![]() I did one where there was no response, we asked the landlord (it was an assisted care facility for emotionally disturbed persons, sort of a halfway house.) To let us in, they tried, but he had, without permission, changed the locks. In WA, the only thing you can do on a “Wellness check” is to go knock on their door, if there’s no response, you can go to the shift supervisor, who calls the family member, and gets permission to force the door, you get the fire department to bring their door tool out, pop the door, and see if there’s a body inside. These are often checking up on people who are either elderly, or have some mental or psychological issue, and often people who have had a history of self-harm. Now, it’s quite possible that no one will be punished for violation of the PELOSI act either, but hey, we can hope.Īs a cop, I was semi-frequently involved in what was called “wellness checks.” These are things where some family member, often states away, calls your police department or emergency services (911) and says “we haven’t heard from little Joey in three weeks, and he’s not answering phone, email, etc… can we get someone to make sure he’s still alive?” or variations on that theme. Ironically no one has ever been punished for this. The Act also prohibited Members of Congress and other covered officials from using nonpublic information for personal gain, and it established new penalties for insider trading by these individuals. It’s worth noting that there is no penalty for late filing… leading some swamp creatures to file YEARS late, with no ramifications. The STOCK Act amended financial disclosure laws to require Members of Congress and certain other federal officials to disclose their financial transactions within 45 days of the transaction, rather than annually as had previously been required. ![]() Currently, the only “rule” against this is the STOCK Act, or Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, which was passed in 2012 in response to concerns about insider trading by Members of Congress. The high point on that is one-quarter of congress actively traded in stocks and made a combined $788 million in a market where everyone else was taking losses. Here’s a link to how widespread this rot is. While she’s one of my favorite people to hate, she’s not anywhere near alone in this stuff. It’s the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act. The real fun though is the name of the bill. Considering the fact that those guys are also the people that have a significant input on the value of stocks, based on laws that they pass, investigations that they start and so on, it’s stuff that would get anyone else arrested for “insider trading” yet, they are allowed to do this stuff with impunity. Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill that would ban members of congress from trading and owning stocks. Hopefully, they can use them to make some good Russians.Īlso, at the end of last month, there was some fun with force in the Senate. The only good thing to come from this is that we’re giving our toys to Ukraine. But it is, and has been vital for any place we fight that has big rivers or other brown water (cough eastern Europe, cough China, cough South China Sea). Riverine warfare isn’t COOL, it’s not going to get your name talked about in high places, and it’s not going to give you your next star, or a place on some Board in some beltway bandit. ![]() One of Sal’s favorite hobby horses is the stuff that isn’t “transformational” or sexy but is proven stuff that we need to win, and no one seems to care about. The short form is that while OUR Navy is being even more stupid than usual, at least someone is getting hooked up by it. Last month, one of my usual suspects, CDR Salamander wrote an article that I want to mention and recommend. Now a lot of today’s stuff is going to be on police forces and other government force, but there are a few little pieces of interest that I want to mention, and clear out of my “grist for the next post file” before it gets so old as to be irrelevant. We’re going to talk about force again because that little five-letter word plays such a big role in our lives. ![]() (there’s that physics again) it takes more to move something with more inertia, as you know, so we were scrambling. ![]() Well, this blog has been running for a while now, so it has some inertia. Oh, and sorry about us being closed for a bit last week, seems our supporting infrastructure WordPress decided to do some moving and reengineering, leaving their customers (my publisher among them) to “figure it out and move yourself.” Hey, you know where the stuff is, pour yourself something, and get me one of those beers while you’re at it if you would. ![]()
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