Tracker found on car of lawyer in Paul case

Steve,

You must have left me out of the loop about the 42-year-old. Martha and I just celebrated our 47th anniversary. Just sayin'. Although, if the question were, "Why would a 70-year-old date a 42-year-old," the answer would be, "Because he can." Usually, there's a big bank account involved.

Martha's niece married a man who is 25 years younger. Now that's an oddity.

About silver and shorting, IMHO you are talking about speculation rather than investing. As with most oil men, you have a strong streak of speculation within. So did the hedge fund managers that just took it in the ... well, you know. Win big. Lose big. As I have said before, I am more concerned about the return OF my money than the return ON my money.

Meanwhile, all the wild action in the market is wreaking havoc on my portfolio because the short-sellers are selling other stock to cover their shorts.

02/01/21 12:47 PM

#20215

Bob Davidson

The best explanation of why the progressives are so nasty after they took over the country:

"Self-righteous progressives believe they put up with and suffer on behalf of us—and thus their irrational fury and hate for the irredeemables and conservative minorities spring from being utterly unappreciated by clueless serfs who should properly worship their betters." Victor Davis Hanson.

Hanson is one of my favorite writers, both on contemporary culture and politics and military history.

02/01/21 01:12 PM

#20216

Bod D and others.

I just got a E-mail about how now Argentina is now having Jury Trials in both criminal and civil. They now join the US and Canada to allow civil jury trials

News from the Civil Jury Project

By Hon. Mark A. Drummond (ret.), Executive/Judicial Director of the Civil Jury Project

People

Civil Jury Trials Become a Reality in Argentina

Our June 2020 newsletter contained the piece, The Dawn of the Civil Jury Trial in Argentina, by Professors Andrés Harfuch and Juan Sebastián Lloret. Their article outlined the efforts by the Institute of Comparative Studies in Criminal and Social Sciences (INECIP) and the Argentine Association of Trial by Jury (AAJJ) to implement jury trials in criminal cases first, and their continued efforts to apply the jury system to certain civil cases.

Professor Harfuch has been kind to keep us informed of the progress and in September let us know that the Governor Jorge Capitanich of Chaco sent to the Legislature a Bill that would establish trial by jury for civil matters.

The Bill proposed a civil jury of twelve members, presided over by a judge who would instruct on the law and would require a general unanimous verdict. A special verdict in certain cases was also allowed. All jury trials would be oral and public trials. Hearings would be provided for both discovery and case management. A jury trial would be available for class actions, consumer rights collective disputes, tort cases of over half a million pesos, collective environmental and land disputes and any dispute involving the freedom of speech, belief or press.

The Bill also provided some built-in demographic provisions. It set a mandatory gender equality requirement of 6 women and 6 men and provided for an indigenous jury: if the plaintiff and the defendant belong to the Wichí, Moqoit or Qom Indigenous Peoples, the twelve jurors would be of that ethnic group.

We are thrilled to report that on December 16, 2020, the Bill was passed. I hesitate to try and capture the compelling story surrounding its passage, so please read about it here. It is spellbinding and a testament to those who secured its passage.

“It really helped that our 5-year experience with criminal juries in many important provinces was a complete success,” says Professor Harfuch. “We now face the challenge of crafting proper instructions, verdict forms and teaching adversarial litigation techniques to lawyers and judges who do not know what a public hearing is.”

We at the Civil Jury Project applaud Professor Harfuch and all those in Argentina who valued citizen involvement in making such crucial decisions as a jury of twelve.

02/01/21 01:57 PM

#20217

Bob Davidson

Wayne,

Most Americans take jury trials for granted, but shouldn't. I used to get various judges I like to come talk to the boys in the troop about their rights and duties as an American citizen for the 1st Class requirement. One of them used his time to talk about the jury system at length. It opened my eyes a little -- and I deal with that stuff every day.

They are a really big guarantee of freedom from government oppression. The idea is that instead of a government official deciding your criminal or civil case, you have a group of ordinary citizens doing it. Like all of the wonderful provisions in the Constitution limiting the government, it interferes with the effeciency of the government by limiting its power.

Argentina has a history of caudillo authoritarianism, including the socialist regime of Peron that wrecked the economy. I say good for them with the jury trials.

02/01/21 02:08 PM

#20218

Bob,

Several years ago I was on a Work injury jury that awarded the worker $26.3million for a broken back. The Judge told us only the US and Canada had civil juriy trials and after the triial i learned about the Civil Jury Trial project and was on a jurior panel at one of their lunchens for Dallas Bar. Since then I get their monthly e-mail newsletter. I was shocked that the UK discontinued civil jury trials and as you are well aware that is where our legal system came from.

