Supreme Court Rules Cops Can Kill Non-Threatening People As Long As They Say They Were Scared

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a police officer who opened fire on a woman from a distance while she stood on her property, claiming he feared for his safety.

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Sheriff Mack leads crowded field of Republicans – Arizona Special Election

Sheriff Richard Mack leads a crowded field of Republicans in the Arizona Special Election to replace Congressman Trent Franks.  With the election fast approaching at the end of February he needs the support of Constitutional Conservatives from across our nation.

PHOENIX (AP) — Thirteen Republicans and three Democrats filed enough signatures to make the ballot for a special primary election to replace former U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, state elections officials said Wednesday evening.

The Republicans include former state Sens. Steve Montenegro and Debbie Lesko, former state Rep. Phil Lovas and former state utility regulator Bob Stump. Also making the GOP primary ballot are Clair Van Steenwyk and former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack.

The other seven Republicans are Chad Allen, Kevin Cavanagh, Brenden Dilley, Stephen Dolgos, David Lien, Christopher Sylvester and Mark Yates.

The Democrats are Dr. Hiral Tipirneni, Brianna Westbrook and Gene Scharer. Two Green Party candidates failed to file qualifying signatures by Wednesday evening’s deadline.

The heavily Republican 8th Congressional District covers much of the western and northwestern Phoenix suburbs, and the winner of the GOP primary will be strongly favored to win the seat outright. Democrats are holding out hope that a surge of opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies could drive turnout and give them the chance to pull off a stunning upset.

The special primary election is set for Feb. 27, with each party’s top vote-getter advancing to the general election on April 24.

Read more here.

About Sheriff Richard Mack
Champion of Constitutional Values

• Led a Supreme Court victory for state sovereignty


• Author of several books on freedom, government and gun control


• Consultant on constitutional issues


• Tea Party activist


• Public speaker


• Crusader for liberty


• Trainer in constitutional issues for law enforcement

Sheriff Mack is best known for challenging the Brady Bill, a gun control scheme requiring local law enforcement to perform background checks on prospective gun purchasers. He maintained that the Federal Government had no authority to command local officials, and became the first sheriff in American history to sue the Federal Government (under the Clinton administration) and win at the US Supreme Court. The case was based on the Tenth Amendment, states rights and local sovereignty.

Mack is the son of an FBI agent and began his own law enforcement career as a street cop in Provo, Utah. After graduating from BYU in 1978, Mack became an officer with Provo P. D. He was soon promoted to corporal, sergeant, and detective. He spent one year as an undercover narcotics agent. In 1988, Mack moved home to Arizona where he ran for sheriff. He was elected Graham County Sheriff and served as such for eight years. It was during this time – in 1994 – that federal agents informed all sheriffs that they would be required to work for the Federal Government under the mandate of the Brady Bill, and Mack’s court case began.

Since that landmark ruling Mack has written six books and appeared at over 175 Tea Party rallies nationwide. He has stood against the incursions of the Federal Government and has fought for civil rights from Hawaii to Bangor, Maine. He is the Founder and President of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) and has been inducted into the NRA Hall of Fame.

Sheriff Richard Mack

 

 

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Gov’t Forcing Couple to Tear Down Amazing Treehouse On Their Property—Or Else

A Florida couple has spent almost $200,000 trying to keep their $30,000 treehouse from being torn down, now the state plans to crush them.

SCOTUS Travel Ban Decision Summarized In 1 Cartoon

Giving credit where credit is due (while the bile rises into the back of my throat).

Ramirez draws good propaganda while pushing the neocon agenda.

I"m sure he gets the double-digit IQ morons to go into knee-slapping, hysterical fits of laughter whenever he posts one of his absurd political cartoons.

"Yep! Herp a derp! He"s right! Murrca! Fuck yeah!"

Too bad for them that Ramirez is laughing hysterically at those same morons while he counts his filthy shekels.

Traders Scramble To "Explain" Sudden Nasdaq Swoon

After surging in early trading, the Nasdasq - together with various cryptocurrencies - suddenly slumped and dropped as much as 1% from its intraday highs two hours into trading. That"s what traders could agree with; where they clearly disagreed, was on the reason for the swoon with everything from the velocity of last week’s rally, this morning’s economic data and the Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments on the Trump administration’s travel ban and being cited according to Bloomberg.

In other words, everyone blissfully rode the momentum on the way up, and now it"s time to come up with the most convincing story why there are more sellers than buyers.

Here is what did happen: From a high of 5,845.15 touched at 9:34 a.m. New York time, the Nasdaq 100 fell as low as 5,770.15 at 11:23 a.m., trimming its 2.1 percent rally from last week. Nvidia lost 2%, bringing its three-day drop to 5.3%, while Amazon.com, Alphabet, Facebook and Microsoft each declined more than 2 percent. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index slipped 0.8 percent, paring last week’s 9.6 percent advance.

