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Friday, July 27, 2018

Is Client-Attorney Privilege A Thing Of The Past?

Straws Will End The World Or At Least That What The Lefties Want You To Think

WALSH: Quit The Hysterics. America Is Responsible For Almost None Of The Plastic In The Ocean.

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There is nothing wrong with trying to cut down on waste. There is nothing wrong with trying to cut down on the amount of straws we use. But when you use fake statistics to whip up hysteria, and you indulge in extreme exaggeration and blatant falsehood, and especially when you use these exaggerations and falsehoods as the basis for unnecessary laws, then it becomes incumbent on honest people to step in and correct the record.
In reality, your straw usage has almost no impact on the ocean whatsoever. That's partly because the "500 million straws a day statistic" is invented, and partly because the United States as a whole contributes very, very little to the plastic waste problem. About 60% of the plastic in the Ocean comes from five Asian countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. Indonesia's Citarum River, the most polluted river on Earth, is essentially a massive trash heap on a giant aquatic conveyor belt. Every day, 20,000 tons of waste and 340,000 tons of wastewater are dumped into it and then ferried to the ocean. In places like Vietnam, plastic in the water is the least of anyone's concerns. Raw sewage is discharged directly into water ways, turning the rivers toxic.
In all, and speaking just of plastic pollution, Asia and Africa account for 95% of the problem. That leaves only 5% of the ocean's plastic debris to be split between the continents of Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. According to this chart, Brazil is the worst plastic offender outside of Asia and Africa. 23 European countries, collectively, are 18th on the list. The United States comes in 20th. America, with its population of 330 million, is dwarfed on the plastic pollutant list by countries like Sri Lanka with 310 million fewer people.
We could collect all of the straws in North America, bundle them together and shoot them into the Sun, and the state of the ocean would hardly be improved at all. Indeed, we could stop using plastic altogether and it would barely make a dent in the problem. Does that mean we should be totally unconcerned about our own waste? No, but it does mean that our waste is, comparatively, not a significant problem. The ocean is being destroyed by Asia and Africa. Until they get their acts together, only minimal progress can be made.
And, as far as straws go, it's a near total non-issue. The United States accounts for a tiny fraction of the plastic in the ocean and straws account for a tiny fraction of that tiny fraction. Go ahead and refrain from straws if you wish. More power to you. But you are accomplishing very little for the environment. That's just the reality, in case anyone cares about reality anymore.

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Another Day, Another Victory Against MS-13

ICE Announces Major Bust Including High Ranking Gang Member

  • 07/25/2018 
  • Source: TTN
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ICE Announces Major Bust Including High Ranking Gang Member
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ICE recently announced the arrests of over 100 criminal illegals in the 
Washington D.C. area. The focus was on illegal aliens with criminal records.

According to The Daily Caller:
The Immigration Customs Enforcement Agency apprehended 132 illegal

immigrants in a Washington, D.C., metropolitan area operation that took

place over the last two weeks, according to an ICE statement released on

Tuesday.

The Washington Field Office recently concluded Operation Eagle’s Shield,

which went from July 9–20, which targeted “various violent offenders, gang

members, sex offenders, fugitives from justice and those who otherwise

pose a significant public safety threat,” according to their statement.

“We set out to locate and detain known, dangerous criminal aliens who

are hiding and operating in the neighborhoods we call home,” Washington

field office director Russell Hott said. “Today’s announcement is the

result of the absolutely essential work our ICE officers perform to identify

the worst of the worst and ensure they have no refuge here.”

One of the people arrested is allegedly an El Salvadorian national who

is a high-ranking member of MS-13 — the most ruthless, violent gang

in the world. President Trump has continued to express his desire to

remove the vicious gang from the country.
The arrested illegals come from a total of 13 countries. This new focus 
looks to be working as ICE takes criminals off the street and as a result 
makes America safer.

