Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to pay $495,000 to employee who accused the General Manager of pulling her hair. Really!

This settlement seems to be insane! What a weird story! This, and other examples like it will certainly lead to more ridiculous lawsuits in the future!

Were there any witnesses to this alleged hair pulling? Did it happen in private or in public?

Was Ms. Mondestin a DEI hire?

Or was there something else going on that was covered up? Did the employee threaten to go public with something?

Was this amount paid because she is a black woman? A form of reparation payment?

Caveat: I am not familiar with the details of this case.

"The MBTA will pay close to half a million dollars to an employee who said General Manager Phil Eng pulled her hair during a work-related event in 2024.

The T will pay $495,000 in supplemental wages, damages and legal fees to MBTA Chief Communication Officer Gabrielle Mondestin, according to the settlement released Friday. Mondestin will resign from her role on Sept. 18, after the T requested she stay on until then "to assist in transitioning her duties and responsibilities." ..."

MBTA to pay $495,000 to employee who accused GM Phillip Eng of pulling her hair (behind paywall)

MBTA worker whose hair GM Eng pulled gets $495,000 in settlement

MBTA names Gabrielle Mondestin as Chief Communications Officer (March 2023) 

Gabrielle Mondestin has been named as MBTA's first chief communications officer.

Anthony Fauci pleads the 5th over 100 times during congressional hearing

Will finally the mask of this high level perpetrator/criminal/crook come off! What will we finally learn about the Faustian bargain (Source)

Unfortunately, Fauci is 85 years old! Most likely he will easily be able to avoid prison!

Since Covid-19 broke out I have frequently blogged about Anthony Fauci, a very suspect, deceptive and dubious person latest since the Covid-19 global pandemic! What has he been hiding?

What did Fauci know e.g. about the lab leak hypothesis? Was he covering up for the Communist Party of China? The timing of the release of the actually rather harmless virus was suspicious itself coinciding with the US presidential elections of 2020.

"Fauci used his own opening statement to defend his decades in government, noting that he had testified before or briefed Congress "well over 200 times" during his almost 40 years running the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases and framing that record as proof he "believe[s] in and respect[s] the value of legitimate congressional oversight."

'The COVID lockdown … could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime.'

He wasted no time going after Paul, accusing him of an "unhinged obsession" with trying to see him "behind bars." Fauci framed the whole hearing as bad faith, saying it was designed to get him to "say something — anything — that could vindicate" Paul's public pledges.

He also went after the publication of his email diary directly, calling it a move "aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me."

In his opening statement, Paul reminded the room that Fauci only showed up "under duress" and later baited him on the record: "Let the record record that the witness has refused to answer whether there's a folder in front of him."

"The COVID lockdown … could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime," Paul said.

Invoking his Fifth Amendment right, Fauci said, after Paul [US Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.)] began direct questioning, "under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions.""

Fauci pleads the 5th, Paul removes his lawyer as hearing explodes | Blaze Media

Anthony Faust (foreground) and US Senator Rand Paul (background)

The Biden tapes blow open the autopen scandal and how he handled classified information, however significant portions of the tapes are redacted for national security

Good news! Hopefully we will finally learn more about the full extent of the use of the Autopen in the White House during the term of the senile, demented and pathological liar 46th President!

Unfortunately, the article says very little about the use of the Autopen! Lousy journalism!

"As a clip of Biden stumbling played on the television, someone asked the lawyer’s question: How were they moving paper through the White House, and could Biden even sign it?

After a brief silence, someone answered: Probably an autopen. Let’s find the documents and calendars and figure it out.

The rest became what President Trump has called the scandal of the century: congressional investigations, Justice Department and White House inquiries, evidence of the extraordinary lengths Biden’s aides took to conceal his condition, and even the rearrest of violent felons who should never have received autopenned commutations. ...

What does the release of the tapes mean?

First, it pushes the timeline of Biden’s decline back to 2016 and 2017. ...

That helps explain why the 2020 campaign used COVID-19 as cover to keep him in the basement. ...

