Legal Scholars will have their hands full: As a final insult to America on his way out the door, Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, and members of the Jan. 6 committee | AP News. We aren’t sure this is legal because crimes have not been charged. So we put the question to A.I.
Yes, a president in the United States can preemptively pardon an individual for crimes they may have committed, even if they have not yet been charged or convicted. This is based on the broad pardon power granted to the president under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution.
Historical Example:
President Gerald Ford pardoning Richard Nixon: President Ford issued a full and unconditional pardon to Nixon in 1974 for any crimes he “committed or may have committed” during his presidency. Nixon had not been formally charged with any crime at the time of the pardon.
Limitations and Scope:
Federal Crimes Only: A presidential pardon only applies to federal offenses, not state or local crimes.
Impeachment Exception: The president cannot use the pardon power to stop impeachment proceedings or remove the consequences of impeachment.
Specific or Broad: The pardon can be narrowly tailored to specific offenses or broadly cover any crimes the individual might have committed during a specified time frame.
Two ways to read this latest affront from Biden: One is that it’s tantamount to admitting that those named did, indeed commit crimes; just they haven’t been caught up with yet. The other is that it’s a “pure intent” to do the right thing. (Sorry, color us skeptical!)
Is a pardon bulletproof? yes, but there are limits:
“Fraud or illegality: In rare cases, if a pardon was obtained through fraud or unlawful conduct, it might be subject to legal challenge. For example, if the recipient concealed material facts during the application process or bribed officials, a court could potentially invalidate the pardon.”
Whether “material facts” were concealed? In the case of COVID, for example? Um…
Then there’s the deportation moves…
Markets and Moments
Global markets were doing well overnight, but this was expected. Because at the Friday close, the U.S. markets were higher than our Global Aggregate and averages globally tend to run parallel. After a nice sharp 3-wave move down (shades of Elliott wave functions) Bitcoin was up to $108,000 and holding fairly steady at press time.
We found it interesting that Trump Became a Crypto Billionaire Overnight Thanks to ‘Trump Meme’ Coin. While in a related development, we have serious misgivings about having a president who has turned into an alt-money advocate. Last time we checked, he was supposed to be loyal to “protect and defend the Constitution.” to amplify our concerns, we have:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 5:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; . . .
Because Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the Constitution prohibits the states from coining money,1 the Supreme Court has recognized Congress’s coinage power to be exclusive.2 The Supreme Court has also construed Congress’s power to coin money
and regulate the value thereof
to authorize Congress to regulate every phase of currency. Congress may charter banks and endow them with the right to issue circulating notes,3 and it may restrain the circulation of notes not issued under its own authority.4 To this end, it may impose a prohibitive tax upon the circulation of notes of state banks5 or municipal corporations.6
For now, the I.R.S. has been treating Bitcoin (and other crypto) as though it were tangible property. So we will be keeping a close ear to what we expect will be a very long (rambling?) speech today, we’ll be interested to see how the crypto advocate President navigates the Constitution on “money” – not that the Banksters haven’t already had their way with things, Federal Reserve Notes (with no convertibility_) and all.
Disappointingly, Richard Nixon – nominally a republican – was the one who slammed the convertibility window closed during his tenure in the Oval.
Apparently, though, Crypto is contagious, perhaps spread by pillow-talk? Melania Trump Launches MELANIA Cryptocurrency, Triggering 38% Drop in TRUMP Token Value.
Meanwhile today, Tik-tok is back in business: TikTok restores service in US, thanking Trump. But there’s a 90-day clock ticking and tocking so we’ll see what happens by the end of April…
As the World Turns?
President Trump, on taking office, will be signing all kinds of Executive Orders on day 1. Over a hundred are expected by some counts, rolling back other last minute Biden affronts to democracy. Besides ordering mass deportation of illegals, Trump to Classify Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, long overdue.
Meanwhile, the Snooze marches on – cold weather in the South heading our watch-list here. Where it’s 21F.
With odds rising that 2-3 inches of snow could land here overnight, the present storm system moving into the South is noting compared with what it dropped up north: Up to 12 inches of snow forecast for West Michigan by Tuesday.
Out in rhe Pacific, Australia is about to be slammed with a major weather event Tropical Cyclone off WA coast upgraded to category three system. (WA as in Western Australia, not Washington, the state…)
We will also be keeping our eyes open for major earthquake events in the next couple of months. Has to do with celestial events… Seven planets are lining up in the sky next month. This is what it really means. As planets align, gravity fields line up and…well, prep if you will…
At the Ranch: Cold Weather Cookery
Great pizza last night – and the reason was it made sense to capture all that oven heat . So sure, baking is a good one when it’s cold. We’ll be baking bread later on.
