NUNES: FBI FAILED TO INCLUDE ‘EXCULPATORY’ EVIDENCE IN CARTER PAGE FISAS

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes claims that the FBI and Justice Department omitted ‘exculpatory evidence’ on Carter Page in spy applications.

Nunes is investigating the FBI and DOJ for possible FISA abuse.

The Republican also claims that DOJ official Bruce Ohr will become ‘more and more important’ to his investigation.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes claimed Monday that the FBI and Justice Department failed to include exculpatory evidence in surveillance warrant applications against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

“There is exculpatory evidence that we have seen, of classified documents that need to be declassified,” Nunes said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

“Exculpatory in nature in what way? Exculpatory in what way?” Hannity asked.

“In that the Carter Page FISA when the judges should have been presented with this exculpatory evidence that the FBI and DOJ had,” Nunes replied.

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WCSO CAT Press Release

Moorman, Kellam and Wright
Incident: Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana
Date of Incident: August 2, 2018
Location: 300 block of Newton Street Salisbury, Maryland
Suspects:
Kizzy Lashawn Moorman, female, 36 years of age
Marcus Charles Kellam, male, 32 years of age
Trayshawn Wright, male, 22 years of age
Narrative:
In July 2018, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office Community Action Team (CAT) conducted an investigation into the distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances occurring at a residence in the 300 block of Newton Street Salisbury, Maryland. This investigation culminated with the execution of a search and seizure warrant at that residence on August 2, 2018.
During the execution of the warrant (3) three occupants of the residence were identified as Kizzy Lashawn Moorman, Marcus Charles Kellam, and Trayshawn Wright. While Deputies and Officers were securing the residence, one of the occupants discarded an object containing crack cocaine out of one of the windows, almost striking a Deputy who was standing on the perimeter of the residence. A search of the residence revealed an additional amount of crack cocaine, 146 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, packaging material, and $975.00 in cash. Moorman and Kellam were both charged with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, and Wright was charged with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, and related charges. All three subjects were released to the Wicomico County Detention Center.
Charges:
Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine (Moorman and Kellam)
Possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of marijuana (Wright)



Mathias and Dale
Incident: Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine, possession of Heroin, and Possession with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana
Date of Incident: August 3, 2018
Location: 7400 block of Rachel Lane Parsonsburg, Maryland
Suspects:
Jermaine Michael Mathias, male, 40 years of age
Rodney Lee Dale, male, 26 years of age
Narrative:
During the course of the last several months, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office Community Action Team (CAT) conducted an investigation into the distribution of controlled dangerous substances in the Parsonsburg and Pittsville areas of Wicomico County. This investigation was in response to numerous complaints from members of the community regarding this activity.
During the course of the investigation, Deputies identified Jermaine Michael Mathias as the suspect involved. Deputies were able to establish that Mathias was living at a residence in the 7400 block of Rachel Lane Parsonsburg, Maryland. During the early morning hours of August 3, 2018, Deputies executed a Search and Seizure Warrant at this residence. Once inside the residence, Deputies identified Jermaine Mathias and Rodney Dale as two of the occupants.
During a search of the residence, in accordance to the guidelines set forth in the Search Warrant, Deputies located 39 grams of suspected cocaine, 172 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, packaging materials, cutting agents, sifters and grinders, approximately 1 gram of heroin, and an amount of currency. As a result of the investigation, Deputies arrested Jermaine Mathias and Rodney Dale. Both subjects were released to the Wicomico County Detention Center.
Charges:
Mathais - Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Heroin, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Ammunition by a person prohibited.
Dale - Possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of marijuana.

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Wicomico County Fair returns to WinterPlace Park Aug. 17-19

SALISBURY, Md. - The Wicomico Farm & Home Show and Wicomico County are proud to announce the return of the Wicomico County Fair, Aug. 17-19 at WinterPlace Park. This year’s event will celebrate 82 years of fair traditions, and is presented by Perdue Farms and the Pohanka Automotive Group.

The Wicomico County Fair serves to showcase the importance of agriculture on the Eastern Shore in a family-friendly atmosphere while celebrating the culture, heritage and talents of our community. Fair events include livestock showings, educational poultry exhibits, petting farm, horse shows, Maryland High School Rodeo, Mason-Dixon Deputies-sanctioned mounted shooting competition, skid steer / excavator competition, car and motorcycle shows, baking and craft competitions, carnival rides, 5’ fry pan, live music and more.

A fireworks show, sponsored by Perdue, will take place on Friday evening around 9 p.m. 