Second, the tapes raise serious questions about special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s handling of classified information.

Hur declined to prosecute, concluding that a jury would view Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Yet the recordings reveal conduct more serious than Hur’s public account suggested.

At several points, Biden acknowledges that the material before him may be classified. The audio then cuts to long stretches of silence redacted for national security reasons. These are not isolated interruptions. Classified redactions cover substantial portions of the recordings.

The transcripts indicate that Biden disclosed information involving the CIA, the Defense Department, and other sensitive national security matters to a ghostwriter who lacked both a security clearance and authorization to receive it. Biden made those disclosures while pursuing a book deal worth $8 million.  ...

The autopen scandal was institutional, and accountability must extend to the aides who enabled, concealed, and benefited from it. ..."

The Biden tapes blow open the autopen scandal | Blaze Media

The portrait of the 46th President at the White House. Who said President Trump is not funny?

Trump administration formally bans gain-of-function research Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research

Good news! Bravo! What took so long! 

We know since the SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 global pandemic what gain of function research can do! I have criticized this gain of function research on my blog since about the outbreak.

That the US federal government funded gain of function research e.g. at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China was a huge political scandal that was swept under the rug by news media and others! Anthony Fauci was guilty as well!

"... This policy stops dangerous gain-of-function research that has the potential to threaten lives, disrupt communities, strain public health systems, and undermine America’s economic and national security if not properly restricted and controlled. ...

The policy change comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year that banned federal funding for gain-of-function research in countries like China, which is believed to be at the heart of the COVID-19 lab leak in Wuhan. ..."

Trump administration formally bans gain-of-function research | Just The News "The State and Health and Human Services departments claim that although biomedical research has produced lifesaving vaccines and medical breakthroughs, it must never come at the expense of public safety or national security."

U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research (original news release)

The BBC director general Tim Davie and the CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned over the misleading edit of US President Donald Trump on Sunday.

Another very huge scandal affecting the already tarnished BBC! Another case of serious Trump Derangement Syndrome!

Decades ago BBC had a very high reputation for high quality journalism!

Jack Smith issued about 200 subpoenas targeting more than 400 Republicans in Arctic Frost case

When I first saw images of Jack Smith after he was appointed as special counsel in 2022, I thought he looks like a crook and where did they find this dude to do such dirty work! It was clear from the beginning that his assignment was a fishing expedition!

Was he not a second class attorney with an unimpressive record?

Jack Smith issued subpoenas targeting more than 400 Republicans in Arctic Frost case, Grassley says | Just The News "Evidence continues to emerge showing the sweeping nature of Jack Smith's investigations into once-and-future Joe Biden rival Donald Trump."

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve since the 46th President took office

The enormous and rapid depletion of the SRP in peace times was one of the many huge scandals during the administration of the senile, demented, and corrupt 46th President!

This scandal was seriously underreported by the news media. I blogged about early on (please click the label Strategic Petroleum Reserve nearby).

The lowest point or about half what it used to be was reached in June 2023 (see also table below). 

This was crass vote buying by artificially depressing gas prices in the US instead of drill baby drill etc.!

It might take years to bring it up again to pre 46th President levels and how much will it cost.

U.S. Ending Stocks of Crude Oil in SPR (Thousand Barrels)

The rise and fall of South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol

Very recommendable!

Hostages, Drugs, and Covert Wars: The Real Iran-Contra Story

What a convoluted mess! Was President Reagan indeed not informed to preserve plausible deniability?

Snap Election Brings Chaos to Japan: LDP Loses Majority with Palki Sharma

Recommendable!

Dior & Onion Scandals Hurt South Korean Prez Yoon's Party in Polls? with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! 

The Spring onion protest

Fulton DA Willis acknowledges in new court docs 'personal relationship' with Trump case prosecutor

This sex and crime saga is better than most recent Hollywood movies! 😊 As they say reality is stranger than fiction!

