Good: they can join Barbara Streisand at her Canadian commune

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see ya

Ex-FBI honcho McCabe says intel community members scared of being jailed by Trump, may flee country

'It’s terrifying,' former deputy FBI director said

He said he was told by former colleagues, including some from the Obama administration, that they've had "torturous discussions with their family members about whether or not they have to leave the country to avoid being unconstitutionally and illegally detained."

"I mean, people are actually worried about being thrown in jail or grabbed in some sort of extrajudicial detention," he said.

Don’t forget to take Fauci and Walensky with you.

Instapundit nails it, but the Bee predicted it, as usual

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at biden’s invitation, brazilian peacekeepers cross the border and march to our rescue

Instapundit

AS ALWAYS, LIFE IMITATES AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: ‘Throw Everything That Democracy Has At This Man:’ MSNBC Analyst Suggests Silencing Trump To ‘Protect Voters.’

The New York Times’ Mara Gay on Wednesday seemed to suggest that Judge Juan Merchan should maintain his gag order on former President Donald Trump to safeguard voters.

Trump’s gag order, imposed by Merchan, bars the former president from making public statements regarding witnesses, prosecutors other than the district attorney, court staff and jurors, as well as family members of the staff, district attorney or judge. Gay on “Deadline: White House” appeared to imply during a conversation about the necessity of the gag order that it protects both the jurors who convicted Trump as well as American voters.

“You have to protect jurors, you have to protect voters,” Gay said. “And if we can’t do those two things in this moment, you can’t ask people to participate in democracy or to trust the process. So, this is a moment to throw everything that democracy has at this man.”

And the Bee:

New broker, new price, same dog's breakfast

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766 Lake Avenue has dropped to $5.095 million after startin in February 2023 at $5.375. The listing claims that This 10,000 sq. ft. property “offers many opportunities for buyers with diverse needs and preferences requiring a beautiful, park-like setting.” “Diverse needs and preferences” sums up the situation perfectly: the house was one of the oddest, mishmashed jumbles on the real estate market back in 2007 when it sold for $4.375, and nothing appears to have changed since then.

Great moments in real estate pricing

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96 Porchuck Road, an undeveloped 4-acre lot in the R-4 zone that is/was apparently part of the late Vincent Caputo’s holdings was put up for sale in 2022 for $1.595 million in 2022 and had dropped to $1.995 by the time it expired, unsold, in January 2023 (or, for readers like Mickster, $1.595 to $1.295 — this is why we provide charts, as below). A new broker brought it back on the market this past April and, notwithstanding its failure to sell for $1.3 million, priced it at $1,888,887. A curious sum, but the owner is now shown as Luciano’s Utopia Realty LLC, which is probably shortened to “Lucky Louey’s”, and perhaps the number reflects a gambler’s hunch. Or maybe it’s the number of body parts the gangster buried in the woods during his career?

Whatever the reason for the pricing, it’s now dropped to $1.799 million. Not so lucky.

The companies should impose a VT surcharge on all petroleum sales in the state, and watch the population return to heating their homes with wood, and employ draft animals to operate their ski lifts

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Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Under the legislation, the Vermont state treasurer, in consultation with the Agency of Natural Resources, would provide a report by Jan. 15, 2026, on the total cost to Vermonters and the state from the emission of greenhouse gases from Jan. 1, 1995, to Dec. 31, 2024. The assessment would look at the effects on public health, natural resources, agriculture, economic development, housing and other areas. The state would use federal data to determine the amount of covered greenhouse gas emissions attributed to a fossil fuel company.

It’s a polluter-pays model affecting companies engaged in the trade or business of extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil attributable to more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions during the time period. The funds could be used by the state for such things as upgrading stormwater drainage systems; upgrading roads, bridges and railroads; relocating, elevating or retrofitting sewage treatment plants; and making energy efficient weatherization upgrades to public and private buildings. It’s modeled after the federal Superfund pollution cleanup program.

“For too long, giant fossil fuel companies have knowingly lit the match of climate disruption without being required to do a thing to put out the fire,” Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, said in a statement. “Finally, maybe for the first time anywhere, Vermont is going to hold the companies most responsible for climate-driven floods, fires and heat waves financially accountable for a fair share of the damages they’ve caused.”