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steve2470
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December 5, 2020
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Also a TGI Friday's ? A Taco Bell ? a Pizza Hut ?
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands
I ran into this useless trivia while reading this story: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/05/943488926/photos-capture-worlds-largest-iceberg-as-it-heads-toward-south-atlantic-island
Useless trivia: Did you know there is an Apple Store on South Georgia Island (owned by UK) ?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Apple+Store/@-54.2807698,-36.5086261,21z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0xb93db6e252a87925:0x7ee37cda884db0bd!2sSouth+Georgia+and+the+South+Sandwich+Islands!3b1!8m2!3d-54.429579!4d-36.587909!3m4!1s0xbecb65459a495e73:0x3c707db51e26595f!8m2!3d-54.2807781!4d-36.5085641Unnamed Road, Grytviken, Grytviken, SIQQ 1ZZ, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
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Also a TGI Friday's ? A Taco Bell ? a Pizza Hut ?
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 kilometres (103 mi) long and 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide and is by far the largest island in the territory. The South Sandwich Islands lie about 700 kilometres (430 mi) southeast of South Georgia. The territory's total land area is 3,903 km2 (1,507 sq mi).[1] The Falkland Islands are about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) west from its nearest point.
No permanent native population lives in the South Sandwich Islands, and a very small non-permanent population resides on South Georgia.[2] There are no scheduled passenger flights or ferries to or from the territory, although visits by cruise liners to South Georgia are increasingly popular, with several thousand visitors each summer.
The United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over South Georgia in 1775 and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908. The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; previously, it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938.
No permanent native population lives in the South Sandwich Islands, and a very small non-permanent population resides on South Georgia.[2] There are no scheduled passenger flights or ferries to or from the territory, although visits by cruise liners to South Georgia are increasingly popular, with several thousand visitors each summer.
The United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over South Georgia in 1775 and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908. The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; previously, it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938.
I ran into this useless trivia while reading this story: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/05/943488926/photos-capture-worlds-largest-iceberg-as-it-heads-toward-south-atlantic-island
December 5, 2020
Can we say abuse of the court system and frivolous lawsuits ?
reference:
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1335008491237482496
NEW: The same day that an Arizona court dismissed an election contest, Republicans file another one
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1335027569696108546Can we say abuse of the court system and frivolous lawsuits ?
reference:
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1335008491237482496
December 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/status/1334841141691346945
Putin at Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference in Moscow...
https://twitter.com/francska1/status/1334840832336285696https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/status/1334841141691346945
December 4, 2020
Adolf Hitler Wins Election in Namibia, Has No Plans for World Domination
(yes, for real, not the Onion, actual headline)
https://www.newsweek.com/adolf-hitler-germany-namibia-elections-1552056
A politician named Adolf Hitler has won a regional election in Namibia.
Adolf Hitler Uunona has been elected with 85 percent of the vote for a seat on the regional council in the former German colony, where street names, people and places still have German names. However, Adolf Uunona as he prefers himself to be known, says he wants to assure people that he has no plans for world domination.
He told German tabloid paper Bild: "My father named me after this man. He probably didn't understand what Adolf Hitler stood for. As a child I saw it as a totally normal name. Only as a teenager did I understand that this man wanted to conquer the whole world."
He appears on the election nomination list as Adolf H. Uunona. He won the seat on the ticket of the ruling SWAPO party which has ruled Namibia since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. He also said that while his wife calls him Adolf, it would be too late for him to change his name officially.
Adolf Hitler Uunona has been elected with 85 percent of the vote for a seat on the regional council in the former German colony, where street names, people and places still have German names. However, Adolf Uunona as he prefers himself to be known, says he wants to assure people that he has no plans for world domination.
He told German tabloid paper Bild: "My father named me after this man. He probably didn't understand what Adolf Hitler stood for. As a child I saw it as a totally normal name. Only as a teenager did I understand that this man wanted to conquer the whole world."
He appears on the election nomination list as Adolf H. Uunona. He won the seat on the ticket of the ruling SWAPO party which has ruled Namibia since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. He also said that while his wife calls him Adolf, it would be too late for him to change his name officially.
December 4, 2020
Washington Post is forcing Republicans to go on the record as confirming President-elect Biden's....
electoral victory or not, among other questions. This is not on the main https://www.washingtonpost.com website so far. I looked.
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1334543032117571584
December 3, 2020
I thought this was a significant statement, by a former Republican who is well known (and infamous).
Joe Walsh (former Illinois Rep.): No longer a Republican because I oppose fascism
https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1334496321047236610I thought this was a significant statement, by a former Republican who is well known (and infamous).
December 3, 2020
BREAKING: Trump files new federal court lawsuit in Wisconsin challenging the results of the election
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1334329183271522305
December 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1334263004360298497
eta:
https://twitter.com/CraigDMauger/status/1334212676071919616
eta2:
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-legislature-constitutions-1d853c0a4cdf262ce45e2814b39731d2
Giuliani endorses threatening Michigan lawmakers for Trump
Giuliani, with Michigan GOP chair Cox beside him, urged activists to pressure lawmakers to remember their oath to the constitution & to award electors to Trump. 'Sometimes it even requires being threatened.'
https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1334263004360298497
eta:
https://twitter.com/CraigDMauger/status/1334212676071919616
eta2:
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-legislature-constitutions-1d853c0a4cdf262ce45e2814b39731d2
LANSING, Mich. (AP) President Donald Trumps personal lawyer urged Michigan Republican activists on Wednesday to pressure, even threaten, the GOP-controlled Legislature to step up and award the states 16 electoral votes to Trump despite Democrat Joe Bidens 154,000-vote victory.
