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KEK..OK…Did you ever research it….I know the difference….ever hear of Dick Cheney keke

Dick Cheney's Halliburton: a corporate case study

What did Dick Cheney know?

The US supreme court decided earlier this week that it will allow a nine-year-old lawsuit against Halliburton to proceed. The case isn't about Iraq, or even the Nigerian bribery scandal, but about asbestos and whether or not company management misled shareholders.

Most people assume that Halliburton made a fortune when Cheney, who had just left his previous job as secretary of defence, took over the company in 1995. Halliburton had, after all, just scored its first $1bn military logistics contract in war-torn Bosnia and Kosovo. But in reality, the company made a gigantic loss because of a very bad deal that Cheney made for Halliburton – by buying a company called Dresser Industries in 1998. All told, Halliburton paid out $2.8bn in cash because Cheney and his advisers had neglected to pay much attention to the asbestos liability of Dresser. The stock price of Halliburton rose from about $12 a share in 1996, to a high of $25, before plunging to about $7 a share in 2002.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/08/dick-cheney-halliburton-supreme-court

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Do you know the difference between ..This and That…Maybe you don't deserve to be taken seriously…..FKing Crybaby…..KEK

DOJ asks Supreme Court to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

The U.S. Department of Justice requested the U.S. Supreme Court hear the case of 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an effort to pursue the death penalty.

“Given the profound stakes … the First Circuit should not have the last word,” Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall and other lawyers told the U.S. Supreme Court in a new filing obtained by American Military News this week. Wall added that the Supreme Court should “put this landmark case back on track toward its just conclusion.”

The federal lawyers also described the case as “one of the most important terrorism prosecutions in our nation’s history.”

In July, a three-judge panel on the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston had overturned Tsarnaev’s death penalty sentence over concerns of juror bias.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers had argued that intense media coverage harmed Tsarnaev’s right to a fair trial and that two jury members had shared derogatory views of Tsarnaev prior to the trial. One of those biased jury members even ended up as the foreperson during Tsarnaev’s trial.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/10/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reinstate-death-penalty-for-boston-marathon-bomber/

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OK..Sorry..my mistake..I'll own it

77-year-old Michigan barber who fought executive orders calls for charges against him to be dropped after court ruling

The owner of an Owosso barber shop who become a figurehead for those opposed to executive orders issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer amid the COVID-19 pandemic is calling for all charges against him to be dropped after the state high court’s ruling.

The Michigan Supreme Court decision on Friday, Oct. 2, ruled the governor does not have authority to extend emergency orders under two emergency acts — the Emergency Management Act from 1976 and the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act from 1945.

Neither act, the court ruled, gave Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the authority to continue declaring states of emergency or issuing unilateral orders under them past April 30, when her initial declaration would have expired.

Karl Manke, 77, had fought those executive orders, reopening May 4 despite Whitmer’s executive order that shut down salons and barbershops since March 17 in the state. Those businesses were allowed to reopen June 15.

“I appreciate the Supreme Court stepping in and recognizing that I do not lose constitutional protections just because of speculation and innuendo. I am not a health threat to anyone, and I have a right to continue to cut hair and earn a living,” said Manke in a prepared statement. “The Courts have consistently upheld my constitutional rights affirming that the Governor’s attempts to shut me down were out of line.”

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/10/77-year-old-michigan-barber-who-fought-executive-orders-calls-for-charges-against-him-to-be-dropped-after-court-ruling/

Appeals Court rejects extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline, reversing lower court

Another in a series of decisions rolling back Democrat-demanded and lower-court-ordered changes to election laws to accommodate Democrats’ electoral strategy of promoting mail-in voting.

Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated South Carolina’s witness requirement for absentee ballots, after a federal district court judge effectively rewrote election law due to the pandemic.

While the Supreme Court issued no opinion, and ordered the case to proceed to the appeals court, Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion which was a road map to opposing such judicial action: focus on the primary responsibility of the legislature for voting rules, and the close proximity of election day with the risk of confusion from a late change.

The SCOTUS decision, which had no dissents, may signal how the Supreme Court will deal with other judicially-ordered ballot changes both before the election, and attempts to change the rules after the election as non-compliant mail-in ballots are counted.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals just rolled back a district court order extending the time within which absentee-ballots would be received and counted. AP reports:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/10/appeals-court-rejects-extension-of-absentee-ballot-deadline-reversing-lower-court/

Former Commander of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Sentenced to Prison

A former Commander of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison following his multiple convictions of obstructing justice and making false statements, in connection with the death of a civilian at the naval base.

