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Officer dragged to safety by good Samaritan during shootout with carjacking suspect, video shows

Good on the good Samaritan John Lally, but wait there is more.

Finner said in a press conference Saturday afternoon that this is a prime example of people coming together for the greater good.

“(The good Samaritan) has had trouble with law enforcement in his life, but (Saturday), he and a few other citizens, along with our officers, when that officer went down, they pulled him to safety,” Finner said. “I want to celebrate that. “

“A truly reformed individual is a person that we can use (as an example),” Finner said. “He stepped up.”

In a world that is upside down this is a refreshing story that I needed.  Do yourself a favor and read the story and watch the video.  Hey you got time.  Griping about Biden can wait 5 minutes or so.  Me?  I’m gonna smoke a fine cuban cigar in Lally’s honor and wait for the inevitable

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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    We’re getting some much needed rain, .79″ so far and it’s supposed to be mostly a slow drizzle all day.

    I’ve not been keeping up with the shenanigans in the House but I saw a vote tally this morning on the spending bill;

    Republicans 127 Yea, 93 Nay

    Democrats 209 Yea, 2 Nay

    Total 336 Yea, 95 Nay

    I have no idea if this bill was a good idea or not but looking at the numbers did Mike Johnson sell us out?

    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I’m going to keep my powder dry concerning Mike Johnson.  The CRs had to get done to avoid the shut down.  Jack schmidt is all that is going to happen between now and the new year (if history is any guide) so, while the CR is an insult, it won’t change that much.  The real question is: will Johnson do the right thing and force a trimming of the budget with the idea of eliminating the deficit sooner rather than later?

    I’m not holding my breath that the scumbags in DC will ever do the right thing; at this point a thorough cleansing of DC with ‘strange fire’ might be the best solution.

  3. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I tender all of my complaints about folks in government with the realization that there are forces that I do not know nor comprehend behind the scenes.  Laws are in place that restrict behavior.  For the good guys to do good can sometimes be Herculean task.

    So, I am giving the new speaker some time to maneuver the whirlpools of the position.  He’s gonna need time to set his own strategies in place.

  4. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I’m doing a little shredding, and I just processed some papers from a bat guano crazy customer’s lawsuit against us from years ago.  His claims against Hubby were insane.  The queries from his lawyer were not grounded in reality.  We were countersuing.  As I read them, I tried not to get angry at this guy again, and I remembered why our lawyer decided to settle.

    He told Hubby that the dude had called his office personally – a big no-no for one thing – and our lawyer had spoken with him.  Lawyer said he thought this guy was unhinged enough to come after me with a gun.  I guess because I was the one answering the discovery questions and denying his ludicrous claims.  Hubby decided he loved me more than the lawsuit and our lawyer made it all go away.

    Some people are just freaky weird.

  5. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Another SADS death:

    Ex-NFL star Devon Wylie dies at the age of 35 from unknown causes:

    COD: Unknown

    He looked like a fun guy.  I’m sure he’ll be missed.  RIP.

  6. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    4 Tedtam

    I really hate situations and outcomes like that.

  7. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Speaking of freaky weird, the tenant we just evicted was irate in her text messages to us for going through with the eviction.  It seems that now she’ll have a hard time finding a place to live and we have personally put her grown children on the street.  But she’ll pray for us because she’s been trained to pray for her enemies.

    I responded with what I told her was my one and only response: that she didn’t live up to the agreement that they’d be out by the first for us to drop the eviction suit; that she didn’t let us know they’d moved out until the court date; that we had to go through with the eviction to legally regain control of the unit because of this; and that Hubby had an inventory of the thousands of dollars in damage to the unit, for which we were choosing at this time not to pursue our own lawsuit against them to recover those costs.  I also pointed out that we were not responsible for their decisions and choices, wished them well, and expressed the hope that they’d follow the terms of their next lease so this would not happen to them again.

    She stopped her angry texts after that.

  8. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    8 Squawk

    I thought it was unusual John Lally was wearing a body camera.  I see people today with dashboard cameras in their vehicles, but I’m not aware of non-LEOs wearing body-cams.  Is this something new ?

  9. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Representative Thomas Massie submitted his amendment for a voice vote in the House last night to stop all US taxpayer funding of gain-of-function biological research in the USA and anywhere in world.

    It passed and I don’t believe there were any nays.

    Let’s see what they do with this in the Senate.

