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Why Is Hinderaker So Threatened — By Any Party He’s Not Invited To?!

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This is… perplexing — and… steeped in irony.

For at least four decades (through to this afternoon) Hinderaker has socialized, and attended holiday galas (no doubt!) at private country clubs — ones that intentionally limit who may join or even attend as a guest of a member.

So… it is silly, that here in his dotage… he’s offended — when people of color might exclude… him.

[Not that he’d ever have the courage to enter an all Black club, mind you.]

His belching on Australian Sky network is just… silly.

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Silent — For 20 Years…?!

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Well. Billingsley is correct, directionally, about Section 702 of the so-called Patriot Act.

It needs to go. It has been a vehicle for abuse, since about 2004. He’s right.

It is… a VP Dick Cheney creation. [Billingspuss was silent.]

Back then it was mostly used to spy on good US citizens who happened to follow Islam.

A religion. [Billingspuss was silent.]

It was used to spy without warrants on US citizens, in the US — and outside our borders. [Billingspuss was silent.] The late Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, John Conyers (D, MI) was right.

That “inside our borders” application / portion is per force unconstitutional.

And it was the GOP that blocked — over and over — Chairman Conyers and other Democratic Senators (including Patrick Leahy) from amending Sections 702 and 215 of the Bush43 monstrosity called the Patriot Act. [Billingspuss was silent — for 20 years.]

Yet he only now complains — in 2023: as Mr. Biden has the power to wield it against the violent MAGA offshoots (whyte supremacists).

Honestly, I don’t think the DoJ or DHS needed warrantless surveillance as to J6-ers. They were so stupid — much of the evidence was in open text and email and video. Selfies at the crime scene, for example. Walking into public buildings with signs that say “you are being recorded”.

These MAGA guys are… dunces.

Even so… Gee — the wording of Section 702 is what it was in 2003 — but he waited 20 years to complain.

I wonder… why.

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Scott Johnson, Still In The Grips Of His Personal PTSD, Reads Vast Nonsense Into One Small Poll Of… Kids (18-24).

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Again, I have been allowing a fairly wide berth to the boys, since each of them, in differing ways — is expressing some post-traumatic stress related irrationality (and especially so, in writing about Gaza / Israel). The one most afflicted — and most often — has seemed to be… Paul Mirengoff.

But now Scott Johnson launches a mostly loony burp-fest about how the youngest voters in America are now “Generation H[amas]“. Yikes. This wild eyed and nationwide conclusion, he draws from a small sample of east coast college age kids. And from a survey that was primarily plumbing ECONOMIC dissatisfaction in that co-hort.

Whatever.

I seem to recall that both Hinderaker and Johnson have confessed to being “Communists” (whatever they thought that then meant, in 1969) when at the age of these survey respondents, and in fact, forcibly took over various Dartmouth campus admin offices — demanding an end to the Vietnam war. [Those were not just answers to a telephone survey boys — those were offenses for which you were both jailed, momentarily.]

And yet… now nearly a half century later… America is very much an entirely stable economy, and steady in its political / international stances (for better, or worse). Especially so, in its relationships with, and protection of… Israel. [Indeed, both of you graduated on time with honors, had your records wiped — and went on to law school — and careers amassing millions in the US capitalist version of America.]

Nope. No purported “Communist” collective ending property rights, nor repealing our Constitutional Democracy.

So… yes, based on your own lived experiences, guys — I do think this generation will grow up, and figure it out, Scott (and John, Steve and even Paul). All without engaging in Hinderaker’s calls for eradication of the the Palestinian peoples.

Onward.

On The Costs, Of Speaking Truth To Power — Even When The Jury Confirms A $148 Million Verdict In Your Favor…

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Let’s be clear: this is a civil rights story — not just a defamation/legal one.

Yes, Rudy is a national public figure (and reprobate). But as EW and many others have said since last night — this is about a mother and daughter who’ve had to change their names, move carefully, and more than once — into hiding. They essentially live as though they are in a witness protection program (due to relentless and often racially-tinged death threats, from MAGAts). [And yes, this means that Scott Johnson’s missed the mark, on the story — and missed it badly.]

All because the guy leaking dark brown goo from his head (formerly a US Attorney, and formerly, the Mayor of New York), under the TV lights — targeted them. Yet… and still… they… rise. Here’s a bit:

…Good evening everyone. I am Lady Ruby. Today’s a good day. A jury stood witness to what Rudy Giuliani did to me and my daughter and held him accountable. And for that I’m thankful. Today is not the end of the road. We still have work to do.

Rudy Giuliani was not the only one who spread lies about us, and others must be held accountable too. But that is tomorrow’s work. For now, I want people to understand this. Money will never solve all of my problems. I can never move back to the house that I called home.

I will always have to be careful about where I go and who I choose to share my name with. I miss my home, I miss my neighbors, and I miss my name….

This — this courage, under fire — should be the central narrative arc, out of Rudy’s complete loss. Please share this wherever you can. Onward.

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“I am not one of those who criticize January 6 protesters for “desecrating” the nation’s Capitol….”

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That’s John Hinderaker, today. Full quote.

So… in the supposed anti- Democratic / pro- MAGA scandal he hopes to create, and as he’s written, repeatedly…

Seeing Ashli Babbitt shot dead (completely her own fault — for trying to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power, violently as part of a mob) is not much of a problem, in John’s telling.

But an amateur sex tape… is, because it was made by a “homosexual” — in John’s phrasing.

Just to keep the record straight, on where Hinderaker’s moral priorities… lie.

“The thing speaks for itself.”

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Exactly 120 Years Ago This Sunday… What Ultimately Becomes The Space Age… Opens.

