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LPT: if you ever think something on your fave show is over the top or too crazy pls watch a bit of 9 1 1. UNHINGED. EVERY EPISODE CRAZIER THAN THE LAST. This a whole three-ring circus of improbabilities!!!!

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17 Curious Facts About The 1920 Election In Cincinnati

The election of 2 November 1920 was remarkable in many ways. It was, of course, the first national election in which women were able to vote equally with men. It saw the victory of Warren G. Harding, the final Ohioan elected to the White House. And it was the last “newspaper election” before radio started turning the media tide to electronic formats. Here are a few curiosities from the 1920 election as it played out in Cincinnati.

Sexism Was In Its Flower When the Nineteenth Amendment was finally adopted, the Cincinnati Times-Star, resolutely opposed to giving women the vote, predicted few women would actually register.  "If every woman is forced to give her age,’ the Times-Star opined, “there is going to be a great abstention from voting . . . "

Domestic Tranquility According to the Cincinnati Post [2 November 1920], “woman suffrage did not ruin one home Tuesday, or even spoil a meal.” Many newspapers timed women voters and determined that they spent more time in the voting booth than men – apparently making more individual selections and fewer party-line ballots.

Dogs, Babies & Girl Scouts The Cincinnati Enquirer [3 November 1920] reported: “Some women took their dogs along and mothers carried their babies to the polls and handed them over to an obliging policeman or a willing Girl Scout, while they disappeared into the booths to mark their ballots.”

No Need For Milk Officials in Precinct C of Ward 3 decided that some women coming to vote might bring babies and those babies might fuss and disturb the other voters. For just such emergencies, the polling staff kept a bottle of milk available. When no babies showed up at the Precinct 3 poll at 3558 Montgomery Road, clerk C.L. Hopkins drank the milk.

A Tradition Of Informing Voters The Cincinnati branch of the League of Women Voters evolved out of the Women's Suffrage Committee of Greater Cincinnati which decided on 21 September 1920 to establish one of the oldest branches of the National League of Women Voters. For the past century, Cincinnati voters have been educated by this dedicated organization.

Some Women Were Not Suffragists One of the leaders of the anti-Suffrage movement, Beatrice Shillito of the Cincinnati department store family, sent a letter to candidate Warren Harding outlining three of the reasons why she and other women were opposed to women's suffrage. First, it would double the cost of elections and increase the tax burden. Second, states' rights were being violated and, finally, the voters of Ohio had already rejected votes for women on four previous occasions.

Voters Needed Nine Ballots To Vote In 1920, voters were handed nine separate ballots as they entered the polling station, then deposited marked ballots in nine corresponding ballot boxes. The nine ballots were 1) Ballot for presidential electors for four parties: Democrat, Republican, Socialist or Single Tax; 2) statewide ballot for those four parties, plus the Farmer-Labor party and the Independent ticket; 3) a non-partisan judicial ballot, 4) the statewide Crabbe Prohibition referendum; 5) citywide initiative to expand streetcars to California, Ohio; 6) initiative to increase Cincinnati police pay; 7) a county road levy; 8) Cincinnati operating tax  increase; and 9) city schools levy.

No Elephants Or Donkeys Although political cartoonists employed elephants to signify Republicans and donkeys to depict Democrats, those were not the official party emblems. Republican ballots showed an eagle at the top, while Democratic ballots were emblazoned with a rooster. The Socialists employed a hand holding a torch. Prohibitionists used a rose.

Chaplin Movie At Music Hall To avoid the often unruly crowds that gathered outside newspaper offices waiting for updates, the Cincinnati Post rented Music Hall to announce election returns. Between bulletins from the Board of Elections, the Post showed films starring Constance Talmadge and Charlie Chaplin, with music by “Smittie’s famous band” and a program of stereopticon slides.

Scissoring Off Democrats A woman voter brought a pair of scissors to the polls at Colerain Avenue and Rachel Street, home of Precinct E in the 22nd Ward. As she left the booth, she pulled out the snips and started cutting away half the ballot. Confronted by the polling executives, she explained she had no use for the Democratic candidates and only wanted to vote for Republicans. They gave her a fresh ballot and some instructions.

Politically Correct Office Attire An unnamed stenographer told the Cincinnati Post she was glad the election was over. One of her employers was a Democrat, the other Republican. Throughout the campaign, she had to remember to wear a Cox button while in the Democrat’s office and a Harding button in the Republican’s office.

Former Slave Denied Vote William M. Kocsiss, aged 77, was denied a ballot because he had not registered properly. Kocsiss, a shoemaker during the week and a minister on Sundays, appeared at the Board of Elections in his Civil War uniform. He was a slave who joined the Union army on emancipation and first voted in 1864, supporting Abraham Lincoln’s second term.

Election Wagers Provided Entertainment The day after the election, Cincinnati commuters were entertained by men who had lost bets on the outcome. One man stood at the corner of Sixth and Walnut and crowed like a rooster for three minutes. Another man rode around downtown in a wheelbarrow while the loser pushed it. A portly gent shoved a peanut around Fountain Square with his nose.

Cincinnati Had Our Own Presidential Candidate Although he polled negligible numbers in 1920, Cincinnati was home to its very own presidential candidate. The Rev. Aaron S. Watkins, 4338 Eastern Avenue, pastor of the Linwood Methodist Episcopal Church, ran for president in 1920 on the Prohibition Party ticket and attracted but a smattering of votes.

