Posted On: Monday - December 2nd 2024 12:43PM MST
In Topics: Media Stupidity US Feral Government Anarcho-tyranny Poetic Stupidity Dead/Ex- Presidents Zhou Bai Dien Totalitarianism
Note: I don't know how we ever got started with this blog without a Blatant Corruption or Banana Republicanism topic key. Anarcho-Tyranny will have to suffice for this one.
This was showing on yahoo today, after I logged out of email:
What a great example of Lyin' Press manipulation this is! It's yahoo's way of implying that Trump is a corrupt Totalitarian tyrant, unlike the guy on the left there, who took money for himself and his coke-head son in dealings with foreign governments in return for influence on American policy.
No, but President Trump is ready to pick on, no pounce on, Hunter Biden, maybe getting him thrown in jail... for stuff like drugs and gun charges (It was just paperwork. C'mon, man!) and underage girls in China and receiving other favors and money in return for influence on American policy. It's just that nit-picky stuff, yet, per the worries of yahoo, Trump would be just vindictive enough to sic the DOJ on Hunter Biden. What a crock, right? He'd have probably had to sell the best of his art work just to pay the bail!
Better Hunter's Dad take care of this while he is lucid and still in office and before the Totalitarian Trump administration implements some kind of Leticia James style lawfare, even easier with a guy who has done worse things than give inflated assessments on his real estate. They're out to get Hunter... freaking Totalitarian tyrants that they are.
No, but that's not really how the ctrl-left thinks. They know what Hunter Biden is like, as they have a lot of that in themselves too. The Lyin' Press is good at this manipulation. Contrary to Steve Sailer here*, I believe in the exacting of justice that's long due. It's not only that it's long due, but for years the ctrl-left has used this "persecution" narrative to distract Trump and the GOP.
Taking a thousand, give-or-take, Political Prisoners into Washington, FS dungeons for years on charge of protesting and rioting may be on top of the list, but when it comes to blatant Totalitarian corruption, this pardon is probably next down on the list of the worst of it. But no, the Lyin' Press Narrative has it reversed - pretty clever. It works on some of us.
BTW, note the other print there (this one has good resolution, so you can zoom in). I didn't know that's how it worked. So, let me see, if they find young Bai Diem had murdered people, so long as it was within the last decade, he's in the clear. It's good to be
Lastly, from the "one [poet] they call Desanex":
There was a crooked man, and he had a crooked smile.This brings me back a LONG way, but not the full 200 years (-2). Here's the original.
He had a crooked daddy and they walked a crooked mile.
He smoked some crooked crack, and he bought a crooked gun.
Now crooked senile daddy prez has pardoned crooked son.
* Reconciliation, my ass! For the modern ctrl-left reconciliation is for suckers. For the right, reconciliation is losing. The ctrl-left does not do compromise. Please get that straight, pundits.
Comments:
Hail
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 11:48AM MST
PS
M wrote: "The pardon sucks and is completely corrupt. It's a prime example of what the Democrats think the Republicans do, and is exactly what Democrats do. Clinton's pardons were another example."
Were the Bill Clinton pardons the earliest example of this kind of politicized or nepotistic pardon?
Away from the earlier model of (1.) "there's this one guy, convicted decades ago, turned his life around, has helped a thousand orphans, and has never done anything wrong again, not even 'jaywalking'; so we are going to symbolically pardon him as a kind of civic award for a well-lived life," to )(2.) pardons for sale to billionaire donors like "Marc Rich" (see above), and personal pardon-immunity for family members (both Trump and Biden do/have done/will do this).
M wrote: "The pardon sucks and is completely corrupt. It's a prime example of what the Democrats think the Republicans do, and is exactly what Democrats do. Clinton's pardons were another example."
Were the Bill Clinton pardons the earliest example of this kind of politicized or nepotistic pardon?
Away from the earlier model of (1.) "there's this one guy, convicted decades ago, turned his life around, has helped a thousand orphans, and has never done anything wrong again, not even 'jaywalking'; so we are going to symbolically pardon him as a kind of civic award for a well-lived life," to )(2.) pardons for sale to billionaire donors like "Marc Rich" (see above), and personal pardon-immunity for family members (both Trump and Biden do/have done/will do this).
