Wow! Self righteous blow hards, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
They need to work on sounding not guilty of committing crimes.

They doth protest too much, methinks.



A Comparison Between Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ Audits and The Senate Audit – Ultimately There’s No Comparison

Arizona Senate, update on Maricopa County Election Audit.

Quite the contrast to Maricopa Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday.

Civil discussion, confirmation that deleted databases were recovered.

Serial numbers missing between original, duplicate ballots in Arizona election audit: official

https://justthenews.com/politi..._campaign=newsletter

The Arizona Senate's audit of Maricopa County's general election has hit a new snag: verifying whether some ballots may have been counted twice.

The liaison between Senate Republicans who authorized the audit and county officials told a hearing Tuesday that serial numbers were missing on damaged ballots that were duplicated so they could be read by vote tabulation machines.

Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett's team uncovered the error just a few days ago, he told Senate President Karen Fann and Judicial Committee Chair Warren Petersen. Each damaged ballot and its associated duplicate ballot are supposed to have the same serial number to ensure they are only counted once.

But he has found many batches of damaged ballots without the serial numbers that are on the duplicates, violating state law. "We are struggling as to how we're going to be able to match up" those damaged and duplicated ballots, Bennett said.

Asked by Fann if Maricopa County could assist in that effort, Bennett said county officials have made clear to him several times they wouldn't work with any of the auditors the Senate Republicans hired. He will ask for their help directly, Bennett said.

County supervisors portrayed the contractors, led by Cyber Ninjas, as incompetent and unqualified to run an election audit in their own hearing and press conference Monday.

^^^Nobody cares what the 'County Supervisors' think, much less what they say...

Joey D
5-17-21

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Soros kicked in $2M to elect Maricopa County sheriff now stonewalling election audit

https://justthenews.com/politi...tonewalling-election

More than four years before Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone used his law enforcement credibility to resist subpoenas in the Arizona Senate audit of the county's general election, he was running for the office he now holds.

Crucial to the Democrat's victory over incumbent Republican Joe Arpaio: $2 million from progressive megadonor George Soros.

It was the largest single donation Soros made in a local race in the 2016 election cycle, according to a Politico report at the time. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, kicked in another $250,000 to the pro-Penzone effort.

The money went to a political action committee, Maricopa Strong, that spent heavily on mailers and TV ads promoting Penzone and knocking Arpaio, nationally known for his stringent immigration enforcement and prosecution by President Obama's Justice Department.

Legal experts have debated the effect of a February court ruling that upheld subpoenas for the county routers involved in the election without explaining how they would be enforced.

Penzone signed a Monday letter to Senate President Karen Fann, who is leading the audit, claiming that complying with the subpoena would compromise the county's network and threaten "the security of sensitive, protected and critical data," from federal law enforcement programs to health information of county residents.

Recently retired Arizona State University criminology professor Charles Loftus, who specialized in domestic terrorism and white-collar crime investigations, reviewed Penzone's letter upon request from Just the News.

The explanation for withholding routers from auditors is "correct in-part, but 'Trust But Verify' must work for both parties," he wrote in an email, referring to the letter's complaint that the auditors had failed President Reagan's famous dictum.

"I would expect the County would be able to identify shortlists of qualified forensic examiners who are trusted inside sensitive systems to examine the networks," Loftus said. His "strong suspicion" is that so-called trusted subcontractors already have access to county systems.

"I would be totally surprised if the County said only bonafide county employees have access to maintain these systems," the former professor concluded: "It is either a stall or bargaining tactic."

At a press conference Monday, Penzone cast the audit as a waste of his time. "I don't like politics, I don't like partisanship, and I absolutely despise political theater," he said, adding that the county received a subpoena to hand over data to a "private uncertified hacking company based on a hunch."

He described the audit's process as "come up with a hunch, try to find a way to put up enough false information to make it valid, and then accuse others of being dishonest."

It's not clear from the letter whether Penzone and the county would resist any subpoena for routers involved in the election or simply object to the contractors hired for the audit. The letter repeatedly mocks lead contractor Cyber Ninjas as "auditors" in scare quotes, claiming that the firm locked out Fann's Senate liaison Ken Bennett from the audit's Twitter account.

The sheriff has not previously spoken on the issue of sharing routers with outside investigators because this situation hasn't happened before, a spokesperson told Just the News.