Really ‘High’ Tech Election Results The Cincinnati Enquirer worked out a deal with the Union Central Life Insurance Company, owner of the then-tallest building in town, to flash coded election results from the top of the Union Central building. An H for Harding or a C for Cox indicated who had the lead at that time. The governor’s race was communicated by colored lanterns – green for the Democratic candidate, red for the Republican contender.

Results On The Rails The Big Four Railroad adopted a system – developed in Cincinnati – to share election results among passengers on all of its trains. Bulletins distributed by the general superintendent’s office arrived in all division offices and were parceled out to each train. Conductors read the updates in each car.

Questions About Absentee Ballots The day after the election, the Enquirer wondered: “It will be interesting to learn just how long after the election those ballots mailed by absent voters reached their destinations.”

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Declaration of Northcentral University, et al and all variations thereof as insanity, based on its eternal and continual attempts at forcible and fraudulent incarceration of me mentally and penally, et al; et al; et al; et al; et al; et al, by McCalla, Christine Ann

To: Interpol, et al; International academic and vocational oversight, et al; International academic and vocational funding sources et al; International labor, et al; International commerce, et al; International law enforcement, et al; International governance, et al; International parlimentary oversight, et al; International oversight - general, including parliamentary oversight, et al; et al; et al; et al; et al; et al; et al From: McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof Date: October 10, 2018 Re: Declaration of Northcentral University, et al and all variations thereof as insanity, based on its eternal and continual attempts at forcible and fraudulent incarceration of me mentally and penally, et al; et al; et al; et al; et al; et al

In an attempt to schedule my course year 2018/2019 to continue with last year’s (2017/2018) 9 doctoral credit hours, it appears the institution has lost its sanity given its continued attempts at violating my rights to due process and as well as my fourteenth amendment through violation of equal protection by state, and other freedoms entitled to me by the US Constitution. The change between school years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 is simply a matter of extending from 7 days in the 2017/2018 school year to 28 days in the 2018/2019 school year, consistent with school policy and provided to Interpol litigatively in the grievance filed with the school and Interpol, et al, approximately 1 week ago.

Furthermore, the school has now taken it upon itself to chide me for living off federal student loan demanding a plus loan similar to Hamernick’s behavior in last school year resulting in my leaving the school for other options; also its nonsensical sense of communication including Lindsay, Allison, and Abigail’s eternal attempts at contacting me by telephone to resolve my feedback resolving frustrations within the commons (below) and Amber’s nonsensical feedback, disregarding the alleged $400,000+ scholarly purse available and must be paid to me that I have enquired about and received no response but yet there are allegations of leverage possible and future tips and wills in this regard. Interpol, et al was contacted in this regard; and, furthermore and most importantl,y ignoring its academic policies of 28 days between academic activity, 6 credits as a full time course or thereabouts, and demanding I attendance requirements I already scheduled for.

Clearly the university’s personnel is experiencing asylum disfunctions, diseases, disorders, and defects constituting insanity and all variations thereof. I cannot wait for the penal code to attach to me as I am a licensed certified public accountant, albeit an unemployed one. The stresses and rigors of doctoral studies, homelessness, chronic unemployment as I am in my fifth year of unemployment, indigence, and the challenge of the unknown is substantial enough to force me to self-ruin and self-destruct. Yet, the desire to be ambitious is my own. Given that academia is an individual activity, I must pursue my ambition and its numerous costs alone. Northcentral University and its various degrees of cognizance need not be included. Thus,

Writ of insanity en masse in which an institutional system, et al, conspires and colludes to force incarceration of mental and penal nature upon me, McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al applying statutes, laws, legislatures, legislations, regulations, regulatives, and treaties, et al, Uniform Commercial Code/UCC; Code of Federal Regulations/CFR; TITLE 13 - CENSUS; TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY;  TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE; TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS; TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; TITLE 18a - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR RECEIPT OF FIREARMS; TITLE 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES; TITLE 20 - EDUCATION; TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS; TITLE 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE; TITLE 23 - HIGHWAYS TITLE 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS; interstate laws;  TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; TITLE 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS; TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE; TITLE 28a - JUDICIAL PERSONNEL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; TITLE 29 - LABOR; TITLE 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE; TITLE 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; TITLE 35 - PATENTS; TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS; TITLE 39 - POSTAL SERVICE; TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS; TITLE 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS; TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE; TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS; TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS; TITLE 45 - RAILROADS; TITLE 46 - SHIPPING; TITLE 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TITLE 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS; TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION; TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; Article 3 of the Geneva Convention; and the Geneva convention, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al

Writ of protection to prevent abuse of the statutes, laws, legislations, legislatures, regulations, regulatives, et al, that is nolle prosequi, bankruptcy of the government, and eternal and unceasing violation of my (McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof) US Constitutional rights in entirety, and the US Constitution, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al, applying statutes, laws, legislatures, legislations, regulations, regulatives, and treaties, et al, Uniform Commercial Code/UCC; Code of Federal Regulations/CFR; TITLE 13 - CENSUS; TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY;  TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE; TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS; TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; TITLE 18a - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR RECEIPT OF FIREARMS; TITLE 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES; TITLE 20 - EDUCATION; TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS; TITLE 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE; TITLE 23 - HIGHWAYS TITLE 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS; interstate laws;  TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; TITLE 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS; TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE; TITLE 28a - JUDICIAL PERSONNEL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; TITLE 29 - LABOR; TITLE 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE; TITLE 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; TITLE 35 - PATENTS; TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS; TITLE 39 - POSTAL SERVICE; TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS; TITLE 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS; TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE; TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS; TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS; TITLE 45 - RAILROADS; TITLE 46 - SHIPPING; TITLE 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TITLE 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS; TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION; TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; Article 3 of the Geneva Convention; and the Geneva convention, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al