Hail
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 11:25AM MST
PS
-- The rise, fall, and re-rise of "pardons" and relation to de-Westernization of U.S. political life --
The closest analogy to the 11-year blanket 'pardon' for "all crimes, known and unknown, charged and uncharged" would be the medieval system under which the emperor could declare, arbitrarily, whether a given person would be ensured life and liberty or deprived of life or liberty.
See the concept of the "imperial ban." It was a form of what we now know as the U.S. system's presidential pardon, except in the reverse: the governor's or president's pardon cancels a convicted man's conviction. The "imperial ban" cancels an otherwise-"unconvicted" man's natural right to life and liberty (in later-standard thinking; see wording of the Declaration of Independence). Placed under the "imperial ban," a man was a public enemy who was to be killed.
This kind of arbitrary authority exercised by the established powers of Europe undermined their legitimacy. It was great fuel to all the endless swirl of movements back to the Reformation or even to the Renaissance. I've noticed non-Europeans are okay with arbitrary authority, but Westerners never are. We demand things make sense.
You'll find lots of people praising the Chinese and others here towards the mid-21st century, but the Chinese permit their awful government exercising a cruel form of repression and running a system that would be stomach-churningly distasteful to any Western stomach. Corrupt-bargain "pardons" (and non-prosecutions) and illegitimate convictions: people are okay with them, though some might find it in them to complain here and there. The two-thousand-some political prisoners now crammed into a special built prison in Hong Kong (following the hostile crackdown by the PRC after the 2019 anti-China protests), a typical PRC-Chinese isn't outraged; we, Westerners, are outraged on their behalf more than their nominal fellow-countrymen are.
Pardons are a harkening back to a system that is best left behind in medieval times, or with PRC-China and its satellites or imitators (if any). The tacit recognition of this was that the "pardon" power was so seldom used for so long, except for cases here and there for kind of symbolic purposes.
Who was the first president to start to really strain the "pardon" power? I think it may have been Bill Clinton with his series of pardons for campaign donors late in his second term. There is even a Wiki page "Bill Clinton pardon controversy." The biggest of all was the oligarch Marc David Reich (1934-2013), alias "Marc Rich," a man tied extensively to Israel who fled U.S. justice for many crimes. He was pardoned in full by Clinton on the morning of January 20, 2001, along with other lesser characters of similar type, nepotistic favors done for donors and the like.
By the time the first orange-haired president blumpfed his way onto the scene, the major controversy in 2001 over Bill Clinton's pardon of the Israel billionaire "Marc Rich" ca. 15 years earlier, would've seemed child's play. In other words, at some point in the 2000s or 2010s a line was crossed by which this kind of pardon was conceivable and no longer would elicit the kind of shock that Bill Clinton's wave of corrupt D-insider pardons elicited in 2001. Trump had little compunction about nepotistic pardons: there were many Trump "Marc Rich's" in 2017-2021. Biden's pardon of his ne'er-do-well crack-addict son is a blatant case but not one of an abrupt break in precedent.
A de-Westernizing system with the power of "pardons" in place may be a dangerous thing. Yes, it is only part of the story alongside selective prosecution and other things including legalized-systematized anti-white and anti-male laws and preferences ("this employer gives special consideration to all women, people of color, certified LGBTQ community members including pre-op Transgender individuals"). But the "pardon" power if used in this way, including as used by Trump, can undermine the legitimacy of institutions in a way we, Western people, traditionally would have treated as taboo.
A system with lots of corrupt pardons or corrupt prosecutions ends up looking like so many backward Mid-East type countries, or the more backward of the ex-communist-bloc countries. That is clearly the way things have gone: the USA a wealth society but no longer a firmly-rooted Western-normed society.
-- The rise, fall, and re-rise of "pardons" and relation to de-Westernization of U.S. political life --
The closest analogy to the 11-year blanket 'pardon' for "all crimes, known and unknown, charged and uncharged" would be the medieval system under which the emperor could declare, arbitrarily, whether a given person would be ensured life and liberty or deprived of life or liberty.
