The 'Wrong Apartment' Shooting - A NY Times Scoop

The NY Times has coverage of the 'wrong apartment' shooting in Dallas. There detail about neighbors complaining about marijuana smoke is new to me (and to Google News), and provides a rationale for the seemingly gratuitous marijuana 'smear' of a few days back. My emphasis:

In an echo of past police killings, there has been anger over what seem to be attempts to incriminate the victim: Police released a search warrant that revealed that 10.4 grams of marijuana in multiple baggies had been found in Mr. Jean’s apartment.

“First they assassinate his person, then they assassinate his character,” Mr. Crump said.

Hours earlier that evening, managers at the apartment complex had received complaints from residents that there was a strong smell of marijuana in the fourth-floor hallways. Managers knocked on Mr. Jean’s door and at least five other doors inquiring about the smell, the Jean family lawyers said. It was unclear who on the floor was responsible for the odor.

OK, first, the Times cites as its source "Jean family lawyers", who held a press conference which included denunciations of the marijuana search and coverage. Did the Times get this 'neighbors complaining' detail separately, or did the rest of the media overlook its significance?

And what is the significance? Well, if - IF - Jean had been smoking marijuana and had cracked his apartment door in order to get some cross-ventilation, that would explain the neighbors' complaints and might answer the riddle of whether his door could have been ajar at times during the night, as Citizen Guyger claims. Kind of a big deal.

Other details which might lean a bit towards Citizen Guyger:

Mr. Jean’s relatives, lawyers and supporters all say it would have been difficult for the officer to have mistaken Mr. Jean’s door: It had a large, bright-red, semicircular doormat, lying on a bare concrete floor. Officer Guyger had none. Would she not have noticed?

“My main concern is that she is lying,” said Mr. Merritt, one of the Jean family lawyers.

But Officer Guyger’s supporters say she had her hands full at the time she arrived at Mr. Jean’s door: Officials said she had with her a police vest, duty bag and lunchbox — items she might be expected to carry to her own front door, not someone else’s.

Depending on how she is holding those items the floor and doormat might not be immediately visible. Nor, if she is on autopilot after a long day, would she be checking for prompts and clues as to her whereabouts.

I still believe that if evaluated as a police officer, Ms. Guyger's decision to shoot can not be justified; if it was too dark for her to see anything other than a silhouette, as she claims, it was too dark for her to see a weapon that could have elevated this to a deadly force situation. IMHO police training in de-escalation is woefully deficient but she could have simply stepped back out of the apartment, re-assessed, and called for back-up. My goodness, what if she had been at her own apartment door and the superintendent had been responding to a complaint about a leak and then decided to change a burned out lightbulb in her entranceway? She's going to shoot the guy?

Evaluated as a civilian in her own residence, the standards for the use of a weapon in self-defense are more lenient and a case for self-defense to prevent a robbery could be made (Texas Penal Code 9.31, 9.32). IF she had been in her own home, which of course she wasn't. And since the hallway was available, shooting just seems to me to be a second or third choice. She lived alone, so she had no reason to think anyone inside was in danger. Stand in the hallway and think things over. Count to ten.

Well. Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

AS BEST I CAN TELL: The NY Times stands alone on this, as best I see.

I await developments.

Comments

[Pinandpuller]

No it's fine, jim_nj. But when you look at a swamp you see constant streams of carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen sulfide bubbling up. It's nice to see some actual contemporary lawbreakers going down. Or up.

[jim nj]

I'm seeing several stories along this line.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-final-offensive-in-syria-by-putin-and-assad-suddenly-looks-like-its-on-hold

Something is happening behind the scenes. I don't know what, but the attack on Idlib appears to be in a pause.

I assume a lot of voices are coming at Russia, Syria and Iran on this. Lot's of chances for a misstep that could bring in other parties bent on blunting the attack.

I think there is a multi-national response planned if any gas attacks occur. I'm wondering where Syrian air forces are based. Are any on Russian bases?

Reports seem to indicate that the Syrian ground forces don't have the right troops in place or that there are an insufficient number of them to launch a ground attack.

