Nobody is above the law!

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
First of all, SCOTUS declared the incumbent president above the law, so at least one person in the US is above the law.

A search of recent news gets many results echoing claims made in this recent post to BBQ. However all of the sources cited in the search results are either obscure or social media (in other words, it’s gone viral). Certainly at least one, if not all, well known news sources would report on such an explosive story. Instead nothing, so I thought this post was worth a fact check, and I found one by “Tech ARP” with the following reporting. Make of it what you will. Here are relevant excerpts:

“Some people are claiming or suggesting that 7 states have filed criminal referrals against Anthony Fauci and other top officials for COVID crimes. Some even claim that those states are calling for, or even pursuing, criminal charges against Fauci and other officials!”

“Let me start by pointing out that the criminal referrals against Dr. Anthony Fauci, and other top officials involved in the US COVID-19 pandemic response, were not filed by any state, never mind 7 of them.

Instead, they appear to have been filed by the Vires Law Group, which appears to be a South Florida-based law firm that specialises in civil litigation.

Anyone can file a criminal complaint, or a criminal referral, with the police or any US district attorney. You don’t even have to be a lawyer, or law firm, to do that.”

“It appears that the Vires Law Group has filed multiple criminal referrals since at least 2023, but despite their prolific efforts, no attorney general or district attorney in the United States has ever filed criminal charges against Dr. Anthony Fauci, or as far as I can tell – anyone else on the list either.”

“On the other hand, a coalition of 17 state attorneys general led by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson say that they’re investigating Dr. Fauci’s role in the US government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after President Biden gave him a blanket pardon.”

“Notably, those 17 state attorneys general still have not filed criminal charges against Dr. Fauci, as of 11 April 2025. That usually indicates they have not found “violations of state laws“, or they would have taken “appropriate action to ensure justice is served.“

In addition, this investigation by those state attorneys general appear to be limited to Dr. Fauci, and does not involve any of the other people mentioned in the criminal referrals by the Vires Law Group.”

Hand’s Off!

Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post
File this post in your ‘why Trump won’ file.
The link below deals with a MALE SEX-OFFENDER who posed as a 15-YR. OLD HIGH SCHOOL GIRL and tried to register for classes in a Portland public school.  The crazies at KGW make no mention of the FACT that this is a MAN.  They say this is a WOMAN posing as a GIRL. (You can’t make this woke sh*t up)
I’m not sure who is more insane, the news anchors ‘reporting’ this with straight faces or the MALE SEX-OFFENDER pretending to be a 15 yr. old girl.
As a whole, as a culture, Portland fuels the flames of this anti-science insanity. From ‘covid’ to big farma hormone shots for children, science and common sense are tossed out the window in Wokeland.
For example, before being allowed into a Portland hospital last year, I was asked what my gender was. I am obviously a man. I answered ‘woman’. I’m not sure which gender the woke droid wrote on her paper, but I hope she didn’t misgender me! I was identifying as a woman that day, and all women are to be believed!
I went to an eye appointment two months ago, walked into the office and the receptionist asked if I was Jamal. I answered, ‘Do I look like Jamal?’ (I am obviously white) Then for my ‘preferred language’ I wrote Swahili. Sadly, nobody spoke Swahili to me while I was there.
My favorite example is the “MY BODY MY CHOICE” abortion-advocate crowd. When folks like me who wouldn’t shoot the ‘covid’ mRNA-frankenjunk started saying ‘MY BODY MY CHOICE’ those well-principled abortion advocates stood right by our sides and agreed that the gov’t had no right to tell us what to do with our bodies! OH WAIT!!!! That’s NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL! Instead, the abortion-advocates ABANDONED THAT PRINCIPLE!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT SEE “MY BODY MY CHOICE” signs from NARAL or whomever at pro-abortion events anymore, because THAT CROWD HAS ZERO PRINCIPALS, evidenced by their prompt abandonment of a human’s right to individual bodily autonomy during the viral release and engineered shutdown from Musk/Fauci/Gates/CIA/Rothschilds.
The crazy goes on: I have a friend who is a private investigator in Portland. She interviews sex offenders, rapists, murderers etc., is in high demand, etc. She also does extensive background checks, and applied for a gig with the Multnomah County Sheriff Department to do background checks on applicants. The man and woman who interviewed her were obviously a man and a woman. Like super obvious. The woketards in county gov’t MADE IT A RULE THAT THEY MUST USE THEIR PRONOUNS WHEN DOING INTERVIEWS. Yup, this male and female longtime multco sheriff dept employees were mandated to introduce themselves with their pronouns by the cooks in county gov’t. My PI friend thought it was a joke, that there must be a hidden camera somewhere. She did NOT use her pronouns as she is OBVIOUSLY A WOMAN. If these woke folk could throw us in jail for misgendering them and for not using pronouns they sure as hell would. These pronoun folks in county gov’t who did the above are authoritarian fascists, as defined in a post on this site weeks back.
Back to trans: I am in contact with trans folks daily when in Wokeland; at ATT, Safeway, the bank, Starbucks. There are LOTS of trans folks pouring in from all over the country.  And most are very, very nice people.  Perhaps a bit neurotic, as that crowd (still) loves wearing splash-guard surgical masks (that don’t stop viral transmission) in higher numbers than the average citizen, but overall the trans folks I come in contact with are very, very nice people.
And the ‘reporting’ from KGW below does NOT help their cause; nor does allowing men to play in girls sports help the trans cause. It only causes division as it is insanely UNFAIR and against Title 9 to demand that CONFUSED MEN COMPETE WITH GIRLS. (Funny how trans folks have yet to penetrate college womens basketball and softball. I wonder why that is? Because there is TOO MUCH MONEY INVOLVED, so they target girls high school sports and collegiate girls sports that don’t make much money for the skools and networks, like swimming and track.
The whole trans craziness is actually a divide and conquer operation in my view, and the banksters and tech bros pushing it care as much about trans folks as Bud Light does Dylan Mulvaney. And the entire trans insanity does NOT do any good to gays and lesbians, and many in those communities who are honest will tell you that they hate getting caught up in the trans stuff. That’s been a thing for decades actually.
That the percentage of ‘gay’ high schoolers has gone from 10% or whatever to 30% or whatever is not a naturally occurring event in my view, but an ‘algorythym plant’ if you will; essentially they are products of a well-planned mind-control operation run mostly via social media, coming to them via the cell phones they willingly carry everywhere.
Anyway, file this post in your WHY TRUMP WON file. Most Americans prefer to live in reality.
Here is the ‘woman’ posing as a girl   (Trans-cult members: “This is a woman damnit!  And you better not MISGENDER this sex-offending child-predator! For that is the true crime in all of this don’t ya know!”)
www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/albany-woman-sentenced-posed-as-teen/283-120968a8-463e-4579-8367-e472758990b1
In my view, this world would be a better place if all of the folks at the “Hand’s Off” protests… Hey, wait a minute! Where was a HANDS OFF protest during the ‘covid’ fascism under Biden? Nope, when Dems are in power those blinded by blue QUICKLY TURN INTO FASCISTS, as we saw with ‘covid’, and they demanded that we let them put their fascistic HANDS ALL OVER THOSE OF US who elected not to shoot mRNA frankenjunk from Musk’s bigtechfarma friends, saw that masks don’t work and rightly refused to wear them, and who opposed them masking our children at skool for months and months (SHAME ON YA’LL BIG TIME FOR SCREWING WITH THE CHILDREN) etc. etc. etc.
Below is a great article on how societal mind-control works, a la Brave New World and 1984, just as we saw it during the reign of whomever was running the Biden admin, because every honest American knows Joe and his auto-pen were NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS. (It was Clinton/Obama/Blinken/Netanyahu/Mossad/Rothschilds/CIA).
Can Trump and Musk use this mechanism for their own societal mind-control/perception-of-reality-control? Absolutely! But it you don’t take the time to see how “Biden” used it on you, you won’ see it when Trump and Musk are doing the same.
Wanna turn 30% of an entire generation of children gay or trans? Wanna do some other type of societal-control/mind-control/perception-control/reality-control? Do what the billionaires do:
 www.sott.net/article/498820-USAID-and-the-architecture-of-perception
Andy, Wheeler
BONUS! Money stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBN5lBPHfI

Thanks for the rugs!