See the concept of the "imperial ban." It was a form of what we now know as the U.S. system's presidential pardon, except in the reverse: the governor's or president's pardon cancels a convicted man's conviction. The "imperial ban" cancels an otherwise-"unconvicted" man's natural right to life and liberty (in later-standard thinking; see wording of the Declaration of Independence). Placed under the "imperial ban," a man was a public enemy who was to be killed.
This kind of arbitrary authority exercised by the established powers of Europe undermined their legitimacy. It was great fuel to all the endless swirl of movements back to the Reformation or even to the Renaissance. I've noticed non-Europeans are okay with arbitrary authority, but Westerners never are. We demand things make sense.
You'll find lots of people praising the Chinese and others here towards the mid-21st century, but the Chinese permit their awful government exercising a cruel form of repression and running a system that would be stomach-churningly distasteful to any Western stomach. Corrupt-bargain "pardons" (and non-prosecutions) and illegitimate convictions: people are okay with them, though some might find it in them to complain here and there. The two-thousand-some political prisoners now crammed into a special built prison in Hong Kong (following the hostile crackdown by the PRC after the 2019 anti-China protests), a typical PRC-Chinese isn't outraged; we, Westerners, are outraged on their behalf more than their nominal fellow-countrymen are.
Pardons are a harkening back to a system that is best left behind in medieval times, or with PRC-China and its satellites or imitators (if any). The tacit recognition of this was that the "pardon" power was so seldom used for so long, except for cases here and there for kind of symbolic purposes.
Who was the first president to start to really strain the "pardon" power? I think it may have been Bill Clinton with his series of pardons for campaign donors late in his second term. There is even a Wiki page "Bill Clinton pardon controversy." The biggest of all was the oligarch Marc David Reich (1934-2013), alias "Marc Rich," a man tied extensively to Israel who fled U.S. justice for many crimes. He was pardoned in full by Clinton on the morning of January 20, 2001, along with other lesser characters of similar type, nepotistic favors done for donors and the like.
By the time the first orange-haired president blumpfed his way onto the scene, the major controversy in 2001 over Bill Clinton's pardon of the Israel billionaire "Marc Rich" ca. 15 years earlier, would've seemed child's play. In other words, at some point in the 2000s or 2010s a line was crossed by which this kind of pardon was conceivable and no longer would elicit the kind of shock that Bill Clinton's wave of corrupt D-insider pardons elicited in 2001. Trump had little compunction about nepotistic pardons: there were many Trump "Marc Rich's" in 2017-2021. Biden's pardon of his ne'er-do-well crack-addict son is a blatant case but not one of an abrupt break in precedent.
A de-Westernizing system with the power of "pardons" in place may be a dangerous thing. Yes, it is only part of the story alongside selective prosecution and other things including legalized-systematized anti-white and anti-male laws and preferences ("this employer gives special consideration to all women, people of color, certified LGBTQ community members including pre-op Transgender individuals"). But the "pardon" power if used in this way, including as used by Trump, can undermine the legitimacy of institutions in a way we, Western people, traditionally would have treated as taboo.
A system with lots of corrupt pardons or corrupt prosecutions ends up looking like so many backward Mid-East type countries, or the more backward of the ex-communist-bloc countries. That is clearly the way things have gone: the USA a wealth society but no longer a firmly-rooted Western-normed society.
Hail
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 10:53AM MST
PS
I thought it was two thousand "January Six" prisoners? (Most by now released.)
I thought it was two thousand "January Six" prisoners? (Most by now released.)
Adam Smith
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 8:58AM MST
PS: Good morning, Mr. Moderator,
Yes. You are right in that they shouldn't coddle well connected people while throwing the book at us peasants for lesser offenses. The anarcho-tyranny problem is truly out of hand and is a much bigger problem than Hunter Biden. (Though the Hunter Biden situation does clearly illustrate it.)
I would prefer that Hunter be charged for the real crimes he committed, and not the lesser (non-)crimes that they went after him for. There are some seriously suspicious dealings these Biden people have been involved with for a very long time. And these are just the things we know about.
As you say, a Constitutional Republic is something that only a moral people can keep and enjoy. Apparently Americans in general are not a moral people. Fixing the rot would be an undertaking of epic proportions and unfortunately there is no desire on the part of the ruling class to address or fix it.
