Given the choice between two evils, Bannon embraced both.
Given the choice between two evils, Bannon embraced both.
Interesting AP article on the growth of American conspiracy theories. We've had a few posted here on these threads, too.
https://apnews.com/article/covid-tec...bcf3ebbe839f05
Yes. We'll see how many 5ths he pleads.....
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Lloyd (July 10th, 2022)
Legal question: since the House committee proceedings are not a criminal prosecution, can a Fifth amendment pleading stand?
Or is is just a convenient evasion?
"The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts the government’s power to compel you to testify against yourself. But the Constitution has an important limitation. It says that you cannot “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against” yourself."
https://www.kentmcguirelaw.com/blog/...n-civil-cases/
I dunno. I just know that some witnesses are using it.
"For those who do not voluntarily cooperate with a Justice Department investigation, prosecutors can serve grand jury subpoenas and obtain their testimony under oath, subject to criminal penalties like perjury — just as Georgia state prosecutors are doing. And people can be given immunity to compel their testimony if they validly assert the Fifth Amendment. Obtaining grand-jury testimony is indispensable; it forestalls witnesses from credibly claiming later that they had not made certain statements in an interview or that an interview report is inaccurate (or worse)."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/o...k-garland.html
Alex Jones just got hit with a $4.1 million judgement against him for defamation. That is one expensive conspiracy theory he was peddling.
Serves the mf right. The damage he did can't be repaired. The judgment should have included some lashings.
M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
Chuck Naill (August 5th, 2022), TSherbs (August 5th, 2022)
I hope he ends up living in a refrigerator crate and diving dumpsters.
Lloyd (August 5th, 2022)
$45.1 million in punitive damages, for just one of the families. It's a start!
How's that for peddling conspiracy bullshit to hawk your wares to a gullible public?
Did anyone on FOX support Alex Jones's Sandy Hook allegation on air?
Typos courtesy of Samsung Auto-Incorrect™
M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
There seem to be quite a few parallels between Alex Jones and Trump, as far as inciting threats and violence.
Man Who Threatened to Kill Fauci Is Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
Aug. 4, 2022
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a West Virginia man to more than three years in prison for sending threatening emails to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, including one in which he said the immunologist and his family would be beaten to death and set on fire, prosecutors said.
The man, Thomas Patrick Connally Jr., 56, had pleaded guilty in May to making threats against a federal official and also admitted to sending threatening messages to other health officials, including Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland.
Judge Paula Xinis of U.S. District Court in Maryland sentenced Mr. Connally to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr. Connally admitted in a plea agreement that he had sent the messages to Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, between Dec. 28, 2020, and July 25, 2021, using an anonymous and encrypted email account, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
According to court documents, in one email, dated July 21, 2021, Mr. Connally wrote to Dr. Fauci: “I will slaughter your entire family. You will pay with your children’s blood for your crimes.”
A lawyer for Mr. Connally could not immediately be reached late Thursday. In sentencing documents dated Wednesday, Ellie Marranzini, a federal public defender, said that the isolation of Mr. Connally’s mother in a nursing home during the pandemic had caused Mr. Connally stress. Ms. Marranzini said the impact of social isolation on nursing home residents was “a topic he was acutely concerned about at the time.”
Mr. Connally’s threats to Dr. Fauci and others came amid an intense period of vitriol against health officials who had advocated for measures like masking and social distancing to stop the spread of Covid-19. Dr. Fauci, a government scientist for more than half a century, stood out among health officials in drawing the rage of critics. While his commitment to science endeared him to many, he became a villain to many others.
Supporters of Donald Trump often chanted “Fire Fauci,” and as president, Mr. Trump himself openly mused about doing so. Dr. Fauci was accused of having invented the virus and of profiting from vaccines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/u...e=articleShare
Lloyd (August 6th, 2022)
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