  10. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat

    Never crossed my mind.  There are so many wearing body cams for “protection” when they run or walk now days .  Rather oddly fortuitous for Mr Lally I suppose, but I am not seeing any way that series of events could have been set up just to make him a hero.

  11. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #9 Texpat:  Because of lying weasels like Fauci, the term gain of function’ needs to be well defined.  Fauci is guilty of perjury before congress, violations of gain of function laws, crime against humanity for his role in the creation of the WLR, crimes against humanity for his attempts to ban the use of Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, among many other charges.  Justice will not be done until he dances at the end of the hangman’s rope.

  12. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Bones

    Justice will not be done until he dances at the end of the hangman’s rope.

    Well ummmmm no.  Fauci would do well to repent now while there is still time.

    2 Corinthians 5:10

    10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

    Then justice will be done.

  13. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Temporal justice vs Eternal justice.

    Not the same thing.

  14. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I had to step away for a bit. Now that the sun is lower in the sky, there’s a period where it comes through the window and blinds me.  I moved to my rosary work station and made another rosary for Father’s event on Saturday.

    Now I’m back and the C&C is finally up!

     VACCINE SYNDROME ☙ Wednesday, November 15, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS

    Good morning, C&C, it’s Wednesday! It’s an all-covid, all good news roundup for you today: I brainstorm some new ways to show how much jab injury the lying media is covering up; significant new study admits a whole post-vaccine ’syndrome’ of injuries; toddler masking ban amendment passes the House; Congress holds largely-ignored hearing on vaccine risks; Pfizer stock troubles continue; Rep. Luna files bill to trim CDC powers; Florida gains better credit rating than the United States; and another influencer pans the medical-industrial complex.

    News:

    Childers said he got the idea to search for “news behind the news” and voila! found a story about new cancer centers sprouting up all over America like mushrooms after a good rain.

    It’s the new gold rush! And these headlines are all from within just the last 30 days, all of which I easily found in one search — meaning this isn’t even the whole list. I just stopped looking when the list got so long it started feeling overwhelming.

    It takes a lot to overwhelm Mr. C.  It’s a long list of news headlines.

    Cancer seems like a growth market! Imagine needing a whole new cancer center just for young adults (18-39), who really aren’t supposed to get cancer to start with. I guess Joe Biden’s awesome ‘Cancer Moon Shot’ blew up on the launch pad, and now we have nothing to show for all the trillions of dollars wasted on grants for cancer research and new treatments.

    It’s metastasizing.

    I do love how he turns a phrase.

    Mr. C. challenges us to think of other growth stock companies/ominous headlines we could search for in addition to cancer…

    …the mind boggles at the possibilities.

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Next up – another study on post-vaxx syndrome.

    The study began its very first sentence by stating — as a fact — that “A severe, debilitating, chronic post-vaccination syndrome (PVS) after covid-19 vaccination has been reported but has yet to be well characterized.”  Severe. Debilitating. Chronic. (It’s totally safe! Ninety-five percent effective! The most thoroughly-tested vaccines in human history!)  The authors obviously called it a vaccine syndrome instead of a vaccine injury to avoid implying causality, which would have badly triggered all the censorious white-coated sellouts, not to mention Big Pharma’s big-government brute squad.

    Gotta protect the hands that feed you, right?  The researchers “who are obviously not dummies” went to great lengths to assure TPTB that this study wasn’t meant to cause controversy claim causation. Nope.  Nothing to see here.  Just move along…

    The study had 247 patients with PVS, average age of 47, so many of them young.

    While not proving causality [cough, cough] the average onset of symptoms after being jabbed was 3 days.

    Even though they denied trying to determine causality, the authors didn’t shy away from the causation discussion either, even including a long paragraph speculating about the potential mechanism(s) of injury:

    PVS could be caused by several potential mechanisms, including a mechanism related to the vaccination or manufacturing process. It may represent a rare response to vaccines in susceptible individuals. Some investigators have concluded, based on their self-referred case series, that vaccines may cause immune system dysfunction. They focused on people with neuropathy after vaccination and could not identify other causes. In 2 of 5 participants, the cerebrospinal fluid had oligoclonal bands, and they found immune complexes in some skin biopsies. Nevertheless, the syndrome could be unrelated to the vaccination, occurring by chance during the vaccination period. However, the temporal relationship with clustering of symptom onset within the first 1–18 days from the index vaccine suggests a potential relationship. The possibility that the syndrome may be related to the vaccination has implications for future vaccine development and safety surveillance.