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On a better note...
I'm happy to hear you found another. What a treat. (A little like a Christmas surprise!) I don't have so many that I've forgotten or misplaced any of them. I suppose that means I need to get to collecting more of them. I do know that I need to go out and shoot some of them. I even have a couple news ones that I haven't even tried out yet. So that will be fun.
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It was a loud hard wall, bro...
Yeah. It's sick and very unfortunate for the baby. But I find some of the story pretty hilarious, the way it is written. It's like a glimpse into the inner workings of the negro mind...
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-man-accused-throwing-baby-while-playing-video-game
Quote:
Initially, White said that the baby’s skull fracture and head injury were the result of the other woman bumping the baby’s head on the door frame when she was rushing out of the bedroom to show the unresponsive baby to him. When confronted with the severity of the baby’s injuries, White claimed that the baby fell while he was changing the baby’s diaper. Specifically, White claimed that as he was changing the baby’s diaper, the baby was on the bed (an air mattress) and fell to the carpeted floor. Detectives explained that a short fall onto a carpeted surface would not result in the severe injuries the baby sustained.
The complaint goes on to say that White said he dropped the baby while he was standing and playing video games. The baby squirmed and fell "hard to the floor." White speculated that the baby’s head must have hit a part of the dresser or a pole on the way to the floor. Detectives showed White scene photos and confronted White about what the baby’s head could have possibly hit.
Detectives confronted White directly by asking him, "did you try to put him on the bed, and he hit the wall?" In response, White admitted to throwing the baby against the wall. Specifically, White was playing video games. The baby was inside his pack 'n' play. White picked the baby up while playing video games to "keep him chill for a little bit." The baby was getting heavy in White’s arms, so he threw the baby against the wall and onto the bed. The baby struck the wall approximately a foot above the bed before landing face first on the bed, per the complaint.
Detectives told White that they would confirm with medical professionals whether his explanation of throwing the baby against the wall would account for the severity of the baby’s injuries. In response, White said, "He hit his head hard on the wall, bro. I swear he hit his head hard on the wall" and "I heard the wall, it was hard on his head. It was hard. It was a loud hard wall," and "I heard the impact of the wall after I tossed him." White said he was playing NBA 2K and the game was competitive. He was down two points in the fourth quarter of the game and became frustrated while holding the baby, ultimately throwing the baby against the wall.
Horrible for the baby. And much like the Biden story, it is a symptom of a greater problem. It is almost like a parable about modern day America. Kinda like this video, but in a different way...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI6JeQIOOMs
Interesting times and such...
Cheers! ☮️
Yes. You are right in that they shouldn't coddle well connected people while throwing the book at us peasants for lesser offenses. The anarcho-tyranny problem is truly out of hand and is a much bigger problem than Hunter Biden. (Though the Hunter Biden situation does clearly illustrate it.)
I would prefer that Hunter be charged for the real crimes he committed, and not the lesser (non-)crimes that they went after him for. There are some seriously suspicious dealings these Biden people have been involved with for a very long time. And these are just the things we know about.
As you say, a Constitutional Republic is something that only a moral people can keep and enjoy. Apparently Americans in general are not a moral people. Fixing the rot would be an undertaking of epic proportions and unfortunately there is no desire on the part of the ruling class to address or fix it.
----------
On a better note...
I'm happy to hear you found another. What a treat. (A little like a Christmas surprise!) I don't have so many that I've forgotten or misplaced any of them. I suppose that means I need to get to collecting more of them. I do know that I need to go out and shoot some of them. I even have a couple news ones that I haven't even tried out yet. So that will be fun.
--------------
It was a loud hard wall, bro...
Yeah. It's sick and very unfortunate for the baby. But I find some of the story pretty hilarious, the way it is written. It's like a glimpse into the inner workings of the negro mind...
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-man-accused-throwing-baby-while-playing-video-game
Quote:
Initially, White said that the baby’s skull fracture and head injury were the result of the other woman bumping the baby’s head on the door frame when she was rushing out of the bedroom to show the unresponsive baby to him. When confronted with the severity of the baby’s injuries, White claimed that the baby fell while he was changing the baby’s diaper. Specifically, White claimed that as he was changing the baby’s diaper, the baby was on the bed (an air mattress) and fell to the carpeted floor. Detectives explained that a short fall onto a carpeted surface would not result in the severe injuries the baby sustained.
