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 Sober 20 years now and still not thirsty.

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 Sober 19 years now.


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Saturday, September 24, 2022

 Biden’s work, 100 things that need to be looked into

 

1. Promised unity but has only pushed for a partisan, progressive agenda

2. Signed more executive orders in his first week than any past president, ignoring the role of the legislative branch

3. Failed to reopen schools – 50% of schools are still not meeting fully in-person

4. Pledged to follow the science and listen to medical experts, but is following the teachers’ unions instead of Drs. Walensky and Fauci on reopening schools who have said there is no medical reason for schools to remain closed

5. Created the Biden Border Crisis

6. Has no plan to address the Biden Border Crisis

7. Providing limited, censored media access to overcrowded facilities housing migrants

8. Assigned Vice President Kamala Harris, who once compared ICE to the KKK, as border czar

9. President Biden and Vice President Harris have failed to visit the southern border

10. Proposes sending $4 billion to corrupt Northern Triangle countries to prevent illegal immigration

11. Ended cooperative asylum agreements

12. Opened the door for individuals who threaten America’s national security by revoking

President Trump’s travel restrictions

13. Terminated the “National Emergency” at the southern border

14. Unraveled the Migrant Protection Protocols

15. Not fully utilizing Title 42 at the border

16. Ceased border wall construction despite congressional appropriations

17. Released thousands of recently apprehended illegal border crossers from custody withouteven issuing them a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court

18. Proposed amnesty

19. Halted deportations

20. Allowing criminal aliens to be released into American communities

21. Allowing federal funding to be sent to sanctuary cities

22. Prohibiting federal immigration law enforcement officers from using correct statutory terms such as “alien”

23. Scrapped fines for illegal immigrants who fail to leave the U.S.24. Violating CDC guidance at the border

25. Releasing COVID-positive aliens into Texas

26. Nominated Chris Magnus to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), even though he opposes deterrence-focused immigration policies

27. Increasing numbers of illegal immigrants evading apprehension by Border Patrol 28. 400% increase in migrants apprehended in March 2021 compared to March 2020

29. 486% increase in unaccompanied alien children (UACs) arriving at the border in March2021 compared to March 2020

30. 1056% increase in families arriving at the border in March 2021 compared to March 2020

31. Over 5,000 migrants with criminal convictions apprehended by CBP in Fiscal Year 2021, including homicide, assault, and sexual offenses

32. A record number of UACs in government custody33. Deploying federal workforce who have little to no training to care for UACs

34. Awarded a massive, sole source contract to a nonprofit run by a former Biden-Harris Transition Team official to help manage the surge of UACs

35. Opened 12 new temporary shelters to hold UACs

36. Spending $60 million a week to house UACs

37. Ceased conducting FBI fingerprint checks of other adult household members of sponsors for UACs

38. Providing vaccines to illegal immigrants

39. Ceased the accurate apportionment of the 2020 census to include illegal aliens

40. Reverted back to an outdated civics test for individuals seeking citizenship

41. Rescinded President Trump’s “public charge” rule requiring immigrants to beself-sufficient and not rely on public welfare programs

42. Cancelled the Keystone Pipeline, killing thousands of good paying jobs

43. Reentered the Paris Agreement, disadvantaging the United States and leaving Americans to shoulder the costs of higher energy bills, lower wages, fewer jobs, less energy production

44. Halted oil and gas leasing on federal lands

45. Rising gas prices

46. Added more bureaucracy to the regulatory process by requiring the head of each federal agency to review any regulation, policy, and guidance document issued during President Trump’s term that the Biden Administration deems inconsistent with their climate agenda

47. Allowing California to set stricter fuel standards and dictate vehicle emissions regulations across the country

48. Reversed efforts by the Trump Administration to reduce regulatory burdens that required two regulations to be rescinded before creating a new one

