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Following a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber is instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; according to the law it is the duty of the U.S. Attorney to refer the matter to a grand jury for action.
The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not more than $100,000 or less than $100
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old joke:
“Who doesn’t have contempt of congress?”
question is is there anyone who exists that doesn’t have contempt for steve abandon except for steve himself — and even that is up for debate.
Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt (msn.com)
Stephen welcomes Congressman Adam Schiff back to the show and gets right down to business, asking the head of the House Intelligence Committee what Congress plans to do about Steve Bannon’s refusal to testify.
House Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Bannon in contempt – The Washington Post
“FBI agents executed search warrants Tuesday at properties in Washington, D.C., and in New York City that are linked to the prominent Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.“
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/19/1047349539/the-fbi-searched-a-washington-d-c-residence-linked-to-a-prominent-russian-oligar
“Deripaska did business in the early 2000s with Paul Manafort, who later became Donald Trump’s campaign chairman during the 2016 presidential race. “
speaking of other swine amongst us
Pig-to-human transplants come a step closer with new test – The Washington Post
There was an interesting story on BBC radio last night about researchers who made a false profile on a variety of services that presented the pretend user as a right-leaning white male, but they did not have the profile engage with anyone on the different services. Well, wouldn’t ya know it, only FACEBOOK (and instagram which is owned by FB) pushed increasingly hateful right-wing shit to the profile’s news feed over time.
Think about that next time you log in to that service
(Fun fact…..Jimmy Page played on the “Goldfinger” song.)
Now Zuckerberg wants to make a VR overlay onto our society- do you trust him to warp reality? cuz i sure as shit don’t
Dang- here’s the youngest photo i’ve ever seen of Jimmy Page:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimmy-page-goldfinger-theme/
John Adams – 1776
Rep Fortenberry indicted for lying to FBI during Campaign finance investigation.
But Jamie, he claims he didn’t know … 😂
Oscar winning song writer Leslie Briscusse passes away at 90
A well lived, productive life. RIP
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/19/congress-elections-voting-bills-texas/
“The U.S. Senate is expected to vote this week on the Freedom to Vote Act, which would supersede some of Texas’ new elections law.“
Republicans won’t vote for it. They have to cheat to win.
back in 2013 Contempt for Congress is nothing new – The Washington Post:
Bink – screwing around searches on Google (and its show YouTube), FB and other things, occasionally brings up the right wing hate piles of cow pies. That gives me a chance to block those, but on FB blocking will bring more of them. So, I can block more. Right now I am getting Japanese sites along with Spanish (not Mexican).
For fun I have been watching YouTube videos shot at Miami area boat launches. Wow. Besides a lot of skin shown by women, the lack of boating skills by men is astounding. Nice boats beat up, run over and drowned. A few vehicles drowned too. Chit Show Alferd Montaner and Miami Boat Ramp are a couple. You can tell first timers who bought a boat and did not get any instructions on how to use it, including how to turn it on. Amazing how people cannot back up a trailer. One spent an hour and finally gave up and left. The biggest star is a fourteen foot American Crocodile that lives at one of the boat ramps. Wow, I have not seen a crocodile like this before. Alligators by the dozens, but a real croc. Cool.
Well, if you wonder why Uncle Jerry and Aunt Delores are casually spouting off right-wing conspiracy theories around the dinner table this Thanksgiving, it’s because Zuckerberg spoon-fed it to them
Uncle Jerry and Aunt Delores are good people, they were just manipulated by a sophisticated hive-mind birthed by an amoral genius
Liz Cheney nailed it in saying Bannon refusal to cooperate suggests Trump was “personally involved” in planning the riot
Sturg, for you. From WaPo. Stolen guitar finding its way home to Randy Bachman after 45 years on the lam. Talk about beating the odds. Article’s too long and jumbled to excerpt, so just read it if you’ve got access.
Jerry and Dolores might also
just be willfully ignorant. If they think it smells like apple pie and not road apples, maybe they want it to smell like apple pie.
the first 5 minutes are vice chair cheney’s statement. liz did good and worthy of many media re plays
The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol formally approved holding Steve Bannon, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies, in contempt of Congress, setting up a key House vote later this week.
Eh, nobody’s perfect, except internet liberals, right?
Full mid-day. I am now boosted and dosed for this season’s flu. Tomorrow should be wonderful.