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Yes. Of course. I understand that Sputnik I (now 66 years ago) is officially the proper opening — of the “space age”.

In point of fact though, what the Wrights did at Kitty Hawk now 120 years ago… is the animating moment, for all of it.

But instead of 120 feet, a few feet off the ground, for 12 seconds, or even 1,440 low-Earth orbits, over 20 days… last month, we were flying an entirely robotic helicopter, some 41 million miles out into the night sky, on Mars. That was a 48th flawless, and smoothly-powered jump, on Barsoom. Whoosh.

So, we will offer a short salute, and link to NASA’s photo of it (while offering our take on it, at right) — as of tomorrow morning.

…120th Anniversary of the First Powered, Controlled Flight

Orville Wright makes the first powered, controlled flight on Earth as his brother Wilbur looks on in this image taken at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. Orville Wright covered 120 feet in 12 seconds during the first flight. The Wright brothers made four flights that day, each longer than the last….

I don’t mean to be flippant here, but Sputnik was really just a rock thrown into the sky. Impressive that it achieved orbit, but it was a rock with a few wires inside — it made no controlled descent after be flung into the sky. What the Wright brothers did — even for a moment — was controlled powered flight, with a human aboard. And a safe landing. Much more like the Moon landings, and returns, than not alike. Kudos.

And yes, it was nearly windless that day at Kitty Hawk. As it was — this very morning, here. Smile. Onward. Whatever you might dream… it may… one day, occur.

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This RCC Approval From FDA, For Belzutifan (branded as Welireg®) — Its Second, Is On The Verge Of Being… Material To Rahway.

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So… we will dress up the “immaterial graphic” — but just slightly.

This is all great news for patients with renal cell carcinoma — as those who don’t respond well to Keytruda® (pembrolizumab), are now FDA cleared to get Welireg® (belzutifan), even if not enrolled in a study. And Fiercepharma has, as ever, done an excellent job of laying out the context for the story:

…Since Merck secured approval for kidney cancer pill and blockbuster hopeful Welireg (belzutifan) in August of 2021, sales have grown slowly but surely.

With a second FDA nod on Thursday for a much larger patient population, the company can anticipate a more pronounced upswing in revenue from the hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2a) inhibitor.

The U.S. regulator has given a thumbs up for Welireg to treat relapsed or refractory renal cell carcinoma (RCC) for adult patients who have not responded to a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor and who have also been treated with a vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (VEGF-TK1)….

Once this franchise is generating more than $1.6 billion a year in revenue, as it will with the RCC approval, by the 2025 time frame — it will be a material item, as to Merck’s overall results. Now you know. Onward.

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Next Gen Version — Of An Uncrewed Mini-Shuttle… Now Approaching Reality, At NASA And Its Colorado Based Partners…

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The reusable space cargo hauler issue… is as old as space travel itself.

And this is the latest suggestion, to address the spotty record of Mr. Musk’s offerings. I am not throwing a dart — space is, as we always say… “hard”. Really hard. But we cannot be reliant on only one source of supply in this arena — or even two. So, here is the latest:

…The Dream Chaser cargo system, manufactured by Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado, consists of two major elements: the Dream Chaser spacecraft and the Shooting Star cargo module. As a lifting body spacecraft, Dream Chaser is designed to be reused up to 15 times, and is modified from the HL-20 spacecraft developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

The space plane’s cargo module companion, Shooting Star, is designed to support delivery and disposal of pressurized and unpressurized cargo to and from the space station. The cargo module can be used only once and is disposed of prior to re-entry….

Now you know — what a prodigious time to be alive!

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Hinderaker Cannot Read. Reparations Are Underway.

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So… keeping up with the news is not John’s long suit.

The graphic at right was a kickoff, three years ago. Now we are well underway.

Tonight he talks SF, but ignores… my town.

We told him before (in ‘21, obviously).

Now over 30 legacy families have received funds, initially of $25,000 each, to improve their homes.

These are families who were expressly prevented from buying in white neighborhoods in the 1940s, 50s and ‘60s.

I represent several of these families.

Do shut it, Hinderaker.

You are… an idiot.

Rudy Owes $148 Million [He’s Broke]; And Gov. Abbott — Now, Likely Out Of Runway, In Fifth Circuit — Will He Seek Supremes’ Review? Hilarious.

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The Biden Admninstration has (as we predicted) said tonight that there is no reason to hold an en banc rehearing. This is not a very novel legal question — and the statute contstrued is clear. Abbott loses.

Here’s a bit of the 24 pager (a pdf file) but this is not going to become a Supreme Court case. The law is clear, the Circuits are not split on how to apply it. Game over:

…The panel held that the district court did not err in concluding that the United States had shown that it was likely to succeed on its RHA claims because the segment of the Rio Grande at issue was historically navigable, and thus navigable under the RHA. Op. 6-15. Next, the panel concluded that the barrier is both an obstruction to the Rio Grande’s navigable capacity and an “other structure” placed in the river without a permit. Op. 15-21.

On the equities, the panel concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion. The panel explained that the United States had established likely irreparable harm in its relationship with Mexico, as well as to federal operations on the river; and that the public interest, as expressed by Congress in the RHA, weighed in the United States’ favor. Op. 22-28….

Onward, smiling on a warm December Friday, as a classical violinist plays baroque selections in the subway… whilst I wait on a northbound train. Grin….

Oh. And the already broke, disbarred nearly-80 year old former NY mayor and former US attorney (and cross-dressing Trump buddie)… has lost a libel verdict in Georgia, one he decided to try, to a jury. If he ever recovers his health, and / or finds some money — it will go first to the two election workers he intentionally defamed — in Tangerine’s name. Karma, they say… is a wheel. Indeed.

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