Submitted By: northtillamookcountyfoodbank@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
We love this community!

The Food Bank has enough rugs for now. We picked up rugs from all over the valley and delivered them today. We met the goal in less than 24 hours. Thank you all so much!

Folks, all your local food banks and pantries will be working hard to fill the gaps left by federal budget cuts. We know that nobody should be hungry in America, and we will be doing our absolute best to maintain levels of service. The latest budget cut suspended a program that buys from American farmers and distributes the food to regional food banks, including Oregon Food Bank, which then passes on food to both North County Food Bank and Nehalem Bay Community Services. If you have extra food (less than 3 years out of date is fine for most canned goods), please consider passing it on to:

Nehalem Bay Community Services
www.nehalembaycs.org

or North County Food Bank
www.northtillamookcountyfoodbank.org

Concerns

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
I was wrong to say there would be multiple ballots in ranked choice voting. There was a segment on Fox 12 news this morning simulating the method with candy. Simpler to follow than the explanation I saw earlier, it showed how ballots would be recounted – after eliminating a candidate with the lowest votes – using the second choice from ballots that were counted for the eliminated candidate. Rinse and repeat until one candidate has a majority of votes. So the counting process would be more difficult, but there would be only one ballot.

So I offer a much simpler example: Suppose there were 3 candidates for president and each voter was tasked with choosing from Harris, Trump, and RFK Jr.
Also for simplicity suppose there were only 1000 voters. If the first count showed 499 votes for Harris, 498 votes for Trump, and 3 votes for RFK Jr. then the process would eliminate RFK Jr. and count the second choice from those 3 ballots. That second choice could very well be for Trump, and the result would be 499 votes for Harris, and 501 votes for Trump. Trump would be declared the winner.

While that’s unlikely here in Oregon, the point is adding all this complexity leaves us vulnerable to political manipulation well beyond our understanding. We don’t need this. What we do need is more public forums to better understand what our politicians are doing and why.

Concerns

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Reply to Concerns about lies in the Oregon Voter Pamphlet

Strategic omissions are another common misleading tactic in politics. I noticed with this measure 117 the plan will require multiple ballots to settle one issue or determine one winner. That is not apparent to the casual voter. It would add a lot of cost to each election.

Shutting Down Small Farms in Oregon

Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
First off, I’m very much in favor of small farm and animal operations producing high-quality food and thriving. The recent story (1) featured by OPB Radio about a small producer caught up short by existing water rights laws on the books for more than a century is sad and I hope there’s some compromise available.

Generally, water rights are vastly complicated and probably do need periodic refurbishment.

Here’s what scares me about this issue: Once you’ve gone beyond a certain point of being unmindful about water use and abuse, it’s too late and there’s no going back.

I grew up in Iowa, consistently the number one or two ag producer in the U.S. Over the last 50 years the industrialization of farming, repeated boom-bust cycles, mind-boggling federal subsidies, vast use of chemicals, huge build-out of CAFOs (2), and right-wing governance have created a disaster that’s hard to comprehend. Flanked by the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, Iowa has a vast network of creeks and rivers. All but a few dozen miles are now poisoned with nitrates (as is much groundwater) and the state has the second-highest cancer rate in the country.

“Well, that’s the Midwest!” you say. We’re luckier or maybe just late to the game. The nitrate problems in Umatilla & Morrow Counties (3) are quite similar to Iowa.

