Donald Trump: Backward Trial I

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Alvin Bragg, backward case, Bill of Attainder, D/S/C, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Hope Hicks, Juan Merchan, Kevin Parker, Michael Cohen, NYC, Stormy Daniels

Every case currently filed against Donald Trump is a backward case. As regular, particularly long-time, readers know backward cases have several common characteristics:

Too Stupid To Survive # 149

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CA high-speed rail to nowhere, Col Ben Jonsson, Columbia, Frat Boys, Gavin Newsom, Howard Stern, Islamist protestors, Janet Yellen, Jared Bernstein, joe biden, Kamala Harris, Kristen Clarke, Science, UCLA Marxists

We’ll begin with a bit of non-stupidity.

The Literature Corner: It’s Not A Good Day To Die–Reprised

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Indians, Lakota, Suicide gestures

I find myself, gentle readers, in a bit of a dilemma.  Recovering from shoulder replacement surgery on Monday, I find I can type, but it’s tedious.  So for Thursday, I’m resurrecting this 2012, true story from my police days that illustrates part of the nature of police work.  Sometimes you save lives, but sometimes, it’s only temporary.  So much of that world is anything but black and white.

The Freddie Gray Case Update #63: Someone Finally Got Convicted II

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Baltimore Police Department, DEI, Freddie Gray, joe biden, Marilyn Mosby, Nick Mosby, pardon, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Freddie Gray
credit: abcnews

As regular readers know, I’ve been following the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore since its inception.  The SMM Freddie Gray archive is here.  Gray was a small-time petty criminal and drug dealer, who back in April of 2015 was arrested for possession of a knife illegal under local law.

A Suppressor Primer, 2024

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barack obama, BATF, D/S/Cs, H&K MP5SD, Hillary Clinton, Hiram Maxim, joe biden, KelTec CQB, Mummified Meat Puppet Administration, NFA, Ruger PC Carbine, Sten, Steve Dettelbach, suppressors, Welrod

Walther P22 with suppressor, doubling the length of the handgun

Suppressors are, upon occasion, in the news.  Under the Mummified Meat Puppet Administration (MMPA), attempts to ban them, and much else, continue apace, though at a lower intensity than AR-15s and “high-capacity magazines.”  I update this article annually. Because so many know only what they’ve seen–-and sort of heard–-in the movies about suppressors, I think it useful.

Parts Start Wearing Out…UPDATED

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reverse shoulder replacement, typing

Long time readers may recall back in February of 2016, I had surgery on my right shoulder.  I began that article thus:   

Sunday Funnies For 05-12-24: The Biden Edition

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cannibals, cheating, climate change, dementia, Houthis, Israel, jihadists, Laken Riley, sniffing, student loans, Three Stooges, Trans, Uncle Bosey, Visiting Angels

That’s entertainment!  I hate it when that happens…

The Murder of Erik Scott: An Anniversary Observance, 2023

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Barry Jensen, Bill Scott, Erik Scott, Joshua Stark, Las Vegas Metro Police, Las Vegas Review Journal, License To Kill, Samantha Sterner, Summerlin Costco, The Permit, Thomas Mendiola, West Point, William Mosher

Erik Scott

Our nation is changing at a dizzying, and disturbing, pace.  The Internet has had a substantial role in that.  For the first time in history, we have a new category of people we know.  They’re friends, just not friends we can touch, or see over a restaurant table, but we know them nonetheless and we care about them. For the first time in history, we have access to much of human knowledge in the palms of our hands.  We can know stories and people that would, in the past, forever have escaped us.

Donald Trump: Backward Trial II

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DOJ, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, Jay Bratt, joe biden, Judge McAfee, Julie Kelly, Nathan Wade, national security, Rober Hur

Before we get to the primary focus of this article, let’s briefly review the Fani Willis case against Trump in Georgia.  To find every article I’ve written about that case, enter “fani willis” in the SMM home page search bar.  As regular readers will recall, that case is on hold as a variety of constitutional issues, including presidential immunity, are decided.  Not long ago, Judge McAfee, in a bizarre ruling consistent with his other rulings, agreed Willis’ prosecution of Donald Trump was corrupt.  His solution?  Either Fani or Nathan Wade, her lover to whom she funneled at least three quarters of a million dollars, would have to go.  Yes, they were corrupt, but somehow removing one of the prime conspirators in that corruption made everything just fine.