Nov 26

Prosecutors increasingly stack indictments with multiple counts in order to ensure convictions

American prosecutors have learned that conviction rates generally go up when additional charges and defendants are added to criminal cases.

Consequently, state and federal prosecutors routinely stack indictments with multiple (repetitive) counts so that juries will be more likely to convict defendants.

A study of thousands of criminal cases found that when a defendant is charged with one count, he has a 66 percent chance of being convicted; but when he is charged with three or more counts, the conviction rate goes up to 78 percent.

And when a defendant faces three or more counts, he has an 88 percent chance of being convicted of Count 1 (which is generally the most serious count).

See this detailed law review article by Andrew D. Leipold, “How the Pretrial Process Contributes to Wrongful Convictions.”

See also my own discussion on the explosion of multi-count indictments.

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Nov 25

U.S. government temperature data tamperers have erased 1940s warmth in Iceland

The intrepid data analyst Tony Heller has been monitoring the government’s official temperature records for years.

The U.S. government’s temp database (maintained by NASA and NOAA and directed by Gavin Schmidt of NASA’s Goddard Space Institute) has been “adjusted” thousands of times to make the past seem colder than it was recorded.

The government agencies appear to be making the “adjustments” to the temperature history in order to promote the government’s manmade-global-warming theory.

Now, once again, Heller has caught NASA tampering with the temp history for Iceland. The agency has virtually wiped out the heat waves that occurred in Iceland during the 1940s. See here.

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Nov 25

Starving Venezuelans flee socialism on life rafts

Socialism is a curse that should be wished only on one’s most hated enemies.

Here is a New York Times story about hungry Venezuelans fleeing their socialist country by the droves.

Just a couple decades ago, Venezuela had the highest standard of living IN ALL OF LATIN AMERICA.

But just 17 years after the people voted in a socialist ruler (Hugo Chavez), Venezuelans survive by eating cats and dogs and diving in trash dumpsters. Government soldiers distribute all food and medicine.

In the aftermath, 150,000 people have fled the socialist hellhole.

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Nov 22

Three judges of British High Court Invalidate Brexit Vote!

A shocking act of judicial arrogance by three judges of the United Kingdom High Court.

The Court ruled that Britain can’t leave the EU without having a parliamentary vote to do so. See here.

Yet that parliamentary vote already happened with the European Referendum Act of 2015. (Parliament voted to let the people speak on the issue, and to abide by the people’s wishes.)

Stay tuned!

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Nov 21

Government college professors call for pro-Trump student protestors to be expelled

There is almost no free speech on today’s government college campuses. Faculty at the University of New Hampshire–a government institution supposedly subject to the Bill of Rights–are calling for two pro-Trump students in costume to be expelled.

The two students showed up to protest an anti-Trump rally on the campus. See here.

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Nov 21

Growth in Jail Population Has Been Mostly Driven by Increased Incarceration of Innocent Inmates

While the jail population in the U.S. has grown substantially since the 1980s, the number of convicted people in jails has been flat for the last 15 years. Detention of the legally innocent has been consistently driving jail growth! See here!convicted_unconvicted_jail_1983-2014_320w

Nov 19

Pro-government news sources decry the influence of “fake news”

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Once again, there is a major push among government trusters to censor anti-government or alternative news. Pro-government forces who decry the election of Donald Trump two weeks ago are blaming the increasing influence of alternative news sources.

They couldn’t force voters to view their tired, old, dying pro-government “news” sources.

Now pro-government sources are launching formal efforts to ban real, anti-government news-calling it “fake news.” See here:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Friday laid out the latest steps by his company to weed out fake news, amid growing criticism over the possible impact misinformation on the social network had on swaying the U.S. presidential election outcome.

The company has found itself thrust at the center of the debate on fake news, with even U.S. President Barack Obama lamenting the spread of misinformation on the social media platform. A report released earlier this week showed that more Facebook users engaged with misleading stories than real, mainstream reporting.

Nov 17

Even as governments pronounce September to be the ‘hottest on record,’ there are no scientifically calibrated long-term thermometers in place in vast reaches of the earth

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The apocalyptic man-made-global-warming-by-carbon-dioxide scare has been promoted by government agencies which have been repeatedly caught ‘adjusting’ temp records to prove their case.

Now, again, government agencies are pronouncing September to be the ‘hottest on record’–pointing to temp maps which show areas of Africa and the Middle East and stating that September in such regions was the ‘hottest on record.’

But such areas have not had reliable thermometer readings on the ground in the past for comparison! See here!

Nov 17

No more gleaming government temples

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The voters spoke to Gallatin County and Bozeman officials on November 8. But officials apparently didn’t get the message.

Read this astounding Bozeman Daly Chronicle story by Eric Dietrich. It seems the government officials are intending to renew their efforts to convince voters to approve their marble-and-gold temple of government power (“law and justice center”).

While the world’s people dwell in shacks, shanties and mobile homes, governments everywhere seek to build massive, expensive palaces of power and intimidation.

Nov 15

Poll: vast majority do not trust “news” media

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Astounding new poll out today. 7 in 10 (69%) voters do not believe the news media are honest and truthful.

An overwhelming majority viewed recent political “mainstream” news media as biased in favor of Hillary Clinton. 59% believe the “mainstream” press was pushing Clinton. 21 % believe the media was pushing Trump. (Even 1/3 (32%) of Clinton voters believe the media were “pro-Clinton.”)

Most significantly, 97% of voters said they did not let the media’s bias influence their vote! See here.

These findings further undermine the prevailing claim that voters are easily influenced by ads and messaging.