    The most common PVS symptoms were exercise intolerance, excessive fatigue, numbness, brain fog, and neuropathy (misfiring nerves, like tingling and numbness in simple cases). People with this “syndrome” are also in a poor mental state, often reporting feeling anxious or depressed.

    Despite some of these patients undergoing many multiple treatments, there was little to no benefit of those treatments.

    The study’s dry, euphemistic conclusion was that people with Post-Vaccine Syndrome have “low health status,” and they suffer from a “high symptom burden:”

    “High symptom burden”.  Wow.  Talk about euphemisms.

    The tap dancing around the truth is amazing.  There must be a Fred Astaire Verbal Protection Studio for those in the health field.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I pointed out that MTG was holding a vaccine hearing yesterday – or was it day before?  Anyway, Childers has some info on it:

    The Epoch Times ran an encouraging story yesterday headlined, “Congress Warned About DNA Fragments in Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.” Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wi.) and Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Warren Davidson (R-Oh.), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) held a ‘hearing’ on Monday about vaccines and vaccine safety (well, their lack of safety) that was completely ignored by Corporate Media.

    Ah, it was Monday….

    Greene is in favor of stripping immunity protections from the vaccine manufacturers to allow lawsuits.  If you have Pfizer stock, now might be a good time to sell.

    https://x.com/EpochTimes/status/1724501199062442200?s=20

    Representative Greene ended the hearing with an impassioned plea for accountability and transparency over the vaccines, without any hyperbole calling the covid vaccine campaign ‘the worst thing that’s ever happened’:

    “This is in my opinion, the worst thing that’s ever happened to our country in my lifetime in the world, and the government’s role cannot be denied,” she said as she closed the hearing. “And I share all your sentiment as well as most Americans that are outraged and angered and continue to be angered over the fact that no one has ever been held accountable.”

    It’s a start! Remember the formula required for political accountability for the jabs. No politician who was involved in promoting the mandates can now join the anti-pharma movement — not at least until enough time has passed that their positions can “evolve.” So in the short term, all the heavy lifting must be done by heterodox officials like Ron Johnson and Marjorie Greene who opposed mandates from the beginning. But as time passes, and as new unsoiled officials join Congress, political lobbying for vaccine victims will keep growing.

    I’m not saying the hearing was the reason, though it couldn’t have helped any, that Pfizer’s stock is down again, now at its lowest price since December 2016. Behold Monday’s headline:

    Ah, I was right about selling the stock!  /patting self on back

    … It almost seems like investors are fleeing the company for some reason. Maybe investors perceive a lot of risk for Pfizer. Best of all, the plummeting stock price shows congresspeople have surely dumped the stock by now, if anything selling the stock short, all of which paves the way for legal accountability and creates a vicious feedback loop of corporate destruction.

    In other words, Pfizer is perilously close to becoming a legal piñata, or maybe an Old Testament scapegoat to be sent off wandering into the wilderness with a bell around its neck.

    And I wonder – with the tide turning, (1) Will this become a campaign issue?  The media and the left were pushing the jab, so to bring it up with these results would be embarrassing.  If they can be embarrassed.  They rewrite history on an hourly basis, so there’s that.  (2) Will these jab problems be hung around Trump’s neck?  Operation Warp Speed was his baby, after all.  (3) Will Trump also rewrite history?  His inability to ever be wrong could make him appear pretty darn stupid when he’s faced with the facts.

    I’m reminded of the perpetual motion machine.  Tape a piece of buttered bread to a cat’s back and drop it.  That’s how this whole vaccine election scenario could play out.  Who’s guilty?  Not I!  Must be you!  No, I’m not guilty! It was you the whole time! –AND– The vaccines were good! No, the vaxx was bad! Good! Bad! etc., etc.

  17. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    For some good legislative news:

     In a similar vein, the Daily Caller ran a terrific story this week headlined, “EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Introduces Legislation To Terminate Overreach At CDC.”

    Yes, please! Anna’s bill, titled the Terminate CDC Overreach Act, would raise the bar on the CDC, requiring the agency’s “communicable and pre-communicable framework” to be limited only to people who are proven to be infected or shown to be very likely to be infected through clinical tests, contact tracing and clinical presentation. In other words, not the general public or “asymptomatic” folks.

