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Problems, Problems

The Portland Police Bureau is shifting gears to figure out how to enforce the statewide Stay at Home order issued by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday, March 23.

Last week, before the order was issued, Portland Police Chief Jami Resch told reporters the bureau did not have any role in enforcing Brown's previous orders, such as closing restaurants and bars except for take-out food.

But the Monday order makes violating it a Class C misdemeanor, which is punishable by 30 days in jail and a $1,250 fine. That means the police now have an official role to play in enforcing it.

Lots of luck trying to figure this one out, PPB! They can probably enforce Brown's Law when it comes to businesses, but people on the streets is a whole 'nother bag of worms.

 

Nonsense.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday halted an execution set for this week due to the new coronavirus.

Are they afraid that he'll catch the virus while in prison - and if so, so what?

Tarrant County officials opposed the request, claiming it was speculative and should not prevent Hummel’s execution for the “heinous, brutal, and calculated murders of his family members.”

Well yeah - he stabbed them and beat them to death, then set the house on fire in an apparent effort to conceal the murders.

That seems rather calculated, rather than a spur-of-the-moment argument.

 

You Knew It Wouldn't Take Long

A string of robberies that have featured suspects wearing medical masks have taken place across the country in recent weeks, though all seem to be unrelated.

Sure, this ploy's been used in the past, but not in so many places. It was only to be expected, however, as the masks have become so commonplace in public of late.

Meanwhile, Japan has confirmed its first case of coronavirus reinfection.

Oh goody!

 

Harvey To Die In Prison

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced in a Manhattan criminal courtroom Wednesday to 23 years for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an aspiring actress.

Hope he enjoys prison sex.

 

Poor Harvey

Gosh, don't you feel sorry for him? Me neither.

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has two cellmates on Rikers Island, where he took a bad fall this weekend and is “miserable,” his spokesman said.

At least he can still hire a "spokesman".

The “Shakespeare in Love” producer faces up to 29 years in prison when he’s sentenced March 11.

Anybody notice that the a**hole didn't need to use a walker until the law caught up with him?

 

It Looks So Peaceful In The View From The Sky

An inmate was killed after being beaten by another prisoner inside a high-security federal prison in Illinois, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. In a statement, the agency said the 31-year-old inmate, Matthew Phillips, was found unresponsive at the prison on Monday. The facility houses more than 1,000 male inmates.

Phillips, who was serving a sentence of more than 7 years for distributing heroin and money laundering, suffered life-threatening injuries and was brought to a local hospital, where he died Thursday, the statement said.

I guess that "high security" has different meanings - depending on whether you're inside or out. Still, there's one less heroin dealer today, so every cloud has a silver lining.

 

Jussie Justice

An attempt by disgraced Hollywood actor Jussie Smollett to evade the justice owed to him has failed.

Last month, special prosecutor Dan Webb, a former U.S. attorney who was assigned in August to reexamine the actor’s case, confirmed that a grand jury had “returned a six-count indictment charging Jussie Smollett with making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers related” to the fake hate crime he’d perpetrated. Following Webb’s announcement, the actor’s attorneys filed an emergency motion with the Illinois Supreme Court requesting that both the indictment and Webb’s appointment as special prosecutor be thrown out.

Last Friday, the court responded by instead throwing out the actor’s phony motion. Members of the public, in turn, responded by cheering, as they have grown increasingly exasperated by his refusal to take responsibility for his actions.

“Emergency motion by Movant to stay proceedings in the Circuit Court of Cook County, in case No. 20 CR 3050, pending disposition of motion for a supervisory order. Denied,” it reads.

It seems that he can sort of follow a script, but writing a believable one is a whole different matter. He'll be back in court in ten days to respond to his multiple felony indictments. And he's looking at substantial prison time. Bet that ol' paycheck he used to get before he got fired due to his antics is looking pretty good to him, right now.

 

Too Bad, Democrats

Oregon House Democrats are condemning recent actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Washington County, following the arrest of a father at a school bus stop in Washington County last month. Citing the bus stop arrest, coupled with subpoenas sent to law enforcement agencies by ICE, Oregon Democrats say the federal agency's actions are politically motivated attempts to subvert Oregon's sanctuary laws.

ICE indicated Galvan-Rodriguez is a Mexican citizen who is in the country illegally. Court records show the man has two prior misdemeanor convictions in Oregon from 2004 and 2008 for non-injury hit-and-run and theft.

Just here to do the jobs that Americans won't do.

As far as I know, federal law supersedes state law. Democratics can't seem to wrap their heads around that inconvenient fact.

 

The Hammer Drops On Pantsuit

A federal judge has handed Hillary Clinton and her Deep State allies still burrowed in the Department of State and the Department of Justice a significant smackdown. On Monday, March 2, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted a Judicial Watch request to have Hillary Clinton sit for a deposition regarding her e-mail/national security scandal and the Benghazi attack while she was President Obama’s secretary of state. The court also ordered the deposition of Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other State Department officials who were involved in handling her illegal, private e-mail operation.

People have been tired of Pantsuit's endless declarations that she couldn't remember or didn't recall in response to perfectly legitimate questions regarding her conduct.

 

Japan: The Great Toilet Paper Caper

Panic hoarding being evidently insufficient, folks have taken to stealing toilet paper rolls from public restrooms. So dire is the situation that some locations have taken to chaining rolls to stall walls.

As we’ve learnt from the case of the 64-year-old man who was arrested and fined 200,000 yen ($1,762.82) for stealing a 30-yen roll of toilet paper from a public stall, taking something that doesn’t belong to you is indeed a crime in this country.