02/01/21 02:38 PM

#20219

If I could draw better than a six-year-old and if I were willing to take the time, I would have done a better job with this proposed cartoon.

02/01/21 03:02 PM

#20220

Smart dog

02/01/21 11:06 PM

#20221

David,

Your explanation on investing reminds me of the guy going down the highway picking up cans to take to the aluminum recycler. His partner says, "Look here. There's a silver bar on the side of the road. We can take it to the recycler, too." First guy, replies, "No, leave it lay. I don't know anything about silver. We're in the aluminum recycling business. And anyway, somebody might rob us if we are carrying silver."

02/02/21 05:00 AM

#20222

Good analogy, Steve. Now, where's that free silver? Oh, did I mention that I went to St. Mark's with a kid named David Sands? He was the nephew of Nelson and Bunker Hunt. Just sayin'.

02/02/21 05:31 AM

#20223

Jerry May

"All together now.......everybody"

02/02/21 08:01 AM

#20224

David,

I did not say corner the market with Hull. You corner the market with thousands of other little guys and then nobody takes too big a hit if things go bad. By the way, I don't recall Nelson and Bunker standing in a line at the food pantry even after they lost their shirts in silver, do you? This morning I am out of the stock AG after taking my proofits which were close to 50% on my position. I am out of SVM with 30% on my position. If prices fall enough I may buy back in, but right now I am going to gold and platinum. So the answer to your question is it is sold at the recycler.

02/02/21 10:04 AM

#20225

Bruce and Ron Knight,

I hear somebody wrecked that Sooner Schooner and lost it in a dust storm last night.

02/02/21 11:49 AM

#20226

Lowell Tuttle

In a different Ken Paxton case, details abound if you are interested, but this is the latest...

Tracker found on car of lawyer in Paul case

A Texas lawyer says he found a tracking device on his pickup truck during an escalating court battle with a businessman at the center of an FBI investigation into Attorney General Ken Paxton.

In a court filing Monday, Steve Lemmon said “the surveillance clearly appears to be tied to” his case with Nate Paul and that trackers were also found by other people whom the real estate developer sees as “business adversaries.”

The discovery adds intrigue to the imbroglio around Paxton and Paul, the developer whom the Republican is accused of breaking the law to hel

02/02/21 12:06 PM

#20227

If the number of executive orders you have signed exceeds your number of days in office, YOU MIGHT BE A DICTATOR!

It was stated today that the White House requests reporters to give their questions in advance before they are allowed to ask the questions of Biden, or Jen Psaki. Now why would that procedure be put in place at this time, I wonder? There has never been that rule before.....

02/02/21 03:15 PM

#20228

Janalu,

I vote for you to replace Jeff Foxworthy on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

02/02/21 06:35 PM

#20229

Here is a sign of Nancy Pelosi great hypocrisy. This is her wall in DC.

Nancy has now erected a wall to keep Americans out of DC and "The Peoples House"

02/02/21 11:41 PM

#20230

I see the press is eagerly waiting Joe's response to the coup grabbing power in the country we still refer to as Burma.

But they are wasting their time waiting. Joe is not going to say anything derogatory about China, since he knows well 'on which side' his bread is buttered, and from where his buttered bread has been pilfered.

His intentions are, or should I say Barack's intentions, are to keep an even keel in regards to China. China now holds all the important cards for the next few years, regarding the USA.

We are at China's mercy, and we are about to be screwed in a way that is gonna make us squeal "OUCH(!) and What the hell is going on here!!!"

02/03/21 12:48 AM

#20231

Social-media CEO urges Americans to delete Big Tech apps, & build Christian economy.

"I am done giving my money to THE ENEMY and funding the destruction of our country."

Article by Bob Unruh February 2, 2021

Gab.com is an online community where freedom of speech is paramount, memes, or anything else.

With that objective, it's not surprising it's been banned from app stores and deplatformed by Silicon Valley giants.

"We've been deplatformed by 25+ service providers including both app stores, Paypal, dozens of payment processors, hosting providers, email services, and more." he said.

It just means, he said, that God "is working to separate the wheat from the chaff."

"This deplatforming inevitably reforms Gab into an even more resilient commmunity, business, and platform. We don't just sit around and whine when these things happen, we immediately get to work," he wrote in an update on his site Monday titled "The Silent Christian Secession."