New additions to this year’s lineup include the Chase the Chicken 3K, Wing War and cornhole tournaments. The Chase the Chicken 3K Fun Run & Walk will take place Saturday morning. Competitors who cross the finish line before the “chicken” receive a complimentary chicken dinner from the Lions Club 5’ Fry Pan. Costumes are encouraged, with awards given for “best farmer” and “best egg.” Early registration is available now and regular registration will be available on-site.

Wing War will take place Saturday from 3-6 p.m., giving festival attendees the opportunity to sample competitors’ wings and vote for their favorite. Wing War tickets will be available on-site.

The Salisbury Jaycees will host cornhole tournaments at the Fair throughout the weekend. The tournament entry fee is $10 per team, with 50 percent of each tournament’s fees going to the winner. Registration will be available on-site.

Other new events at this year’s Fair include the Wicomico County Fair Queen Pageant, 4-H Fashion Review, and watermelon seed spitting and watermelon eating contests.

For a complete schedule of events, visit www.WicomicoFair.com.

“I am very proud to announce that in our first three years we exceeded all expectations in regards to attendance and programming,” said Zach Evans, Wicomico County Fair chair. “This year, we are excited to enhance our program offerings through our new partnership with Wicomico County, and continue to highlight the lifestyle and culture on the Lower Eastern Shore. We would also like to thank our numerous partners, including but not limited to the University of Maryland Extension, 4-H, FFA, Wicomico County Executive’s Office, Wicomico County Council and the City of Salisbury.”

To usher in this year’s Fair, a foot bridge dedication will be held at 1:15 p.m. and the Carriage House will be dedicated at 1:30 p.m., followed by the Fair’s ribbon cutting ceremony at 2 p.m.

Admission and parking at the Fair is free. For more information, visit www.WicomicoFair.com.

Crock Pot Cooking -- great site

Summer is moving by very quickly and it won't be long till the cool weather is back.

Here is a great site I discovered many years ago that has been revived... a VERY handy site for crockpot fans!

Crock Pot Cooking

Artificial intelligence programs take computer hacking to another level

The nightmare scenario for computer security - artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses - may already have arrived.

That warning from security researchers is driven home by a team from IBM Corp. who have used the artificial intelligence technique known as machine learning to build hacking programs that could slip past top-tier defensive measures. The group will unveil details of its experiment at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

State-of-the-art defenses generally rely on examining what the attack software is doing, rather than the more commonplace technique of analyzing software code for danger signs. But the new genre of AI-driven programs can be trained to stay dormant until they reach a very specific target, making them exceptionally hard to stop.

No one has yet boasted of catching any malicious software that clearly relied on machine learning or other variants of artificial intelligence, but that may just be because the attack programs are too good to be caught.

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Among Democrats, the Clinton name is starting to stink

You'd think this would be catbird-seat time for Bill Clinton.

His ideological style of Democrats – the moderates – are winning primaries and special elections these days in Congress. And unlike President Obama, Clinton and his presidency are remembered for prosperity, including all the jobs that were created. Theoretically, that's something Democrats should be able to point to with pride, given all the embarrassment the Obama record presents in stark contrast to President Trump.

Somehow, that's not happening.

Democrats are moving away from Bill Clinton like a bad smell. In New Hampshire, which up until now has been one of Clinton's strongest states, a name inextricably linked to some of Clinton's strongest political successes, as the Boston Globe notes, grassroots Democrats have yanked Clinton's name from the masthead of a big Democratic Party fundraiser, changing the whole thing to the hoary name of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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New Leader Today In White Marlin Tournament, 83 pounds

8/9/18

Under Dog Virginia Beach, VA

Gregory Giron Virginia Beach, VA More updates HERE.

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$2,600,000.00

Big Labor Kills Missouri Right-To-Work Law

Missouri Democrats and unions celebrated Tuesday night after voters rejected and nullified the state’s right-to-work law passed by the legislature last year.

Roughly two-thirds of Missourians voted to repeal right-to-work protections that prevented employers and unions from forcing individuals to join a union or pay agency fees as a condition of employment. The vote was a setback for Republicans in the solidly red state, The Washington Post reports.

“At a time when working families are struggling because wages are stagnant and health care and education costs are soaring, nobody should be forced to pay union dues,” a spokeswoman for GOP senate candidate Josh Hawley’s campaign told WaPo in an email.

