Obama Administration Scandals: Robert Mueller delivers report on the Russian government's influence in the 2016 United States presidential election of Donald Trump on March 22, 2019

Robert Mueller delivers report on the Russian government's influence in the 2016 United States presidential election of Donald Trump: On March 22, 2019, The Mueller Report, officially titled Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, is submitted to Attorney General William Barr.

The Mueller Report, is the official report documenting the findings and conclusions of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 United States presidential election, allegations of conspiracy or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, and allegations of obstruction of justice. a redacted version of the 448-page report was publicly released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 18, 2019. It is divided into two volumes.

Volume I of the report concludes that the investigation did not find sufficient evidence that the campaign “coordinated or conspired with the Russian government in its election-interference activities”. Investigators ultimately had an incomplete picture of what happened due to communications that were encrypted, deleted, or not saved and due to testimony that was false, incomplete, or declined.

However, the report states that Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was illegal and occurred “in sweeping and systematic fashion” but was welcomed by the Trump campaign as it expected to benefit from such efforts. It also identifies links between Trump campaign officials and individuals with ties to the Russian government, about which several persons connected to the campaign made false statements and obstructed investigations. Mueller later stated that his investigation's conclusion on Russian interference “deserves the attention of every American”.

Volume II of the report addresses obstruction of justice. The investigation intentionally took an approach that could not result in a judgment that Trump committed a crime, abiding by an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion that a sitting president is immune from criminal prosecution, fearing that charges would affect Trump's governing and preempt impeachment and feeling that it would be unfair to accuse Trump of a crime without charges or a trial.

As such, the investigation “does not conclude that the President committed a crime”; however, “it also does not exonerate him”, with investigators not confident of Trump's innocence. The report describes ten episodes where Trump may have obstructed justice while president and one before he was elected, noting that he privately tried to “control the investigation”. The report further states that Congress can decide whether Trump obstructed justice and take action accordingly, referencing impeachment.

Justice.gov / Wikipedia / Just Security.org The Federalist / Obama Administration Scandals: Robert Mueller delivers report on the Russian government's influence in the 2016 United States presidential election of Donald Trump on March 22, 2019 (YouTube)

This Day in History March 22

•  871 Battle of Marton Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at

• 1621 Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

• 1622 Second Anglo-Powhatan War: Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.

• 1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.

• 1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.

• 1713 Tuscarora War: End with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.

• 1765 Stamp Act: British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.

• 1849 Battle of Novara: Austrians defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia.

• 1894 The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup

• 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie.

• 1933 Cullen–Harrison Act:President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of “3.2 beer” (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.

• 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania

• 1942 World War II: Second Battle of Sirte: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina.

• 1943 World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.

• 1945 World War II: Bombing of Hildesheim: The city of Hildesheim, Germany heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.

• 2016 Brussels Bombings: Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.

• 2017 Terrorist Attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.

• 2019 Obama Administration Scandals: Robert Mueller delivers report on the Russian government's influence in the 2016 United States presidential election of Donald Trump.

Wikipedia.org

Understanding Military Terminology

Primary Agency

The federal department or agency assigned primary responsibility for managing and coordinating a specific emergency support function in the National Response Framework.

Joint Publications (JP 3-28) Defense Support of Civil Authorities - Federation of Civil Authorities

Primary Control Officer

In amphibious operations, the officer embarked in a primary control ship assigned to control the movement of landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and landing ships to and from a colored beach.

Also called PCO.

Joint Publications (JP 3-02) Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Operations

Primary Control Ship

In amphibious operations, a ship of the task orce designated to provide support for the primary control officer and a combat information center control team for a colored beach.

Also called PCS.

Joint Publications (JP 3-02) Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Operations

Primary Flight Control

The controlling agency on air-capable ships that is responsible for air traffic control of aircraft within 5 nautical miles of the ship. On most CoastGuard cutters, primary flight control duties are performed by a combat information center, and the term “PRIFLY” is not used.

Also called PRIFLY.

Joint Publications (JP 3-04) Joint Shipboard Helicopter Operations

Primary Review Authority

The organization, within the lead agent's chain of command, that is assigned by the lead agent to perform the actions and coordination necessary to develop and maintain the assigned joint publication under the cognizance of the lead agent.

Also called PRA.

See also: Joint Publication; Lead Agent.