Writ of supervision to the institution exhibiting symptoms that is Northcentral University, et al and its supporting systems’, et al, to prevent further violation of my (McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof) constitutional rights and the US Constitution in my regard, and its exhibition of asylum disfunctions, diseases, disorders, and defects, insanity and all variations thereof, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al, applying statutes, laws, legislatures, legislations, regulations, regulatives, and treaties, et al, Uniform Commercial Code/UCC; Code of Federal Regulations/CFR; TITLE 13 - CENSUS; TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY;  TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE; TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS; TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; TITLE 18a - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR RECEIPT OF FIREARMS; TITLE 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES; TITLE 20 - EDUCATION; TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS; TITLE 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE; TITLE 23 - HIGHWAYS TITLE 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS; interstate laws;  TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; TITLE 27 - INTOXICATING LIQUORS; TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE; TITLE 28a - JUDICIAL PERSONNEL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; TITLE 29 - LABOR; TITLE 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE; TITLE 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; TITLE 35 - PATENTS; TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS; TITLE 39 - POSTAL SERVICE; TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS; TITLE 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS; TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE; TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS; TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS; TITLE 45 - RAILROADS; TITLE 46 - SHIPPING; TITLE 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TITLE 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS; TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION; TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; Article 3 of the Geneva Convention; and the Geneva convention, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al

RE: McCalla, Christine Ann / student ID 9336083204, 2018/2019 school year and particulars, et al Yahoo/Inbox Amber Ritter <ARitter@ncu.edu> To:Christine a Mccalla Oct 9 at 3:51 PM Hi Christine,

We have attempted to reach out to you multiple times to speak over the phone to discuss these concerns. As I have not been able to reach you via phone I will respond to your concerns via email instead.

In regards to your next academic year, you cannot select to have a 3 course academic year. We are required to request funding for 6 courses. You were in an overlap when you initially enrolled with NCU, due to this overlap we requested funds for 3 courses as you had already received funding for your other courses at Columbia Southern University, which completed the 6 course academic year. If you wish to receive larger stipends then you can apply for the Graduate Plus loan.

In regards to the concerns about the attendance policy, our policy states that you must post attendance at least once every 28 days. Please keep in mind that in order to post attendance you need to be in an active course. For instance you are scheduled for a course from 10/29/18-12/23/18 which means that if you post attendance on the final day of the course (12/23) your next course would need to begin on 1/14/19 in order for you to be able to post attendance and remain in compliance with the 28 day attendance policy. This is the reason that we are only able to grant a maximum of 3 week breaks in between courses.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Best regards, Amber Ritter | Team Lead – School of Business O: 480-458-2316 | E: aritter@ncu.edu | F: 844-851-5920 Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Read the latest edition of NCU’s alumni publication, Higher Degrees ***Please remember to change your NCUOne password prior to 10/23/2018. ***

Amber Ritter <ARitter@ncu.edu> To:christinea_mccalla@yahoo.com Oct 4 at 5:56 PM Hi Christine,

We did share your concerns with the Commons team and their response is below:

Thanks for sharing Christine’s recent experience in the Commons and concern.  We appreciate the feedback. To follow up we would like to share with you a couple thoughts. Since the launch of the Commons we have seen rise in engagement across many of the communities.  This increase has included an increase in both students sharing resources and support as well as students sharing their struggles. Both are welcome in the Commons. Our follow up with students at times is offline and the resolution to a student post might not be visible in the post itself.  We do encourage students to reach out to their advisors when they are having issues, have feedback or need additional support as Christine did.  We know that working with the advisors, students receive individualized support and follow up on questions or issues.  We appreciate Christine’s feedback and outreach.

Best regards, Amber Ritter | Team Lead – School of Business O: 480-458-2316 | E: aritter@ncu.edu | F: 844-851-5920 Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Read the latest edition of NCU’s alumni publication, Higher Degrees ***Please remember to change your NCUOne password prior to 10/23/2018. *** From: Christine a Mccalla [mailto:christinea_mccalla@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:32 AM To: Lindsay Whittecar <lwhittecar@ncu.edu>; Office of the President <President@ncu.edu>; Office of the Provost <Provost@ncu.edu> Subject: Academic belligerence in the Commons

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

To whom it may concern including parties applicable above,

I participate in the forums, NCU Community Forum, SB Community Forum, and Center for Teaching and Learning, primarily by reviewing the comments and contributions of others. The dynamic at times seemed to have shifted since the time of my enrollment to one of circumvention of NCU's authority, belligerence, and creation of rioting and mobry by student participants.