The state referendum, known as Proposition A, gave state residents the chance to overturn the legislation passed by the state legislature in February 2017. Under Missouri law, legislation can be subjected to a referendum if 100,000 residents sign a petition supporting the challenge. Unions pulled together 310,000 signatures, temporarily blocking the law from taking effect until after the vote, CNN reports.

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5 charged in multimillion dollar counterfeiting scheme following ICE HSI investigation

NEW YORK — Five Queens residents were charged Tuesday pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York’s Border Enforcement Task Force (BEST). This investigation, worked by HSI special agents and taskforce members from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) resulted in the arrest of five individuals conspiring to traffic in more than $70 million worth of counterfeit Nike Air Jordans. Miyuki Suen, Jian Min Huang, Songhua Qu, Kin Lui Chen, and Fangrang Qu are charged with importing hundreds-of-thousands of athletic shoes from China into the United States. Once those shoes arrived, the defendants and other co-conspirators affixed counterfeit Nike-trademarked logos to those shoes in New York, and sold the now-counterfeit Air Jordans in the United States.

“These five individuals are alleged to have been a part of a large scale counterfeiting scheme, importing nearly a half million pairs of knock-off Nike sneakers,” said Angel M. Melendez, special agent in charge for HSI New York. “These counterfeiting networks can be both detrimental to our economy and threaten our national security, and HSI will continue to take every measure in investigating and dismantling these organizations.”

“The five defendants in this case allegedly counterfeited over $70 million in fake Nike shoes and sold them to buyers on the U.S. market. I commend our law enforcement partners for helping to bring today’s charges, which send a clear message to would-be counterfeiters: ‘Just don’t do it,’” said Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,

As alleged in the complaint, from at least in or about January 2016 up to and including in or about July 2018, Suen, Huang, Songhua Qu, Kin Lui Chen, and Fangrang Qu, imported at least 42 shipping containers holding an estimated more than 380,000 pairs of sneakers from China. These sneakers were manufactured to resemble Nike Air Jordans. Once these shoes arrived, Suen, Huang, Songhua Qu, Chen, and Fangrang Qu, added trademarked logos to the shoes, rendering them counterfeit. Suen, Huang, Songhua Qu, Kin Lui Chen, and Fangrang Qu then stored the counterfeit Nike Air Jordans in multiple storage units and warehouses in New York City and elsewhere.

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Berlin Little League Smokes Pennsylvania

The Berlin Little League team just won their game 6 to 0. Congratulations Berlin!!!

The Trump Rule’s Congressional Reform Act of 2018

1 – NO TENURE / NO PENSION. A Congressman/Woman, collects a salary while in office and receives No Pay when they’re Out Of Office. No More Perks Go With Them.

2 – Congressman/Woman (Past, Present & Future) participate in Social Security. All Funds in the Congressional Retirement Fund Move To The Social Security System Immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security System and Congress participates with the American People. It may not be used for any other purposes.

3 – Congress must purchase their own Retirement Plan, just as all Americans do.

4 – Congress will No Longer Vote Themselves a Pay Increase.
Congressional Pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5 – Congress loses their current Healthcare System and participates
in the same Healthcare System as the American People.

6 – Congress must equally abide by all the Laws they impose on the
American People.

7 – All contracts with Past and Present Congressman/Woman are Void.

The American People did not make this Contract with Congressmen/Women. Congress made all these Contracts For Themselves. Serving in Congress is an Honor, Not a Career. The Founding Fathers envisioned Citizen Legislators should serve their Terms, then go home and go back to work and not get all kinds of Freebies!

NO WONDER THEY’RE FIGHTING EVERYTHING HE TRIES!

August 10th Delmar VFW Grilled Pork Chop Dinner

The public is invited to join the Delmar VFW Auxiliary for a Grilled Pork Chop Dinner from 6 - 8 p.m. on Friday, August 10, at the VFW Post, 200 West State Street, Delmar, MD.

The menu will include a large savory grilled pork chop that has been marinated for over 24 hours, a tossed salad with choice of dressings, a baked potato with butter and/or sour cream, choice of succotash or broccoli with melted cheese, a dinner roll, and iced tea. Desserts will also be available.

The cost is $12 per person. A 50/50 raffle will also be held. Call 410-896-3722 after 6 p.m. for carry outs. Proceeds will benefit the many local charities and organizations supported by the Delmar VFW Auxiliary.

ICE removes rape suspect wanted in Mexico ****And the Liberals want to get rid of ICE?****

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Monday a fugitive citizen of Mexico, who was wanted by authorities in his home country for rape and robbery.