The complaint goes on to say that White said he dropped the baby while he was standing and playing video games. The baby squirmed and fell "hard to the floor." White speculated that the baby’s head must have hit a part of the dresser or a pole on the way to the floor. Detectives showed White scene photos and confronted White about what the baby’s head could have possibly hit.
Detectives confronted White directly by asking him, "did you try to put him on the bed, and he hit the wall?" In response, White admitted to throwing the baby against the wall. Specifically, White was playing video games. The baby was inside his pack 'n' play. White picked the baby up while playing video games to "keep him chill for a little bit." The baby was getting heavy in White’s arms, so he threw the baby against the wall and onto the bed. The baby struck the wall approximately a foot above the bed before landing face first on the bed, per the complaint.
Detectives told White that they would confirm with medical professionals whether his explanation of throwing the baby against the wall would account for the severity of the baby’s injuries. In response, White said, "He hit his head hard on the wall, bro. I swear he hit his head hard on the wall" and "I heard the wall, it was hard on his head. It was hard. It was a loud hard wall," and "I heard the impact of the wall after I tossed him." White said he was playing NBA 2K and the game was competitive. He was down two points in the fourth quarter of the game and became frustrated while holding the baby, ultimately throwing the baby against the wall.
Horrible for the baby. And much like the Biden story, it is a symptom of a greater problem. It is almost like a parable about modern day America. Kinda like this video, but in a different way...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI6JeQIOOMs
Interesting times and such...
Cheers! ☮️
Adam Smith
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 8:20AM MST
PS: Greetings, M,
(I hope you had a nice thanksgiving.)
I didn't mean to imply that Hunter Biden didn't commit real crimes. I am implying that they didn't prosecute him for any of his real crimes. In a more sane world they would have gone after this guy for influence peddling, bribery, corruption, I'm not sure exactly what to call it. (Still having my morning coffee, and the word I'm looking for is eluding me.)
I mean, how does a guy like this land himself a cushy do nothing job on the Board of Burisma if not for blatant corruption? He was paid $11 million dollars to do what? (Does anyone even know?) And this isn't the only instance of members of the Biden family receiving huge payments for dubious services from foreign entities.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Justice Department's [sic] decision to prosecute Hunter Biden for tax evasion and not for the influence peddling shows that they don't care about corruption at all. They simply want their cut.
And that is a symptom of a much greater problem.
☮️
(I hope you had a nice thanksgiving.)
I didn't mean to imply that Hunter Biden didn't commit real crimes. I am implying that they didn't prosecute him for any of his real crimes. In a more sane world they would have gone after this guy for influence peddling, bribery, corruption, I'm not sure exactly what to call it. (Still having my morning coffee, and the word I'm looking for is eluding me.)
I mean, how does a guy like this land himself a cushy do nothing job on the Board of Burisma if not for blatant corruption? He was paid $11 million dollars to do what? (Does anyone even know?) And this isn't the only instance of members of the Biden family receiving huge payments for dubious services from foreign entities.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Justice Department's [sic] decision to prosecute Hunter Biden for tax evasion and not for the influence peddling shows that they don't care about corruption at all. They simply want their cut.
And that is a symptom of a much greater problem.
☮️
Moderator
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 8:17AM MST
PS: Thanks for the comment, M. You are quite right that State matters are another matter. I should correct that, as I do know this stuff to a degree.
The part of this that most people are just amazed is, the 11 year blanket "no harm, no foul" on anything Federal, as Adam brought up. I was on the unz thread (started for other reasons), and Jack D., when he is not on his particular ethnic thing, was his usual legal-eagle self pointing out the simple paragraph in the US Constitution. it doesn't have any restrictions.
Article II, Section 2, 1st paragraph:
"... and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."
We must keep in mind that the Constitutional Republic was noted back then to be something that only a moral people could keep going. Those people are gone, for the most part.