49. Rescinded a good government executive order requiring agencies to post guidance online in a searchable database

50. Rolled back the Trump Administration’s “rules on rules” at the Department of Transportation, reducing the information available for rulemaking, enabling the abuse of guidance documents, and eliminating due process in adjudications

51. Cancelled President Trump’s plan to let more physicians prescribe an opioid-treatment drug

52. Rejoined the World Health Organization without it undergoing needed reforms

53. Appointed Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary, despite having no health care experience, suing Little Sisters of the Poor, and locking down churches in California during the pandemic

54. Appointed the former Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary, Rachel Levine, to a top HHS post, even though she issued an order sending COVID-positive patients to nursing homes

55. Refuses to hold Governor Cuomo accountable for his deadly nursing home order and cover-up

56. Failed to establish a national COVID-19 testing strategy

57. Falsely claimed he had a vaccine distribution plan when he in fact relied on President Trump’s plan

58. Signed an executive order mandating masks on federal property but then hours later was spotted without a mask on federal property

59. Issued executive order allowing critical race theory in the federal workplace

60. Rescinded federal workforce reforms to empower the federal bureaucracy and allow massive bureaucratic power to go unchecked

61. Rescinded federal workforce reforms to reduce the time federal employees spend on union activities instead of their jobs

62. Revoked President Trump’s efforts to expand access to apprenticeships across America

63. Won’t enforce an Office of Labor-Management Standards rule that requires labor unions to disclose certain financial records

64. Supports $15 minimum wage, which is estimated to kill 1.4 million jobs

65. Signed a $2 trillion spending package into law under the guise of “COVID relief”—even though an estimated $1 trillion in previous spending remains unspent

66. Spending only 5% of funding provided in the Democrats’ spending package to reopen schools in 2021

67. Spending $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for a COVID-19 vaccine PR campaign afterundermining its safety and efficacy during the 2020 election

 

68. Bailed out locked-down, poorly managed states with $350 billion dollars with no strings attached

69. Prevents states receiving recovery relief funds from cutting taxes for residents within their borders

70. Provided $570 million for additional paid leave to federal employees so they can watchtheir kids Zoom into school

71. Enacted the largest expansion to Obamacare since its creation in 2010

72. Removed NLRB General Counsel and Deputy Counsel in an unprecedented move

73. Purged the EPA’s science advisory boards of members who don’t share Democrats’ radical environmental beliefs

74. Removed a respected scientist who was overseeing the U.S. National Climate Assessment

75. Instructed the Attorney General to make it easier for prison inmates to have materials about gaining access to the ballot box

76. Nominated David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, despite having a long record of seeking to limit Americans’ Second Amendment rights

77. Pushed the Department of Justice to pursue substantial gun reforms that attack the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens

78. Advocated for packing the Supreme Court

79. Advocating for changing the Senate filibuster, which he defended for years while in the U.S. Senate

80. Supports H.R. 1 to send money to Democrat politicians

81. Supports an unconstitutional bill to grant D.C. statehood

82. Withdrew common sense rules requiring U.S. universities and K-12 schools with foreign exchange programs to disclose financial ties or other connection to Chinese state-run Confucius institutes, which seeks to sway students and adults into believing CCP propaganda

83. Proposed a rule to establish priorities for grants in American History and Civics Education programs, specifically to “projects that incorporate racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse perspectives” such as Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project

84. Rescinded regulations put into place by former Secretary Betsy DeVos to protect collegestudents in Title IX hearings

85. Issued an executive order denying funding to schools unless they allow biological males infemale bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams

86. Rescinded President Trump’s order prohibiting federal funds from being spent overseas to fund abortions

87. Rescinded President Trump’s pro-life policy of preventing federal funds from being provided to organization that make abortion referrals

88. Froze Trump Administration rule aimed at lowering Insulin and EpiPen prices 

89. Returned the U.S. to engaging with the unreformed U.N. Human Rights Council

90. Appointed Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. Ambassador, despite giving a speech at a Confucius Institute and who has since said “white supremacy is weaved into our founding documents and principles”