Read more at http://trumptrainnews.com/articles/ice-announces-major-bust-including-high-ranking-gang-member#i30w5sUCd3VCrmwV.99

Is He An Example Of Those Who Hate Trump? Birds Of A Feather?

Anti-Trump Resistance Leader Arrested After Repeated Contact With Minors

  • 07/26/2018 
  • Source: AAN 
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Anti-Trump Resistance Leader Arrested After Repeated Contact With Minors
Police arrested one of the anti-Trump resistance leaders in the liberal enclave
of Portland, Oregon after authorities say he violated a condition of his probation,
prohibiting him from having any contact with minors. (Daily Wire)

Micah Rhodes was "ordered to stay away from anyone under 18" after being

convicted of criminal sexual abuse this year for incidents that occurred in 2014

and 2015, Oregon Live reports.

Rhodes was put on probation this year after being convicted on "three counts

of second-degree sexual abuse for having illicit sexual contact with a

17-year-old girl in Washington County and a 17-year-old boy in Multnomah

County. The sexual abuse occurred in 2014 and 2015, and Rhodes was

20 and 21 years old at the time."

The Occupy ICE PDX camp had a number of minor children living in it,

Oregon Live says, based on reports from other bloggers and reporters

who visited the camp. Authorities have not released details of Rhodes's

alleged contact with minors but the cramped quarters of the camp likely

made it impossible for Rhodes to abide by the conditions of his probation,

which mandate a certain distance from all minor children.

It is not clear, either, whether Rhodes lived full time at the camp. He does

run a group called "Portland's Resistance," which was involved in the

Occupy ICE protests in Portland and which seems to have visited the

camp regularly. A blogger named Robert West allegedly filmed Rhodes

at a protest outside Portland's ICE headquarters back in June before the

Occupy ICE PDX camp broke ground.

A judge will hear Rhodes' case next week. He faces up to 30 months in prison.

Read more at http://americanactionnews.com/articles/anti-trump-resistance-leader-arrested-after-repeated-contact-with-minors#Wa3jqWsx5TRfCBIu.99

Will This Go Anywhere? Is The FEC Afraid Of Mad Max?

FEC Complaint Filed Against 

Maxine Waters

  • 07/26/2018 
  • Source: TTN
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  • by: TTN Staff
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FEC Complaint Filed Against Maxine Waters
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Maxine Waters has been the center of attention lately. Whether it is calling for violence against Trump and his supporters or getting complaints filed against her. On Thursday Maxine got some more bad news as a Federal Election Commission complaint was filed against her.

According to the National Legal and Policy Center:
Today, NLPC filed a Complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) violated federal election law in a transaction related to her so-called slate mailer during her last re-election campaign.

The transaction was a payment to Waters’ campaign fund from the Democratic State Central Committee of California (DSCCC) in the amount of $35,000 for the inclusion of then-Senate candidate, and now Senator Kamala Harris, on Waters’ slate mailer. Whereas candidates like Harris may legally pay Waters’ campaign for the proportional costs of their inclusion on her slate mailer, it is not legal for such payment to be made by a third party like the DSCCC.

Waters’ slate mailers have been a matter of controversy for years. They resemble a sample ballot distributed by political parties before and during elections, but contain Waters’ personal endorsements. She pioneered a new way to use slate mailers by seeking an Advisory Opinion from the Federal Election Commission in 2004 that allows her to use her federal campaign to also function as a State of California slate mailer committee while still maintaining eligibility as a principal federal campaign committee.

The main beneficiary of the slate mailers appears to be companies controlled by Waters’ daughter Karen Waters, which have received hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce the mailers. Critics have charged that Waters’ slate mailers are a way to evade contribution limits.

Waters looks to have enriched those closest to her through some shady campaign schemes. It will be interesting to see whether she is held accountable or not.

Read more at http://trumptrainnews.com/articles/fec-complaint-filed-against-maxine-waters#8OG6b06qgeoooWUM.99