Sunday Stack: Ketanji Brown Jackson is Unfit for SCOTUS, Catalytic Converter Criminals, China Propaganda, More
A fascinating compendium of intel, wisdom and advice for the 3rd day of April 2022
#1: I’M SORRY MISS JACKSON, THIS ALONE DISQUALIFIES YOU
Look at these child porn cases where Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson sentenced the offenders to less time than prosecutors recommended. How can she defend this record?
Why is she so sympathetic and lenient towards pedophiles and child porn traffickers?
#2: HIDE YO’ KIDS, HIDE YO’ CATALYTIC CONVERTER -
Thieves are swiping catalytic converters from underneath cars because they contain metals (rhodium, palladium and platinum) that have huge value in the resale market.
Check out this list of catalytic converter scrap prices, and you’ll see thieves can easily make a couple hundred dollars for ten minutes of work.
State Farm’s catalytic converter insurance claims rose from $4.6 million nationally three years ago to $62.6 million in payouts in 2021.
Portland idiot Marxists who defunded and demoralized their own police department are now living with the consequences.
Police in Portland have “largely conceded the territory to the thieves”, as the department is short several hundred officers and Portland criminals are shattering all previous records for murders, shootings, stabbings and mayhem.
If your catalytic converter gets swiped in Portland, you have no hope of the crime being solved. Zero Portland police detectives are assigned to focus on car and car part thefts in 2022.
#3: PORTLAND SUCKS, PART DEUX -
Portland alt-weekly Willamette Week reported that the city lost residents for the first time in a decade in 2021.
The readers chimed back with: “No shit, Sherlock. Have you looked outside since May 2020?”
PORTLAND CITIZENS ON PORTLAND:
“I mean escalating crime, dirty city, homeless explosion, increase sense of unease and lack of safety, closure of so much stuff, relentless hypochondria (neurotic populace isn’t any fun to be around), escalating cost of living…not shocking.”
“Yeah, it’s a national issue for blue cities because of the absolute shitholes they have become. I know at least 30 people who have moved from Portland in the last three years… because of the absolute precipitous drop in Portland’s livability.”
“I live in Portland and know a lot of neighbors looking to leave this year. I can say this... When I have friends and family visit from out of town, I am no longer proud to show off my city. In fact, for the last few years, I have been downright embarrassed to drive my visitors around.”
#5: APPLE HAS MORE MONEY THAN ITALY -
The largest tech companies in America include: Amazon, Apple, Facebook’s parent company Meta, Google’s parent company Alphabet and Microsoft.
The combined market cap of these companies is $9.1 trillion.
Market capitalization:
Alphabet - $1.87 trillion
Apple - $2.85 trillion
Amazon - $1.68 trillion
Meta - $604 billion
Microsoft - $2.28 trillion
For comparison, the gross GDP of Germany, France + Italy is $8.6 trillion.
#6: CCP PROPAGANDA PAPER BLAMES USA FOR UKRAINE WAR
Always a treat to peep the headlines on the Global Times - the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda newspaper aimed at English-speakers in the western hemisphere.
Every day they bash the USA.
But over the past month, they have been angrily accusing Uncle Sam of stirring up trouble in Europe and Ukraine.
“By enhancing the role of NATO, the US ties Europe more firmly to its chariot; and through its dominant position, the US has forced Europe to take its side by escalating crisis and even war. The ultimate goal is to constantly put Europe under its control.”
“While pouring cold water on the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, the US is stepping up its efforts to stir the conflicts. This is in line with US strategic needs.”
“It can be said that the US is the biggest spoiler of the security in the entire Europe. The US is the most reluctant to see a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.”
#8: AWESOME SPORTS WEEK ON TAP
Monday night, April 4: National championship game in men’s college hoops - Kansas vs. North Carolina
Thursday, April 7: First round of the 86th Masters and the possible return of Tiger Woods, who says it will be a “game-time decision”.
Thursday, April 7: Opening Day of Major League Baseball
#9: Zero Hedge reports: The price of groceries sold by major retailers in Germany will jump by 20 to 50% starting tomorrow.
#10: Daily Mail (UK) says the people of Spain can expect similar increases.
With striking Spanish truckers disrupting supplies of tomatoes, lettuce, peppers and sunflower oil, it’s expected that fruit and veggie prices will spike by 30% this month.
#11: New studies on NIH PubMed
Pre-clinical study - Lithium salts show promise a treatment for Covid
Two cases of Bilateral facial palsy after Covid vaccination
Idiot thinks we should ‘Vaccinate domestic and wild animals against Covid-19'
That’s all for now.
Until next time -
Teddy F. Brosevizzle