Also, because you can burn more calories, we might toss in some apple turnovers, as well.
We also like spicy food when it’s cold. When the (sulfite-free) lime juice shows up, the chicken in a jerk sauce will start marinading. That will be tossed into the air fryer mid-afternoon.
Speaking of Marinading
We spent a half-hour yesterday debating whether those “vacuum meat tumblers” might be worth spending this month’s $160 monthly research budget on. The theory is that marinades are more completely absorbed due to being under vacuum. But the real reason for improved flavor has a lot to do with the tumbling of the meats which breaks down connective tissue. If you have any experience with one of these newish kitchen tools, please share your response in the Comments below.
Ran into some odd ham radio antenna problems Sunday. But, working on antennas is sub-freezing weather is not my favorite pastime. I’ll work on those problems in coming days. The other projects today include getting the hydroponics planted so we’ll have plenty of “starts” to put out when the (damn) cold weather ends and Spring shows up.
Something you can easily pencil out: Figure out how much you’re paying for “starts” for all your veggies at the big box store (if, like us, you don’t have patience to feed the birds starting from seed). We use 18-plant site units (like this one) and it doesn’t take many seasons before hydroponics units pay for themselves. Especially if you buy the hydroponic units during sale events… (look for sales at about $45-ish).
When you pencil out $3/plant for decent-sized plants, the hydroponics come close to break-even year one. Year 2 it’s all good.
Write when you warm up,
George@ure.net
If nothing else,we now have the proof of the fixed election, of the killer vaccine and of the killer Capital Police officer.
I don’t believe the pardon covers crimes against humanity in Dr Fauci’s case ….
I hope there is loopholes and they get to be handled in the manner they deserve, as Clint E says (Hang_-em- high) would do my heart good!
And in the event that all the death and destruction of the loss of hundreds of thousand and millions. would those get out of jail cards be worthy if its discovered that the o e giving it out is descovered to have had an involvement in the mass crimes of humanity.
they hunted down everyone of those involved in the destruction and death of a few million in German atrocities.. the biological and war deaths out number several times the number lost in the biological and war.. the .ass destruction of countries..
Marty Armstrong has a great point. Congress can still subpoena and interrogate him. Convict of perjury when he bullshits his way through, which he will.
The day J6ers have been waiting for. Or it that tomorrow….?
Hal Turner has an interesting theory…
Trump Did It Again, Last night: “Nessun Dorma!”
Hal Turner: I have a feeling incoming President Trump sent a message – again – to those who did him so much harm. I think the message is: He’s going to kill them. ALL of them.
At the Fireworks Display last night at the Trump National Golf Course in Washington, DC, he had them play “Nessun Dorma.” The last time he did that was in the closing ceremony of the Republican National Convention.
I pointed out that it is the same song used in the Hollywood blockbuster Movie “The Sum of All Fears” starring Ben Afleck.
During this song, all the Traitors, and Deep State Actors who caused all the trouble between the US and Russia, were Executed.
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/trump-did-it-again-last-night-nessun-dorma-2
Maybe Trump is thinking like Michael Corleone in Godfather II…
Tom Hagan: Michael, you’ve won, you want to wipe everybody out?
Michael: I don’t feel I have to wipe everybody out Tom, just my enemies.
“president who has turned into an alt-money advocate”
Trump campaigned on being pro-crypto and promised to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”.
The West will probably be a 100% digital world in four years. Digital IDs and all the fix’ins.
What is going on? – More than 72,000 homeowners policies for California residents canceled for this reason
https://lagradaonline.com/us/more-than-72000-homeowners-policies-canceled-in-california/
The weather has shut down any work on putting up the new hoop house here. Most of the weekend was spent moving hay to the timber patch where the cattle have taken up residence. We won;t be getting into doing any field work for a while and I estimate we have the hay to get through until summer. We exited our meager produce business when we moved and only kept a very few subscribers for our meat cattle.
I would suggest that you find a local source for your garden plants besides the ones you can get from wally world or home depot. They typically get their stock trucked in from no telling where and they don’t always get the best care. I have a friend who has a large green house operation in eastern Kansas. He sets up small hoop units in grocery store parking lots over several counties and sells good quality plants direct to gardeners employing local folks. Good luck.
Stay safe. 73
the power of collective action and the consequences leaders face when they lose the support of their people. What good is a get out if jail card move past go and receive your two hundred bucks card..if the one giving it is discovered to have been complicit in the corrupt I’ve business deal?
what about the other countries involved.. if some biological engineer is proved to have been the one that allowed a biological to be released that killed millions of their citizens.. what good is a get out of jail card.. would you want to be the one that pissed off Kim in north Korea and he found out it was you.. or take the perv and his paedophilia .. what got a biological infection from some rotten tang.. or some bad snorting drugs..