But Penzone "has made it abundantly clear that any information on technology that would jeopardize or threaten the infrastructure of the Office would never be available, unless ordered by a judge that would lawfully justify why we would release information specific to law enforcement operations." He had no involvement in the audit until the Senate "attempted to impose their will on his organization," the spokesperson wrote in an email.

Asked whether Penzone's official actions against the subpoena might be related to the $2 million from Soros that helped ensure his election in 2016, the spokesperson called the question "irresponsible and misinformed." The sheriff has "no relationship" with Soros or his organization, and received donations from "affluent Republicans who appreciate the Sheriff’s non-partisan non-political focus in running this Office."

George Soros is 91 years old. Tick...tick...tick. But I'm sure he has a young successor all lined up to carry on his work. It will be nice to see some of these old nemesis's meet the inevitable. Means many of the others won't be far behind. Hillary and Pelosi come to mind.
They need to have the certainty of mortality shown to them now and again just to remind them all the acquisition of power and money means nothing in the end.

Listening to the Joe Pags' show today while driving home. President Trump called in and I was struck by how much I've missed hearing his passion and zest for moving America forward.

You can listen to the the interview HERE.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
George Soros is 91 years old. Tick...tick...tick. But I'm sure he has a young successor all lined up to carry on his work. It will be nice to see some of these old nemesis's meet the inevitable. Means many of the others won't be far behind. Hillary and Pelosi come to mind.
They need to have the certainty of mortality shown to them now and again just to remind them all the acquisition of power and money means nothing in the end.

He has a couple of young sons, they are as bad as he is

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
He has a couple of young sons, they are as bad as he is

Arguably worse.

Georgia Judge Decides To Unseal 2020 Absentee Ballots In Fulton County For Review

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...fulton-county-review

So, I had a quick chat w/ someone from ISR. They admit that democrats in America do things that are not favorable for ISR. Like lifting sanctions. Like providing money. Like engaging with Iran.

And yet, they are thinking it's better for ISR to have a democrat as POTUS because they will go against ISR tendencies to fight back; they will encourage ISR to cease fire and seek peace.

I countered that while that may be true, it's not because they are seeking the best interests of ISR. And it's not relevant to seek peace when the other party has demonstrated repeatedly that it's not their goal. The other party as expressed time again verbally and through actions that peace is not the objective but rather the elimination of ISR and jews.

At which point we ran out of time to discuss further.

This is a person in ISR! If we pick up the chat again, what should I say? My position is that democrats are bad for USA and bad for ISR. But how do I make that latter point to someone in ISR? Frankly, it took me off guard.

ISR? No clue what that is. Maybe I missed something here....
Even went and searched here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=isr+...on&atb=v255-1&ia=web

No joy?

What is ISR?

Sorry - country code for Israel...? Is it not commonly used?

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Originally posted by konata88:
Sorry - country code for Israel...? Is it not commonly used?

I sure didn't recognize it and I think I'm pretty informed about world events, issues. When you say "country code", is that something airlines use? That may explain it as I haven't flow anywhere since the '60s. It sure isn't an acronym used by our military.

I become aware through other means but here's an online reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...f_NATO_country_codes

Well having been in the military and federal civil service from '66 to '07, NATO certainly was not a foreign topic. That said I don't ever recall such country codes being used. Could have been on a map that escapes my memory, but still....

I guess this simply reinforces the fact that you should never assume others know the acronyms you use.

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Well having been in the military and federal civil service from '66 to '07, NATO certainly was not a foreign topic. That said I don't ever recall such country codes being used. Could have been on a map that escapes my memory, but still....

I actually wasn't aware of the NATO list even though I've been using many of the country codes over the years (because others were using them).

The two letter codes are more common to me because they are in URL's and email addresses for other countries. I haven't seen 3 letter codes often but I figured ISR was Israel.

I know lots of airport codes due to travel, and tend to use them for cities. Helps a lot when you have to talk to corporate travel agents to know the codes, and also to use the NATO alphabet.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
I haven't seen 3 letter codes often but I figured ISR was Israel.

Guess I'm just slow. When he said "from ISR" I immediately thought he meant from some "3 letter" organization and not a country which is why I was thrown for a loop. Color me an old slow senior.