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[U: Doubled Idiocy By Paul!] Hey Paul! Mortgage Fraud?! Yes — Bring It!

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Tonight, Paul feels that a Fed. Board Member (and separately, NY AG Leticia James) should be removed, on thread-bare allegations that they each separately claimed to have two “primary” residences — when seeking a mortgage.

Y A W N.

Fine. Let’s make the obvious trade — then: we’ll give you those two… the second AFTER Trump resigns.

Three courts (and five judges) have now found he committed pattern bank loan fraud — and tax fraud — into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

And as just one example, what to make of a life long Manhattan high rise real estate savant — who repeatedly swore on loan applications that his penthouse condo was TRIPLE the square footage of an entire floor of the building, while he knew he lived on only one floor (minus elevator shaft space).

Updated: a week later, Mirengoff doubles down. Hey Paulie: where’s your post calling for the immediate resignation of Donald Trump? At least three courts and five judges have found that he lied under oath about his lending / commercial mortgage applications, tripling the size of his condo. And he’s an expert in this area. Supposedly. End update.

So he got loans backed by a purported 36,000 square foot penthouse, knowing it was just over 9,000 square feet — more than quadrupling its actual collateral value.

He’s the preznit, and supposedly an expert real estate investor.

But he doesn’t know how small his condo is?!

Preposterous!

That’s felony fraud.

Paul clearly demanded his immediate resignation from all 1600 Penn. offices.

Oh. Wait. No he only made that demand of two Black women in power, neither of whom are real estate lending experts.

What a transparently malign racist he is.

Out.

Bennu’s “Star Grains” Helped Reveal Some New Secrets, About The Very Ancient Material That Became… Our Solar System.

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Our imagination is always fired — whenever we learn more about the “primordial” stuff (stargrains) that after billions and billions of years… of melting and refreezing and endless collisions… coalesced to become our home planet, and our the rocks we call our neighbors.

Do go read the long form NASA article — it is excellent:

…Asteroid Bennu, sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2020, is a mixture of dust that formed in our solar system, organic matter from interstellar space, and pre-solar system stardust. Its unique and varied contents were dramatically transformed over time by interactions with water and exposure to the harsh space environment.

These insights come from a trio of newly published papers based on the analysis of Bennu samples by scientists at NASA and other institutions.

Bennu is made of fragments from a larger parent asteroid destroyed by a collision in the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. One of the papers, co-led by Jessica Barnes at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and Ann Nguyen of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and published in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggests that Bennu’s ancestor was made up of material that had diverse origins — near the Sun, far from the Sun, and even beyond our solar system….

As the leftover materials from planetary formation 4.5 billion years ago, asteroids provide a record of the solar system’s history. But as Zega noted, we’re seeing that some of these remnants differ from what has been found in meteorites on Earth, because certain types of asteroids burn up in the atmosphere and never make it to the ground. That, the researchers point out, is why collecting actual samples is so important….

Now you know. And the forecast is for very little new material here… for about ten days, now. Keep it spinnin’ in good karma, all. Onward.

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Yawn. Surprising… No One, Putin Has Played Trump For The Fool. No Further Meetings.

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Well… here’s a perfect echo from all that we saw just several days ago, in Anchorage…

Putin’s spokesperson just said there are no additional meetings planned or scheduled or even being considered with Mr. Zelenskyy.

Of course, this directly contradicts all of Trump’s promises of “a lasting peace within two weeks”. Here’s the latest:

…Russia’s top diplomat made it clear Friday that Putin won’t meet with Zelenskyy until the Ukrainians agree to some of Moscow’s longstanding demands to end the conflict.

It’s a stinging setback for Trump, who had been touting his diplomatic blitz as resulting in indisputable momentum for a deal to halt a conflict he vowed as a candidate to end on Day One in office….

Once again, Trump proves that he does not understand how the big world works. And now, even more Ukrainians will die because of his false bravado. Out.

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Let Us All Hope That Nairobi Doesn’t Become… A ~5+ Million Souls… Flashpoint, For Mpox Clade 1b: With USAID Sidelined By Tangerine.

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This is simply… discouraging.

The reporting is impeccable, though — from CIDRAP:

…Kenya currently has one of the most worrisome mpox situations, and the virus has spread from coastal regions to Nairobi, raising the risk of exponential spread given the urban population density in the country’s capital, he said. Nairobi is also Kenya’s largest city, with a population topping 5 million people.

Clade 1b is circulating in the country, and the case-fatality rate is 2%, which is on the higher end of affected countries, Boum said, noting that Africa CDC will fast-track support to the country.

The country hopes to launch a vaccination campaign on September 1, which Boum said would ideally be conducted hand-in-hand with surveillance activities….

Now you know — onward to about 10 days largely off-grid — but seen twice at 9:17 am Central, this morning — indeed. Grin.

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[U, X2] Very Shortly, We Expect The “Release, With Conditions” Order For Kilmar In Nashville — But We Will NOT Disclose When — Or How — He’ll Leave / Have Left The City.

