I think so, Brain … but do we want to take advice from someone with missing fingers?
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I’m Not Making This Up, You Know
So we will now have formal relations with two of the taxonomic kingdoms, but not the other five: Bacteria, Archaea, Protozoa, Chromista, and Fungi.
Perhaps this should have been a Don’t Know Much About Biology post.
Second Star to the Right …
… and straight on ’til morning. Just follow Tinker Bell. This image from the ESO‘s Very Large Telescope shows a rare merger of three galaxies. The system, which bears a resemblance to Tinker Bell, is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy.
The image is a multi-band composite of infrared data from the VLT combined with archive images from Hubble. The VLT data allowed astronomers to not only see the two previously known galaxies, but to identify a third, an irregular, massive galaxy that seems to form stars at a frantic rate.
Image Credit: ESO
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
As the TKPOTD for seven years ago today noted, Brett Kimberlin often has had difficulty complying with deadlines for filing court papers.
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The docket on PACER does not show that any opposition to my motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim has been filed in the Kimberlin v. Team Themis, et al. RICO 2: Electric Boogaloo. Given that the deadline for filing any opposition was last Friday, it appears that the motion is now unopposed.
Stay tuned.
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I filed two motions to dismiss in that case. One was for improper venue; the other was for failure to state a claim. The court granted both motions, effectively ruling that Kimberlin’s LOLsuit was not only bogus, but filed in a court that didn’t have jurisdiction .
Incompetent is as incompetent does.
Quote of the Day
Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
—Ralph Ellison
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but if cosmic inflation in the universe is caused by dark energy, is economic inflation caused by dark money?
Spiral Galaxy IC 5332, Hubble, and Webb
These views of IC 5332 were taken in visible light by Hubble and mid infrared by the MIRI camera on the JWST.
Credits
Images: ESA / NASA / CSA / J. Lee / PHANGS-JWST / PHANGS-HST
Music: Stellardrone – Twilight
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Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
All of Team Kimberlin’ LOLsuits failed because they were never able to put together a logically consistent narrative that alleged all the elements of a tort. The TKPOTD for seven years ago today examine one fatal error in one false narrative.
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The real caption of the RICO 2: Electric Boogaloo LOLsuit is Kimberlin v. Hunton & Williams LLP, et al. Hunter & Williams LLP is a large law firm, but they are not representing themselves. They have hired Williams & Connolly LLP to handle the suit.
This is footnote 9 in the H&W motion to dismiss,
The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin waited until after the statute of limitations had run before filing his complaint against the people and organization he imagines conspired against him. He didn’t allege that ManTech, PNNL, Bill Nickless, or I were part of that original conspiracy. He’s opportunistically dragged us into the case to try to have some sort of continuity to the supposed plot. Of course, if ManTech, PNNL, Mr. Nickless, and I were never part of the conspiracy, it doesn’t make sense that we acted on its behalf.
But logic has never been one of the strong points in TDPK’s LOLsuits.
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And he dragged me in after having already lost an earlier case against me in which he could have alleged all of his claims against me in the RICO 2 case, but the doctrine of res judicata precluded litigation of those claims. Further, by including me in the alleged conspiracy, the res judicata shield I enjoyed also protected those alleged co-conspirators.
Incompetent is as incompetent does.
BTW, Res Judicata coffee mugs and other goodies are available at The Hogewash Store.
Quote of the Day
The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.
—Harold Pinter
Those Gas Leaks
Gas is leaking into the Baltic Sea from two of Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines. Several sources, including officials in Denmark, Sweden, and Poland, have suggested (so far without citing any evidence) that the damage to the pipelines was deliberate.
It may be sabotage. Or it may be Russian incompetence. Given the country’s culture of corruption, were the welds in the pipeline all properly inspected? Were all the joints properly treated with anti-corrosion material?
Were they pipelines built with explosive charges to be used to cut them in time of war? If so, did they go off accidentally? Or on purpose?
And is the timing purely coincidental?
I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don’t trust coincidences.
—Elim Garak
‘Tis a puzzlement.
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but now that we know we can deflect an asteroid if we hit it with enough mass, what politicians could we use for mission ballast?
Dimorphos
These are the final images of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos taken by the DRACO camera about the DART spacecraft as it crashed into Dimorphos. The moonlet is only about 170 m (560 ft) in diameter, making it one of the smallest astronomical objects that has been given a permanent name. Early telemetry suggests that DART hit within 17 m of dead center.