    The CDC would also have to ‘show its work’ by publishing detailed science briefs with all of its recommendations, guidances or policies. Maybe most important, the bill would also include an expedited review of any of the CDC’s emergency measures, giving Congress more power over CDC decisions that might significantly impact the economy, for example.

    Not holding my breath, but this is surely a step in the right direction.

    Speaking of medical consumer reluctance:

    Add UFC owner and multimillionaire Dana White to the list of people skeptical of modern medicine, who lost trust in doctors because of their pandemic performance. 

    https://x.com/TexasLindsay_/status/1724228726353703048

    Specifically, Dana passionately said:

    “I will never talk to a doctor about my general health ever again. If I break my arm, I’ll go see a doctor. If I need surgery, I’m gonna go see a doctor. But my general health? Never again. None of them know what they’re talking about. They are all full of sh—. All they know is to put you on pills and put you on medicine.”

    He’s not alone.

    I know exactly how Dana feels. While there are still some good doctors around, especially outside the hospital context, they are pretty hard to find. And, we can research our own non-emergent health issues — just as well, if not better, than busy hospitalists can. From my experience, most doctors don’t even read the studies, they just bark up whatever the CDC says.

    Like journalists don’t even do their own news investigations anymore.  They all pull from Reuters or AP, and parrot whatever talking points come vomiting out of the WH press room.

  18. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Bones

    So Fauci being hanged would serve your sense of justice to what ends?  I am not saying on this earth he does not deserve to be hung for what he has done.  But to what ends?  Your satisfaction?  Is hanging sufficient justice?  I say no.  Is there going to be repentance for what he has done?   I say no.  What we would see is defiance from Fauci still believing what he did is right.  I do not see any satisfaction in that punishment.   However when he meets the master, well things change.  Unless he accepts salvation of Jesus he will have all of eternity to think about his life.  THAT is justice.

  19. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. ….
    [Psalms 110:10]

    Not enough of the former which results in not enough of the latter….

  20. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    One does have to speculate about the effectiveness of laws regulating the gargantuan federal healthcare bureaucracy when Anthony Fauci and NIH boss Francis Collins can break all kinds of them by laundering money through third party accomplices to China and smuggling illegal gain-of-function lab samples into the United States.

    Can anyone suggest potential new names for gain-of-function research in order to circumvent Massie’s new law to block it ?

    If laws are not going to be observed or enforced, if personal integrity and ethics vanish, then it all becomes a linguistic word game.

  21. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I don’t think Fauci deserves the death penalty, but retributive justice is a moral end unto itself.

  22. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    BTW; Squawk, thanks for the “Refreshing News” it is good to see some “good” going on in this country.

  23. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Who remembers the Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee, Flying Banana? There were a few of them at Fort Rucker back in the 50’s early 60’s.

  24. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Refreshing news indeed, Squawk! I had not seen your cover story or the video.

    Me, I’m glad the perp is dead.

  25. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    A.I. It has started;

    Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him.

    Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant.

    ROTM A man in his 40s was crushed to death by a robot at a produce-sorting facility in South Korea Tuesday after the machine apparently mistook him for a box of vegetables.

    According to Korean media, the technician was diagnosing a problem with the robot’s sensor package at the Donggoseong Export Agricultural Complex, ahead of a planned test run of the equipment Wednesday.

    While the man was checking to see whether the sensor electronics were working properly, the robot reportedly took hold of him using its arm and tongs, crushing his face and chest. Officials believe the system misidentified the man as a box of food and tried to lift him up.

    The victim was taken to the hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.

  26. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    True what Texpat said in #17

    Look I do not think Fauci should not be punished for his crimes.  The death penalty is not punishment.  It is however societies way of removing rabid dogs.

    I have heard too many heinous criminals last words of defiance as they went to the death chamber.  Nothing but defiance.  I have heard too many victims say that they found no relief when the rabid dog is removed.  I have read many books about the Nuremberg trials and those that were hung.  Only one person who was hung showed even a modicum of repentance for his deeds.

    While Göring was lying in the prison morgue, the 10 other Nazi leaders sentenced to death with him were hanged in the bomb-blasted gymnasium of the prison, its dirty walls lit up by 10 blazing lights in the ceiling. The 10 Nazis were hanged one after the other in one hour and 34 minutes.