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Second Update @ 5:20 pm EDT: He is travelling with a private security detail, and will have 24/7 private protection — in Maryland. So any MAGA nut out there be warned: you will be… literally taking your life in your hands, should you try to confront our men. End, second update. [See comment box, here — for the first update.]

The details of this order were already agreed, two hearings ago, in Courtroom 3D in Music City. So, likely later today, we will see that release on ankle monitor order.

And it pains me to say this (as in other notable federal nominally-criminal cases, like Martin Shkreli’s), I’ve posted when the defendant is moved from one federal facility to another.

But to be clear, there will be no such disclosure here — even though I will see it, privately.

There is a quite-credible basis to fear MAGA idiot lawlessness, if they were able to triangulate on this information (given the earlier death threats his wife and children received, when Noem posted her home address) — and credible basis to think at least some Noemites / ICE / DHS officers might use it to violate the court’s orders, and try to re-detain and/or… deport him.

So, we will go silent after we post the release order — and until something protective is published (likely in the Maryland federal district courts), on his All Writs Act claims. There you have it — a very troubling time in our 250 year quest for the supremacy of the rule of law — not tiny men and women.

Onward, just the same.

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Tangent | Les Nouvelles Securities Fraudsters’ Edition: This Morning, Kanye West Apparently Emulates Trump/Musk Sh!t-Coin-Mal-Enomics. Ugh.

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This is getting to be a repetitive — and thus… boring — crypto-related con.

This morning, we are learning that Kanye West, a deeply troubled and misogynist human being… has apparently authorized a sh!t coin, in his name / image / and likeness. Y A W N.

It is actually a complete copy of the $Trump coin, and the $mellania coin. And so like those coins, it is just a form of (at the moment, arguably) legalized securities fraud.

Time will tell whether the SEC has been completely captured by MAGA-world, or whether it will step up, and start bringing enforcement actions.

We shall see. But in the meantime, lots of stupid moms and pops… Are losing their life savings.

Here’s the latest:

…YZY’s structure was first revealed by CoinDesk in February, which reported that 70% of supply would go directly to Ye personally, with 10% for liquidity and 20% for public sale.

At the time, insiders said Ye had initially demanded an 80% stake — the same allocation structure tied to Donald Trump’s TRUMP token — before being negotiated down. The project has also carried heavy baggage from the start. Ye had previously declared that “coins prey on the fans with hype” before backtracking and approving YZY.

Sources told CoinDesk the token was meant to mimic TRUMP’s success, even as Argentina was roiled by a similar scandal when President Javier Milei’s endorsed LIBRA coin collapsed as a pump-and-dump.

Critics flagged then — and now — that such insider-heavy distributions tilt risk squarely toward retail buyers, especially when paired with a single-sided liquidity pool….

What a disgusting time… to be an observer of the (nearly consequence-free) abuse of the deepest and best capital markets on the planet. Damn.

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The Willful Disdain For All Court Orders Here Continues: Kristi Noem Is In [VERY!] High Dungeon, This Evening (As To Abrego-Garcia). Do Read. YAWN. It. Won’t. Matter.

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We have our insouciant answer from Team Noem / Tangerine 2.0: Mr. Abrego Garcia will be released very shortly in Nashville.

He will promptly fly to Maryland — and hopefully he will be in a “safe house”. Hopefully, Noem doesn’t think she’s the Stazi. We shall see. Here’s the awfully intemperate Noem filing just now, in Music City — and a bit of it:

…The United States of America, by and through Robert E. McGuire, Acting United States Attorney, and makes the following response to the Defendant’s Motion to Amend Release Conditions (DE # 106). The United States has steadfastly objected to the Defendant’s release from custody citing his danger to the community and the risk of flight. By making the following response, the United States, to be clear, is not now abandoning that position.

The United States is aware that the Court ordered the defense to respond on behalf of the Government regarding the Government’s position if the Government did not oppose and only ordered the Government to respond if there was opposition to the Defendant’s Motion. However, undersigned counsel believed it was important to file the Government’s position on the record even though the Government is not opposing the Defendant’s Motion to Amend. Undersigned counsel has conferred with the defense and with Pre-trial services as ordered and hopes that the Court will accept this filing in lieu of the defense filing [Ed. Note: Geez! — the hubris of these Noemites!] since it accomplishes the same end: to alert the Court that the Government does not oppose the Motion….

…[S]hould the Defendant be released the United States submits that it has no objection to allowing the Defendant to have 48 hours to travel to Baltimore, Maryland once he is released from U.S. Marshals Custody. The United States understands that, pursuant to this Court’s prior ruling, that the Defendant will be placed on an electronic monitoring device before he is discharged from the facility where he is housed (and, thus, prior to his travel to Maryland) and has confirmed that Pre-trial Service and the U.S. Marshals Service are prepared to effectuate that part of the Court’s order. Therefore, the United States does not oppose the Defendant having 48 hours to travel to Maryland….