Joint Publications (CJCSM 5120.01) Joint Doctrine Development Process

Joint Publication - Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

The Old Salt’s Corner

Ship’s plan of the Day (POD)

The Ship’s Plan of the Day lists information pertaining to next days routine, special drills, uniform of the day, etc., and is posted throughout the ship. You are responsible for knowing what is in the POD for the day. Carry a copy of the Plan-of-the-Day with you. It is usually available the night before in the wardroom or mess hall.

Ship Plans in the Cartographic Research Room at College Park, MD

The National Archives’ Cartographic Branch holds ship engineering drawings for a majority of vessels commissioned by the United States Navy from 1794 through the Korean War era. These mostly consist of inboard and outboard profiles, deck plans, and sections, although additional general arrangement drawings exist for some ships.

National Archives.gov

“I’m Just Sayin”

“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom,

and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up,

but a comedy in long-shot.”

“Failure is unimportant.

It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”

~ Herman Melville

“Thought for the Day”

“Only you can control your future.”

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”

“You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”

“The more that you read,

the more things you will know.

more that you learn,

the more places you'll go.”

~ Dr. Seuss

“What I Learned”

“If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill and don't know it.”

~ Anonymous

Second Hand News: Articles from Week 12 - March 22, 2021 - March 28, 2021

Former President Donald Trump slams Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and calls for Congress to investigate “gag order” on media border access • Former special adviser Stephen Miller slams morality of Biden’s policies “encouraging” traffickers to “savagely assault” migrants • “Are you confused?:” Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw and MSNBC host debate whether border is in crisis

Americans vastly overestimate the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19: Study • Biden administration spending $86M to house migrants in hotels • Here's who is leaving or has left Congress

Democrats to use carrots and sticks to get red states to embrace Obamacare Medicaid expansion • Big Tech CEOs to be grilled over disinformation and its role in Capitol riot • Who is Sister Jean, the 101-year-old college basketball chaplain?

MOST READ: Biden stumbles up steps of Air Force One months after breaking foot • Trump aides seeking jobs “blocked everywhere” • Biden's tax hike on “big business” will actually slap workers in the face Washington Examiner

Washington Post Accuses Trump Of A Crime Based On Fabricated Quotes • Sorry, Democrats, You Can’t Blame The Border Crisis On Trump • Once Pandemic Heroes, Democratic Governors Are Now Tyrannical Villains

Pennsylvania Republicans Refer Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf For Investigation Into Nursing Homes Scandal • Cuba And 63 Other Countries Defend Communist China’s Genocide Against The Uyghurs • Naperville, Illinois Superintendent Tries To Silence Community Over Critical Race Theory Training • California Bill Proposes Removing Cops Who Express Religious Or Conservative Beliefs

MOST READ: The U.S. Military Just Became A Political Attack Machine Against Joe Biden’s Opponents • ‘Bachelor’ Finale Host Emmanuel Acho Said The Same Thing Chris Harrison Got Canceled For • FIVE Ways To Use ‘Stimulus’ Hush Money To Fight Democrats’ Plans For Your Serfdom • It’s Time For Americans To Refuse To Trade With Slaveholders

Media Fabricated Fake Quotes From Trump’s Phone Call With Georgia Secretary Of State’s Office • Lapdog Corrupt Media Coverage Of Biden’s Carteresque Speech Is Embarrassing • Courts Repeatedly Refused To Consider Trump’s Election Claims On The Merits • Leftists Are Pushing Asian Americans Out Of The Democratic Party • NBC: Wear A Mask While Exercising And Showering. Maybe Even Two The Federalist

CORRUPTION CHRONICLES: Biden Border Disaster...BIG LAWSUIT on Capitol Police Officer’s Death • Judicial Watch Sues for Records of New York, Pennsylvania COVID-19 Nursing Homes Policies • Judicial Watch Sues Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for Communications with Big Tech on COVID-19

“Investigating the Investigators:” Judicial Watch Sues D.C. Medical Examiner for Autopsy of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick • Justice Department/FBI Are Compromised by Abuse of Trump

Judicial Watch: Federal Court Slams Potentially Illicit Sales of Body Parts of Aborted Fetuses - Orders Release of Additional Information on Organ Purchases Judicial Watch

MSNBC's Tiffany Cross To Republican Guest: “Don't Spit In My Face and Tell Me It's Raining” • Disgraced Brian Williams Promotes Disgraced Lincoln Project • NBC's Chuck Todd Warns Critics Not to Bash Genocidal China as “Rivalry Heats Up”