VA requires masks in the buildings, very nice policy. I stopped at Costco and almost everybody wore a mask, happiness. It is very surprising how many people wear masks in Maryland.
Bink
Internet liberals can be just as infuriating at times, but at least they don’t try to prevent people from voting.
Watch Bannon jump to full grift on this one .
Whining all the way to the bank.
Just a reminder-
Arizona has Jr. Water rights to the Colorado River.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/20/arizona-gop-fringe-516322
Just the guys you want in charge when the well runs dry in the desert.
Back home in Arizona, Steve Bannon, the former Trump campaign strategist who has used his “War Room” podcast to amplify Trump’s claims that the election was stolen, will be among the featured speakers at the Pima County GOP’s sold-out Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday, officials said.
A Lincoln Day Dinner on Oct. 23 rd ?
CNN asks West Virginia residents about climate change. See their responses
West Virginia continues to grapple with the effects of the climate crisis after the town of Clendenin was nearly wiped off the map in 2016 in what was dubbed the “thousand year flood.” CNN’s Rene Marsh reports as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) continues to fight legislation aimed at combating severe
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/19/west-virginia-climate-crisis-joe-manchin-marsh-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn
SCOOP: Manchin Tells Associates He’s Considering Leaving the Democratic Party and Has an Exit Plan
He could pull the trigger if he doesn’t get his way on the Build Back Better bill.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/we-dont-have-water-south-american-dam-faces-energy-crunch-river-ebbs-2021-10-20/
HERNANDARIAS, Paraguay, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The giant Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, wedged between Paraguay and Brazil on the Parana River, is facing an energy crunch amid record low river and rainfall levels that experts say could last into next year.
The Itaipu dam, which supplies around 10% of the energy consumed in Brazil and 86% of that used in landlocked Paraguay, has recorded its lowest output since the hydroelectric plant began operating at full capacity in 2005.
Downstream, the Argentine-Paraguayan Yacyreta plant produced half the normal level of energy in September, an example of how severe droughts are complicating the shift away from fossil fuels by drying up rivers and reservoirs.
Very large chunks of fecal matter are entering the rotating device / Put on your googles , and buckle yer chin straps.
” The drought, one of the worst in the last century, has led Brazil’s government to ask its citizens to reduce their consumption of electricity and water and raised the specter of possible power rationing. “
Manchin angling for 2024 POTUS nom, because Kamala couldn’t beat a ham sandwich
The news is like watching the last wounded Rhino charging through the bush bleeding on the leaves.
All the while a pack of billionaires follow in pursuit with their smarty phones & drones.
Our limits to “growth” are plowing into the faces of empty lakes, and bare concrete dams.
This is really gonna be a hard lesson , now that we spent the 20th century turning human beings into “consumers”.
And the real bitch is none us ever got our Jetson’s “jet pack”.
Blink –
She failed to staff her office with good help.
I doubt they can make a ham sand which.
There really is a Big Rock Candy Mountain , it’s in Southern Utah .
I saw Muddy Waters from the light show at the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin in 69′ .
The entire band was in a purple Pontiac station wagon towing a tiny U-Haul trailer painted the same color.
Mannish Boy.
https://youtu.be/uOmh09d5hBI
An hour and 45 mins.
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the hill:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/577588-cheney-presses-republicans-to-back-bannon-contempt-vote?jwsource=cl
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/20/texas-special-session-dan-patrick/
“TX Senate just finished a strong conservative session,” Patrick said in his tweet. “But more needs to be done.”
“In a tweet, Patrick said he supported Abbott calling lawmakers back to Austin to increase the penalty for illegal voting and approve a “forensic audit bill.”
Fascist pig.
Dems are about to overplay their hand if Bannon isn’t in custody or testifying within a week. If they think Americans want to listen to rehashes of Jan. 6 throughout the holiday season and beyond, goodbye House control in 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/world/coronavirus-newsletter-intl-20-10-21/index.html
“…Moscow’s mayor ordered all unvaccinated residents over 60, as well as unvaccinated people “suffering from chronic diseases,” to remain home for four months until late February as the city grapples with a growing crisis.“
“The national government has also proposed introducing a non-working week at the start of November, but senior figures have started openly admitting that the situation is dire as Russians head towards a bleak winter.
Russia has recorded its highest numbers of daily cases and deaths multiple times in recent days…”
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