91. Reconsidering lifting sanctions on Iran in order to rejoin the flawed Iran Nuclear Deal

92. Released his Fiscal Year 2022 budget nearly 70 days after the statutory deadline

93. Proposes to raise non-defense spending by 16% in Fiscal Year 2022, despite already signing into law a $2 trillion spending bill

94. Proposed a 43.4% capital gains tax

95. Proposed a tax hike, which could hit families, not just individuals, making $400,000 a year ,breaking a promise to the American people

96. Proposed a $2 trillion so-called “infrastructure” plan, and only 6% of the spending is for roads and bridges

97. Proposes to spend $600 billion of spending on radical Green New Deal provisions in the “infrastructure” package

98. Peddled false talking points about the Georgia voting law and encouraged the MLB tomove the All-Star Game, which is hurting local Atlanta-area small businesses

99. Supported Speaker Pelosi’s efforts to overturn the results of an Iowa congressional race despite the results being certified by bipartisan state election officials

100. Shelved a new commission to study police reform in favor of left-wing, anti-police legislation

Sunday, January 9, 2022

18 years sober today

 18 years sober today bitches!  Still not thirsty.  God is not dead.

Monday, November 22, 2021

Do alcoholics still go to meetings?

Just wondering.  Do they zoom or mask to mask?

Monday, October 19, 2020

Hunter


[QUOTE=r...]There is a lot of information posted about this but nothing really spells it out and connects all the dots.
I have reviewed much of the info and documents posted regarding the whole scam.
Here is what I see that unfolded:

Under the Obama admin, Russia was invading eastern Ukraine (my in laws had family there which said Russia wanted to take control of the refinery and air base there, as well as gain control of the pipeline between Russia and the Black Sea which had been Ukraine's "gotcha" in many Russia/Ukraine negotiations since the breakup of the USSR. 
Amidst the havok in Ukraine, the US decided to issue Ukraine "financial aid" to the tune of $1.8 billion $$$. I have seen numbers up to $7.4 Billion posted as the total amount given to Ukraine through so how much is really unknown. Long story short about the well publicized parts most of us know, Hunter was placed on the board of Burisma energy, and in the recently leaked laptop emails, Burisma's #3 had met with Hunter and Biden where the Biden's negotiated an additional $25K/month for Hunters "compensation", establishing that Joe Biden knew....well of course he did we've got him on tape withholding the funds to get the Ukrainian investigator fired that was investigating Burisma and Hunter!  
Before it ever happened though, many politicians hands were already in the cookie jar:

[I]"Remember Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's business partner? He had previously been a top fundraiser for John Kerry, who was Secretary of State at the time. And soon after Devon and Hunter joined the Burisma Board, the company channeled $90,000 to a lobbying firm called ML Strategies, which was headed by none other than David Leiter, John Kerry's former chief of staff.

That's handy because then-Secretary of State John Kerry himself has visited Ukraine with promises of U.S. aid and assistance. Well, Leiter registered as a Burisma lobbyist in mid-2014. But in the year leading up to that, he gave close to $60,000 to Democrats, including a [B]select group of U.S. senators who would later be instrumental in pushing cash towards Ukraine's energy sector, directly in line with Burisma's interests.[/B]

He donated to Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., four times and to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., three times. A month after the last of those donations, both Markey and Shaheen were among four senators who wrote a letter to President Obama that said, "We should leverage the full resources and expertise of the U.S. government to assist Ukraine in improving its energy efficiency, increasing its domestic production and reforming its energy markets."
[/I]

A few missing details here. Schiff, Kerry, and and several other politicians invested in Burisma through two investment companies, so they knew beforehand that Ukraine's Burisma was going to get the financial aid. The sons of Pelosi, Kerry, and Romney were also involved and "doing business" in Ukraine. 
 
