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In the meantime, Pelosi is seen (evidence via security footage) visiting a salon, where salons and other businesses are ordered shut.

To make it even better, she's seen not wearing a mask indoors ( SHOCK and HORROR! ).

You can't freaking make this stuff up....

Not surprising. In socialism/totalitarianism, the rules apply only to the masses, not to the leaders. (Socialists rob Peter to pay Paul, but they pay themselves first, Paul gets the leftovers).

Regarding the Bay Area, I made quick stops in Berkeley and Oakland today. Holy crap.

What a sad show of human misery.

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Wash DC considering removing the Washington Monument.

Yeah... good luck with that. That there's Federal property. In fact I don't believe DC's "home rule" government has any more than an administrative role.

No one should be allowed to live in D.C. as a regular place to live. That's right, no one beyond serving Politicians and staff, etc.

Everyone else should Drive/Fly/Subway in for the day.

It should not have any permanent residents. It is not a State, and should not be.

Move everyone out, permanently.

I've been saying that for years. Anyone not a government worker with a home state should vote as a Marylander. Better yet, not live there at all.

flashguy

Here is a good video I watched last month that explains why DC becoming a state isn't so cut and dry as the left would have you believe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXmQOpLa4DI

President Trump arriving in Kenosha

https://twitter.com/Mythinform.../1300862906716872705

Para, where did you find that video you posted on page 128. I have searched multiple times and can’t find it. I would like to forward it to some friends.

Click on the dude's face in the upper left of the video

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Para, where did you find that video you posted on page 128. I have searched multiple times and can’t find it. I would like to forward it to some friends.

In any YouTube posted here, you can click the 'Play' arrow in the middle of the viewer and watch it here embedded in the post or you can select the title of the video at the upper left corner of the viewer and YouTube will open in a separate window, where you can watch and share it from there.

Really? WTF?

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He said that running out onto the field with the flag “could be interpreted as a racially motivated action” and he also noted that district policy “does not permit engagement in political activity.”

Ohio school district bans ‘thin blue line’ flags after football player carried one to honor coach

It's not just Ohio where some are offended by the thin blue line flag. Apparently ONE person complained in eastern Mass.

"It was removed from Hingham Fire Department trucks in late July at the order of the town’s fire chief, Steve Murphy, in consultation now-retired police chief Glenn Olsson and Town Administrator Tom Mayo after receiving a resident complaint. The officials said the flag has recently “taken a different political meaning” and violated a town flag policy, limiting flags that can be used for public display.'

Complete article:

https://www.heraldnews.com/new...g-stops-around-state

‘This meaning cannot be changed’: Thin blue line flag making stops around state

By Cody Shepard
The Enterprise

Posted Aug 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Updated Aug 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM

STOUGHTON — The thin blue line flag touring Massachusetts after it was removed from Hingham fire trucks last month made a stop in Stoughton on Tuesday.

The flag, which is a black-and-white version of the American flag with a single blue line in the center, was flown from a Stoughton Fire Department ladder truck.

“We were incredibly honored to display the Thin Blue Line flag in honor of Weymouth Police Sergeant Chesna,“Stoughton Fire Fighters Local 1512 wrote in a Facebook post.

The flag, which is now in the care of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, the state’s largest firefighters union,is going around the state, making one-day stops at various fire departments.

It was removed from Hingham Fire Department trucks in late July at the order of the town’s fire chief, Steve Murphy, in consultation now-retired police chief Glenn Olsson and Town Administrator Tom Mayo after receiving a resident complaint. The officials said the flag has recently “taken a different political meaning” and violated a town flag policy, limiting flags that can be used for public display.

A set of the flags was originally obtained by Hingham firefighters in 2018 to honor the death of Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna, but critics have said the flag has taken on a different meaning, associated with racism and an “us versus them” mentality for police.

On Tuesday, several members of the Stoughton Police Department, including Police Chief Donna McNamara and Deputy Chief Brian Holmes, and members of the Stoughton Fire Department, including Fire Chief Michael Laracy and Deputy Chief Scott Breen, posed for photographs with the flag outside the Freeman Street fire station, in front of a ladder truck.

Stoughton police Lt. John Bonney said Chesna’s death “hit very close to home” for some members of the department, as many officers, including McNamara and Bonney himself, were taught by Chesna’s brother-in-law, Weymouth police Capt. Joe Comperchio, when they were in the police academy. Comperchio also assisted the department in attaining accreditation.

Bonney said Stoughton police officers worked shifts in Weymouth after Chesna’s death so Weymouth police officers “could grieve with colleagues, friends and family and even more of our officers attended the somber funeral of this incredible hero.”

“The Thin Blue Line flag is nothing more than a symbol dedicated to those brave men and women who kissed their families goodbye before leaving work, never to return again,“Bonney wrote in a post on the department’s Facebook page. “This meaning cannot be changed. That is it, no matter what.”

The Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts took one of Hingham’s flags to fly from fire trucks “in communities that support public safety.”

Despite the uproar over the flag, Rich MacKinnon, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, previously said he didn’t see the tour as a political act.

MacKinnon said he heard from about 90 local unions in Massachusetts and few out of state and internationally interested in having the flag and said they wanted it to tour with a journal for firefighters to leave messages about Chesna’s sacrifice.


