Odds & Ends

Another example of the politicization of the law enforcement agencies in this country surfaced last week.  Steve Bannon, an outspoken supporter of President Trump, was indicted on a litany of charges related to attempting to build a wall on the southern border.

The indictment against Bannon includes two felony counts of money laundering, two counts of conspiracy and another felony count of defrauding donors who gave money to his We Build the Wall nonprofit.

The NYTimes reported:

“This is an irony,” he said, adding. “On the very day the mayor of this city has a delegation down on the border, they’re persecuting people here for trying to stop them at the border.”

Mayor Eric Adams has sent officials to Texas to investigate a torrent of migrants bused to New York City by the state’s governor.

The charges echo a federal case brought against Mr. Bannon two years ago. Federal prosecutors in 2020 indicted him and three other men of taking donations from the crowd-funded border wall project to pay for personal expenses.

Bannon noted that the state charges were “phony” and “nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”

I would agree.  The left is trying to silence anyone with influence who dares to speak out against the takeover of the country by the Left.

The mid-terms approach.  How does we know?  The media spin that criminal acts have been committed by anyone connected in a positive way with MAGA America.  Right now the media is unabashedly pushing the narrative that indictments of PDJT are just around the corner.  Now when have we heard that fairy tale before?

CNBC reported, “DOJ is ‘getting very close’ to having the evidence to indict Trump, but shouldn’t charge him, ex-Attorney General Bill Barr says.”

Before that, Newsweek reported, “Former President Donald Trump could be facing a criminal indictment relatively soon, according to his ex-attorney Michael Cohen.”

Before that, Media-ite reported, “Andrew Napolitano Tells Newsmax Trump Will Be Indicted: ‘It Pains Me to Say It.’”

PDJT is the single most powerful force in American politics.  This is all calculated to diminish PDJT in the eyes of the public.

The Raid on Mar-a-Lago was the real crime because nothing in Trump’s home was classified material because he de-classified it as president. That was his right as commander-in-chief.

The Democrats are trying to foment a civil war before the mid-terms so that they can suspend the elections.

When will the “get Trump” industry become an entitlement in the one of the continuing resolutions that currently fund the government?

The national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) predicted that above-average Atlantic temperatures would contribute to a hectic hurricane season in 2022.

The NOAA said the increased activity anticipated this hurricane season is because of several climate factors. This includes the “ongoing La Niña that is likely to persist throughout the hurricane season, warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, weaker tropical Atlantic trade winds and an enhanced west African monsoon.”

How accurate was that forecast?  Turns out the season was the quietist in a quarter century.  And these people think they can predict the planet’s temperature in 2050, 2100?

Is the race for the governor of New York closer than the polls would indicate?

CNBC reported, “New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a state of emergency over polio to boost vaccination rates in the state amid further evidence that the virus is spreading in communities.”

Just how many cases of polio exist in New York?  And where did such cases originate?  It couldn’t be all the unvetted illegal aliens that crossed the southern border, could it?