The part of this that most people are just amazed is, the 11 year blanket "no harm, no foul" on anything Federal, as Adam brought up. I was on the unz thread (started for other reasons), and Jack D., when he is not on his particular ethnic thing, was his usual legal-eagle self pointing out the simple paragraph in the US Constitution. it doesn't have any restrictions.
Article II, Section 2, 1st paragraph:
"... and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."
We must keep in mind that the Constitutional Republic was noted back then to be something that only a moral people could keep going. Those people are gone, for the most part.
Moderator
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 8:10AM MST
PS: Adam, that story, screenshotted in your 1st link, was just sick. I wonder if that 20 y/o black guy was so used to football as his only world, that he forgot he was holding his little baby rather than a football. (Then again, there was a history.) In a world without a half-century-ongoing Welfare State, a guy like this would likely have not kids - better for everyone.
As to the subject, I have a link in this post to an older post called "Free Hunter", regarding the gun forms and charges on Hunter. Yes, of course, were the Constitution followed, none of that would be a crime. However, were I to not dot an "I' or cross a "t", so to speak - and mind you I've only filled out these things a couple of times*, I get the book thrown at me. FFL dealers have to really watch it, as often Feral Gov't minions have been purposefully trying to get them in trouble to put them out of business.
Taxes, yeah, well you know how Peak Stupidity feels on this - we are highly against the Fed Income Tax, what, with our own proposed Amendment XXVIII and all...
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=3123
Since they'd do the same to me, I don't know why the son of the President should get a break. OTOH, I don't know many of the details of the tax charges. Same for cocaine, although they couldn't get me on that one. [Nor any of the rest, we hasten to add - PS Legal Dept.]
As for the Chinese underage hookers, that's not even a State matter but another country. The problem with lots of this (excepting the guns and possibly the tax evasion) is that the blackmail/bribery factor comes into play because Hunter is, no (YEA!) WAS the son of the VP and President. The involvement in the Ukraine dealings and possibilities of blackmail from China make this a very serious matter of corruption. Now, THAT'S Federal!
* Just found another guy I forgot I had. I mean, I remember getting it now, but it was out of the way, forgotten. It's a nice one.
As to the subject, I have a link in this post to an older post called "Free Hunter", regarding the gun forms and charges on Hunter. Yes, of course, were the Constitution followed, none of that would be a crime. However, were I to not dot an "I' or cross a "t", so to speak - and mind you I've only filled out these things a couple of times*, I get the book thrown at me. FFL dealers have to really watch it, as often Feral Gov't minions have been purposefully trying to get them in trouble to put them out of business.
Taxes, yeah, well you know how Peak Stupidity feels on this - we are highly against the Fed Income Tax, what, with our own proposed Amendment XXVIII and all...
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=3123
Since they'd do the same to me, I don't know why the son of the President should get a break. OTOH, I don't know many of the details of the tax charges. Same for cocaine, although they couldn't get me on that one. [Nor any of the rest, we hasten to add - PS Legal Dept.]
As for the Chinese underage hookers, that's not even a State matter but another country. The problem with lots of this (excepting the guns and possibly the tax evasion) is that the blackmail/bribery factor comes into play because Hunter is, no (YEA!) WAS the son of the VP and President. The involvement in the Ukraine dealings and possibilities of blackmail from China make this a very serious matter of corruption. Now, THAT'S Federal!
* Just found another guy I forgot I had. I mean, I remember getting it now, but it was out of the way, forgotten. It's a nice one.
M
Tuesday - December 3rd 2024 7:23AM MST
PS
Biden has only the power to pardon for federal crimes.
- not for state crimes e.g. murder.
- not for money owed (civil). This may include any state taxes (unless there's an agreement in place that the feds have jurisdiction over e.g. state income taxes).
The pardon sucks and is completely corrupt. It's a prime example of what the Democrats think the Republicans do, and is exactly what Democrats do. Clinton's pardons were another example.
However Hunter is not untouchable if they really want to go after him.
Adam Smith: as far as I can tell (I haven't followed it in detail) Hunter's crimes were real ones. I.e. his tax evasion is something that others have been prosecuted and jailed for. Not some novel theory on the part of a vote-seeking prosecutor.