Were the Russians bluffing? They, reportedly, haven't been bombing anything lately.

Meanwhile, in eastern Syria, we seem to be on the attack against ISIS again. If our SDF and Kurd allies can break them we'll own even more of Syria. If those forces should decide to attack the Iranians, who are we to stop them?

Giggle. We'll be providing them with air and artillery support covertly.

And if I can evoke Wictor, tongue in cheek, the GCC special forces will be the deciding force.

[Pinandpuller]

The Washington Pundit ©
@TWPundit
Replying to @krassenstein
Has Trump been investigated by the FBI for Ponzi schemes? No wait, that was you and your brother.

4:38 AM - 16 Sep 2018

[jim nj]

PIN,
Yes, some of the fraud is due to corrupt government employees. Most, I think, is due to lazy government employees who don't do their jobs.

Kennedy issued an executive order allowing federal employees to unionize. If that's correct, then a another executive order should be able to abolish that.

I look forward to that.

[jim nj]

I've been gone for five days, so I hope you won't mind my blabbering, but it's just so much fun to be back.

[hoyden]

jim nj, thanks for all the links. I'm just getting caught up with the thread. Financial things don't get far with my attention but after a few of your links and your explanations I can see that I'm making progress understanding some tiny bit of what happened. I remember in early 2007 having a bad feeling about things and moving my 401k to safer investments. That was fine but my mistake was to leave them there as the market recovered. It wasn't until 2011 or so that I connected with a financial adviser who coaxed me out of my cash in the mattress strategy.

[Pinandpuller]

@krassenstein said something like if Obama had 5 kids, three wives etc white Evangelicals would faint. I replied if Trump had a kill list and a nobel peace prize every liberal Jew and never Trumper would sound exactly the same.

[hoyden]

Welcome back, jim nj.

I appreciate Clarice's ability to connect a week's worth of dots that help me see the forest with all those trees.

[Pinandpuller]

who wants to be elles friend
‏@crushjjk
JUST HEARD GUNSHOTS TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM MINE. WE GOING DEATH
11:58 PM - 15 Sep 2018

What do you suppose she meant by that?

[daddy]

More exciting news from Japan:

Do-it-yourself colonoscopy wins Japanese doctor one of 10 2018 Ig Nobels

[jim nj]

Hoyden,

That's funny. I know from my research and many studies that you can't time the equity market. It belches up and down so quickly that no one is smart enough to time it.

Pulling out of the market is rational when you lose confidence. Not plowing back in is also rational when you're still uncertain.

I managed the market timing perfectly in 2000, without intending to. Solomon Smith Barney acquired Schroeder, my employer, and even though I didn't join the new firm, they liquidated my 401(k) into cash as part of the merger. I was all money markets when the dot com bubble burst later that year. Most people lost 30-40% of their 401(k)s. Me? Not at all. I was in cash. Best market bet I never made.

[Pinandpuller]

Correlation was causation:

Local police arrived and found the man writhing in pain gesturing to his crotch. A local resident explained to the police how the African became wounded shortly before they arrived.

The witness said that the man kicked the dog of a local resident and the dog then retaliated. The dog clamped his teeth on the attacker’s penis and then his hand as the man tried to push the animal away.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/migrant-nearly-loses-penis-after-kicking-dog-in-spain/#.W5w4dmtXdfA.twitter

[jim nj]

DIY Colonoscopy? Daddy, what should I look for? Do I need Mapquest? Or Google Maps?

[jim nj]

PIN,

Ouch! Racist dog attacks immigrant. Europe shudders as new racist attacks break out.

[jim nj]

Did somebody post this before? This is not good.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israel-is-giving-china-the-keys-to-its-largest-port-1.6470527

Don't expect the US fleet to visit that Chinese controlled seaport in Haifa.