The opportunities for these conclusions are, On several occasions, students could not contact professors which is an issue for the enrollment advisors to assist in navigation instead of panel navigations on forums requiring navigation by participants unable to assist. Other representations included students disagreeing with grades obtained with behaviors deliberately inciting conflicts and disagreements with other students. Students clearly ignoring the curricula and soliciting assistance in reading the syllabus / curricula, completing assignments, and, openly soliciting assistance with assignments disregarding the abundant resources offered.   These behaviors are a reflection of the student body and its administrations. As described above, the students are disengaged, lacking in interest, exhibiting dismal benefits, gains, and appreciations resulting from advanced education and its required prowess, and refusing to display resourcefulness as expected at the doctoral level. At the minimum, the curricula must be observed in navigating the coursework as well as related activities. An observer nonassociated with NCU could develop adverse opinions as a result of the Commons' interactions resulting in depreciation of the university's brand, intellectual property perception, and thereby jeopardizing future proceeds, growth, and development.

I believe sharing my frustration is a more productive outlet for soliciting changes I find to be more enjoyable as was the case at the time of my enrollment. The forums were then a resource for sharing with collegiate conduct, and not a source of therapy or disgruntled outlets. It is my believe the professionalism will return to the forums as well as its participants.

Regards,

Christine Ann McCalla 240-618-6661

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Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation

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Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation

By David A. Fahrenthold, Matt Zapotosky and Seung Min Kim | December 15 at 1:43 PM EST | Washington Post | Posted December 15, 2018 |

Two years after Donald Trump won the presidency, nearly every organization he has led in the past decade is under investigation.

Trump’s private company is contending with civil suits digging into its business with foreign governments and with looming state inquiries into its tax practices.

Trump’s 2016 campaign is under scrutiny by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, whose investigation into Russian interference has already led to guilty pleas by his campaign chairman and four advisers.

Trump’s inaugural committee has been probed by Mueller for illegal foreign donations, a topic that the incoming House Intelligence Committee chairman plans to further investigate next year.

Trump’s charity is locked in an ongoing suit with New York state, which has accused the foundation of “persistently illegal conduct.”

The mounting inquiries are building into a cascade of legal challenges that threaten to dominate Trump’s third year in the White House. In a few weeks, Democrats will take over in the House and pursue their own investigations into all of the above — and more.

The ultimate consequences for Trump are still unclear. Past Justice Department opinions have held that a sitting president may not be charged with a federal crime.

House Democrats may eventually seek to impeach Trump. But, for now, removing him from office appears unlikely: It would require the support of two-thirds of the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans.

However, there has been one immediate impact on a president accustomed to dictating the country’s news cycles but who now struggles to keep up with them: Trump has been forced to spend his political capital — and that of his party — on his defense.

On Capitol Hill this week, weary Senate Republicans scrambled away from reporters to avoid questions about Trump and his longtime fixer Michael Cohen — and Cohen’s courtroom assertion that he had been covering up Trump’s “dirty deeds” when he paid off two women who claimed they had affairs with the president before he was elected.

“I don’t do any interviews on anything to do with Trump and that sort of thing, okay?” said Sen. James E. Risch (R-Idaho).

“There’s no question that it’s a distraction from the things that obviously we would like to see him spending his time on, and things we’d like to be spending our time on,” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). “So that’s why I’m hoping that some of this stuff will wrap up soon and we’ll get answers, and we can draw conclusions, and we can move on from there.”

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), summed it up another way: “It’s been a bad week for Individual Number One,” referring to the legal code name prosecutors in Manhattan used in court filings to refer to the president.

Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did White House or Trump Organization officials.

As the bad news has rolled in, the president has cut back his public schedule. He spent more time than usual in his official residence this week, with more than two dozen hours of unstructured “executive time,” said a person familiar with his schedule.

In several tweets on Thursday, Trump sought to cast doubt on two former advisers who have cooperated with investigators. Cohen, Trump said, just wanted a reduced prison sentence. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, he said, was the victim of scare tactics by the FBI.

Then — after wordy explanations of how both men had gone wrong — Trump tried to sum up his increasingly complex problems with a simple explanation.

“WITCH HUNT!” he wrote.

“He’s just never been targeted by an investigation like this,” said Timothy L. O’Brien, a reporter who wrote a biography of Trump, adding that the longtime real estate mogul had contended with extensive litigation in his business career, but never legal threats of this scale. “The kind of legal scrutiny they’re getting right now — and the potential consequences of that scrutiny — are unlike anything Donald Trump or his children have ever faced.”

THE SPECIAL COUNSEL PROBE

Mueller’s investigation began in May 2017 after Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey. The special counsel’s mandate: to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 campaign and whether the Kremlin worked with Trump associates. Mueller is also examining whether the president has sought to obstruct the Russia probe.

So far, Mueller has charged 33 people. That includes 26 Russian nationals — some of whom allegedly stole emails and other data from U.S. political parties, others of whom allegedly sought to influence public opinion via phony social media postings.

Several Trump aides have also pleaded guilty.

Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, was found guilty in August of tax and bank fraud charges and pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy and obstruction charges unrelated to his work for the campaign. He agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s investigation — though the special counsel’s office recently asserted he has been lying to investigators.

Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, admitted to lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Rick Gates, Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman, admitted to conspiracy and lying to the FBI. Former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts. Cohen admitted to lying about efforts to build a Trump project in Moscow that lasted into Trump’s presidential run. All agreed to cooperate with investigators.

It’s unclear where Mueller’s inquiry is headed — and whether it will end with a spate of indictments reaching further into Trump’s world or with a written report submitted to the Justice Department.