Biden has only the power to pardon for federal crimes.
- not for state crimes e.g. murder.
- not for money owed (civil). This may include any state taxes (unless there's an agreement in place that the feds have jurisdiction over e.g. state income taxes).
The pardon sucks and is completely corrupt. It's a prime example of what the Democrats think the Republicans do, and is exactly what Democrats do. Clinton's pardons were another example.
However Hunter is not untouchable if they really want to go after him.
Adam Smith: as far as I can tell (I haven't followed it in detail) Hunter's crimes were real ones. I.e. his tax evasion is something that others have been prosecuted and jailed for. Not some novel theory on the part of a vote-seeking prosecutor.
Adam Smith
Monday - December 2nd 2024 7:43PM MST
PS: Good evening, Mr. Moderator,
Maybe Joe Biden can pardon this guy...
https://i.ibb.co/CbSCFSM/thisniggerisgoingtoprisonforkillingababyniggerandyouresittingtherelaughing.jpg
Moar seriously...
I wouldn't expect anything less than Blatant Corruption, Banana Republicanism, and Anarcho-Tyranny from the criminals masquerading as "government" and those who rule over the north American economic zone. It's what they do.
But in a world where the constitution matters, there would be no Form 4473. So I really don't care that Hunter Biden lied on it because the second amendment overrules Form 4473.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download
And I believe that taxation is slavery and theft so I'm really not concerned with Hunter "evading taxes" or whatever exactly they convicted him of. And I do think Joe is right when he says Hunter's prosecution was politically motivated. You know. Much like Trump's prosecution for paying a hooker out of the wrong bank account 34 times. I think they should reserve prosecution for real crimes like murder, or lying the country into war or running a 36 trillion dollar debt or other forms of corruption and what not. (If we are to have any sort of legal system at all it should stop prosecuting non-crimes and go after real criminals.)
I think the interesting part of this deal is that Joe pardoned Hunter for any federal crime he may have committed between January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024. I don't know of anyone, other than Nixon, who has been granted such a broad pardon. (Perhaps there is some precedent at the state level?)
This all seems like a power grab.
I wonder if it will set a precedent. ☮️
Maybe Joe Biden can pardon this guy...
https://i.ibb.co/CbSCFSM/thisniggerisgoingtoprisonforkillingababyniggerandyouresittingtherelaughing.jpg
Moar seriously...
I wouldn't expect anything less than Blatant Corruption, Banana Republicanism, and Anarcho-Tyranny from the criminals masquerading as "government" and those who rule over the north American economic zone. It's what they do.
But in a world where the constitution matters, there would be no Form 4473. So I really don't care that Hunter Biden lied on it because the second amendment overrules Form 4473.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download
And I believe that taxation is slavery and theft so I'm really not concerned with Hunter "evading taxes" or whatever exactly they convicted him of. And I do think Joe is right when he says Hunter's prosecution was politically motivated. You know. Much like Trump's prosecution for paying a hooker out of the wrong bank account 34 times. I think they should reserve prosecution for real crimes like murder, or lying the country into war or running a 36 trillion dollar debt or other forms of corruption and what not. (If we are to have any sort of legal system at all it should stop prosecuting non-crimes and go after real criminals.)
I think the interesting part of this deal is that Joe pardoned Hunter for any federal crime he may have committed between January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024. I don't know of anyone, other than Nixon, who has been granted such a broad pardon. (Perhaps there is some precedent at the state level?)
This all seems like a power grab.
I wonder if it will set a precedent. ☮️
Anyway, that segues into your point about the end of the Bill Clinton term. I do remember that. Even our Founders with their document to lay out a limited government, gave that power to the chief exec. Perhaps there were times when I President a century or 2 ago tried to do something like this, but a) I don't think he would be let (media, political pressure) to get away with it and b) most wouldn't have not even considered giving a pardon as an obvious favor. ("What can they do - I'm leaving anyway." didn't work in an age of honor and integrity.)
I remember the name Mark Rich, though I. never knew that was an alias. Oh, and then didn't that power couple take some of the nice dishes and such with them? I remember that story. Ebay was just getting started then. Did the Hildabeast have plans to sell this stuff on ebay?