(“Speaking of Marinading
We spent a half-hour yesterday debating whether those “vacuum meat tumblers” might be worth spending this month’s $160 “)
I am pro vacuum sealing.. I have a vacuum marinator.. but rarely use it.. what I get a lot of use out of is the magic seal ms400 at three hundred but then I can and do retort canning I also have two chamber vac to..those are great if your going to do a hundred pounds of meat or vegitables.. pickles etc.
if your serious about marinating they work great .. but if I was to buy a vacuum seal marina for then get the container and a magic seal ms400..you won’t regret it..
https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Beam-JB0144-Marinade-Grilling/dp/B00MU2RE28/ref=sr_1_9?
God the magic seal ms400… dam great pickles in one minute…marinating in five minutes
precooked canned bacon in a retort pouch..at the bacon on parchment paper then fold it in half..slide it in the pouch and can it..
I have several pressure Cannes my favorite one is like an instant pot but bigger..
https://www.amazon.com/NESCO-NPC-9-Pressure-Canner-Stainless/dp/B07VL6LX7V/ref=sr_1_10?
that’s my favorite one.. best stews and roasts ..
I have two of these..
https://www.amazon.com/All-American-25-Quart-Pressure-Cooker/dp/B0002808YS/ref=sxin_16_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?
nice units but you have to stick around with the nesco you set it and forget it.. if I am canning then I put a meater in one of the jars or pouches to make sure proper temps and times are reached..
https://www.amazon.com/Meat-Thermometer-Digital-Wireless-Bluetooth/dp/B0DK5459WG/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?
Kitchen gadgets…dam I am your man on that subject..the wife freaks out when they come out with anew and approved kitchen gadget..
I had a friend ask me about the old swing away can opener..lol of course I have one..because of my arthritic joint issues I have a one handed auto can opener and a o e handed potato peeler ..steak ager oh my god..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/135403062801?_
if you can get it for that price and it works it’s worth the money.. I’ve made two steak where and bought this version when they first came out..what I had to do is make my own salt plates for the desicant side panels..
I did inch salt plates but seriously you only need half inch..a bowl of salt would work to..th if light in it is great but not big enough I put in a bigger UV Light..
https://www.amazon.com/SteakAger-PRO-Ultimate-Bundle-Refrigerator/dp/B0DP1FF9JS/ref=sr_1_2?
that is the exact same unit production model.. as the one being sold on ebay..
now they make collagen bags to.. if you do a lot of steak aging even if its just that prime rib ..then get the ager.. marinate and age and wow melt in your mouth goodness…
G Ure wrote:
“Meanwhile, the Snooze marches on – cold weather in the South heading our watch-list here. Where it’s 21F.”
We would call that a Heat Wave here this week.
In Canada that means it is time to break out the shorts.
The Inuit would declare: “Summer Has Arrived”
Enjoy your balmy weather!!
My old buddy in Wisconsin said ‘we’re having a tropical heatwave’ as he sent me a pix of his thermometer at -18F this morning.
https://youtu.be/xo_oxDXfFPc?si=mBM7UBLSljHuFV0z
aging steaks with the steak ager.. now the one on eBay is I believe the one that you place it in a fridge.. buying g a beverage cooler is easy enough best buy has a great one..
and you’d be at three hundred dollar mark..
https://www.youtube.com/live/hcXaNTYf_f0?si=v4hEvkRa2W6kla1O
Kings ford steak ager or the steak ager 20 if you like that exceptional flavored steak..
https://www.amazon.com/Meat-Required-breathable-membrane-20x40cm/dp/B097YLW9D6/ref=sr_1_4?
https://youtu.be/QWglRdmuM-k?si=yoZh8OoH6XjU5hIn
Trump is making it rain.
At the least, a simple EO could prevent and terminate further federal employment by anyone pardoned, and could revoke any clearances held by such persons.
G.A. STEWART: As I have written in previous posts, since Donald J. Trump is the third most frequent character mentioned in Nostradamus’ World War III Series, there seemed to be a number of predictions with unfinished endings.
https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2025/01/20/the-most-important-headlines/
“Yes, a president in the United States can preemptively pardon an individual for crimes they may have committed, even if they have not yet been charged or convicted…
…A presidential pardon only applies to federal offenses, not state or local crimes.”
So, as long as Mr. Trump hires a South African wet team, he can preemptively pardon them for eliminating “enemies of the State” who are otherwise untouchable.
AI is fully capable of lying and hallucinating. That said, here’s a quote from the ultimate guardian of truth – GLP:
“Butter brain Bidens pardons will not stand….