New York Times Buries Beach Erosion to Hype “Rising Sea” • “Letting My Hopes Up:” Illegal Immigrants Tell ABC, NBC Biden Is Why We Are Here • Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) Attack Atlanta Sheriff With Out-of-Context Quote About Asian Spa Shooter

New York Times, Joke of a Newspaper: Babylon Bee “Trafficked in Misinformation” Disguised as Satire

U.S. Government Should Further Limit Investments in China: Panel • How HR1 Would Change Elections: Infographic: What Republicans and Democrats Want to Change About Elections • Updates on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus: Former FDA Chief Says Social Distancing Mandate “Wasn’t Based on Clear Science” • Health of Children Receiving Virtual Learning Could Be Worsening: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • White House Giving Journalists ‘Zero Access’ to Border Patrol Operations: Photographer

Facebook Runs Ads for Products of Genocide in China • Crowds Protest COVID-19 Restrictions Across Europe • Evidence in U.S. Capitol Breach Could Support Sedition Charges: Federal Prosecutor • China’s State-of-the-Art Destroyer Sails Near Japan, Philippines Reports Chinese Flotilla’s Incursion • Biden Says He Will Visit Southern Border “At Some Point” The Epoch Times

Mr. Answer Man Please Tell Us: Solstice vs. Equinox: What’s the Difference?

March 20, 2021 is the first of two annual equinoxes. For the Northern Hemisphere, it’ll be the vernal equinox marking the first day of spring - while the Southern Hemisphere will welcome fall with the autumnal equinox.

Equinox isn’t just the technical term for a season change. The word derives from the Latin for equal night, which offers a clue about what actually happens during an equinox: daylight hours are roughly equal to darkness hours. Since the Earth rotates on an axis tilted at about 23.5 degrees, the North Pole is usually angled either slightly toward or slightly away from the sun.

If it’s angled toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere experiences longer days than nights; if it’s angled away from the sun, nights outlast days.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite occurs. But twice a year, neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun, so they both experience about 12 hours of night and 12 hours of daylight. At this point - the equinox - the sun appears directly overhead along the Equator.

Solstices, on the other hand, happen when the poles are at their farthest and nearest points from the sun.

During the winter solstice in late December, the North Pole is angled farthest away, and the Northern Hemisphere experiences the longest night of the year.

The sun will be right above the Tropic of Capricorn, the southernmost circle of latitude that the sun hits head-on.

Encyclopedia Britannica explains, the process is flipped for the summer solstice in late June.

The sun is directly above its northernmost circle of latitude - the Tropic of Cancer - because the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, so the Northern Hemisphere gets more daylight hours than any other time of the year.

The Southern Hemisphere, the South Pole is tilted away from the sun, so the Southern Hemisphere is sleeping through its longest night.

Mental Floss / Equinox, Solstice - Wikipedia / Encyclopedia Britannica / Earth Sky.org / Weather.gov / Time and Date / Quora / Solstice vs. Equinox: What’s the Difference? (YouTube)

NAVSPEAK aka U.S. Navy Slang

Senile Chief: Slang for Senior Chief.

Service Dress Beer: With the pre-NWU utility uniforms, the act of removing the shirt and untucking the T-shirt to hide the name tape above the pants pocket, in order to purchase alcohol on an off-base establishment.

When leaving base, only “essential” stops could be made in utilities, of which alcohol was not one of them. Like many such measures, this fooled absolutely nobody.

Service Dress Bozo: TService Dress Blue uniform with a bow tie worn by a junior officer to a formal event for which he was too cheap to buy a formal mess dress jacket.

SERP: Senior Enlisted Rest Period. The Chief is going to his rack for an hour or so after chow, sometimes includes a “drink”.

Set Zebra: Sex involving double or triple penetration.

Seven to Forever: The 0700-1200 watch, which is longer than the normal four hour watch.

Sewer Pipe Sailor: Diesel Submariner.

Wiktionary.org

Just for you MARINE

Semper Fi: Shortened version of “Semper Fidelis”, the motto of the Corps, Latin for “always faithful”. Can be used ironically, as in: “Semper Fi, Mac”, which basically means, “That's the breaks”, or “Too fucking bad”.

Semper Fu: Marine Corps martial arts.

Semper Gumby: Colloquialism denoting tactical flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances.

Semper I: Colloquialism denoting selfish or self-centered behavior.

Semper Sometimes: Appropriation of Semper Fi used to deride the part-time nature of service in the Marine Corps Reserve.