[Pinandpuller]

Maybe PDJT is to blame, guys:

The Relative Cost of Evacuation
What is happening is that people are looking at the costs of evacuation and the costs of sheltering in-place to make the decision. Certainly, while five days is sufficient time to board up the house and drive inland to a motel somewhere, the costs of the trip, food and lodging can be pricey. The problem with this, however, is the costs are warped by the price gouging laws and expectation of speedy, and no-cost to the individual, rescue by government agencies. If fuel is legislatively held at, for the purposes of this example, $3 per gallon, that generator that burns 18 gallons a day would cost $756 to run if the power was out for 14 days. They could also buy up water at $4 for 45-17oz bottles. This certainly seems less expensive than driving inland and renting out a room at $180/night for 14 nights; unless one is able to get one of the rooms major hotel chains like to offer at a discount to evacuees to enhance the hotel firm's image. (It's also true that private charities frequently cover the expenses of those who are less able to afford it.) Consideration of the probable costs of relocation likely led to many people making active plans to stay in place by stocking up on fuel and water. It is these individuals that elect to not leave in the face of a dangerous storm that can result in fatalities that have reached upward of 1,833 in the more modern era. And this often also leads to massive rescue efforts — on the taxpayer dime — for those who survive.

https://mises.org/wire/price-gouging-sends-important-signals-about-risk

[Pinandpuller]

jim_nj

Makes you wonder if foreskin gives one more protection or the dog more purchase.

[jim nj]

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/forget-about-chinas-stealth-fighter-or-aircraft-carriers-plane-america-needs-worry-about

China's largest cargo carrier. Again with weak engines. A Potemkin cargo carrier.

[jim nj]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-houseprices-rent-analys/how-chinas-plan-to-develop-rental-housing-backfired-idUSKCN1LU0JA

Huge rents being paid in China for "affordable" housing.

PIN,

As I've said before you're incorrigible.

[James D.]

On the thread topic:

Is there some reason other than morbid curiosity why anyone besides the immediate players involved should be concerned about this story?

Because it speaks to the relationship between citizens and law enforcement/government, and to the deference the legal system gives to law enforcement/government employees which is not granted to ordinary citizens in similar circumstances.

[jim nj]

Debt overhangs kill economies. That almost happened to us in 2008. China looks worse, by my estimates. Too much debt at national, provincial and corporate levels. A grey-market lending system as large as our "repo" market, their P2P lending market (P2P meaning peer to peer lending) which is collapsing. Liquidity and wealth disappearing.

Which means the supply of money is decreasing. So the central bank needs to be accommodating with an expansionary monetary policy. But they have been trying to tamp down credit in previous years. Trying to tamp down credit and opening the monetary spigots at the the same time is not a policy, but a panicked reaction.

China is staring the black swan in the face and wondering who is going to win.

Trump, whether he knew it or not, picked the right time to go after China's trade policy.

[James D.]

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said this week that Democrats and the media are likely to be “frightened” by the information contained in Trump-Russia documents that Republicans are asking President Trump to declassify.

No more effing hype! Just release the documents! Stop telling us how amazing and important they are, building up expectations they almost certainly won’t live up to, just to keep your name in the news!

[James D.]

Fantastic Pieces, Clarice!

But I will quibble with one thing. You write of Dianne Feinstein:

In a Hail Mary play so transparent that it will forever tarnish her reputation...

No, it won’t. Among anyone with a functioning brain and conscience, she has no reputation to tarnish; and among her ovine followers, nothing she does or says in opposition to President Trump (or any Republican) will cloud their view of her.

[James D.]

I loved he link above comparing President Trumps’s approach to Patton.

The problem with that analogy is that Patton didn’t have three quarters of his officers and ninety percent of his enlisted men either sympathizing with or outright working for the Germans.

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

Another great Pieces, Clarice.

[henry]

James, you could argue Bedell Smith wasn't really working with Patton.

[sbwaters]

McCarthy: But Rosenstein was just riding the tide.

The banality of evil.

[hoyden]

James D, agree completely. Anyone with a functioning occasional cortex already knows there's no there there tarnishing DiFi's reputation.

[Captain Hate]

I don't want to rain on your parade, but I assume the OIGs of every Federal Department find wrong doing on a regular basis.

It would be nice if the MSM reported on these things, but that's not their job anymore.