Here are the wildly speculative explanations:

• Yousef Abbasi, global strategist at Jonestrading Institutional Services in New York: “Tech names have lost momentum. I doubt traders care [about the Supreme Court decision] -- algos, probably. They might have seen that headline and decided to de-risk in tech or other sectors it sees as ‘immigration ban’ impacted.”


• Mark Kepner, managing director and equity trader at Themis Trading LLC in Chatham, New Jersey, says the Supreme Court decision is probably not related: “Utilities are really strong -- I think it’s the weaker durable goods and some of the commentary from Fed officials being not necessarily sold on another rate rise this year. It’s a lower inflation outlook, oil gave up gains too.”


• Thomas Garcia, head of equity trading at Thornburg Investment Management Inc. in Santa Fe, New Mexico: “Tech has for sure led the way this year and I think some profits are being taken. Depends on how you crunch the numbers as to how expensive or inexpensive some of these stocks are. What do investors value? Earnings, cash flow, growth etc.”


• Larry Weiss, head of trading for Instinet LLC in New York: “The market has shown the ability to shrug off political uncertainty, so any review of the travel ban by SCOTUS not really driving the market. Volume is light, so spreads are wide, and we would expect to bounce around in a range in the absence of market moving news.”

Source: Bloomberg

Artist's Impression Of Judge Gorsuch's Nomination Hearings

He looks like he was interpreting the law as it was written not how he feels. Of course, we all feel that an autistic child get all the opportunities possible but the law stated that the school district had to provide just anything above the absolute minimum. If the district was providing anything above the minimum, the district was well within the law and the three judges were right. But then there are the vitue signaling , holier than thou crowd who is SOOOOOO enlightened and who is annointed to spend others peoples money and who write the laws from the bench, of course that crowd would overturn a judgement that is perfectly in line with the law as written.

Debate Post-Mortem: "Bad Hombres", "Putin Puppets", Chris Wallace Wins "Bigly"

The debate started with "no handshakes" once again and while there was no "dancing" around the ring, a quiet, polite start rapidly turned ugly once the two candidates warmed up. Second Amendment supporting Trump slammed babyslaying Clinton; questions over who was the biggest "puppet"; Trump declined to support election result and threw a "such a nasty woman" comment across the stage.  While it was a close-call between Trump and Hillary, for once we suggest Chris Wallace wins tonight.

Who won tonight"s debate?

• 14 say Trump
• 12 say Clinton
• 4 say it was a draw#DebateNight

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 20, 2016

• *TWITTER SAYS MOST DEBATE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRUMP, 59%-41%


• *TRUMP HAD 56% SHARE OF FACEBOOK CONVERSATION, CLINTON 44%: STMT

No Handshake....

.@realDonaldTrump and @HillaryClinton take the stage for the final #debate pic.twitter.com/jS4XEOBlBI

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

*  *  *

Round 1 - SCOTUS - Clinton Win

• Trump subdued, focused on Pro-life, second Amendment, defending constitution


• Clinton better able to discuss details, knows constitutional court details better.

Round 2 - IMMIGRATION - Trump Win

• Trump pushed stronger borders, Clinton focused on "ripping families aprt"


• Clinton claimed Trump choked on the wall.


• Clinton pivot to blame Russia for leaks on "open borders" thrown back in her face.


• Argument over who is "puppet"

Round 3 - THE ECONOMY - Tie

• Hillary claimed "will add no debt" - which as we know means no growth.


• Trump slams NAFTA, more of the same Obama policies with Clinton

Round 4 - FITNESS TO BE PRESIDENT - Tie

• Sexual harrassment allegations denied aggressively.


• Wikileaks documents and pay-to-play hard to argue with.


• Why does Hillary take Saudi money when they kill gay people?


• Trump focused on donors/special interests when Hillary brought up taxes.


• "Rigged" discussion well argued by Trump but Hillary made him look "whiney" and his comment "I will leave you in suspense" did not sound good.

Round 5 - FOREIGN HOTSPOTS - Trump Win

• Hillary claims she will defeat ISIS, Trump attacks by pointing out "element of surprise".


• Hillary eloquent, Trump less hawkish.


• Using WikiLeaks, Trump lands one of his cleanest blows of the night. "John Podesta said some horrible things about you. And he was right."

Round 6 - NATIONAL DEBT - Trump Win (Hillary un-credible)

• Focused on Obamacare costs to start


• Clinton tax wealthy but no growth


• Trump "massive tax cuts"


• Biggest lie of the night Clinton: "I pay for everything I"m proposing. I do not add a penny to the national debt."