Then there is the missing tie between the Ukrainian gov't and Burisma. Well, Burisma's owner was well connected in Ukrainian gov't, having re-directed gov't funds from Ukraine TWICE and ran off to other countries (but always pardoned under lack of evidence) Burisma was given exclusive exploration and drilling rights despite limits placed upon them for environmental concerns. Ukraine has been long known for "the golden rule" and "pay to play" so this is nothing new. [U]Burisma (and likely other UKR energy companies) sold the Ukrainian gov't junk bonds to get their hands on the billions of US financial aid.
[/U]

In October of 2019, Burisma paid Hunters Seneca Group $900,000 which it recently admitted was for Joe Biden's lobbying efforts. Finally, in November of 2019. Burisma's owner, facing the public fallout from the scam, gathered up $33 million dollars and fled the country once again, this time to Monaco. Joe Biden is also on tape calling Burisma's owner Mykola Zlochevsky a "stand up guy". Dig deeper yet, and you'll find that his former partner who owned 50% interest in Burisma Holdings, Mykola Lisin, a Ukrainian politician, died in a [B]traffic accident[/B] in 2011.

[B]So to sum up we've got:
-Billions in aid, US taxpayer money, going to Ukraine, arranged by those politicians who took advantage.
-Hunter Biden, and son's of Pelosi and Romney working on energy company boards in Ukraine getting paid ~600 times more than this position would pay a normal Ukrainian. 
-Schiff and many other politicians invested, and receiving "campaign contributions" from the 2 companies investing in Burisma, and Burisma itself. 
-Hunters Seneca group receiving $900,000 which Burisma has admitted was for Joe Biden's lobbying efforts. 
-Mykola Zlochevsky's disappearance, supposedly to Monaco with roughly $33 million dollars. This "stand up guy" is wanted by the Ukrainian gov't for a long list of crimes, fraud, and "theft of government funds on a massive scale". Maybe he's been "Epsteined", who knows. 

The Biden family, Schiff, Pelosi, and others are CAUGHT. If Trump wins and he's allowed to dig deeper these democrats are going to jail. And they are playing every trick in the book from their deflections and ongoing baseless impeachment efforts because they know it![/B][/QUOTE]

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How Hunter Biden became the unkempt man who left his laptop in a nondescript computer store in a Delaware shopping mall - and never returned

Unkempt and unshaven, the man stumbled into the nondescript computer store at a Delaware shopping mall.

Entering The Mac Shop carrying three water-damaged computers, he approached owner John Paul MacIsaac, who later claimed that he smelled alcohol on the customer's breath.

Mr MacIsaac was able to fix two of the machines, but the third was beyond repair. Then the customer gave his name: Hunter Biden.

The seemingly innocuous encounter on April 12, 2019, has now become a global news story reaching the White House via Silicon Valley and inhabited by a colourful cast of characters.

New laptop revelations: An IT expert last night described as a 'national security nightmare' and 'classic blackmail material' the revelation that Hunter Biden protected his laptop - which was filled with with a treasure trove of top-secret material - with a single, simple password: Hunter02. He is pictured with what appears to be drug paraphernalia in his mouth

As well as the albino shop owner, there's Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a burly wrestler turned US Navy officer, a nerdy tech wizard and the President himself.

Mr MacIsaac, 44, completed a one-page form with Hunter's name, address and mobile phone details – all of which have been verified – and a bill for $85 due on completion of the work.

He told his customer he would need to copy the contents of the MacBook on to an external hard drive to recover them and the process would take a few days.

The man left – but never returned. Under US law, when 90 days had passed, the uncollected laptop legally became Mr MacIsaac's property.

A contact database of 1,500 people on the laptop included the numbers of Bill and Hillary Clinton, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, her ex-husband Coldplay singer Chris Martin, former Presidential candidate John Kerry and ex-FBI boss Louis Freeh

He decided to look at the recovered material on the laptop – which is now in the hands of the FBI as part of an investigation in which Mr MacIsaac is a material witness – and says a chill ran down his spine.