No, they're blatant propagandists who don't even try to hide it. But people know that things are getting better in the country in every aspect and that reflects well on every Cabinet member (maybe not DeVos, who rse has given us insight into her agenda, but even she has had some small victories). The one that really interests me is Ben Carson, who I'd imagine has quietly transformed a graft ridden shithole of a department into something which isn't flagrantly violating its raison d'etre to the enrichment of a select few.

Remember, some of the visible GOP financiers are apoplectic over this if you ever want to know why the party has been such a massive failure since Reagan.

[Dorothy Jane]

Hi - Dorothy Jane here - infrequent commenter, daily lurker who loves to read this blog and the comments - I just sent Chuck Grassley a comment to lend him moral support for the Kavanaugh vote. Just thought I would pass on the contact info:
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/contact

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Thank you, Dorothy Jane, and don't be a stranger!

[Jane]

Ryan was a Jack Kemp protege, which at the time was a very good thing.

Re: Mueller - Degeneras and others say things are closing in on him, implicating him and Weissman in a bunch of collusion (isn't that funny) and my guess is if he is shutting down the investigation it is out of fear.

Hot as hell here. The last 2 weeks have been the hottest of the summer (if you include humidity).

Great Pieces Clarices! Deb in GA did great with that name.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1040990271100645376

Thread on Manafort and associated people by a NYT reporter. Here is what REALLY caught my attention:

Kenneth P. Vogel
‏Verified account @kenvogel

GREG CRAIG LAWYERS UP: The former Obama WH Counsel, under SDNY investigation for his work with MANAFORT on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainians, has hired top criminal defense lawyer BILL TAYLOR, @MattGoldstein26 & I revealed. The case was referred by MUELLER.

====================

The entire thread is worth reading.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/16/lisa-page-testimony-collusion-still-unproven-by-time-muellers-special-counsel-appointment.html

[Dorothy Jane]

Thanks, MM. I have JOM up on my work computer throughout the day, but company regulations won't let me comment on blogs without getting fired (YIKES) I do love all of you, however, and feel like I kinda, sorta know you guys. I will try to join in when I can - I come here for reassurance that there are others who aren't insane. My hubby and I are surrounded by a sea of progressives in the family. My son in law is an official socialist and I am afraid my daughter is too, but she won't confess this to us for fear of breaking our hearts. Plus, she was raised to see that her whole life has been brought to her by "Capitalism™" and I think she is conflicted about certain things to this day.

[Beasts of England]

A Sunday morning diversion for the Tele tone junkies in JOMland. :)

https://youtu.be/7L6Vin-5188

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Doroothy Jane,

We have a mixed household. Son loves Trump, daughter despises him, so I do understand your problem. Glad you checked in!

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Hey, everyone, when you got to the link I posted at 9:05 be sure you listen to Brian Kilmeade's interview with Louis Gohmert.

[Old Lurker]

DJ "Plus, she was raised to see that her whole life has been brought to her by "Capitalism™" and I think she is conflicted about certain things to this day."

Way way back in the day...late 60's... my despicable sister, a commie artist, wanted so much to rebel and repel all that our parents had surrounded us with...but she could not bring herself to give up her cashmere sweaters. Decades later when our parents died, guess who was the nastiest and greediest as my brother and I tried to settle the estate.

[Old Lurker]

James 7:23 "No more effing hype! Just release the documents!"

James you were not paying attention a few weeks back when I announced my new policy designed to reduce my frustration about such tings.

Until proven otherwise, I no longer think any such documents even exist and I am not even sure that that the Great Conspiracy we here take for granted was real.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

https://twitter.com/CoreysDigs/status/1041112016952410113

I bet you guys had forgotten the NXVIM case and Clare Bronfman. This is an update on what's going on with court documents included, and it is simply amazing (not) that this hasn't been in the news.

[Extraneus]

No more effing hype! Just release the documents!

No kidding, James. The argument that doing so has political downside for Trump makes no sense.

"Here's what Comey signed. And Yates and McCabe. They all defrauded the FISA court, in order to illegally spy on me and my campaign!"

