>>18314615

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach

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Songwriters: Burt F. Bacharach / Hal David

https://youtu.be/_VyA2f6hGW4

The song is written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The uplifting lyrics describe somebody who overcomes his troubles and worries by realizing that "it won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me.

It won an Oscar for Best Original Song. Burt Bacharach won Best Original Score.

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>>18314999

Appointment to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

On February 7, 2014, Chief Justice John G. Roberts announced that he would appoint Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term starting May 18, 2014, to a seat being vacated by Reggie Walton.[16][17] His term began on May 18, 2014.[10] On December 20, 2019, the FISC announced he will replace the Presiding Judge FISC on January 1, 2020[18] and elevated to preside. His term as presiding judge and judge of the FISC ended on May 19, 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Boasberg

https://jonathanturley.org/2020/01/13/fisa-court-selects-lawyer-who-vehemently-denied-fbi-misled-fisa-to-oversee-fbi-reforms/

FISA Court Selects Lawyer Who Vehemently Denied FBI Misled FISA To Oversee FBI Reforms

jonathanturley.org/2020/01/13/fisa-court-selects-lawyer-who-vehemently-denied-fbi-misled-fisa-to-oversee-fbi-reforms

''January 13, 2020''

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has triggered a wave of condemnations over the selection of David Kris, to oversee reforms of the FBI FISA process. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) presiding Judge James Boasberg, left, appointed Kris, a lawyer that the Washington Post describes as “highly controversial.

Critics have objected that Kris writes for Lawfare, a legal site widely criticized by conservative lawyers for its left-oriented, anti-Trump positions, as well as shows like Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. That objection strikes me as attenuated and unfair. The more serious allegation however is that Kris was one of the most public advocates for rejecting allegations of FBI abuse. In a city where you can throw a stick and hit ten lawyers, FISC went to someone who insisted that allegations of abuse were nonsense and should be rejected. If the court was seeking to assure the public, it has added a new controversy for those who see a “deep state” response to reforms.

Kris served under the Obama Administration and was assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s National Security Division. He served as an associate deputy attorney general under George W. Bush from 2000 to 2003.

Kris was one of the loudest critics of the Nunes memo which mirrored some of the findings of the Inspector General’s report: “The Nunes memo was dishonest. And if it is allowed to stand, we risk significant collateral damage to essential elements of our democracy.” He specifically denied the claim that the FBI misled the court about Christopher Steele – a claim that has now been proven to be true.

Kris also maintained that “These applications already substantially undermine the president’s narrative and that of his proxies, and it seems to me very likely that if we get below the tip of the iceberg and into the submerged parts and more is revealed, it’s going to get worse, not better. And it would potentially be dangerous to disclose additional information because some of this relates to ongoing investigations.”

He has also been a prominent critic of President Trump, claiming on Twitter that the “walls” were “closing in” on the President.

Amid the Trump-Russia investigation, Kris had written that Republicans had “falsely accused” the FBI of misleading the FISC in its wiretap applications to spy on the Trump campaign. He stated that “an allegation that was all but debunked by the special counsel’s report and the inspector general’s report,” the Daily Caller noted.

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>>18315156

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was across the street from the World Trade Center;

was destroyed on 9-11.

>>18315159

Brookings Institution, which supports LawFare, has been a font for experts declaring proven crimes and impeachable acts by Trump. I have often disagreed with the analysis offered by Brookings experts in these controversies. Yet, while I strongly disagree with a great deal of Kris’ analysis, much of that analysis is substantive and interesting.

However, there are also these troubling and sweeping statements on the very merits of the dispute over FISA. I was particularly concerned with a March 1, 2018 essay for Lawfare, where Kris dismisses questions raised over the handling of the Carter Page investigation.

I have written about the problems in that investigation, including a recent column where I called for an apology for Page over his abuse in the FISA system. Kris was one of those assuring the public that Page was clearly a legitimate target: “It’s disturbing that Page met that legal standard and that there was probable cause to conclude he was a Russian agent.” Those abuses (long denied by Kris) are at the heart of the reforms.

Given those positions, it is curious that Judge James Boasberg thought that he was the best lawyer to assure the public that reforms would be faithfully and thoroughly carried out.

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>>18315238

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Boasberg

Boasberg was born in San Francisco, California in 1963,[3] toSarah Margaret (Szold)and Emanuel Boasberg III.[4][5]

The family moved to Washington, D.C. when Boasberg's father accepted a position in Sargent Shriver's Office of Economic Opportunity, a Great Society agency responsible for implementing and administering many of Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty programs.[6][7]

Boasberg received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1985, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,[8]and a Master of Studies the following year from St Peter's College, Oxford.[9]

He then earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1990.[9][10]

>>18315241

>looks like late 70s

built in the 1960s

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>>18315265

Americans Didn't Tune in for State of the Union Address

townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/02/09/americans-didnt-tune-in-for-state-of-the-union-address-n2619375

Tuesday's State of the Union address sure has gotten attention for the ways in which some Republican members reacted to President Joe Biden's lies, but among the chatter, it's worth wondering if people actually tuned in for the address?

Not really, it turns out, given that just 27.3 million people watched, according to data from Nielsen across 16 networks. That's a decline of 29 percent, as is mentioned in Deadline's headline. The Hill mentioned in their headline that the ratings took "a nosedive."

Those ratings look even worse when compared to previous years, and the lack of viewers in the demographics that Biden needs support from. As Deadline mentioned:

The ratings look even worse when stacked up against former President Donald Trump's ratings.

How did the Americans who watched it feel about the address? There's already that major caveat in that so few of them watched it, but CNN has provided some data in that their poll showed 72 percent of Americans had a positive reaction to the speech, including 34 percent who had a "very positive" reaction.

As was the case with last year's polling about last year's address, though, there's more than meets the eye. CNN also compiled data on presidential averages from President Bill Clinton to Biden. It turns out Biden had the lowest average when it comes to Americans who say they had a "very positive" reaction following his address.

Biden is at a 38 percent "very positive" average, while President Barack Obama had a 50 percent average in that "very positive" category," President George W. Bush had a 53 percent average, and Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump had a 54 percent average.

Trump and Biden were virtually tied in having the highest average of those Americans who said they had a "very negative" view, at 12 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

This poll also reflects how the president still has trouble with younger Americans too. "Among those younger than 45, though, just 21% reported a very positive reaction, even as speech-watchers in this age group were just as likely as those age 65 or older to say that Biden’s policies would move the country in the right direction (75% younger than 45 said so, as did 76% of those age 65 or older)," CNN noted.

The survey was conducted via text message with 552 adults who said they watched the speech on Tuesday. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.7 percentage points.

>>18315255

>Boasberg received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1985, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,

self-nom notable

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>>18315322

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones

Skull and Bones, also known as The Order, Order 322, or The Brotherhood of Death, is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The oldest senior-class society at the university, Skull & Bones has become a cultural institution known for its powerful alumni and various conspiracy theories. It is one of the "Big Three" societies at Yale, the other two being Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head.[1]

>>18315350

>https://youtu.be/jEibpNOdW-s

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>>18315350