Fulton DA Willis acknowledges in new court docs 'personal relationship' with Trump case prosecutor | Just The News The allegations about the Willis-Wade relationship were first made last month by Michael Roman, a co-defendant in the Trump case.

Glamour prosecutor with high heels and white toenails and black suit

Will Kishida Have to Step Down Over Japan's Fundraising Scandal? with Palki Sharma

Bad news!

The Corruption of the FBI | Robert Barnes

Very recommendable! Disturbing! If only one third of what this guy was saying is true it would be already bad.

Naomi Wolf: Dear Conservatives, I Apologize for the political scandal of January 6th!

Bravo! It is never too late for someone to come to one's senses!

The January 6th Scandal is on par with Watergate! This time the perpetrator was the Dimocratic Party and its many enablers!

When will Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) and Chuck Schumer (Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate) be held accountable!

"... It’s tempting to sweep this confrontation with my own gullibility under the rug — to “move on” without ever acknowledging that I was duped, and that as a result I made mistakes in judgement ...
I believed a farrago of lies. And, as a result of these lies, and my credulity — and the credulity of people similarly situated to me - many conservatives’ reputations are being tarnished, on false bases. ..."

Dear Conservatives, I Apologize

Former 'Democratic Party icon' apologizes to conservatives; lauds release of January 6 footage

Will New York Times, Washington Post Return Pulitzer for Misleading Russia Collusion Stories?

Recommendable! Nice reminder that the history of print news media is littered with consequential fake stories! Unfortunately, the author of this article mentions only one such egregious historical fake story!

"In 1931, The New York Times published 13 articles by its Moscow reporter and Communist sympathizer, Walter Duranty, praising the Soviet Union and dictator Joseph Stalin’s government. These articles relied solely on official Soviet communist sources, ignored the evidence contradicting the government’s propaganda, and covered up the genocide Stalin was committing in the Ukraine."

Will New York Times, Washington Post Return Pulitzer for Misleading Russia Collusion Stories? | The Heritage Foundation

January 6 committee admits to altering text message between Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff should have been censured a long time ago if not indicted! He is a criminal and a habitual liar! His ugly and long crusade against former President Trump based on the Russian hoax was almost like Stalinist purges and nobody stopped this guy! He is one of the faces of the Trump Derangement Syndrome! He would say anything!

The January 6th committee is more like a kangaroo court!

"... A spokesman said Wednesday that the graphics Rep. Adam Schiff showed during a Monday-night hearing about the newly obtained communications between top Trump officials had been reformatted to support the view that Meadows wanted Pence to overturn the election results. ..."

Jan. 6 committee admits to altering text message between Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan | Washington Examiner

Jill Biden Says Old Joe Biden is Sharp as a Tack. She Wouldn't Lie, Would She?

I blogged here on November 9th, 2021 that I believe Ms. Biden is complicit in the cover up if not more of perhaps the worst political scandal since Watergate!

That interview with the First Lady is somewhat pathetic! She comes across as lethargic and conflicted!

The lame and tame journalist did not follow up at all!

"... In a portion released Thursday of a CBS Sunday Morning interview that will run this weekend, CBS’s Rita Braver noted that “quite a few Americans have some questions about the president’s current mental fitness.” The winsome Dr. Jill snapped back, “I think that’s ridiculous.” ..."

Jill Biden Says Old Joe Biden is Sharp as a Tack. She Wouldn't Lie, Would She? | Frontpagemag

‘Important development’ in investigation into discredited Russian collusion theory

Biggest scandal since Watergate becomes finally investigated and President Trump was the target! Why the heck has it taken so long! Justice delayed is justice denied!

Who is Jill Biden?

She certainly is the wife since 1977 of the demented and senile 78 years old lifetime career politician and chronic liar for decades, the 46th President of the U.S.

She is also complicit in what is most likely the worst political scandal since Watergate! She helped to cover up the serious cognitive decline of her husband from the public before the November 2020 elections! It was her responsibility to dissuade her husband from running or to warn the general public that her husband is incapacitated! She utterly failed!

Hope the First Lady is enjoying a great life in the White House!