What's the argument against that? Sources and methods?

[Old Lurker]

"Here's what Comey signed. And Yates and McCabe"

and Rosenstein.

[Dorothy Jane]

OL - OMG - The progressives in my family include my sister who works for the FED RESERVE where she receives 6-9% raises every year and where she earns a very nice six figure income. She lives an incredible life. The Fed, by the way is infested with progressives. Then, her daughter who just got a MA from the LBJ School of Progressivism (I jest) just got a job at a public policy outfit in NY and she is now advising places in Mississippi on their school curriculum (I can only imagine) BUT - she adores clothes and rivals Imelda Marcos in the shoe area. My daughter and hubby actually walk the walk, she teaches inner city kids in DC and they live in a studio apt with barely anything but essentials. However, he ADORES J. Crew - doesn't he get what would happen to J. Crew if socialism triumphs? Anyway - I am constantly and gently pointing out what their lives would be like and their salaries, without Capitalism™.

[Old Lurker]

DJ "she teaches inner city kids in DC" for which she is paid a huge salary by the DC government and is promised the usual golden parachute upon retiring...

Amirite?

[Beasts of England]

I'm not claiming expertise, but I'm guessing there's a seditious conspiracy exception to the sources and methods claim...

[narciso]

William Taylor, was Lois Lerner atty, if memory serves, any one know who has the skadden arps server?

It's obviously not that easy to reclassify or else it would have been done.

So skimming through Woodwards book, which should be behind Christine feehans vampire romance series, I find that Thomas wictor explanation of what's been going on in the gulf and the Korean peninsula is more plausible.

[Extraneus]

and Rosenstein.

"And by the way, Rosenstein? You're fired!"

But the 4D theory gets in the way...

[Old Lurker]

"It's obviously not that easy to reclassify or else it would have been done."

Why not just pretend to hire some professor from Columbia then give it to him for dissemination?

OK, forget Columbia. Hillsdale maybe.

[narciso]

An interesting element there, I guess kreuk turned states evidence, since she was allowed to go with her crusading attorney show, then again maybe it was in the can a year ago.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Burgess Everett
‏Verified account @burgessev
5m5 minutes ago

Wallace says no Senate Democrats on Judiciary would go on his show today; he invited all 10.

[Extraneus]

Mnuchin Lists Park Ave. Apartment For $33 Million, Three Times What He Paid For It

(Click to open.)

[Dorothy Jane]

Yes, OL - and I remind her constantly that she and hubby need to stay there because of the teacher pay there. You get that pay for teaching exactly NO WHERE ELSE. I also told her when hubby scoffed at her contributing to the 403B plan that she absolutely had to contribute and provided her with an illustration of what she would have after 30 years of contributing a mere $200 a month. He derided my suggestions because his father - the Boston firefighter - had a pension and had never saved a dime of his own money. And I pointed out that Capitalism™ was also responsible for allowing the monthly checks to flow to his retired at 60 father due to a thing called the" financial markets" which is where the assets for that pension are invested. For someone so bright (he is bright and articulate) he is awfully uninformed. Anyway - she took my advice and already has a tidy sum saved. Heh.

[henry]

Jane, what is the forecast for next weekend?

[Extraneus]

Jeff Carlson, CFA:

Trump Is Right to Declassify FISA Documents, but Political Process Is Complex

The protection of classified material is crucial to national security and concerns about that should be taken seriously. Of long-standing focus with regard to the declassification process has been the protection of sources and methods. This was explicitly noted by White House chief legal counsel Don McGahn in a cover letter upon release of the House intelligence committee memo:

“Though the circumstances leading to the declassification through this process are extraordinary, the Executive Branch stands ready to work with Congress to accommodate oversight requests consistent with the applicable standards and processes, including the need to protect intelligence sources and methods.”