    It was 1.11am when Ribbentrop, the first to be hanged in Göring’s place, walked through the gymnasium door, his face white but set, his grey hair ruffled. It was 2.45 when Seyss-Inquart – shouting “I believe in Germany!” – fell to his death.

    Not one of them broke down. Each was given a chance to say a last word, and only Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi party philosopher and most prolific writer of them all, could find no word except a murmured “nein” to leave to history.

    Ribbentrop said firmly “God protect Germany”, and then: “My last wish is that German unity should remain and that an understanding between the east and west will come about and peace for the world.”

    Julius Streicher, the Jew-baiter, unrepentant to the end, shouted “Heil Hitler” as he was led up the steps. From the top of the scaffold he shouted: “The Bolsheviks will hang you all next. Jewish holiday! Jewish holiday, 1946! Now it goes to God.”

    Kaltenbrunner, asked if he had any last words, said in a mild voice: “I have loved my German people and my Fatherland from the bottom of my heart. I have done my duty by the laws of my country. I regret that my people were not led by soldiers only and that crimes were committed in which I had no share. I fought honourably. Germany – good luck.”

    Hans Frank, the “butcher of Poland”, said in a low voice: “I beg the Lord to receive me mercifully. I am grateful for the good treatment I have received in prison.”

    Seyss-Inquart, in a quiet voice, said: “I hope this execution will be the last act in the tragedy of a second world war and that its lessons will be learned, so that peace and understanding will follow.” Then he shouted: “I believe in Germany.”

    Manchester Guardian, 17 Oct 1946

    What has the world learned?  Was the deaths a deterrent to future murderers?  Were the 6 million Jews who died at their hands vindicated?  Were their families recompensed for their loss?  Was justice truly served?

    It is for these reasons that I place my faith in Christ the righteous judge settles all accounts.

  27. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Squawk 1025:

    So Fauci being hanged would serve your sense of justice to what ends?

    1)  He would suffer punishment here on Earth for his serial crimes.

    2)  This is good because it will deter some but not all from committing similar offenses against humanity

    3) It will be a good wake-up call to all other would-be tyrants that this type of behavior will not be accepted.

    4)  It reinforces the concept across all spectra that actions have consequences.  If there is no fear of punishment here in meat space, then really bad things will happen to more and more innocent people.

    As Dennis Prager so eloquently phrased: ‘showing kindness to the cruel will inevitably visit cruelty to the kind’

    5)  It needs to be done because it is the right thing to do.
    6) Removing rabid dogs from society is the responsible thing to do.

  28. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Megan Rapinoe, the toxically obnoxious soccer player who tore her Achilles tendon in the last game of her career didn’t blame God for her misfortune.  She denied His Existence altogether.

    God responded in a special guest column…

    Rapinoe invoked my name on Saturday after injuring her Achilles tendon in the opening minutes of the National Women’s Soccer League Championship. It was the final game of her professional career.

    “I’m not a religious person or anything and if there was a God, like, this is proof that there isn’t,” Rapinoe told the demonic cretins you call journalists during the post-game press conference. “This is f—ed up. It’s just f—ed up. Six minutes in and I eat my Achilles.”

    LOL!

    plus,

    Now, I know what you’re thinking. Yes, I technically “created” Rapinoe and “love” her the same as all my “children,” even the ones who deny my existence. Even the ones who worship Satan and play soccer, to the extent there is a difference.

    Nevertheless, I think we can all agree Megan Rapinoe is an obnoxious shrew who had it coming. Right? I’m willing to forgive almost anything, but one thing I simply can’t abide is disrespect for my country, the United States of America. Just ask Gabe Kapler or Colin Kaepernick.

    Did I take it too far? Maybe. When the U.S. women’s soccer team protested the National Anthem during the World Cup earlier this year, I made sure they were humiliated by Sweden, an inferior country.

     

  29. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Weather forecast is perfect for me to continue with using my chopper to shave down the boxwood hedges in the front yard. Timing is also good, since I can dispose of the clippings in tomorrow’s trash pickup. I’ve noticed how hard it can be to get rid of trimmings when I have let so many yard chores get behind this year.

  30. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #24 Texpat That is great!! And Spot On.

    Even the ones who worship Satan and play soccer, to the extent there is a difference.