“The apprehension of foreign fugitives in the United States continues to be a high priority for ICE,” said Simona L. Flores, field office director of ERO Philadelphia. “The United States will not be a safe haven to those seeking sanctuary for crimes committed in their home country.”

Francisco Javier Diaz-Lua, 28, entered the United States on an unknown date and place without inspection or parole by an immigration officer.

On June 23, 2016, the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) arrested Mr. Diaz-Lua and issued him a notice and order of expedited removal and removed him to Mexico on the following day.

On an unknown date, he re-entered the United States without being admitted or paroled.

On May 30, 2018, ERO Philadelphia’s York sub-office arrested Mr. Diaz-Lua without incident and issued him a notice of intent/decision to reinstate prior order of removal.

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OCPD: Do you know this person?

Do you know this person? Officers are asking for assistance in identifying this suspect. He was seen exposing himself to minors in an indoor pool at a hotel in the area of 21st Street yesterday, August 7, at approximately 1 p.m. He is described as a male in his 40's with a muscular build and a tattoo on his back covering his right shoulder. He was seen wearing dark blue swim trunks and black sneakers with white soles. If you have any information, please email PFC Gutowski atagutowski@oceancitymd.gov or call our Crime Tip Hotline number at 410-520-5136. You can also leave an anonymous tip at oceancitymd.gov/police.

WikiLeaks legal team ‘considering’ offer for Julian Assange to testify before Senate Intelligence Committee

WikiLeaks said Wednesday its legal team is “considering” whether to allow founder Julian Assange to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, posting a letter it says is from committee leadership.

The letter, dated Aug. 1, says the committee is requesting Assange make himself “available for a closed interview with bipartisan Committee staff at a mutually agreeable time and location.” The letter is signed by Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va.

A spokeswoman for Burr declined to comment about the authenticity of the letter.

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Driver Gets 17-Year Sentence For Theft, 16-Mile Route 113 Chase

SNOW HILL — A Salisbury man who led allied law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase in the wrong direction on Route 113 was found guilty this week and sentenced to over 17 years in jail.

Last October, Garland Moss, 50, of Salisbury, reportedly stole a flat-screen television from the Wal-Mart in Pocomoke, causing Pocomoke Police to give chase as the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. Pocomoke Police pursued Moss’s vehicle as it headed north on Route 113 toward Berlin.

Pocomoke Police dropped their chase efforts when Moss traveled out of the municipality’s jurisdiction and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office took up the pursuit. Moss’s vehicle headed north on Route 113 in the southbound lanes for several miles with speeds reaching in excess of 100 mph with Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies in pursuit.

Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies were able to disable Moss’s vehicle by blowing out its tires, but Moss continued to travel north in the southbound lanes. By then, the chase had covered 16 miles from where it began in Pocomoke before Moss’s vehicle burst into flames. Sheriff’s deputies were able to extricate Moss from the burning vehicle when it came to rest on the shoulder of Route 113 in the area of the Worcester County Technical High School.

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California's Holy Fire suspect arrested, allegedly warned 'this place will burn'

A man arrested in connection with a Southern California wildfire that has burned 12 cabins and led to some evacuations reportedly had warned in an email: “This place will burn.”

Officials at the Cleveland National Forest said 51-year-old Forrest Gordon Clark was booked Wednesday on suspicion of two counts of felony arson, and one count each of felony threat to terrorize and misdemeanor resisting arrest.

He was arrested in connection with the so-called Holy Fire, which has burned more than 6 square miles in the Santa Ana Mountains.

Clark, according to The Orange County Register, owns a cabin in the area of the fires, and he sent the email to Volunteer Fire Chief Mike Milligan warning: “this place will burn.”

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DECADES OF MISMANAGEMENT TURNED US FORESTS INTO ‘SLOW-MOTION TIME BOMBS’

Wildfire experts say poor management, not global warming, is the major reason behind worsening wildfires.
Forester Bob Zybach warned decades ago that environmental regulations and less logging would make fires worse.
The Trump administration is doing more active management of lands, but is it enough?

Bob Zybach feels like a broken record. Decades ago he warned government officials allowing Oregon’s forests to grow unchecked by proper management would result in catastrophic wildfires.

While some want to blame global warming for the uptick in catastrophic wildfires, Zybach said a change in forest management policies is the main reason Americans are seeing a return to more intense fires, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and California where millions of acres of protected forests stand.

“We knew exactly what would happen if we just walked away,” Zybach, an experienced forester with a PhD in environmental science, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

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