McGahn is correct in his stated concerns. But what happens when “sources” are fictitiously created, using improper or even illegal “methods” that hide behind classified designations as a means to prevent detection.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

https://therightscoop.com/hillarys-state-dept-hid-reports-of-pedophilia-and-major-sexual-abuse/

[Old Lurker]

Dorothy, she needs to look at some demographic tables and see what might have been affordable to a society when seven workers supported each retiree to one where the ratio might be 3:1 or less and ask her how long those few will pay for her retirement.

This is why I keep harping of looking at the collective unfunded promises of out governments and not just on the sticker value of the on balance sheet debt. If we survive all the (alleged) Deep State threats to the Constitution, the dog eat dog future based on simple math is the killer.

[mockmook]

Sure, when I'm ILLEGALLY smoking marijuana, the first thing I do is prop my door open so that everyone knows where the smell is coming from...

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/16/many-displaced-by-boston-area-gas-explosions-may-return-home-sunday-governor-says.html

This article has a lot of information on the gas company and the procedures they are following to investigate them.

[Beasts of England]

That's why you bake it into magic ganache brownies, mockmook!! ;)

Off to take my dear ol' Mom to brunch. 😇

[--------peter]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/15/around-world-silver-spitfire-meet-magnificent-men-flying-classic/

I found the above link interesting. Can't even remember where I found it, who knows, maybe someone here already posted it. About the WWII fighter known as the Spitfire.

[Jane]

Henry, Hot. Do we have a plan? Am I in the middle, if so you are more than welcomed to come here. I'll cook. Plus I have a puppy which makes it hard to leave for a long time.

Devin Nunes on with Maria Bartiromo. He said that 20% of the country still thinks there was collusion with Russia. (I know a bunch of them - stupid as the day is long).

He thinks declassification is coming - and talks about how dirty the DOJ and FBI are.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
7m7 minutes ago

The illegal Mueller Witch Hunt continues in search of a crime. There was never Collusion with Russia, except by the Clinton campaign, so the 17 Angry Democrats are looking at anything they can find. Very unfair and BAD for the country. ALSO, not allowed under the LAW!

[henry]

Jane, RG was thinking Friday. Send me an email and we can coordinate from there.

[Jim Eagle]

Your Latin Phrase of the Day:

Hannibal ad Alpes venit, quas nemo umquam ante eum cum exercitu transierat.

A history lesson.

[Jim Eagle]

Now this is funny. It's in Dutch but I will summarize.

This guy worked in a shipping company in Kortrik, Belgium where people couldn't remember his name but since he looked like Obama (you have to use your imagination here), they dubbed him "Nonkel Obama" (Uncle Obama). He is now parlaying it by running for the town council. Pretty clever.

http://m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20180915_03746645//?_section=60721953&utm_source=standaard&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ochtendupdate&adh_i=8b4b419bae386c05c470e36313216536&imai=&M_BT=234050350

[Marlene]

Jane,have you been to any beaches? How is the red tide? Hubby's cousin just returned to PC from two months in Maine. He said he took a walk on Manasota Key Beach and it smelled terrible. Also very weird,he said there were no birds,because so many fish have died. Also no people walking the beach. :(

[jimmyk on iPhone]

Catching up, on the discussion last night: I’ve gone to the wrong hotel room, the wrong airplane seat, but never mistaken someone else’s apartment for my own, though I suppose it’s possible.

As for locks, once I had parked on the street somewhere in Boston, and at night went to the wrong car (same make and model), stuck the key in and the door opened! When the overhead light went on I saw it wasn’t my car, which was 20 feet away. Not sure what the odds of that were, but no gunfire ensued.

[Jane]

John Ratcliffe on Maria bolstering everything Nunes said. More tweets revealed and worry that the investigation will be shut down if we lost the midterms. Both he and Nunes are well worth watching. Maria doing a great job.

Marlene, I have not been to the beach because supposedly it is awful.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Maria Bartiromo
‏Verified account @MariaBartiromo
8m8 minutes ago

Breaking news: @DevinNunes just told us @SundayFutures @FoxNews he will declassify his depositions from the trump Russia investigation.

[Captain Hate]

As for locks, once I had parked on the street somewhere in Boston, and at night went to the wrong car (same make and model), stuck the key in and the door opened!