Wikipedia.org

Naval Aviation Squadron Nicknames

HSC-28 Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron TWO EIGHT - nicknamed the “Dragon Whales”

United States Navy Naval Air Station - Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC), Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC), Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia Expeditionary Squadron / Naval Station Norfolk - Norfolk, Virginia / Squadron Lineage: HC-8: December 03, 1970 - May 13, 2005 / HSC-28: May 13, 2005 - present

Where Did That Saying Come From?

“Clutch at straws:”

Meaning: Try any route to get out of a desperate situation, no matter how unlikely it is to succeed.

History: It is only since the mid-19th century that we have been clutching at straws. Even more recently, the 'grasp at straws' version has become commonplace, especially in the USA. Prior to that, desperate people would 'catch at a straw'.

That usage of 'catch' was commonly used in medieval England, by which was meant 'obtain/achieve'; for example, John Wycliffe used it in his 1382 translation of the Bible into English, in 1 Timothy 6:12:

“Stryve thou a good strif of feith, catche everlastyng lyf.”

By the 17th century, in the King James Version, this had migrated to:

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.”

Our present day ambitions are more prosaic and we only use that sense of 'catch' now to catch trains, buses and, occasionally, colds.

A straw was chosen as the height of futility as a means of rescue. Being, as it was, a flimsy and virtually valueless waste product, it was often used as a synonym for the most unimportant and trifling of objects. 'Don't give/care a straw' was an indication of indifference, a 'man of straw' was an insubstantial adversary, and to 'condemn someone to straw' was to declare them ready for the madhouse.

'To clutch at straws' is now used as a figurative phrase, to describe any desperate situation. When the expression was coined it specifically referred to drowning. The notion of a drowning man anxiously seeking 'any port in a storm' was first expressed by Sir Thomas More, in A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, 1534:

“A man in peril of drowning catchest whatsoever cometh next to hand... be it never so simple a stick.”.

More used the imagery on several occasions, but didn't mention straw in any of them. The 'catch at a straw' version of the proverb is first recorded in the English cleric John Prime's Fruitful and Brief Discourse, 1583:

“We do not as men redie to be drowned, catch at euery straw.”

The metaphor expresses futility rather well. Straws do float, but a drowning man would have to be pretty much out of other ideas if he put any reliance on it bearing his weight.

Moving on to the 19th century, 'catch' has fallen from favour and we find an early mention of the current 'clutch at straws' version in The New-York Mirror, 1832:

“.. as drowning men clutch at straws.”

On to the 21st century and you no longer need to be drowning or desperate to clutch at straws - straw clutch bags have become fashion items.

Phrases.org.uk

Science & Technology

United States establishes a dozen AI and quantum information science research centers • Watch amoebas solve a microscopic version of London’s Hampton Court Maze • To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees • A tiny fish takes on its predators - and wins, transforming the Baltic coast • Hidden webs of fungi protect some forests from drought—but leave others vulnerable Science AAAS

How cells can find their way through the human body • Demonstrating vortices as Brownian particles in turbulent flows

How bacteria adhere to fiber in the gut • Painting with bacteria could revolutionise wastewater treatment • Google conducts largest chemical simulation on a quantum computer to date Phys.org / MedicalXpress / TechXplore

Bizarre News (we couldn’t make up stuff this good - real news story)

Sly fox steals 100 shoes in Berlin, and he's not the first

“Why did the fox steal my shoes?” sounds like the start of a brain-teasing riddle or an annoyingly viral song. But for people in Berlin, it was an existential question spurred by the knowledge that a local fox was the culprit behind a string of shoe thefts.

About two weeks ago, Christian Meyer, a resident of Berlin's Zehlendorf neighborhood, noticed that one of his new and expensive running shoes had disappeared from his porch, and he decided to investigate the theft, German news site Tagesspiegel reported.

Meyer quickly learned that he was not the thief's only victim, and a tip helped him catch the fox bandit red-handed (or red-pawed) with two blue flip-flops in its mouth, according to Tagesspiegel. Days later, Meyer spotted the fox again; he followed it into a thicket, where Meyer crawled around for close to an hour. There, he discovered the fox's secret stash of more than 100 shoes, “most of them just gnawed on a little”, Tagesspiegel reported.

Meyer captured a photo of the thieving fox and its ill-gotten stash, which Tagesspiegel editor Felix Hackenbruch shared on Twitter. The shoe pile contained sneakers, clogs, sandals and slippers in a range of colors, shapes and sizes, though the most numerous shoes by far were Crocs.