Information from The Patriot Ledger was used in this report.

a starting point to buy one if anyone is so inclined...

I recall a run on confederate battle flags a few years back. If they don't want to see 'em, banning them probably isn't the smartest policy.

I wonder when these will show up in schools?





Black Lives Matter flag raised over Norris for second year

https://dailynorthwestern.com/...-norris-second-year/

I used to be a big supporter of the Confederate battle flag, but as I've gotten older I've started to understand the other side of the argument. I had the idea a couple of weeks ago of coming up with a flag that could represent the southeast that everybody could fly with pride. Started doing some research and found out someone had already designed one.

I'm not sold on the design, but I like the sentiment.

thesouth.us

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...istorical-monuments/

The White House on Tuesday denounced a proposal from a group appointed by Washington, DC, Mayor Murial Bowser to change or remove historical monuments in the city.

“The radically liberal mayor of Washington, D.C., is repeating the same left-wing narrative used to incite dangerous riots: demolishing our history and destroying our great heritage,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement, describing the report drafted by Bowser’s request as “ludicrous.”

the White House said that the president had no interest in participating in any attempt to dramatically transform Washington, DC, adding that Bowser should be “ashamed” for even proposing the idea.

“President Donald J. Trump believes these places should be preserved, not torn down; respected, not hated; and passed on for generations to come,” the statement read. “As long as President Trump is in the White House, the mayor’s irresponsible recommendations will go absolutely nowhere.”

CA District Attorney Issues Guidance To Police: Consider Needs Of Looters Before Charging Them

https://www.dailywire.com/news...before-charging-them



A California district attorney allegedly issued guidance to law enforcement in her county that required them to consider if looters needed their loot before the police charged them with a crime.

Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton’s guidance reportedly also included consideration of whether “the target business open or closed” at the time of the looting and “what was the manner and means” by which the looter gained entry to the target business.

As Jennifer Van Laar of RedState wrote, here are Becton’s charging guidelines for looting:

Theft Offenses Committed During State of Emergency (PC 463)

In order to promote consistent and equitable filing practices the follow[ing] analysis is to be applied when giving consideration to filing of PC 463 (Looting):

Was this theft offense substantially motivated by the state of emergency, or simply a theft offense which occurred contemporaneous to the declared state of emergency?
Factors to consider in making this determination:
Was the target business open or closed to the public during the state of emergency? ii. What was the manner and means by which the suspect gained entry to the business? iii. What was the nature/quantity/value of the goods targeted? iv. Was the theft committed for financial gain or personal need? v. Is there an articulable reason why another statute wouldn’t adequately address the particular incident?

Van Laar also quoted from the Shouse California Law Group: “Under Penal Code 463 PC, California law defines ‘looting’ as taking advantage of a state of emergency to commit burglary, grand theft or petty theft. Looting charges can be filed as a misdemeanor or a felony and is punishable by up to 3 years in jail.”

The Shouse California Law Group provides some examples of situations that could result in looting charges in California:

After a major flood shuts down a city, two men travel to the deserted business district and break into a clothing store. Their intent is to steal all the dry merchandise as soon as they can get a car into the area.

During a riot that results from an appalling case of police misconduct, some people break the windows of an electronics store. A woman goes inside and takes several iPods.

People are evacuating a small town because of a wildfire that has caused the mayor to declare a state of emergency. Before leaving, a man stops by his local convenient store and finds that there is no one at the register. So he takes several 12-packs of beer without paying.

Becton is the same district attorney who charged a couple who painted over a message promoting Black Lives Matter on the street in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse with a “hate crime,” as Djhjmedia pointed out.

As Van Laar notes, Becton coauthored an op-ed in Politico with district attorneys Kim Foxx of Chicago, St. Louis’ Kim Gardner and two other district attorneys, in which they wrote, “Our criminal legal system was constructed to control Black people and people of color. Its injustices are not new but are deeply rooted in our country’s shameful history of slavery and legacy of racial violence. The system is acting exactly as it was intended to, and that is the problem. We should know: We’re Black, we’re female, and we’re prosecutors. We work as the gatekeepers in this flawed system. And we have some ideas for how to fix it.”

Kim Foxx’s office infamously dropped charges against actor and singer Jussie Smollett for allegedly perpetrated a hoax hate crime against himself.

The concept that looting can sometimes be justified has also been promulgated elsewhere. PJMedia pointed out that author Vicky Osterweil, who wrote “In Defense Of Looting,” argued in the book that “looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.”

Michael Reinoehl - still roaming free? Why don't the Detectives ask the media for his current location. Regards 18DAI

I'm seeing a couple places Oregon State Police are being federally deputized. Have run across it a couple places now. Hoping it means what I think it means.

https://www.koin.com/news/prot...nd-protest-response/


https://www.youtube.com/channe..._nKUVWQIReZEPc8-ClOQ


KGW-TV

Oregon State Police coming to Portland to help with violent protests will be federally deputized and take their arrests to the U.S. Attorney, not the county district attorney, who has said he will not prosecute some lesser charges.

That changes the game a bit

I wish they wouldn't publicize it. These assholes will go in willingly thinking they'll be right back out, again. Would love to see the looks on their faces when they realize what's actually happening.