Was that a while back, before they had chips in car locks? In the mid to late 60s when my buds and I used to work on cars a lot, there weren't that many variances in auto keys. In fact one of my friends had a keychain full of keys that could open just about all Chevies. He never used it for anything except to help people that had locked themselves out of their car but it was relatively easy to boost a car then.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

Yes, CH it was in the mid-80s. Car was a ‘74 Volvo.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

American Greatness: Why Black Voters Are Turning to Trump

https://tinyurl.com/ydb5ngrc

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Rudy Giuliani
‏Verified account @RudyGiuliani
7m7 minutes ago

Morning shows all ignore clear statement from Manafort team that there is no cooperation against the President and a statement “there was no collusion.” It is pathetic: how biased they are! What’s new?

[Extraneus]

Serena Williams insists she did not receive coaching in interview addressing US Open final

The tennis star’s statement on the coaching violation contradicts what Mouratoglou said following Williams’ 6-2, 6-4 loss against Osaka.

“I’m honest, I was coaching. I mean, I don’t think she looked at me so that’s why she didn’t even think I was. But I was like 100 percent of the coaches on [sic] 100 percent of the matches,” Mouratoglou told ESPN.

[Jane]

Even today about 90% of golf cart keys fit all golf carts.

[Extraneus]

Governor Inslee sinks to new level of petty by refusing to sign certificates for marksmanship champs

Back in 1903, there was a group that started in our nation called the Civilian Marksmanship Program. They would get together and have shooting competitions. It was for a while under the auspices of the Department of Defense. Here in Washington, they have a couple of groups that go and compete in marksmanship — the Washington State Rifle and Pistol Association, and the Washington State Police Pistol Association.

This organization always holds an annual banquet, where the top shooters — both civilians and law enforcement officers — are given certificates signed by the governor. Most states do this every year. It’s known as the Governor’s 20.

“The Governor’s 20 has been around for years — it’s a competition of law enforcement officers [who] are competing for skills,” Jane Milhans of the Washington State Rifle and Pistol Association told me.

This year, however, Governor Inslee’s office sent this letter ahead of the banquet.

“The certificates that were signed last May will be the final certificates signed by the governor … Governor Inslee is no longer able to support any program affiliated with the National Rifle Association (NRA), due to the organization’s obstructive efforts to undermine common sense gun safety measures, including those that enjoy broad public support. We understand competitors will be disappointed by this decision; however, the Governor [sic] believes constructive conversations and meaningful action around gun safety are necessary to better protect our families and communities.”

[Captain Hate]

Inslee took an oath to execute his lawful duties. I guess his word means nothing compared to muh principles. The state legislature should be all over him for this petty small minded stunt.

[Momto2]

They should just reconfigure the certificates and get President Trump to sign them instead. Who would want that guy's signature anyway?

[Extraneus]

California Leads Nation In Poverty But Governor Jerry Brown Launching State Satellite To Monitor Global Warming

[Extraneus]

Mississippi Law Enforcement Agency Drops Nike Over Kaepernick Ad

I did, too.

[Extraneus]

Mississippi’s public safety commissioner said on Saturday that it will no longer buy products from Nike in response to its new “Just Do It” ad campaign featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

“As commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, I will not support vendors who do not support law enforcement and our military,” Commissioner Marshall Fisher told The Associated Press.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) also expressed support for the move in a statement to the AP.

“I support the commissioner’s decision,” Bryant said, adding that the commissioner has the right to choose from which brands his department buys. “[A]nd it’s not going to be a company that pays an individual who has slandered our fine men and women in law enforcement,” he said.

[Liberal Tears]

Not fair! Every time we think we have Drumpf, it boomerangs back on us! But next time we'll get him!!! No we won't. The tears never stop. Help!

[Extraneus]

Fisher has drawn criticism for the move, however, with the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union slamming the decision in a statement on Twitter.

“These are the people that are representing all Mississippians,” the ACLU chapter’s Twitter account wrote. “These are the people that are creating policy that impact all of our lives. These are the people that took an oath to uphold the Constitution. Yet they refuse to understand what equality, justice, and accountability means. This petty decision is just another show of racism, discrimination, stupidity, inequity, and divisive politics.”