The Mail on Sunday today reveals some of that material for the first time – exposing how the son of the man tipped to be America's next President left himself wide open to blackmail.

Mr MacIsaac fears repercussions. 'I have everything documented. I have everything saved. But the shop is over. I won't be able to sustain my business… too many people are angry.'

Personal documents including Hunter's passport, driver's licence, social security card, credit cards and bank statements; were also contained on the laptop - raising fears about blackmail threats to the
Gift for identity thieves: Hunter Biden's social security card
Joe Biden's personal mobile number and three private email addresses as well as the names of his Secret Service agents. A credit card is pictured

He eventually alerted the FBI who collected the laptop on December 9, 2019. An agent left a 'receipt for property' and a Grand Jury subpoena ordering Mr MacIsaac to testify about its contents.

At this point, the story becomes murkier. Mr MacIsaac began emailing various senators about what he had found. After getting no reply, he contacted Mr Giuliani who put him in touch with his lawyer, Robert Costello.

On October 14, the New York Post ran a front-page story with the headline: BIDEN SECRET EMAILS. Inside they published a few emails relating to Hunter's business dealings in the Ukraine and alleged links to his father. Joe and Hunter Biden have denied any impropriety.

Emails sent to Hunter Biden displayed the phone numbers of prominent figures within Barack Obama's administration

Hunter's laptop contains 11 gigabytes of material and covers the period from when Mr Biden served as Vice President under Mr Obama to when Hunter dropped it at the Mac Store in Wilmington. His driving license is pictured

Hunter's Amex card. IT experts said grave consequences could have followed  'If a hostile state or individual had managed to hack into Hunter's computer –and it wouldn't have been difficult considering the lack of security on it'

Strangely, the story got little traction in the US media. Stranger still, Twitter blocked the New York Post's account while Facebook and Google censored any mention of the article. Under pressure, they relented.

Even when Tony Bobulinski, a former US Navy serviceman and ex-wrestling champion who was Hunter's business partner, went on Trump-supporting Fox News to confirm he had emails verifying those on the laptop, the story was largely ignored.

Meanwhile, a cyber-security expert hired by a freelance journalist drove to Mr Costello's home on October 19 to copy the hard drive.

He then spent 'hundreds of hours' verifying the information and satisfying himself that the data had not been interfered with.

Finally, as Mr Trump fumed about the absence of media coverage for the Biden Files, the material was offered to The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline.

Twitter boss berated for censoring story 

In an act of 'politically motivated censorship', Twitter deliberately prevented users from sharing a link to a front-page newspaper article about Hunter Biden's private life and his controversial business ties to Ukraine.

It included the claim that he arranged a meeting between his father Joe and a Ukrainian energy company on whose board Hunter served.

Both men have denied any impropriety but normally an accusation alone of this nature involving a US presidential nominee would set the news agenda alight.

But with Facebook also imposing restrictions pending 'independent verification' by 'fact checkers', the article published by the New York Post fizzled out.

In what became a curious case of a disappearing story, Republicans claimed it had been suppressed to avoid helping President Trump's re-election campaign.

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey (pictured) Twitter was criticised after the site prevented users from sharing a link to a front-page newspaper article about Hunter Biden's private life and his controversial business ties to Ukraine

Quizzing Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey during a virtual Senate hearing last week, Texas senator Ted Cruz asked: 'Who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the American people are allowed to hear?' Mr Dorsey has apologised for Twitter's action and said its treatment of the New York Post story was 'unacceptable'.

Republicans have long accused the bosses of technology companies of double standards for editing, deleting or fact-checking Mr Trump's posts while allowing harmful hate speech to remain on their services.

But anger over the Hunter Biden story has not been confined to the Right.

Last week investigative Left-wing journalist Glenn Greenwald resigned from The Intercept, the news website he co-founded, after claiming he was silenced over an article critical of Joe Biden.

'The Intercept's editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression,' he wrote.