Following a five- day trial, on Jan. 17, 2020, a federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted Captain John Nettleton, 53, of Jacksonville, Florida, of two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of conealment of material facts, one count of falsification of records, and two counts of making false statements, all related to his actions during the Navy’s investigation of the death of Christopher M. Tur, the Loss Prevention Safety Manager at GTMO’s Naval Exchange.

Nettleton was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan who also ordered Nettleton to serve one year of supervised release.

Tur, 42, was found drowned in the waters of Guantanmo Bay on Jan. 11, 2015. An autopsy revealed that Tur had suffered injuries prior to his drowning. At the time of Tur’s death, Nettleton was the commanding officer of GTMO.

“Nettleton misled and obstructed the investigators attempting to determine what happened to Mr. Tur, and this sentence ensures that he will pay a heavy price,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “That price, however, pales in comparison to that paid by the family of Mr. Tur, whose pain was compounded by Nettleton’s actions. The Department of Justice was proud to work closely with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) to hold Nettleton accountable for his obstruction, concealment, and false statements.”

“By deliberately misleading NCIS in the search for Mr. Tur and the ensuing investigation into the circumstances of his death, Captain Nettleton delayed justice and wasted valuable Department of the Navy resources,” said Special Agent in Charge Thomas Cannizzo of the NCIS Southeast Field Office. “NCIS is dedicated to holding accountable those who unlawfully impede investigations."

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-commander-naval-station-guantanamo-bay-sentenced-prison

Here it comes…Closer Everyday

Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Publication of Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework

Attorney General William P. Barr announced today the release of “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” a publication produced by the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force. The Framework provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging threats and enforcement challenges associated with the increasing prevalence and use of cryptocurrency; details the important relationships that the Department of Justice has built with regulatory and enforcement partners both within the United States government and around the world; and outlines the Department’s response strategies.

“Cryptocurrency is a technology that could fundamentally transform how human beings interact, and how we organize society. Ensuring that use of this technology is safe, and does not imperil our public safety or our national security, is vitally important to America and its allies,” said Attorney General Barr. “I am grateful to the Cyber-Digital Task Force for producing this detailed report, which provides a cohesive, first-of-its kind framework for those seeking to understand federal enforcement priorities in this growing space.”

“At the FBI, we see first-hand the dangers posed when criminals bend the important technological promise of cryptocurrency to illicit ends," said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “As this Enforcement Framework describes, we see criminals using cryptocurrency to try to prevent us from 'following the money’ across a wide range of investigations, as well as to trade in illicit goods like criminal tools on the dark web. For example, the cyber criminals behind ransomware attacks often use cryptocurrency to try to hide their true identities when acquiring malware and infrastructure, and receiving ransom payments. The men and women of the FBI are constantly innovating to keep pace with the evolution of criminals' use of cryptocurrency."

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-publication-cryptocurrency-enforcement-framework

The ‘New Normal’ Of Post-Pandemic Life Is Authoritarian

Technocracy is not benevolent. Deniers and the unrepentant will be punished, forced and molded into compliance. This is the nature of Scientific Dictatorship where you obey what Technocrats claim that science says. Their science is absolute and cannot be questioned. ⁃ TN Editor

We’re told that life is never getting back to normal, so we need to suck it up and accept a world of mask-wearing, economic disruption, and social distancing. It’s a denatured echo of the warnings we’ve heard before that government responses to COVID-19 are pushing the world toward authoritarianism—but dressed up as if that’s a good thing.

That’s unfortunate, given that less-intrusive responses to the pandemic are proving at least as effective as heavy-handed ones. And that’s before we even discuss the inherent value of the freedom that looks destined to be pushed aside by public health concerns and by disingenuous government officials.

“As 2020 slides into and probably infects 2021, try to take heart in one discomfiting fact: Things are most likely never going ‘back to normal,'” wrote CNN International Security Editor Nick Paton Walsh last week. In his piece he discusses the likely permanency of mask mandates, telecommuting, reduced physical contact, and similar changes to life.

https://www.technocracy.news/the-new-normal-of-post-pandemic-life-is-authoritarian/