Trump has repeatedly denied there was any “collusion” between his associates and Russia and has attacked the investigation as a fishing expedition led by politically biased prosecutors. Advisers said he has recently ramped up his attacks — hoping to undermine confidence in Mueller’s work — because he believes the probe is at a critical stage.

THE CAMPAIGN-FINANCE INVESTIGATION

Separately, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have pursued another investigation that emerged out of the 2016 campaign: hush-money payments Cohen made to two women who said they’d had extramarital affairs with Trump.

Cohen, who was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for what a judge called a “veritable smorgasbord of criminal conduct,” pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations in connection to the payments.

Cohen also named who told him to pay off the women: Trump.

“He was very concerned about how this would affect the election,” Cohen told ABC News in an interview that aired Friday.

Trump has denied he directed Cohen to break the law by buying the silence of former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal and adult-film star Stormy Daniels. He also said Cohen, as his lawyer, bore responsibility for any campaign finance violations.

“I never directed him to do anything wrong,” Trump told Fox News on Thursday. “Whatever he did, he did on his own.”

Prosecutors also revealed Wednesday they had struck a non-prosecution agreement with AMI, the company that produces the National Enquirer tabloid, for its role in the scheme.

The company admitted it had helped pay off one of Trump’s accusers during the campaign. It said it had done so in “cooperation, consultation, and concert with” one or more members of Trump’s campaign, according to court filings.

It is unclear whether prosecutors will pursue charges against campaign or Trump Organization officials as part of the case.

But at the White House, advisers have fretted that this case — and not Mueller’s — could be the biggest threat to Trump’s presidency. House Democrats have already indicated the campaign-finance allegations could be potential fodder for impeachment proceedings.

SCRUTINY OF THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE

The nearly $107 million donated to Trump’s inaugural committee has drawn the attention of Mueller, who has probed whether illegal foreign contributions went to help put on the festivities.

The special counsel already referred one such case to federal prosecutors in Washington. In late August, an American political consultant, W. Samuel Patten, admitted steering $50,000 from a Ukrainian politician to the inaugural committee through a straw donor.

Patten pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign lobbyist and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

On Friday, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said his panel plans to investigate possible “illicit foreign funding or involvement in the inauguration.”

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that federal prosecutors in New York are examining whether the inaugural committee misspent funds. The Washington Post has not independently confirmed that report.

Officials with the committee, which was chaired by Trump’s friend Tom Barrack, said they were in full compliance “with all applicable laws and disclosure obligations” and have not received any records requests from prosecutors.

White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told reporters this week that questions about the committee’s practices have “nothing to do with the president of the United States.”

THE EMOLUMENTS LAWSUITS

Trump also faces a pair of civil lawsuits alleging he has violated the Constitution by doing business with foreign and state governments while in office.

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Brill’s Blame

Steven Brill made his bones publishing a rag called “The American Lawyer.” It was nicknamed the American Liar within the bar, kind of the National Enquirer for lawyers. It was like the original, pre-SJW, version of Above The Law when David Lat was still in charge and it was viciously witty, except the American Lawyer wasn’t witty.

Brill, a baby boomer, explains in Time magazine why it’s all boomers’ fault (though not his) and why government should chew the Millennials food and gently, lovingly put it in their mouth so they don’t starve. After all, if government does not tie their shoes, wipe their cute little tushy, they will fail. Who is this “they”? The 90% of America who has been frozen out of success by the evil 10%, who has built a “moat” around their success to keep the riff raff out.

The protected overmatched, overran and paralyzed the government. The unprotected were left even further behind. And in many cases, the work was done by a generation of smart, hungry strivers who benefited from one of the most American values of all: meritocracy.

The evil boomers succeeded, per Brill, because they were smarter, swifter, more conniving than others. They created the meritocracy. It’s not that they didn’t earn it, but that once they earned it, the protected it by seizing control of the government to freeze everyone else out.

This is not to say that all is rotten in the United States. There are more opportunities available today for women, nonwhites and other minorities than ever. There are miracles happening daily in the nation’s laboratories, on the campuses of its world-class colleges and universities, in the offices of companies creating software for robots and medical diagnostics, in concert halls and on Broadway stages, and at joyous ceremonies swearing in proud new citizens.

This is an important paragraph, not merely because it reflects the values Brill finds miraculous, but because it reflects his obliviousness to the obvious significance of the values he extols.

Yet key measures of the nation’s public engagement, satisfaction and confidence – voter turnout, knowledge of public-policy issues, faith that the next generation will fare better than the current one, and respect for basic institutions, especially the government – are far below what they were 50 years ago, and in many cases have reached near historic lows.

It is difficult to argue that the cynicism is misplaced. From matters small – there are an average of 657 water-main breaks a day, for example – to large, it is clear that the country has gone into a tailspin over the last half-century, when John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier was about seizing the future, not trying to survive the present.

For some, the irony would be searing. Not for Brill, who is blind to cause and effect, and blind to his own blindness. He fails to grasp how the allocation of scarce resources from infrastructure to social engineering leaves our water mains, bridges, highways at risk. He refuses to connect the dots between an educational system that requires every new student to take gender studies but not English or history, Critical Theory but not math or physics.

Robotics and artificial intelligence are miracles, indeed, but they come at a cost, the jobs that would otherwise be available to those poor, helpless kids for whom Brill cries. The political ignorance that permeates a generation spoon-fed their ideology, who knows every detail about the life of Kim Kardashian, but can’t name the three branches of government, may well be tainted by cynicism. They’ve been taught it’s all evil and they can’t win, so why bother trying?

