revoked and complete the wall.

An outlier or are things shifting?  CNN Poll Shows Trump With 8-Point Lead Over Biden in Michigan.  Real Clear Politics has Trump up by a more modest 3.7% in Michigan.

 

A little-known fact about the use of the word “militia” in the Second Amendment.  In Presser v. Illinois (1886) The Supreme Court stated, “in view of the fact that all citizens capable of bearing arms constitute the reserved military force of the national government as well as in view of its general powers, the states cannot prohibit the people from keeping and bearing arms.”  In other words, as far back as at least 1886 the Supreme Court recognized that all Americans were the “milita” not just those in a state or federal military organization.

While we’re on the topic of firearms comes this absurdity from the land of academia: “Bates student cleared of weapons violation in Nerf gun prank…”  Yes, possessing the non-harmful but fun Nerf “gun” can result in a person being charged under Bates College’s weapons ban.  No really.  Though this man got sprung, the charges against his two accomplices for possessing a non-gun Nerf gun are still pending.

 

For $81,382 you can send your kid to Bates college where they can enjoy 11 months of Maine winter and you can rest well knowing they’re protected from Nerf injuries, if not frostbite!

Seems a lot of people in Hollywood who work in the entertainment business are having a hard time.  I feel for them, I really do.  However, two things. 

First, their industry has spent the better part of the last decade or so alienating half the country.  So, it’s not surprising many Americans are turning to other sources of entertainment.  In other words, it’s a self-inflicted wound.

Second, their problems, as heart wrenching as they are, are no different from what many people outside Hollywood have been suffering under Biden’s policies for years.  So given the choice, I’ll help the Marine who was discharged because she wouldn’t take an experimental vaccine, or the automotive worker laid off because his industry is being forced to produce EVs most people don’t want instead of people in the entertainment industry.

And do not tell those people to learn to code!  That would be heartless, and besides AI is most likely going to put coders out of work.

Say it ain’t so Mav:  “Google Has Been Ratting Out YouTube Viewers to the Feds.”  Information obtained by Forbes shows the federal government has sought information from Google via search warrants on all viewers of some YouTube videos.  The videos in question range from those created by a youtuber who is suspected of selling bitcoin for cash to a tutorial on how to create maps with a drone.  The selling of bitcoin for cash could run afoul of money laundering statutes.  However, there is no law that I’m aware of that prohibits a person from making maps using a drone.  Additionally, the information sought was not just about the person or persons who created the videos but about everyone who watched them!

The Fourth Amendment requires that officials have “probable cause” before a judge can issue a search warrant.  The Supreme Court has defined “probable cause” as an officer’s reasonable belief, based on circumstances known to that officer, that a crime has occurred or is about to occur. (Carroll v. United States (1925)). 

Now riddle me this, how can an officer have a reasonable belief that an unknown person watching a tutorial video on how to make a map with a drone participated in, or has knowledge about a crime that has occurred or is about to occur?  They cannot.  Yet the feds obtained a warrant to sweep up everyone’s information who watched that video.  I believe that violates the Fourth Amendment.

Our liberties are only as secure as our Constitution is strong.  Therefore, we need an effective method of holding all government officials – members of Congress, the President, Judges, and everyone appointed or hired – accountable for violations of our constitutionally protected liberties.  We have the basics in place but the doctrine of qualified immunity and absolute immunity, both of which shields federal and state officials, including judges, from being held accountable for violating our constitutionally protected rights.  It is past time to do away with qualified immunity and at least significantly narrow absolute immunity.

It’s not enough: “‘A Complete Decapitation’: Three Top-Level Executives at Boeing Resign Amid Safety Concerns Following Alaska Airlines Blowout.”

 

Two questions. First, have we learned nothing from Wuhan? Second, why are we even doing this type of research?  “there were at least 50 incidents involving safety control lapses at Colorado State University between 2020 and 2023, including workers who were bitten by a Covid-infected hamster, splashed in the face with blood from mice with tuberculosis and scratched by rabies-infected cats.”

Well, three questions really – why were these incidents never publicly disclosed?  There should be a lot of newly unemployed Colorado State University researchers and administrators, but of course that won’t happen.

No kidding.  Sex reassignment in minors may be medical history’s ‘greatest ethical scandal.  “French Senators want to ban gender transition treatments for under-18s, after a report described sex reassignment in minors as potentially “one of the greatest ethical scandals in the history of medicine.'”(emphasis mine).  I honestly do not know how society got to the point where we allow children who at most need mental healthcare mutilate their bodies.  Those who support these barbaric acts have a lot to answer for.  Hopefully our courts will catchup soon…

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1 thought on “Jester Politics News Roundup For March 23, 2024”

  1. Jennifer Peoples

    Biographies are one of my favorite genres. Your links are always fun; after the first sentence of the Bouboulis article, I took note of the author, Athena Thorne, went to X, found her, and immediately followed. There is no doubt we have terrorists in the country now. They are totally unknown to anyone and are undoubtedly being supported and hidden while their “documents” are being prepared for entrance and access to any and all secure areas. It is horrifying. If polling is correct and Trump is ahead by only 8 points, we are in serious trouble. Are there really that many Americans with their heads so far up in their butts that they will truly vote for Biden? It should be in the range of 90% to 10%. Shouldn’t RFK’s bonehead choice damage Biden? RFK Jr screwed himself right well. We are in trouble. I appreciated your comments on the lovely Bates College. Welcome to the new Maine where our colleges and leaders are following in the footsteps of CA and NY. It’s devastating. I also appreciated your acknowledgment of our 11 months of winter. It gave me a good laugh. Getting some snow and ice tomorrow afternoon. Not much. Just enough to break a leg. Immunity for Presidents is something I agree with for the moment. Murder etc. not so much. But I would want serious proof that the President had committed treason. I’ve wondered about this before, judges and district attorneys and who brings investigations and charges when they are not following the law. In my 63 years, I have never wondered about immunity for these people because I believed they loved America and did follow the Constitution. Problem now is that many of them have not read the Constitution. Shock can come at any age. Boeing is on record that DEI is an important priority to the company. United-once delivery of the aircraft is accepted, it is up to the airline to maintain the aircraft. I have forgotten how often, but it is often enough that maintenance practically guts and examines every itty bitty piece of the aircraft. Or, at least it used to be that way. It seems the executives of United, I assume, are monitoring the progress of the new skirts for the male flight attendants-above or below the knee. It’s a big deal. I was a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines and American Airlines for 13 years. In my day, it was a big deal. In this case, the executives have the added burden to decide proper placement of the skirt pleats over maintaining exact standards of safety. P.S. I am reading John Lockes’ 2nd Treatise on Government. It takes all my concentration between the over all writing style of the time and the long sentences. It is interesting to be taken back to that time. Them’s revolutionary words!

    Thank you for your time and work,

    Jenny in Maine

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