Round 7 - CLOSING STATEMENT - Tie

• *CLINTON, IN CLOSING ARGUMENT, SAYS WANTS TO BENEFIT ALL IN U.S.


• *TRUMP SAYS CLINTON WIN WOULD BE FOUR MORE YEARS OF OBAMA PLANS

Finally, Mexican Peso settled it...

But then someone panic bid Peso to "prove" Hillary won?

But of course, just as we started the day...

Trump"s refusal to concede an election day loss now leading Politico, CNN, NYT, WaPo, WSJ, LAT and BuzzFeed. pic.twitter.com/UQPfq15558

— CJR (@CJR) October 20, 2016

*  *  *

1. SCOTUS

Second Amendment

• *CLINTON SAYS CENTRAL ELECTION ISSUE WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY TO BE


• *SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO SIDE WITH U.S. PEOPLE, NOT COS.:CLINTON


• *CLINTON: MY COURT NOMINEES WOULD STAND UP TO THE `POWERFUL"


• Clinton mind-blowingly talked about dark-money in politics and its effects on the election.

Clinton: "There"s no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment."

Clinton: "There"s no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment." #DebateNight #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/YuzmEh8YJK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

Clinton: "I respect the tradition of gun ownership," but we must have "reasonable regulation"

Hillary Clinton said she supports the Second Amendment while touting the need for comprehensive reform to the nation"s gun laws.

"I see no conflict between saving people"s lives and defending the Second Amendment," she said.

The Democratic nominee called for comprehensive background checks and closing the gun show lope hole.

• *TRUMP SAYS SUPREME COURT IS `WHAT IT"S ALL ABOUT"


• *TRUMP SAYS SUPREME COURT UNDER CLINTON THREATENS 2ND AMENDMENT


• *TRUMP: MY JUSTICES WILL BE `PRO-LIFE," CONSERVATIVE

Trump: "Justice Ginsburg made some very, very inappropriate statements toward me"

.@HillaryClinton: "I see no conflict between saving people’s lives and defending the Second Amendment” pic.twitter.com/ZAWQ3AZ6t5

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

Abortion

• *CLINTON: I WILL DEFEND ROE V WADE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD


• *CLINTON SAYS TRUMP USING `SCARE RHETORIC" ON ABORTION, HEALTH


• *TRUMP: ROE V WADE COULD GET OVERTURNED IF HIS JUSTICES ADDED

Trump on abortion: "With what Hillary is saying, in the ninth month, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother" pic.twitter.com/FF8rQWWtSl

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

2. IMMIGRATION

• *TRUMP REITERATES ARGUMENT FOR STRONGER BORDERS TO COUNTER DRUGS

"There are some bad hombres here and we"re going to get "em out"

.@realDonaldTrump: “We have some bad hombres here and we’re going to get them out” pic.twitter.com/qMB4XWKLAK

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

• *CLINTON SAYS `MAJOR DISAGREEMENTS" WITH TRUMP ON SUPREME COURT


• *CLINTON ON DEPORTATIONS: I DON"T WANT TO RIP FAMILIES APART


• *CLINTON SPEAKS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS


• *CLINTON SAYS TRUMP `CHOKED" IN MEXICO TRIP


• *CLINTON SAYS TRUMP USED UNDOCUMENTED LABOR TO BUILD TRUMP TOWER

Clinton attempted to pivot away from being pinned on immigration to raising Russia...

“You are very clearly quoting from WikiLeaks,” Clinton said. “What is really important about WikiLeaks is that the Russian government has engaged in espionage against Americans. They have hacked American websites, American accounts of private people, of institutions. Then they have given that information to WikiLeaks for the purpose of putting it on the internet. This has come from the highest levels of the Russian government.”
Clinton called on Trump to reject “Russian espionage.”

Trump shot back: “That was a great pivot off the fact that she wants open borders.”

Clinton called Trump "a puppet"...

Clinton on Putin: "He would rather have a puppet as president of the United States." #DebateNight #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/1jUl0l0Mqv

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

He responded...

.@realDonaldTrump, responding to Clinton"s Putin puppet remark: "No, you"re the puppet" pic.twitter.com/MA5wKL3gne

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

• *CLINTON: RUSSIA ESPIONAGE ON ELECTIONS SYSTEM AT HIGHEST LEVELS

.@realDonaldTrump to @HillaryClinton: "That was a great pivot" pic.twitter.com/rQjRv8ll3U

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

3. THE ECONOMY

• *CLINTON: WANT TO HAVE BIGGEST JOBS PROGRAMS SINCE WORLD WAR II


• *CLINTON: TRUMP"S ECO PLAN COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER RECESSION


• *TRUMP SAYS CLINTON ECONOMIC PLAN IS A `DISASTER"


• *TRUMP SAYS U.S. ALLIES SHOULD `PAY UP" FOR DEFENSE COSTS


• *TRUMP SAYS WOULD RENEGOTIATE NAFTA, IF HE CAN"T WOULD END IT


• *CLINTON SAYS TRUMP HAS `CROCODILE TEARS" OVER OUTSOURCING


• *TRUMP: U.S. ECONOMY IS `STAGNANT"; SAYS LAST JOBS REPORT BAD


• Hillary: "I wont add a penny to the debt"

• *TRUMP TO CLINTON: YOU TALK BUT YOU DON"T GET ANYTHING DONE

"She totally lied about TPP... she did call it the gold standard"...