Beyond that, too few basic services seem to work as they should. America’s airports are an embarrassment, and a modern air-traffic control system is more than 25 years behind its original schedule. The power grid, roads and rails are crumbling, pushing the U.S. far down international rankings for infrastructure quality. Despite spending more on health care and K-12 education per capita than most other developed countries, health care outcomes and student achievement also rank in the middle or worse globally. Among the 35 OECD countries, American children rank 30th in math proficiency and 19th in science.

Brill’s refusal to connect the very dots he sets out is the prelude to the real culprit.

For too many, the present is hard enough. Income inequality has soared: inflation-adjusted middle-class wages have been nearly frozen for the last four decades, while earnings of the top 1% have nearly tripled. The recovery from the crash of 2008 – which saw banks and bankers bailed out while millions lost their homes, savings and jobs – was reserved almost exclusively for the wealthiest. Their incomes in the three years following the crash went up by nearly a third, while the bottom 99% saw an uptick of less than half of 1%. Only a democracy and an economy that has discarded its basic mission of holding the community together, or failed at it, would produce those results.

The reason “millions lost their homes, savings and jobs” in the crash of 2008 wasn’t because the 1% was greedy, but because everyone was greedy. It was a real estate bubble, where people bought properties they couldn’t afford in the belief they could sell them in a couple years, as their teaser mortgage rate was about to convert into a fixed rate they couldn’t pay, and they would pocket the difference. It worked well for a few years until it didn’t.

The impetus for the crash was junk securities based on untenable mortgages. The junk securities represented fraud and greed. So too did the untenable mortgages. People earning $50,000 per year couldn’t pay monthly mortgages of $5,000. This wasn’t a mystery, but a calculated risk. They lost. It was a wild ride while it lasted, but no house of cards can stand forever.

Does this present a huge societal problem of income inequality? Well sure, just as the false but inspirational story about Henry Ford building a car that his factory workers could afford to buy. If there aren’t jobs, isn’t income, isn’t a goal to which young people aspire, then we’re doomed to crash again. Eventually the money will run dry to buy disposable iToys or advertise on Google. Long term economic existence will cut into short term profits, but requires an attention span of more than eight seconds.

Brill has a solution, that a benevolent Big Brother will take care of us.

 The unprotected need the government to provide good public schools so that their children have a chance to advance. They need a level competitive playing field for their small businesses, a fair shake in consumer disputes and a realistic shot at justice in the courts. They need the government to provide a safety net to ensure that their families have access to good health care, that no one goes hungry when shifts in the economy or temporary setbacks take away their jobs and that they get help to rebuild after a hurricane or other disaster. They need the government to ensure a safe workplace and a living minimum wage. They need mass-transit systems that work and call centers at Social Security offices that don’t produce busy signals. They need the government to keep the political system fair and protect it from domination by those who can give politicians the most money. They need the government to provide fair labor laws and to promote an economy and a tax code that tempers the extremes of income inequality and makes economic opportunity more than an empty cliché.

What’s preventing this Utopia from happening?

But there is a theme that threads through and ties together all the strands: many of the most talented, driven Americans used what makes America great–the First Amendment, due process, financial and legal ingenuity, free markets and free trade, meritocracy, even democracy itself–to chase the American Dream. And they won it, for themselves.

“War is peace”, “Freedom is slavery” and “Ignorance is strength.” Blame the meritocracy and the government will take care of you. If you can’t trust the American Liar, who can you trust?

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***** The creators of Stranger Things sued for plagiarism.

***** Congrads to Adam and Lacey Brook and their recent nuptials.

***** Has Iran violated their nuclear deal?

***** Unbelievable that the Golden state killer is likely caught. Joseph James DeAngelo was a DNA match who is former Navy and former cop.

***** The justice department has removed the section in the U.S. attorney’s manual called ‘need for s free press.

***** The Trump campaign has paid $228k in Michael Cohen’s legal bills.

***** The EPA has granted a financial hardship waiver to a billion dollar oil refinery.

***** Hopper Penn and his girlfriend, Uma Von Wittkamp were arrested on I-80 in Nebraska for drug possession.

***** Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett are getting divorced.

***** The latest accused of sexual misconduct: Fred Savage. Geoffrey Rush has been accused of inappropriate conduct and word is he is suing and has become a hermit who barely eats and now suffers anxiety. Tom Brokaw has also been accused. A letter signed by 64 former co- workers vouch for his integrity and decency.

***** Conor Mcgregor ‘s lawyer said he’s the most recognized face on the planet while trying to let Conor keep his passport. Conor who?? He is apparently a pro fighter who attacked a bus.

***** This’ troops at the border ‘thing that Trump is doing has been done before and is not really effective.  The plan costs big money and at the same time Mexican President , Enrique Pena Nieto sends his sentiment of enough Is enough already, just leave us alone.

***** Fox news isn’t just speaking to Scary Clown thru the TV, they are at Mar A Lago on the weekend doubling down on their headlines.  Word is that Judge Jeanine and Hannity are telling him to act on their suggestions or he will lose the last of his base.

***** Bakersfield has named their post office after their native son Merle Haggard.

***** Mark Zuckerberg was in front of congress for hours of questions this month.

***** Scary Clown has pardoned Scooter Libby.

***** There was a fatal fire at Trump tower. The FDNY commissioner says the building was not equipped with proper sprinklers. They were not mandatory in 1983 when the building was built. Trump and other builders fought a law that would have updated codes claiming it cost too much money.