They will all go down…..Article II of the Constitution states “… he (the President) shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” By our Constitution a person is presumed innocent until convicted, thus an action doesn’t become an offense until it has been adjudicated in a court; consequently President Biden can only issue pardons for offenses people have been convicted of or pled guilty to.
Biden cannot pardon non-crimes, presumed crimes, or imagined crimes. Nor can he pardon actions where guilt or harm has yet to be established in court. (Or he would be usurping the court’s role of judgement.) Trump should disregard the fraudulent “pardons” and prosecute all crimes to the fullest extent of the law.
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Personally, I just want to see these creatures out of government service and deprived of any clearance or level of respectability. Let God sort them out. We have lives to get on with.
“Biden cannot pardon non-crimes, presumed crimes, or imagined crimes. Nor can he pardon actions where guilt or harm has yet to be established in court.”
Maybe, maybe not. Current blurb is: Nixon was never charged nor convicted of a crime, yet Jerry Ford pardoned him for anything he “is, or might someday be charged for or convicted of,” thus creating the concept of the “blanket pardon.”
Honestly, were I Trump, I would see if the people guilty of murder, trafficking, treason, etc., could be broken and financially destroyed, but at the same time I would query “lawmakers” and jurists (specifically Leftists) regarding the legality of blanket pardons and the specific parameters by which they would apply. THEN I would suggest the hiring of (blanket-pardoned) assassins, within the guidelines the “legal eagles” had provided, and just sit back and watch the Leftists and the Liberal faction of the USSC lose their damn’ minds.
Biden and Thoroughly Modern Millie are guilty of treason, Biden and F-ouch-ee are mass-murderers, Biden and Ma-jerk-us are guilty of causing death while engaged in mass trafficking of children for purposes of sex — all three of which are Capital offenses. Somebody like Lizard Cheney? She’s guilty of being stupid. She sold herself to her daddy and Bill Kristol (at PNAC) and to Kammy Harris (as a paid spokesman) but neither is a crime. However, when a 3-term ranking member of Congress is booted from her Party and receives 29% of the vote in their State’s Primary, that should be sufficient to brand her for life.
Two-faced SOBs like Lindsey Graham? I have no idea, other than to ban former Congresscritters from all interaction with Congress or their staffers for 10 years, or from working for the Mob, then primary his ass.
“Disappointingly, Richard Nixon – nominally a republican – was the one who slammed the convertibility window closed during his tenure in the Oval.”
‘Problem is, Nelson Rockefeller resuscitated Nixon’s career. In exchange for that, Nixon sold himself to “Rocky.” Rockefeller was an “East Coast Liberal Republican” — more Leftist than even the radical Democrats in flyover country. Now, I don’t know whether slamming the convertibility door was Nixon’s idea, or Rocky’s, but in either case, because of Rocky’s influence, Nixon was a RINO by the time it happened.
I wasn’t sure that I was going to listen to Trump’s speech. I, personally have never needed a rah-rah, rally ’round the flag, encouragement., which most of his speech was.
He did however say one thing that was very interesting, to me. “We will take it back!” Referring to the Panama Canal.
It needs to be done., as the canal was never intended to be source of revenue for Panama., which they have turned it into. [The Canal contributes 7.7% to the total annual GDP and represents 15.9% of the total annual exports. Taking into account the combined direct, indirect and induced effects,. 23.6% of the Panamanian government’s annual income is explained by and derived from the total contribution of the Canal’s transit charges. Average cruise ship now pays $58,000 to transit the canal. ]
“How” we are going to ‘take it back’., from Chinese control…, is going to be monumental., and potentially very dangerous., internationally. It is one of the most important trade route in the world. Stay tuned for this one.
Trump made a lot of promises., which I have some doubt will become reality – he has a lot of powerful enemies. “Hate Trump”., still exist. He does have a lot of momentum right now – let’s see were that is after 90 days in office.
One immediately piece of good news, though. The White House mutt will no longer be biting Secrete Service agents. I believe the count is now 27 times.
“How” we are going to ‘take it back’., from Chinese control…, is going to be monumental.”
I suspect Mr. Trump is going to ask Mr. Xi, and Mr. Xi is simply going to give it back to us.
I suspect before this happens, Mr. Trump is going to find or create a really big lever…
George
happy to see the nasty 51 in the Hunter Laptop letter lose their security clearance.
This will stop them from working with or even viewing clasified material. It also means they will have a hard time writing their books.
Now our President Trump need to pay attention and revoke the SCs of ANY Dimm who accepted s pardon. That will remove many of them.
they also serve at the pleasure of the President.
So PDJT47 should go through the bureaucracy like fat through a goose and cancel the clearances of any Dimm who doesn’t need one.