Rudy Giuliani made baseless claims of massive fraud, all over the country, before testifying to a Republican-led legislative committee. Just a day before, Attorney General William Barr declared the Justice Department had uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election.
GOP legislative leaders have said they will not try to replace Michigans electors.
Giuliani said the U.S. Constitution empowers legislatures to appoint electors directly, even though the Legislature long ago passed a law allotting them to the popular vote winner. Biden won the state by 2.8 percentage points. The result was certified by the states bipartisan election board last week.
Rudy Giuliani made baseless claims of massive fraud, all over the country, before testifying to a Republican-led legislative committee. Just a day before, Attorney General William Barr declared the Justice Department had uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election.
GOP legislative leaders have said they will not try to replace Michigans electors.
Giuliani said the U.S. Constitution empowers legislatures to appoint electors directly, even though the Legislature long ago passed a law allotting them to the popular vote winner. Biden won the state by 2.8 percentage points. The result was certified by the states bipartisan election board last week.
December 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1334277818776236032
eta:
https://oag.dc.gov/release/prepared-remarks-trump-inaugural-committee-lawsuit
https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-presidential-inaugural-committee
https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-01/Trump-PIC-Complaint.pdf
https://oagdc.app.box.com/s/mq84xu7e9j0eatl33cxs3eioogqlyzgt
eta2:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/ivanka-trump-deposition/index.html
Ivanka Trump sat for a deposition today with investigators from the DC attorney general's office....
Ivanka Trump sat for a deposition today with investigators from the DC attorney generals office as part of its lawsuit alleging misuse of inaugural funds, per @KaraScannell. Her deposition was disclosed in a new court filing.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1334277818776236032
eta:
https://oag.dc.gov/release/prepared-remarks-trump-inaugural-committee-lawsuit
https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-presidential-inaugural-committee
https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-01/Trump-PIC-Complaint.pdf
https://oagdc.app.box.com/s/mq84xu7e9j0eatl33cxs3eioogqlyzgt
eta2:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/ivanka-trump-deposition/index.html
Ivanka Trump, the President's daughter and adviser, sat for a deposition Tuesday with investigators from the Washington, DC, attorney general's office as part of its lawsuit alleging the misuse of inaugural funds, according to a court filing.
In January, the DC attorney general's office sued the Trump Organization and Presidential Inaugural Committee alleging they abused more than $1 million raised by the nonprofit by "grossly overpaying" for use of event space at the Trump hotel in Washington for the 2017 inauguration.
Depositions of witnesses as part of the lawsuit have been underway over the past several weeks.
Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee, was deposed on November 17, according to the court filing.
In January, the DC attorney general's office sued the Trump Organization and Presidential Inaugural Committee alleging they abused more than $1 million raised by the nonprofit by "grossly overpaying" for use of event space at the Trump hotel in Washington for the 2017 inauguration.
Depositions of witnesses as part of the lawsuit have been underway over the past several weeks.
Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee, was deposed on November 17, according to the court filing.
December 2, 2020
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2020/12/02/the-gops-electoral-mischief-491033
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks wants to challenge Congressional certification of election
https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/1334139710344744961https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2020/12/02/the-gops-electoral-mischief-491033
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has been telling colleagues and allies that he plans to challenge the Electoral College votes when Congress officially certifies Joe Bidens victory on Jan. 6, as long as a Senate Republican joins him in the long-shot effort, sources tell your Huddle host.
Brooks confirmed his plans in a phone interview, adding that he is still considering objecting to the vote-counting process even if no one joins him though he acknowledged that would be more of a symbolic protest. Brooks, echoing President Donald Trumps baseless claims of voter fraud without providing evidence, argued that the election was badly flawed and that most mail-in voting is unconstitutional.
In my judgment, if only lawful votes by eligible American citizens were cast, Donald Trump won the Electoral College by a significant margin, and Congresss certification should reflect that, Brooks said. This election was stolen by the socialists engaging in extraordinary voter fraud and election theft measures.
Brooks, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, said he has had indirect communication with some senators about potentially joining forces, though he declined to elaborate further. He also said hes discussed the procedural maneuver with some members of GOP leadership, but they gave him neither a thumbs up nor a thumbs down, Brooks said.
Brooks confirmed his plans in a phone interview, adding that he is still considering objecting to the vote-counting process even if no one joins him though he acknowledged that would be more of a symbolic protest. Brooks, echoing President Donald Trumps baseless claims of voter fraud without providing evidence, argued that the election was badly flawed and that most mail-in voting is unconstitutional.
In my judgment, if only lawful votes by eligible American citizens were cast, Donald Trump won the Electoral College by a significant margin, and Congresss certification should reflect that, Brooks said. This election was stolen by the socialists engaging in extraordinary voter fraud and election theft measures.
Brooks, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, said he has had indirect communication with some senators about potentially joining forces, though he declined to elaborate further. He also said hes discussed the procedural maneuver with some members of GOP leadership, but they gave him neither a thumbs up nor a thumbs down, Brooks said.
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