***** Now there is rumor of a Trump tower doorman speaking about Trumps love child. All I know is that knowing something about Trump, true or not, sure pays well.** The FBI raided the home and office of Michael Cohen and besides Trump, his only clients seem to be Sean Hannity and Elliott Broidy.

***** Season 8 of American Horror Story will start filming soon. The story will be more fantasy like Coven and Asylum. The cast includes Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Joan Collins, Billy Eichner, Cheyenne Jackson, Adina Porter and Leslie Grossman.

***** There have been several properties going up for sale from the disgraced of the Me too movement, Matt Lauer is the latest trying to sell his Manhattan apartment for 7.35 mil.

***** The latest in the revolving door at the WH: Homeland security advisor Tom Bossert is out. National security spokesman Michael Anton is out.

***** Cagney and Lacey will be reimagined for CBS.

***** Lindsey Buckingham has been fired from Fleetwood Mac, Mike Campbell and Neil Finn will step in.

***** Eleven Republicans have sent to try and begin an investigation into James Comey for his investigation into Hillary’s e mails and the Trump investigation. It looks like payback for the book and the hero worship that seems to have creeped up for him. Also have to wonder about the adoration for Stormy’s lawyer.

***** TJ Miller was arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat while on and Amtrak train from DC to NYC. He had been removed from a different train for intoxication.

***** Paul Ryan is retiring in January.

***** There is a big battle on the Stan Lee front. His wife passed last year and word is that his daughter and a few others on the scene have cut him off from the rest of the world. His long time lawyer has been sent packing. His daughter has a rep for big spending sprees, volatile behavior and she has been kicked out of many businesses.

***** A Quiet Place from John Krasinski went to #1.

***** John Boehner has joined the advisory board of a marijuana firm, Acreage holdings.

***** Is Trumps company suing towns across the country to get breaks on taxes?

***** Can we have some Emmy love for Henry Winkler, Bill Hader and Stephen Root for their work on HBO’s Barry?

***** What will happen to the land and the wildlife should we build that fucking wall?

***** Newborns will now be allowed on the senate floor.

***** Saudi Arabia opened its first movie theater with Black Panther.

***** Bonnie Raitt has canceled the first part of her tour with James Taylor due to a surgery she must have.

***** There have been mixed reviews on the WH correspondents dinner. I did not hear anything much worse from Michelle Wolf than I heard from other hosts thru the years.

***** Anew royal baby was born to William and Kate and they named him Louis Arthur Charles.

***** Abba has recorded new songs that their holograms ill preform.

***** The 45th annual Daytime Emmy awards have come and gone with big wins for Days!!! Woo Hoo!! James Reynolds won for best actor and Greg Vaughan for best supporting actor. Days won for best writing, directing and drama series. Susan Seaforth Hayes, Bill Hayes and Sid and Marty Kroft got the lifetime achievement recognition. It was also great to see Wayne Brady win for best game show host. Way to go!!

***** Ten Louisiana lawmakers voted against a law banning sex with animals. The law did pass 25-10.

***** The 2018 Pulitzer prize winners were announced and include The NY Times Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt, Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan. The New Yorker reports from Ronan Farrow, the staff of the Press Democrat , the Washington Post, Arizona Republic and the Cincinnati Enquirer are also named. Others winners are USA Today network, Reuters Clare Baldwin Andrew, R.C.Marshall and Manuel Mogato. Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah who freelanced for GQ and John Archibald of Alabama Media group and Jerry Saltz of NY magazine and Andie Dominick of the Des Moines register are spotlighted. Ryan Kelly of the Daily Progress, Andrew Sean Greer, Marty Namajok, Jack E. Davis, Caroline Fraser, Frank Bidart, James Forman Jr. and Kendrick Lamar are also included.

***** R.I.P. Steven Bochco, Winnie Mandela, Art Bell, Milos Forman, Kirk Simon, R. Lee Ermey, Vihorio Taviani, Mary Hatcher, Susan Anspach, Barbara Bush, Yvonne Staples, Mitzi Shore, Harry Anderson, Carl Kasell, Henri Landwirth, Verne Troyer,  Bruno Sammartino, Bob Dorough German artist Max Weinberg, Avicii, Charles Neville, Larry Harvey, Paul Junger Witt and Chuck McCann.

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Criminal Law & Lawyers

What is Criminal Law?

Criminal law involves a system of legal rules designed to stay the general public safe and deter actus reus. those that violate the law face imprisonment, fines, and different penalties. The yankee criminal justice system is each complicated, and adversarial in nature. With the exception of minor traffic violations, suspect people would require the help of associate degree professional person.

Specific crimes and therefore the consequences for violating them ar found in penal codes enacted by legislators at the native, state, and federal levels. Less serious crimes ar classified as misdemeanors. These usually carry a most of up to at least one year within the county jail. Examples embody petty larceny, possession of little amounts of controlled substances, and first-offense drunk driving.

Protecting Your Rights.

Each stage of a action at law presents traps for defendants United Nations agency don't seem to be acquainted with the court system. Criminal defense attorneys ar trained to stop their purchasers from doing or speech communication things which will increase the probability of conviction. however once legal counsel has not been employed or appointed, suspect people will unwittingly waive their rights and hurt their own interests.

