90 Miles From Tyranny

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1624

You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?

It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,

from the beautiful to the repugnant,

from the mysterious to the familiar.

If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,

you could be inspired, you could be appalled.

This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.

You have been warned.

Visage à trois #24

Three Videos For Your Viewing Pleasure:

Videos That Are:

Usually Short.
Usually Timely.
Usually Scraped, Gleaned And Pilfered From Social Media.

Visage à trois #23

Three Videos For Your Viewing Pleasure:

Videos That Are:

Usually Short.
Usually Timely.
Usually Scraped, Gleaned And Pilfered From Social Media.

Girls With Guns

Rapists, Pedophiles, Child Abuser.

We Are Fighting Against Pure Evil.

Visage à trois #22

Three Videos For Your Viewing Pleasure:

Videos That Are:

Usually Short.
Usually Timely.
Usually Scraped, Gleaned And Pilfered From Social Media.

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #228

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #227

‘Breadcrumbs Lead to Speaker’s Office,’ Rep. Jim Banks Warns as GOP Slams Capitol Police Leadership Over Capitol Riot

Rep. Jim Banks heavily criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her failure to hand over key documents related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, saying in a Monday interview that Republican lawmakers believe the severity of the riot was due to a “systemic breakdown and failure at the highest levels of the Capitol Police.”

The Indiana Republican, who is on a panel of GOP lawmakers that is unofficially investigating the riot, spoke with The Daily Signal following an Axios report headlined “GOP’s shadow Jan. 6 committee targets Capitol Police ‘negligence.’”

Banks criticized the article and strongly disputed any implication that Republicans are focusing negative attention on Capitol Police officers themselves, noting that Republicans believe it is the leadership of the police force that was at fault.

“We’re not attacking the Capitol Police, but we do believe strongly that there was negligence and a breakdown of leadership at the highest levels of the Capitol Police,” Banks told The Daily Signal.

Banks characterized the investigation by House Democrats’ Jan. 6 select committee as a “political witch hunt.” Banks said that both he and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, were “denied the opportunity to serve on the committee” because they questioned why Pelosi refused to turn over documents related to decisions made on the day of the riot.

“The breadcrumbs lead to the speaker’s office,” he told The Daily Signal, adding:

She’s covering something up, and the American people deserve to know what those documents say, but so far she’s refused to hand them over. The buck stops with her, and the question that deserves to be answered is why the National Guard wasn’t called to help protect the Capitol. Somebody made that decision.

And I suspect that those documents in some way, shape, or form implicate the speaker of the house. She doesn’t want to release them because at the end of the day, no matter what those documents say, I imagine they deviate from the political witch-hunt narrative that Nancy Pelosi and [Rep.] Liz Cheney [R-Wyo.] have painted about Jan. 6.

Members of the Democrat-led Jan. 6 committee continue to ignore vital questions related to Capitol security, Banks said, noting that Republicans have interviewed dozens of Capitol Police officers and others on this topic.

“We’ve learned a lot and we’re nearing the end of our interview process,” the Indiana congressman said, promising that Republicans will publish a report containing key findings of their interviews and make recommendations for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, whom Republicans hope will be the next speaker of the House.

“We’ve found that we’ve had broad support from the United States Capitol Police officers, the rank-and-file officers who know that they deserve more and better from their leadership and who know that leading up to Jan. 6 and on Jan. 6, there were systemic breakdowns and failure at the highest levels of the Capitol Police that led to...

Cruisin' down the motorway

Got my girl by my side

We're both a little anxious

Ooo, we got love on our mind

Waitin', anticipatin'

For the fireworks in the night

Well I swear we were doin eighty

When we saw those motel lights

Hoax alert: Black Illinois student criminally charged for racist notes

Investigation involved the Secret Service

Illinois law enforcement announced Friday that Kaliyeha Clark-Mabins, a black female college student, will be charged with three counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.

Kevin Schmoll, the chief of police for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, made the announcement on Friday. The College Fix had started asking questions about the investigation last week.

The notes said “DIE BITCH” and “BLACK PEOPLE DON’T BELONG” according to charging documents provided to The Fix by the Madison County State’s Attorney office.

“SIUE Police received [on January 23] a report of a hate crime involving the posting of hand-written notes on the door of a room in Woodland Residence Hall, along with an alleged anonymous text message thread from fall 2021 containing threatening and racially hostile content,” campus Director of Media Relations Megan Wieser said in an email to The Fix. Police responded to reports of disorderly conduct and suspicious activity, according to the crime blotter.

The investigation included not just the campus police, but the “Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Secret Service,” the email said. The investigation cleared two white students falsely accused of involvement, Amanda Jerome and Jimmi Thull.

Schmoll told The Fix on Monday that the Secret Service conducted analysis on the handwriting of the notes.

A closed Change.org petition called for the expulsion of the initially suspected perpetrators. “A black teen and her sister has had their lives threatened by some white teens on campus and have had no justice,” a user by the name of “Justice for Us” stated.

Black students demand expulsion – when they though white teens were to blame

Black activists rallied for the expulsion of the alleged perpetrators when they thought white teens were to blame.

“They say it’s under investigation but I feel like she shouldn’t be on campus period. Because you threatened to lynch students on this campus,” David Daniel, the vice president of the Black Student Union, told KDSK 5. “David organized a demonstration where students chanted and held up posters,” KDSK reported.

The Fix reached out to the Black Student Union through its club email and to Professor Howard Ramsby, its advisor on February 3, prior to the filing of criminal charges. The Fix asked for photos of the notes, if BSU could put The College Fix in touch with the alleged victim and what it thought should happen to...