    😀

    Did I take it too far? Maybe. When the U.S. women’s soccer team protested the National Anthem during the World Cup earlier this year, I made sure they were humiliated by Sweden, an inferior country.

    Even better! 😀

  31. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I was able to get in a moderate mile today. I made myself stop at a mile, and I’ll ice the knee down later, but it looks like I’m still making progress. Yay!

  32. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Bones

    One more time I will say Fauci needs to be punished.  The ONLY three things on your list thatare true is

    1)  He would suffer punishment here on Earth for his serial crimes.

    5)  It needs to be done because it is the right thing to do.
    6) Removing rabid dogs from society is the responsible thing to do.

    The rest is idealistic hogwash.  Throughout history there has been public executions.  do you really think there has been deterrent value to society.  Texas has some of the strictest laws against DWI in the US yet Texas is #3 in DWI according to Forbes. Frankly laws are deterence to anyone dor anything.If they are gonna do the deed they are not going to think of any laws.

    Fauci has done things the Nazis did during WWII and as I mentioned above 10 were hung for their crimes.  That did not stop Fauci.  Where is the deterrent?

    Fauci acted just like those WWII tyrants, whee is your wake up call to him?

    Fauci ignored all warnings that there is consequences for his actions as you and I would define his actions.  Yet he remains defiant and as far as he is concerned he was rewarded monetarily and through power he was given to lord over us.

    Sorry bub but 3 strikes you are out.  So I know he will answer for his actions but I am not deluded in thinking there is any justice realized by hanging him.  Ya kill one rabid dog and there is always another waiting in the wings to take over.

     

  33. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Hate the rich.  Tax the rich.  And then they leave and your town turns into a broke, dystopian nightmare.

    It’s the Marxist fundamental of deep envy of another person’s success.

    New York has lost 10 billionaires in the last four years — three of whom fled to Florida — leaving tax coffers lighter by tens of millions of dollars annually.

    This year 62 New York-based billionaires appeared on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, compared to 72 in 2019 and 65 last year.

    and,

    New York relies on the top 1% of taxpayers to pay for 42% of its tax receipts, and billionaires’ incomes are taxed at the state’s highest rate — a staggering 14.8%, according to Walczak.

    Although it’s impossible to quantify the exact loss in state taxes from billionaires’ fleeing without access to private income documents, “If you had someone who was earning $100 million [a year] in New York suddenly move to Florida, that’s something like a $11 million-a-year hit per year recurring to the state,” said Ken Girardin, the research director for the Albany-based think tank, Empire Center for Public Policy.

    “And that’s just from one person leaving,” Girardin pointed out.

    This is a story about a handful of billionaires, but the real story is about all the “millionaires” and “almost millionaires” leaving New York by the tens of thousands.

    There was a pathetic, pre-COVID story out of the tiny state of Connecticut in which the governor made personal phone calls to a number of the richest residents, each billionaires, begging them to not move out of the state because without the tax revenue from the 100 richest citizens (that’s right, only 100) the state would go bankrupt.

  34. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    There are many people who are opposed to capital punishment in America.  I completely understand.

    The arguments against it include the failure to serve as a deterrent and the post-execution testimonies of victims’ families describing the lack of any peace or satisfaction in the retribution.

    I have never believed the death penalty should be justified by claiming deterrence to future crimes.  I also believe the retribution argument rings hollow in the end for those closest to victims.

    Many believe the option of life imprisonment without parole is a better choice.  The loudest lobbying against this includes prison wardens and correctional officers who have to deal with violent thugs who have nothing to lose and are responsible for a lot of prison violence and murder.

    The only argument I ever made for the death penalty is a murderer deserved to be deprived of his life because he took someone else’e life.  Period.  I offer no case for deterrence or retribution.

    The only argument that has made me reluctant and almost anti-capital punishment has been the corrupt, immoral behavior of prosecutors, police and occasionally even an incompetent defense attorney.

  35. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat

    I have never believed the death penalty should be justified by claiming deterrence to future crimes.  I also believe the retribution argument rings hollow in the end for those closest to victims.

    Man do you and I agree on that one? YES!!

    I do believe in the death penalty, but that is with the realization that death penalty really is nothing more than removing a single danger to society and nothing more.  Any demands for justice i believe is to be left in the hands of our creator because thee is no justice on this earthly plain.  (see my comments above).

