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#CLASSWAR | How The Banks Commit Property Fraud On Industrial Scale By Selling Your House From Under Your Feet

The Banks are using the #UKpolice #UKcourts #UKauctionHouses and 3rd party contractors to evict home owners and #criminalise, #arrest and #convict them to make a max profit, without any legal or financial justification against the mortgage payer.

#educate #organise #resist #SquatTheLot
#press #news #BreakingNews #UKbanks
youtu.be/ZDiDRFM56UU?si=Y3kK0g

#CLASSWAR | How The Banks Commit Property Fraud On Industrial Scale By Selling Your House From Under Your Feet

The Banks are using the #UKpolice #UKcourts #UKauctionHouses and 3rd party contractors to evict home owners and #criminalise, #arrest and #convict them to make a max profit, without any legal or financial justification against the mortgage payer.

#educate #organise #resist #SquatTheLot
#press #news #BreakingNews #UKbanks
youtu.be/ZDiDRFM56UU?si=Y3kK0g

A quotation from Victor Hugo

It was a characteristic of Jean Valjean that he might have been said to carry two bags: in one he kept his saintly thoughts, in the other the formidable talents of a convict. He dug into one or the other, depending on circumstances.
 
[Jean Valjean avait cela de particulier qu’on pouvait dire qu’il portait deux besaces; dans l’une il avait les pensées d’un saint, dans l’autre les redoutables talents d’un forçat. Il fouillait dans l’une ou dans l’autre, selon l’occasion.]

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 2 “Cosette,” Book 5 “Dark Hunt, Mute Mutts,” ch. 5 (2.5.5) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/74273/

WIST Quotations · Les Misérables, Part 2 "Cosette," Book 5 "Dark Hunt, Mute Mutts," ch. 5 (2.5.5) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)] - Hugo, Victor | WIST QuotationsIt was a characteristic of Jean Valjean that he might have been said to carry two bags: in one he kept his saintly thoughts, in the other the formidable talents of a convict. He dug into one or the other, depending on circumstances.   [Jean Valjean avait cela de particulier…

"The country’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, has spoken out against the pardons, as has the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote: 'Law and order? Back the blue? What happened to that [Republican Party]?' 'What happened [on January 6, 2021] is a stain on Mr. Trump’s legacy,' it wrote. 'By setting free the cop beaters, the President adds another.' ”
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#Trump #Convict #Imbecile #Felon

Letters from an American · January 22, 2025By Heather Cox Richardson

Starting as he means to go on: in his first few days, and with a “blitz of executive orders”, Trump is following the path set out for him by Project 2025 and its authors.

“Project 2025 made clear its intent to dismantle the federal government: ‘Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State.’”

verdict.justia.com/2025/01/23/

verdict.justia.comBehind Trump’s Executive Orders: Understanding Project 2025’s Master PlanAttorney Lauren Stiller Rikleen discusses the media’s response to Donald Trump’s executive orders at the start of his administration and their connection to Project 2025, a comprehensive plan to restr...

Today in Labor History January 18, 1788: The First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay, Australia, with 736 convicts from Great Britain. It took over 250 days to reach its destination. The penal colony became the first European settlement in Australia. Mary Bryant, with her husband, children and 6 other convicts escaped the colony and eventually returned to England. Many believe the British deliberately brought people carrying smallpox on the voyage in order to decimate the indigenous population.

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@TomWellborn and yes, #Musk is an incompetent asshole, cuz #CAwildfires are combatted by the best of the best, with #USFS's "#Helljumpers" on the ground.

I'd bet €500 that Musk won't pass basic firefighter training and be kicked out of my local fire brigade for being an antisocial asshole who cannot be trusted and noone would entrust him with their life.

  • Because in the end that's what makes or breaks an entire platoon of #firefighters: Either everyone is trusting each other to have their backs and help or they are incapable of anything.

I know that Musk will loose this bet if he were to take it at all (cuz he's a #coward!) because he lacks something he can't buy or get done for him:

  • Being a human being with actual empathy and a conciousness!

Seriously, Musk would not be allowed to even serve as #convict #firefighter because he's just a spoiled brat.

  • Sincerely, a fmr. Firefighter.

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#DOJ releases #Trump special counsel report on #Jan6 case

If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department …had ample evidence to #convict him at trial of trying to #obstruct the #2020election results, special counsel #JackSmith said in a report released early Tuesday morning.

#law
wapo.st/42dJP95

The Washington Post · Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 caseBy Perry Stein