For example, following associate degree arrest, enforcement can question a suspect with reference to the crime. The officers can inform the suspect of his or her “Miranda rights” (right to stay silent, right to associate degree attorney), so decide to elicit a confession. while not a attorney gift, defendants will build inculpative statements which will later be used against them in court.

It comes typically swiftly and may be among the foremost difficult times for you and your family. regardless of the circumstances, after you face a dispute with the law, you would like a reliable, trustworthy criminal defense lawyer United Nations agency gets you the proper result.

The first step is that the consultation, a vital stage to enlightening you to the truth of your scenario. it's going to be painful however facing up to the costs and doable punishments is that the start in delivering you thru the ordeal.

Attorneys ar there for exactly this reason. they need specific qualifications (and you ought to be inspired to fire their credentials before participating their services) and knowledge in numerous fields. Enquire on this expertise and areas of experience so your professional person incorporates a account that means they'll assist you. as an example, if you're suspect of breaking a state law, rent a public prosecutor instead of a federal one.

Although, arguably, even as vital as a history of labor in your variety of case is however you in person feel regarding them. The result's what matters, however trust is important in such personal business. Your bread and butter and name ar on the road. an excellent criminal defense lawyer can respect this, encouraging a street of trust and openness. This entails you being frank and giving them each probability to induce you on the proper facet of the court’s call. Your professional person ought to be a superb person, not simply in court however additionally with you and your family.

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Where Are Cincinnati’s Snow Police?

There it is, still on the books, enshrined in Cincinnati’s Municipal Code – a clear mandate for property owners to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks or face a fine.

Sec. 723-57. - Removal of Snow. The owner, occupant or other person having the care of any building premises or unimproved lot of land abutting any street where there is a graded sidewalk or a sidewalk graded and paved, shall, within the first four hours after daylight after the ceasing to fall of any snow, cause the same to be removed from the paved or traveled part of such sidewalk. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the falling of snow or ice from any building onto a sidewalk. Snow or ice shall not be moved into the gutter when the gutter has been previously cleaned, and in no event shall snow or ice from any area other than the pedestrian walk be moved into the gutter. Whoever violates any provision of Section 723-57 or 723-59 shall be fined not more than $25.

And yet, as my fellow citizens can attest, this ordinance is very rarely followed and hardly ever enforced in Cincinnati. Was it ever enforced at all? That is a pertinent question as the winter of 2018 promises more icy accumulation than the winters of recent memory.

In fact, yes, the “Removal of Snow” law was once honored by the citizenry and enforced by the constabulary. People were actually hauled into court for failure to clear their sidewalks.

It mattered not if you were aged or infirm. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported [10 February 1951] that poor Meyer Rosenbaum of Avondale was fined costs for failure to clear snow from his sidewalks on six days of the previous week. Mr. Rosenbaum testified that he could not shovel on his own as he was recuperating from an operation and had been unable to find anyone who would shovel for him. Although the judge remitted the fine, he gave Mr. Rosenbaum no relief, charging:

“Well, keep on trying – but don’t do it yourself, you might collapse.”

It mattered not if you represented a huge corporation of major institution.

Poor Joseph Frey! He was responsible for shoveling all the sidewalks of the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Frey was arrested one February day in 1895 on the charge of failure to clear sidewalks. The University of Cincinnati had just moved to its new campus on Clifton Avenue, with several hundred feet of sidewalked frontage. The University still owned the old University Building on McMicken Avenue at the top of Elm Street. Joe had to shovel both sidewalks on campuses half a mile apart and he had a staff of only himself. The charges were dismissed in court, to the great amusement of the University’s students.

It did not even matter if you were rich.

One of the wealthiest men in Cincinnati was hauled into court in 1883 and, although he proclaimed his outrage, was meted justice for snow-covered sidewalks. William P. Hulbert owned property all over town and lived in a very fine mansion on Freeman Avenue where the National Flag Company is now located. Cincinnati Police Officer William J. Richards knocked upon Mr. Hulbert’s door and informed him that he was under arrest, the charge arising from his failure to clear his sidewalk of snow. Officer Richards was insistent and Mr. Hulbert was enraged. According to the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune [29 December 1883] Mr. Hulbert complained:

“Why,” said Mr. Hulbert, “he even refused to allow me to eat my dinner without him, and had the audacity to want to ride with me in the carriage to the station.”

On arriving at the police station, Mr. Hulbert was required to post bail of $25 when, as he observed, “certain parties who have pointed firearms at one another while in a drunken condition” had been released on their own recognizance. Perhaps because of his indignant tone and threats to the officer, Mr. Hulbert was fined $3 and costs.

George P. Poole managed to dodge the snow removal law in 1915 when he was hauled before the bench to account for snow-covered sidewalks at 524 George Street. Mr. Poole, who managed the property on behalf of a man who lived in California, told the court that his client had not authorized additional expenses for snow removal. This defense inspired the judge to sarcasm, according to the Enquirer [29 January 1915]:

“I guess the Judge and Prosecutor will have to remove it!”

In fact, over the years, the ordinance has generally been ignored. The following editorial from the Cincinnati Gazette [20 January 1879] is not the first, nor the last, on this topic, but exemplifies the general frustration experienced by pedestrians even today:

“The general neglect of the householders to clear their sidewalks of snow, slush, and ice is a part of that slovenliness and abandonment of all regulation which pervades our whole city, advertising to all comers an incapable city government.”