  36. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Recruitment and retention challenges have led the U.S. Coast Guard into a system-wide service retreat. A 3500-person shortfall—a nearly 10% shortage in the enlisted ranks—is forcing the Coast Guard to take ten cutters out of service, transfer five tugs to seasonal activation, and shutter 29 boat stations.

    The moves, couched as a bland “AY 24 Force Alignment Initiative”, present an unprecedented loss of maritime capability at a time when the United States is facing an array of complex challenges at sea. But the Coast Guard simply “cannot maintain the same level of operations” going forward. Behind the scenes, the service is using the crisis to advance an array of modern management and personnel initiatives to help bring more people into the Coast Guard—and keep them there.
    <snip>

    The Coast Guard’s emergency drawdown will have immediate implications on the integrity of America’s maritime border. Admiral Fagan, in an address earlier this year, noted that the Coast Guard is facing maritime migration pressure “on a scale we’ve not seen in decades.” To manage the massive migratory flow, medium-endurance cutters have led the way to “prevent the loss of life at sea and deter those dangerous voyages.” With the cutters gone, seaborne migration will increase and the chances of large-scale loss of life at sea will go up.

    The abrupt departure of three East Coast cutters, coupled with the reassignment of the Famous-class medium-endurance cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC-903) to the Central Pacific, will force major changes to maritime border enforcement in the Caribbean.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2023/11/02/personnel-shortage-at-us-coast-guard-sinks-10-cutters-29-stations/?sh=57fc37f7648c

  37. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    30 Shannon

    Excellent, disturbing and depressing find.

    What the hell is going on in this in this country ?  All these young people wandering around in America with no focus, no direction and we have a great military service jobs open for them ?

  38. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I picked up the wedding gift that I had “professionally” wrapped due to its size.

    Hideous. Absolutely hideous.

    Hobby Lobby here I come. I’m just going to have to do it myself.

  39. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The wedding gift I put together for one of my nieces was:

    • a basket
    • a table cloth
    • items to go inside the basket, including a trivet with an open pattern.

    I lined the basket with the cloth, put the items except the trivet inside, drew the corners over the filled basket, pulled the corners through the holes in the trivet, and attached a card.  Another wedding was an organizer cube, similarly filled.

    If that gives you any helpful ideas…

     

  40. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I tried to get finished with the long-overdue hedge trimming job in the front yard. I cratered after 1 1/2 hours today — don’t recall I ever used to think the trimmer was too heavy, but it is wearing me out now. I’ll just have a do a bit here and a bit there when I can. It’s not like I’m competing with anyone else.

    Another thing I worked on today was cleaning out the old gazebo in the backyard, making it more desirable for Billy Cat to hole up in during bad weather. I’ve been doing that for a couple of days and he’s already choosing it much more often for both before and after meals. It’s especially nice for him when it rains for days on end.

  41. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The gunman who killed Texas SWAT Officer Jorge Pastore in a shootout that also left two hostages dead was wearing body armor and night vision goggles — and was on the FBI’s terror watchlist, according to reports.

    A search warrant for the suspect’s south Austin home — the scene of Saturday’s deadly shootout — unearthed bomb-making materials inside, calling for help from the FBI’s Evidence Recovery Team, according to KXAN.

    “Cutting instruments, body armor and any tactical gear to include firearms were all said to be worn or used by the suspect,” reads the warrant, which noted that it’s “not uncommon for people with a gun, body armor or night vision to make homemade explosives.”

    Wait one minute.*

    Neither the suspect nor the dead hostages had been officially identified as of early Wednesday.

    However, a local organization called the Round Rock Area Muslims said they were all family members of a “beloved brother” who was well-known in the local community.

    Either the FBI is too preoccupied with terrorist parents criticizing school board members and administrations to they just don’t give a damn about real threats to the American people.

    This man was on the FBI’s terrorist list, but he surprised everybody by murdering hostages and a police officer.

    Did the FBI ever even notify the Austin PD about this scumbag ?  Did they ?

    * If I own a shotgun and a .45 calibre handgun, maybe a bullet-proof vest and a hunting knife, I am almost certain to be a highly suspected person of interest for making explosives ?

    Really ?!!!!

    This is the mentality of the federal government now.

    Act accordingly and watch your back. 

  42. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Thanks TT.

    This gift really needs to remain inside this relatively large box – about the size of a small microwave.

    I know exactly what I want. The question is whether I can actually execute it. 🙂

  43. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Dang, did I hear somebody say, Get Woke, Go Broke ?

