Trump Indicted by Jan. 6 Grand Jury on 4 Federal Counts Related to Election Interference
August 1st, 2023Via: McClatchy:
Donald Trump was indicted on federal criminal charges Tuesday for his role in interfering with the 2020 presidential election, the third indictment facing the former president as he mounts another campaign for the White House.
Special Counsel Jack Smith secured an indictment in the case from a grand jury in Washington, D.C., describing over 45 pages a broad conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election that was marked by a violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Smith charged the former president with four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against the rights of voters, referring to those who supported Trump’s opponent in the election, President Joe Biden.
Rand Paul Says He Has Fauci “Dead To Rights”
August 1st, 2023Via: Summit News:
Senator Rand Paul discussed his criminal referral of Anthony Fauci to the Department of Justice in an interview Tuesday, declaring that “we have him dead to rights.”
As we highlighted yesterday, Paul forwarded copies of 2020 email exchanges that show Fauci confirming that he knew “scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments.”
“This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ,” Paul tweeted.
In a Fox & Friends interview Monday, Paul urged “There’s probably never been a government official caught more red-handed, lying to us,” adding “He has proved the lie in his own words.”
MIT Engineers Create an Supercapacitor from Very Common Materials
August 1st, 2023This is fascinating, but keep in mind that the energy density is very low.
I don’t know where the average household energy use is 10kwh per day, as stated in the article below, but in the U.S., it’s about 30kwh per day.
Via: MIT News:
Made of cement, carbon black, and water, the device could provide cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources.
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The team calculated that a block of nanocarbon-black-doped concrete that is 45 cubic meters (or yards) in size — equivalent to a cube about 3.5 meters across — would have enough capacity to store about 10 kilowatt-hours of energy, which is considered the average daily electricity usage for a household. Since the concrete would retain its strength, a house with a foundation made of this material could store a day’s worth of energy produced by solar panels or windmills and allow it to be used whenever it’s needed. And, supercapacitors can be charged and discharged much more rapidly than batteries.
Drone Hits Tower Housing Russian Ministries for Second Time in Three Days
August 1st, 2023Every day that passes without a mushroom cloud is a miracle.
Via: Reuters:
A high-rise building in Moscow’s business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on Tuesday, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian “terrorist attack”.
A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Moscow should expect more drone attacks and “more war”.
The building that was hit is known as the “IQ quarter”, which houses the ministry of economic development, the digital ministry and the ministry of industry and trade. Video obtained by Reuters showed a section of its glass facade, high above the ground, had been destroyed by the impact.
Building Nikola Tesla’s Bladeless Turbine
July 31st, 2023Via: Integza:
Illegal Aliens Can Become Police Officers in Illinois and California
July 31st, 2023Via: Breitbart:
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has signed into law a plan that allows foreign nationals with work permits, some of whom are illegal aliens, to become police officers in the sanctuary state.
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Late last week, Pritzker signed the legislation into law which takes effect immediately.
In the sanctuary state of California, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has made it possible for illegal aliens to become police officers on the local, county, and state levels.
The law, implemented earlier this year, requires only that officers have a work permit issued by the federal government. Work permits, specifically under President Joe Biden’s administration, are given out regularly to border crossers and illegal aliens released into the United States after crossing the southern border.
Eurostar Rolls Out ‘SmartCheck’ Facial Biometric Check-In System
July 31st, 2023Via: iProov:
Oh, You’re From the Government
July 31st, 2023— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) July 31, 2023
Say Goodbye to Permissionless Travel
July 31st, 2023Via: Reason:
Once upon a time, citizens of the United States could travel to almost every country in the European Union for 90 days without asking any government for permission beyond showing a passport at the initial point of entry. It was—and still is, for a few waning months—a marvelous if underacknowledged achievement for liberty.
Alas, the days of frictionless travel will soon be a memory. Starting at a so-far-unspecified date in early 2024, Americans and residents of 62 other countries that currently enjoy visa-free visitation to the Schengen Area of the E.U. will need to pay a fee and submit an online application (including biometric information, work experience, medical conditions, and initial itinerary), then pass a criminal/security background check, before enjoying that croissant in gay Paree. The grimly named European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is projected to cost 7 euros per application and take up to 14 days to render a decision.
Before you start shaking your fist at freedom-hating Eurocrats, know that ETIAS is the belated continental answer to a system the U.S. has imposed on residents of friendly countries since 2009, called the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA. Like ETIAS, ESTA is a response to 21st-century terrorist attacks and combines modest fees ($21) with less-than-instantaneous turnaround times (a promised 72 hours). Both either tweak or torpedo (depending on your point of view) the notion of reciprocal “visa waiver” travel between high-trust countries.
Meanwhile, In San Francisco
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