Trump on TPP: "She totally lied, she did call it the gold standard." #DebateNight #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/zdvpAzW22w

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

"I am going to renegotiate NAFTA"

Trump: "I am going to renegotiate NAFTA, and if I can"t make a great deal, then we"re going to terminate NAFTA." #DebateNight #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/p2PbVXS8gK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

4. FITNESS TO BE PRESIDENT

• *TRUMP ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ACCUSATIONS: IT"S ALL LIES, FICTION

Clinton belittles women...

Clinton: "Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger." #DebateNight #Decision2016 https://t.co/LvjQQgs8YF

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

Clinton: "While I was monitoring the Osama bin Laden raid, he was hosting The Apprentice"...

.@HillaryClinton: While I was monitoring the Osama bin Laden raid, @realDonaldTrump “was hosting The Apprentice.” pic.twitter.com/x8Um0olcGz

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

When Clinton took aim at past violence at Trump"s rallies, he shot back by saying "she caused the violence." He"s referencing new videos from conservative filmmaker James O"Keefe, whose newly-released hidden camera footage purports to show Democratic operatives plotting chaos at a Trump rally in Chicago. O"Keefe has been accused in the past of using selectively-edited video and duping interviewees.

• *CLINTON DESCRIBES CLINTON FOUNDATION AS WORLD-RENOWNED CHARITY


• *CLINTON SAYS SHE"S HAPPY TO COMPARE HER FOUNDATION W/ TRUMP"S

Clinton Foundation a criminal enterprise...

.@realDonaldTrump calls the Clinton Foundation a “criminal enterprise” pic.twitter.com/JwEAi3gRb9

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

•   *TRUMP DECLINES TO SAY IF HE"LL ACCEPT ELECTION RESULT 


• *TRUMP ON IF HE"LL ACCEPT ELECTION RESULT: I"LL LOOK AT THE TIME 

Trump on whether he will accept election results: "I will look at it at the time." #DebateNight #Decision2016 https://t.co/oORIIpRPzn

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

• *CLINTON ON TRUMP NOT SAYING HE"D ACCEPT RESULT: `HORRIFYING"

Definitely a problem for Trump...

Voters want the candidates to support the election results. No excuses.

Hillary did. Trump did not. #Debate pic.twitter.com/LH7J4JPMC2

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 20, 2016

5. FOREIGN HOTSPOTS

• *CLINTON: WON"T BACK U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ AS OCCUPYING FORCE


• *TRUMP: WE"LL TAKE MOSUL EVENTUALLY, BUT WHO"S GOING TO GET IT?


• *TRUMP: IRAN IS TAKING OVER IRAQ, WE"VE MADE IT SO EASY FOR THEM


• *TRUMP SAYS SYRIA"S ASSAD MUCH SMARTER THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT


• *TRUMP: IF ASSAD FALLS IN SYRIA, YOU MAY WIND UP WITH WORSE

Using WikiLeaks, Trump lands one of his cleanest blows of the night. "John Podesta said some horrible things about you. And he was right."

.@realDonaldTrump: "John Podesta said some horrible things about you. And he was right." https://t.co/cItzmSmmFh | Getty pic.twitter.com/8y4IbuArqv

— POLITICO (@politico) October 20, 2016

"Whatever happened to the element of surprise?"

Trump on Mosul strategy: "What ever happened to the element of surprise?" #DebateNight #Decision2016 https://t.co/6czJHWWKpo

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016

6. NATIONAL DEBT

Quickly focused on Obamacare costs

• *OBAMACARE PROBABLY WILL DIE OF ITS OWN WEIGHT, TRUMP SAYS


• *TRUMP REITERATES CALL TO REPEAL, REPLACE OBAMACARE LAW


• *CLINTON SAYS WILL `NOT CUT BENEFITS" FROM SOCIAL SECURITY

And with the biggest lie of the night... Clinton: "I pay for everything I"m proposing. I do not add a penny to the national debt."

Clinton: "I pay for everything I"m proposing. I do not add a penny to the national debt." #DebateNight #Decision2016 https://t.co/jsfT2R0JUK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2016