    While the 2023 Miss Universe pageant, known for its inclusion transgender contestants, will still take place this Saturday, the JKN Global Group behind it filed for bankruptcy just days before the event.

    Thai business tycoon and transgender activist Anne Jakrajutatip of the JKN Global Group bought the organization for $20,000,000 in 2022

    Jakrajutatip, who has international fame as a transgender celebrity, described the purchase at the time as “a strong, strategic addition to our portfolio.”

    But a year later, the franchise itself appears unstable.

  44. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat

    What the hell is going on in this in this country ?  All these young people wandering around in America with no focus, no direction and we have a great military service jobs open for them ?

    Good honest question.  I am going to send you to the World Socialist Website for your answer.  Before you look at me like I have lost my mind they actually make a fair appraisel of what is going wrong in military recruitment..  They do take their shots at US imperialism which is easily ignored.  I would read down to the “INFLECTION POINT” point and stop.  The info and data they compiled is true.  I have read all of their sources for cause.  They are legit.  They do make a strong argument based on statistic and facts as to

    why young people do not want to join the military.

    The New York Post had this to say.

    Military faces recruitment crisis thanks to ‘unpatriotic’ Gen Z, obesity, therapy ban

    You may want to read it first.

  45. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Shannon – Hobby Lobby (at least the one here in Conroe) has LOTS of wedding gift wrapping goodies.  I believe I even remember seeing “gift bags” that were pretty formal looking and HUGE… YOU can DO-IT!!!!

  46. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    My thoughts exactly. We’re spending so much money tracking down terrorist parents at school board meetings that we cannot deploy a Coast Guard anymore. Except in fifty year old worn out boats.

  47. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #37 continued

    Dang, did I hear somebody say, Get Woke, Go Broke ?

    Chapter II

    While the George Floyd riots of 2020 pushed many corporations to deeply invest in woke ideology, the trend of big business pushing far-left ideology goes back much further. One company that proudly placed itself on the cutting edge of the modern social justice movement was Pepsi.

    The perennially second-place beverage company jumped on the bandwagon with a now-infamous advertisement involving social justice protests and Kendall Jenner. Within a week, the move had created such a backlash from the left wing it was trying to court that the ad was pulled down. Naturally, no lessons were learned, though. Instead, Pepsi doubled down again and again, desperately seeking Democratic Party approval like a sad stalker peering into their obsession’s window.

    Still, one might have argued that it was a calculated move, meant to provide protection from an ever-growing, aggressive group of partisans. Of course, such an argument would be predicated on said protection actually being provided. 

    On that note, Pepsi is learning the hard way why selling out to woke Democrats is a bad idea. New York AG Letitia James is suing the company for billions of dollars, claiming that its use of plastics harms the environment. 

  48. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If I could turn back the clock to 1971, I might have not quit high school for a year, gotten a marine engineering degree or two instead, and joined the Coast Guard.

    Who knows?

    No regrets, but it’s fun to think about, sometimes. 🙂

  49. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bsue

    A gigantic gift bag would certainly be tempting. The easy way out.

    But I have this foggy, nebulous vision of a flat, silk flower and greenery treatment -instead of a boring bow – on the outside of the box. Suitable for a casual yet classy, black tie optional, Texas Hill Country wedding.

    Might work in some bluebonnets.

  50. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Squawk @ 7:27 PM

    I will followup your link later or tomorrow.  Thanks.

    After Pearl Harbor, every able-bodied man, and some not so able-bodied, showed up to join the military and defend America and its allies.

    After October 7th, the Israeli Defense Forces called up every available reservist, over 100,000, to come defend Israel and about 300,000 showed up to fight.

    Who will defend America now if we can’t even maintain a Coast Guard ?

  51. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    #42 Shannon – that does sound lovely, and I’ll bet that you’ll find something there that will work nicely (at least you would at our Hobby Lobby – I may be spoiled)

  52. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Pepsi has always been the nastiest, putred excuse for a cola.

    Good riddance.

  53. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Best I can recall, the giant conglomerate PepsiCo has screwed up everything it has ever touched or swallowed up. Except, perhaps, Frito Lay.

  54. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    ….The classic giant American corporation run by a bunch of dumbasses.

  55. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “Your day is coming, Mr. Wray.”

    Dream on, Bubba.

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