He said the problem is that many Christians think that to "be in the world, but not of the world" means giving "our money, time and data" to enemies.

"This has got to stop, right now," he wrote.

"I am in the process of transitioning every part of my financial expenses to support Christian businesses, Christian media companies, Christian content creators, and Christian people." he said. "I am done giving my money to 'The Enemy' and funding the destruction of our country and values. I encourage everyone else to do the same. If they are not serving God, they are serving Satan and I'm simply not going to fund that activity."

He asked his readers to "examine the businesses, brands, and media companies you currently support both financially and with your time. If they are virtue signaling critical theory nonsense or are owned by demons, you should immediately stop paying them and using their services."

This, he said, is "about building our own Christian economy; one without cancel culture, and one that doesn't embrace the demonic and degenerate cult religion of critical theory."

He said that's no more than a "pathetic subversion of well-meaning Christians, churches, and Christian values in general. It lures decent God-fearing people into practicing a false and demonic pseudo-religion designed to accelerate their spiritual and literal demise. It preys on the malleable minds of our youth. It enslaves those who practice it and seeks to destroy those who do not."

"Talk to your kids about these things. Homeschool them if at all possible. Cut the cable cord. Delete the Big Tech apps from their phones and your own. We have a lot of work to do, but remember that we have the Creator of the Universe on out side. Through Him all things are possible, as we have been taught by reading our Bibles."

He said a friend called this campaign "the silent secession."

America became a nation on the foundation of Christianity, but "the second that changed is the second the destruction began," he stated.

"Our Christian 'kindness' and 'tolerance' have fueled our own destruction and have been weaponized against us. TOLERANCE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE. We are commanded to hate that which is evil (Psalm 97:10, Romans12:9) not to fund it and give our time to it."

His company has three objectives: building tech that empowers speech, prevention and the removing of any illegal activity in his community, and making money for the growth of the platform.

02/03/21 02:03 AM

#20232

Janalu,

Did you see that the big stores including Kohls, Bed Bath and Beyond, HEB and Central Market, and Kroger have quit selling Christian Mike Lindell's My Pillow because he is a Trump supporter and a Christian? Kroger has a new ad campaign running with characters in its store going lower and lower with the tagline "How low can we go?" Well they went pretty low to discriminate against conservatives and Christians. I don't know how you could go lower than that. They are a predominately Mormon owned store, so go figure.

02/03/21 10:34 AM

#20233

Jerry May

Well, went to get the first of the two shots the other day. (Moderna) Took about 2 hours to get to the point of being waited on and routed to the underneath garage at Kay Bailey Hutchison Center. Other than feeling light headed from the fumes of those who did not shut their cars off (but were told) I did fine.

I just experienced two minor issues: 1) arm was very sore for entire next day.....and gradually got better each day.

2) Felt very fatigued carrying anything upstairs over the next several days and went to bed early for about 3 days.

All in all, it was not a miserable experience, except for the incessant waiting; which I'm told was short compared to many!

FYI, Return on Feb 28th for the second (booster)~j

02/03/21 12:37 PM

#20234

Jerry and others

I heard on Channel 8 that you should not take Tylanol of Ibuprofin before getting the shot. It is OK after if needed.

Yesterday I took my wife to get her 2nd Moderna shot. We are both in the clinical trial and I got mine in August.

I have been a guinea pig in so may trials I think I am starting to grow fur.

02/03/21 01:53 PM

#20235

Jerry May

Good advice Wayne! I did not take anything. Nor did we eat anything for hours before. We were famished by the time they got to us! (this was our fault)

I DID take Tylenol afterward or at bedtime the night-of~j

02/03/21 02:09 PM

#20236

Jerry,

Next time take a snack. When I was getting my shots as part of the trial we were offered snacks. The first shot took 5 hours becuse of going through the trial paaperwork getting blood drawn and getting a brief physical. Just part of being in the trial which you are not. I have had 4 visits and I will have the 5th in March and a 6th and 7th. I may have a booster if they start a trial for covering the South Africa and Barzil strains.

02/03/21 07:50 PM

#20237

Not sure if I posted this, or if someone else did. Kennedy Center Honors - Led Zeppelin.

This is Heart, covering Stairway to Heaven with Plant and Page in the first row of the balcony. Also seen: Yo Yo Ma, Stephen Colbert, and a couple of former White House residents.

It's worth 8 minutes if you like the song. Gotta hear the parts toward the end. Interesting to watch the different reactions of Page and Plant during the song. Page seems to be into it, and Plant seems to be analyzing.

02/03/21 09:07 PM

#20238