Video Credit: NASA / APL
I’m Not Making This Up, You Know
You know, I might be interested in an electric car that keeps going when the power is out for a week.
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
Brett Kimberlin testified under oath in October, 2016, that he was working with the federal government on “election security.”
I’m working with the Department of Justice right now to protect the, this coming election. There’s been a lot of information about hacking by Russians.
There are also indications that he was involved with Ukrainian interests associated with the Democrats and the now-deposed Poroshenko regime. The TKPOTD for three years ago looked at one of Kimberlin’s Ukrainian connections.
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One of the Kimberlin-related websites that has recently disappeared was manafortwatch dot org. The site had an … um … interesting history. Here are the first few lines of the domain’s WHOIS data:
Domain Name: MANAFORTWATCH.ORG
Registry Domain ID: D189396510-LROR
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.whois.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2019-08-30T08:10:23Z
Creation Date: 2016-07-19T01:06:01Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2020-07-19T01:06:01Z
… and here is the site’s hosting history:
The domain was registered through GoDaddy on 10 August, 2016 and initially hosted on a GoDaddy server (50.63.202.34), but two days later, it was moved to the Fintel Associates server (209.188.0.218) that hosts the Justice Through Music Project and Protect Our Elections websites. On 10 August, 2019, the site was moved back to a GoDaddy server (184.168.221.90), and on 1 September, it was taken down well before the expiration date for the registration.
Here’s the interesting thing about that timeline. The domain was registered one week before the New York Times broke the story of the Ukrainian ledger detailing payments made to Manafort. It seems that someone with insider knowledge of the Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau’s claims about the ledger was involved in registering the domain.
We know that Alexandra Chalupa was working through her Ukrainian contacts to dig up dirt on Manafort. We know that she was working with Kimberlin through that time period.
Hmmmmm.
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Yeah, hmmmmm.
Quote of the Day
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
—Casey Stengel
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but no one took any of the pumpkin spice Brussels sprouts.
Meanwhile, at the Galaxy’s Center …
Video Credit: ESO
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
I have no Idea how much revenue Brett Kimberlin generated from the DONATE buttons on his websites. However, based on his multiple LOLsuit claims that I’ve used Hogewash! to trick the Gentle Readers in to giving me vast sums of money, I do know that it really gets under Kimberlin’s skin if you hit my Tip Jar. I’m also sure he feels the same way when folks click on my podcasting partner Stacy McCain’s Big Yellow Button.
Quote of the Day
Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.
—Oscar Wilde
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
i think so, Brain … but when so politicians finally get a idea, they usually get it wrong.
LMC in IR and Radio
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite of the Milky Way containing about 30 billion stars. In this combined radio and near infrared view the LMC’s cool and warm dust are shown in green and blue, respectively, and hydrogen gas in red. The image is composed of data from the European Space Agency Herschel and Planck missions; two retired NASA missions, the Infrared Astronomy Survey and Cosmic Background Explorer; and the ground-based Parkes, ATCA, and Mopra radio telescopes.
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
This episode of Blognet first ran seven years ago today.
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MUSIC: Theme. Intro and fade under.
NARRATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
MUSIC: Up, then under …
NARRATOR: You’re a Detective Sergeant. You’re assigned to Internet Detail. A cyberstalker is threatening individuals with a copyright lawsuit. Your job … get the facts.
MUSIC: Up then under …
ANNOUNCER: Blognet … the documented drama of an actual case. For the next few minutes, in cooperation with the Twitter Town Sheriff’s Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the good guys through an actual case transcribed from official files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Blognet is the story of the good guys in action.
MUSIC: Up and out.
SOUND: Footsteps in hallway.
FRIDAY: It was Tuesday, September 1st. It was a pleasant late summer day in Maryland. We were working the day watch out of Internet Detail. My partner’s Liz Smith. The Boss is Twitter Town Sheriff W. J. J. Hoge. My name’s Friday. It was 7:24 am when I entered Room S-121. Internet Detail. Continue reading
Quote of the Day
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
—Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but what this country needs is a President that people will wave at with all five fingers.
The Other Podcast
Stacy McCain, Dianna Deeley, and I will be at our mics at 7 pm ET for the next episode of the The Other Podcast Live. Join us on Podbean.
Likely topics include Presidents, Prosecutors, and Crazy People Are Dangerous™.
107:Presidents, Prosecutors and Crazy People Are Dangerous™ – The Other Podcast
Stacy McCain, John Hoge, and Dianna Deeley discuss the week's news.