Similarly, the United States does not oppose, and would not oppose, the Defendant having access to his attorneys to prepare for trial should he be taken into immigration custody by the Department of Homeland Security at a future point. The United States has an obvious and significant interest in providing the Defendant sufficient access to counsel in order to secure a fair trial for both parties in this case. However, the United States would note that, should the Defendant be removed from the United States to another country via deportation [Ed. Note: what crazy manner of… a lawless pile of lies, might such an operation entail?!], the United States would no longer be in a position to facilitate the Defendant’s access to his attorneys at that point….

[That last bit of insouciance, in the final paragraph, has been counter-manded by no fewer than three courts. One of them a US Court of Appeals — and at least by implication, has been counter-manded by the Supremes, themselves in early April of 2025.] Damn. What an evil pack of miscreants. Out.

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“There Can Be No Freeze… On Obligated Charitable Funds”: DC Circuit Ct. of Appeals, Today.

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So, the trial court has set a status hearing for next Monday, to hear what concrete steps Team Tangerine 2.0 is taking to comply with the appellate order, and the trial court’s injunction — against denying already obligated funds (and already appropriated by Congress, per the black letter lawful scheme) to recipiencts like the National Council of Charities. [Just one of my prior backgrounders, on this case, No. 25-cv-402, USDC, Dist. of Columbia, here.]

We will, as ever cover this too, here. [That is so — at least until we go off grid, for ten days, on an island on upper Lake Champlain — starting this weekend.] Do watch the skies — for some Bat Signals, friends [in the form of tiny text updates in comments to each post, that is(!)]. Here’s the full-text order — from the ever capable USDC Judge Amir Ali, in DC, just entered:

…MINUTE ORDER.

The Court will hold a status conference on August 25, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 19.

[Tangerine 2.0/DOGE] Defendants are reminded, consistent with the en banc D.C. Circuit’s order this morning, that “the preliminary injunction that requires the government to obligate the appropriated funds remains in effect.“ Order, Glob. Health Council v. Trump, No. 25-5097 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 20, 2025).

Defendants accordingly remain under the obligation to take steps to comply with the preliminary injunction absent further order of the Circuit or this Court. Defendants have previously represented it remains feasible to comply with the requirement to obligate the appropriated funds and that they have developed a plan to do so.

Defendants should be prepared to discuss at the hearing what steps they have taken and need to take to ensure that compliance remains feasible.

Signed by Judge Amir H. Ali on 8/20/2025….

Onward — getting excited! It is all coming together… grin!

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Preparing For Abrego-Garcia’s Consensual Release, In Nashville…

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Both sides have significant legal obligations here.

And it would not shock me to see Noem directly violate all the prior federal court orders (in Nashville and Maryland and the US Supreme Court!), and try to re-arrest him — in a “more friendly” (to her) jurisdiction. We shall see — but here’s where things stand, on this overnight motion, from Abrego Garcia’s excellent legal team:

…ORDER as to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia:

On 8/19/2025, the defendant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (“Abrego”) filed a motion to modify conditions of release and issue release order. (Docket No. [106].)

If neither the government nor Pretrial Services opposes the requested relief, Abrego must, by 5:00 p.m. (CDT) on 8/20/2025, file a notice of no opposition.

Otherwise, the government must, by no later than noon on 8/21/2025, file any response in opposition to any aspect of Abrego’s motion.

If the government opposes any relief requested by Abrego, a hearing will be held on 8/25/2025 at 10:30 AM.

The U.S. Marshal is directed to transport Abrego for the scheduled hearing.

The stay of issuance of the release order, see Docket No. [97], shall remain in effect pending a ruling on Abrego’s motion to modify conditions of release.

Signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes on 8/20/2025….

Now you know. We await day’s end, to see which of the above shoes… fall, next. Onward, resolutely. Will the ICE-idiots try to kidnap him again? We shall see.

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Here In The 21st Century, It Is Unusual To Find… We’ve “Missed” A Moon, Among Our Eight Near Neighbors… But It Has Happened, At Uranus: JWST

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As I say, with post-Millennium ultra high pixel Chilean monster optical scopes, and vast dish network arrayed radio telescopes — and even prior razor sharp space ‘scopes… it is surprising that even a tiny moon was… missed.

But just a few months ago, in data downloaded on February 2, 2025 — the JWST team saw a tiny little moon — never noticed before, orbiting one of our most distant gas giant outer planets. That makes… 29, out there. Here’s the scoop:

…Using NASA’s [JWST], a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the planet’s known satellite family to 29….

“This object was spotted in a series of 10 40-minute long-exposure images captured by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam),” said Maryame El Moutamid, a lead scientist in SwRI’s Solar System Science and Exploration Division based in Boulder, Colorado.

“It’s a small moon but a significant discovery, which is something that even NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft didn’t see during its flyby nearly 40 years ago….”

I love these sorts of “undiscovered country” space stories. And we will await its more poetic, and formal naming. [Tradition dictates that it be a name from Alexander Pope’s writings, or those of Will Shakespeare.] So, we await that, with a grin — out in Boulder. Woot!

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