Tell it to Governor Inslee.

[Jane]

Henry,

Text is the best way to communicate with me. If you email me let me know because I only check it about once a week.

[anonamom]

So, hurricane update---power out at 2:30, two minutes after I got up to turn off the hall lamp which was disturbing my sLeep on the living room sofa.
Winds had gotten here w "yellow rain" around 9:30.

Called Duke--had already been called in!
1200 others affected in my outage.

Fortunately, most of my neighborhood has underground connections that come from further out of town, and they are fine, so I am in a friend's home, and they are gone for two weeks. Only down side is hte massive oak in their back yard.

Oh well--if we die, we'll be "doing what we love to do"--watching football and surfing hte internet.

[Old Lurker]

A-mom. "So, hurricane update---power out at 2:30"

Don't you just hate it when your generator kicks on in the middle of the night? Then the AC has to recycle too. And the dogs bark at the new sounds.

:-)

[anonamom]

That should have been Tropical Storm or Disturbance update. ;-)

It's taken Florence two days---48 hours--to cover the ground Hugo covered in six hours.

Yes jim nj, this is going to be all about the water.
Wilmington and north STILL getting pummeled!

[Captain Hate]

My friend in Durham was unimpacted by the hurricane

[jimmyk on iPhone]

On the financial crisis discussion: Agree that Fannie and Freddie were at the heart of it in the US, but others here and abroad got caught up in it. Anyone believing they’ll be bailed out will take excessive risks. Either credibly promise never to bail out anyone, or limit leverage. Feds did neither.

[Marlene]

My brother in Winston-Salem said it is raining buckets,but no problems.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Great job, Clarice. The book on Feinstein is slowly closing, but the alternative may be a true crazy, De Leon. He and Harris are both out of their minds.

Not sure if the Moonbeam even has authority to launch his own satellite. But he sure lives up to the nickname.

I can't wait not to buy Paul "Wanker" McCartney's latest. Trite, pithy music. he had a music hall touch, but even that is gone now.

Perhaps one of the reasons they are so upset is that the butthurt is so painful that their kumbaya globalist bullshit is being seen for what it is. They got called on it and they really don't like that. Bono had a great buddy in Barack and now Trump won't take his calls.

They have become parodies of themselves. Someone really needs to do a cartoon series. They could start with a Santa Monica or Berkeley city hall meeting and go from there.

Politics is sausage making, and what they have done is to marginalize themselves so thoroughly that I really do think that if there is some common sense left in the American people, they will be sadly surprised in November.

[GUS]

Hey look DANALEAKAGE the ROCKVILLE PSYCHOPATH is here.

[narciso]

Betamax Brown reminds me of the gov officials sans NASA, that banned discussion of the moon landings, because it encouraged many.

[narciso]

To dream of the future, because with the blight there was no future,

[Jim Eagle]

Iggy,

16 y.o. girl shoots dead a cougar who was getting too close to her little brother. Used bow and arrow. Picture at the link.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6173505/Teenage-girl-used-bow-arrow-scare-cougar-lurking-3-yards-6-year-old-brother.html

[Captain Hate]

I gave up on McCartney at the 4:10 mark of this:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
55m55 minutes ago

FEMA, First Responders and Law Enforcement are working really hard on hurricane Florence. As the storm begins to finally recede, they will kick into an even higher gear. Very Professional!

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
40m40 minutes ago

Just watched Sunday Morning Futures with @MariaBartiromo on @FoxNews. This show is MANDATORY watching if you want to understand the massive governmental corruption and the Russian Hoax. It will be rebroadcast this evening at 6:00 P.M. on @FoxBusiness. A must see!

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Rudy Giuliani
‏Verified account @RudyGiuliani
50m50 minutes ago

Isn’t Manafort cooperating when he says no collusion. He should get as much credit,maybe more, by sticking to the truth. After all Mueller is seeking justice not political revenge, isn’t he.?