Still unknown: Why the fox stole the shoes, and why this particular canid had a thing for Crocs. But this isn't the first time that an urban fox has demonstrated a seeming shoe fetish. In August 2019, a fox in Melbourne, Australia, repeatedly visited a woman's porch and stole three boots over the course of a week; the woman captured the thief's antics on security camera footage, which she posted on YouTube.

A pair of foxes in Kyoto, Japan, pilfered more than 40 pairs of sandals in 2018 before the duo was apprehended in a stakeout involving five police officers, The Guardian reported that year. In 2009, in the small town of Foehren in western Germany, a female fox stole about 110 to 120 shoes in just one night, presumably “for her cubs to play with”, according to Reuters. In 2013, a writer described waking up one morning in his London home to find that a fox had placed seven shoes in the middle of his lawn, “ranging in size from that of a toddler to an adult trainer.”

• Viral Video: What The Fox Actually Sounds Like

Live Science (08/30/2020)

Second Hand News: Articles from Week 12 - March 22, 2021 - March 28, 2021

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS: “A national disaster:” Trump slams Biden over border wall crisis after president blamed his predecessor and agreed to visit it: Overwhelmed Border Patrol start releasing migrants WITHOUT court dates • “The border is CLOSED:” Biden's DHS Secretary insists crisis is under control and migrants - except lone children - ARE being expelled as he repeatedly blames Trump for “dismantling safe and orderly immigration processes”

“It's a breach of national security not seen before in modern history:” Democrat Texas mayor slams Biden for doing nothing about immigration disaster that's left his small town swamped by 150 migrants a day • REVEALED: Nearly 1,000 unaccompanied children have been held at the border for more than 10 days

“It's not going to stop, ever:” Migrant apprehended by Border Patrol in Texas warns flood of asylum seekers will continue to worsen under Biden • White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki uses the “C-word”: Biden's press secretary slips up and admits to border “Crisis” • Trump “will return to social media in two or three months with his OWN platform and completely redefine the game”, advisor reveals

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes unannounced trip to Afghanistan and meets president amid looming deadline to withdraw troops • Iran is planning to kill Army vice chief of staff General Joseph M. Martin and bomb Fort McNair base where he lives in USS Cole-style attack, intercepts reveal: Military wants new buffer zone to keep terrorists away

San Francisco school board member refuses to resign for her 2016 tweets calling Asian Americans “house n****rs” who embrace “white supremacist thinking” to get ahead • Sex trafficked on Facebook: Victim reveals how predator sent her friend request, lured her at age 15 with promise of modeling job - then raped her and forced her to have sex with paying strangers

“You killed our mother and fathers, Cuomo:” Families of nursing home residents who died from COVID gather at memorial to demand governor is held accountable for “sending them to their deaths” • Miami Beach authorities are accused of racism as they extend curfew and state of emergency that black community say targets them: Cops make 1,000 arrests as rowdy spring break crowds “overwhelm” the city • Dr. Spot will see you now! Robotic dog with a camera allows doctors do a virtual exams of patients in isolation due to COVID-19

U.S. has secret evidence of UFOs breaking sound barrier without a sonic boom and performing moves humans don't have the technology for, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe reveals ahead of bombshell real X Files report Daily Mail

“Unprecedented Move:” Biden Administration Releasing “Illegal Border Crossers” Into U.S. Without Scheduling Court Dates At Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Sector, Fox News Reports • Photojournalist: Every President Has Allowed Me To Photograph CBP Border Operations Except Biden

Trump Unloads On Biden, “Pathetic” DHS Head Over Their Border Crisis: “Our Country Is Being Destroyed!” • “Six Inches From Each Other:” Bipartisan Group Of Senators Decry Child Migrant Facilities, Demand Press Access At Border

Senator Paul Accuses Fauci Of Lying, Blasts “Karen” Who Tattled On Him For Running On Treadmill Without Mask • Country Musician John Rich On Biden: “I Feel Like It’s Elder Abuse” To Mock Him, He “Looks Terrible“

WATCH: Illegal Immigrant Came To U.S. “Basically” Because Biden Was Elected, “Definitely Wouldn’t Do This” Under Trump • Biden Officials Blame Former President Trump For Crisis At Southern Border

San Francisco Officials Demand School Board Member Resign After She Claimed Asians Use ‘White Supremacist Thinking’ To ‘Get Ahead’ • Entire Georgetown Men’s Basketball Team, Coach Kneel For National Anthem Daily Wire