(1) www.opb.org/article/2024/03/13/oregon-enforces-water-rights-small-farmers-feel-consequences/
(2) CAFO = Concentrated animal feeding operation
(3) www.opb.org/article/2022/05/05/groundwater-pollution-eastern-oregon-counties-drinking-water-at-risk-farming-wells/
(3)https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/24/water-pollution-nitrate-eastern-oregon-environment-well-groundwater-umatilla-morrow-/

Here’s a fine book about Iowa’s problems:
The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water: icecubepress.com/2023/04/10/the-swine-republic-2/

Recycling for K9 Rescue

Submitted By: cbbcalm@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
A BIG thank you for all the 10 c redeem cans and bottles ! this pays for their vet bills , and other care needed to make this these dogs feel safe & loved again .
The drop off is in driveway of the little hair studio , 454 Dorcas Lane /5th.
Theron takes these to Tillamook to his sister who works for the Tillamook K9 Rescue.
to team work
corinna & Daniel & the Pack

EUROS RECEIVED !!

Submitted By: helidoni@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
The community has many travelers. Thanks so much to everyone who responded to my request for Euros. And big thanks to Chuck and Barbara for maintaining the BBQ for so many years!
It would be great if the beneficiaries of the BBQ would contribute something to one of their favorite causes. It would be meaningful.
Thanks again!

RECEIVED Recommendations for Estate Lawyers

Submitted By: chutopiagoods@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Thank you to all who took the time to email me their recommendations for estate lawyers. I also received many emails from people who were also looking for an estate lawyer, so I have decided to share the information I received. Here are some of the recommendations:

Laura Laskey in Tillamook
Barbur Law
barburlaskey.com
1000 N Main Avenue, Suite 7
Tillamook, OR 97141
(503) 842-2553

Tammi Caress
Caress Law, PC
caresslaw.estate
clientservices@caresslaw.estate
9400 SW Barnes Rd, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97225
503-292-8990

Gail Vore, Attorney
Tamara Maher Law Firm
Beaverton Building
12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 300
Beaverton, Oregon 97005
Gail Direct: 971-808-1466 or attorneyvore@gmail.com

Seaside Attorneys
seasideattorneys.com/legal-services/
842 Broadway
Seaside, Oregon 97138
503-738-6380
info@seasideattorneys.com

Rachel Oh
generationsestatelaw.com
3635 S Hood Avenue
Portland Oregon 97239
(503) 678-9677

Sarah Smyth Macintosh in Manzanita
smythmcintoshps.com
144 Laneda Avenue, Suite 3
PO BOX 417
Manzanita, Oregon 97130
503-368-4225

Scott Barbur in Tillamook
barburlaskey.com
scott@barburlaw.com;
1000 N Main Avenue, Suite 7
Tillamook, OR 97141
(503) 842-2553

Macon Benoit
campbellpopkin.com/macon-benoit/
Campbell & Popkin, LLC
1580 N. Roosevelt Drive
Seaside, Oregon 97138
503-738-8400

Emily Karr
Stoel Rives LLP
stoel.com/people/emily-v-karr
760 SW Ninth Avenue, Suite 3000
Portland, OR 97205
503-224-3380

Sheila’s Meal Train Thank you

Submitted By: sheila.bayside@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Sheila is three weeks post surgical from a total hip replacement and is so grateful that she has been able to recover at home thanks to the enormous kindness and generosity of people in our incredible community. Thank you one and all. With a special SHOUT OUT to Chuck and the BBQ which provides such a vital network for our community to express it’s generous and caring nature.
I have included a link to Meal Train below www.mealtrain.com/trains/wddmr1/updates/m8wod3

Nader should have been elected president

Submitted By: yuiqwe1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
When Ralph Nader recognized he had no chance of winning the honorable thing to do would have been to choke down his immense ego and thrown his support behind Gore which would have ensured a Gore win. Nader then would have had great influence in probably two Gore administrations, instead he faded into oblivion. What a different world we would have had with Gore as president and Nader perhaps in his cabinet instead of GW, Cheney and Rumsfeld! We now have a true nut job in RFK Jr running as an independent. If he helps Trump win he will displace Nader as the most harmful spoiler in history.

THANK BBQ MEAL TRAIN

Submitted By: Sheila.bayside@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
This is an update on Sheila’s post surgery Meal Train. Thank You North Coast Community for “being here”. For having my back in this vulnerable time. I am a little over one week out from major surgery and because of your kind hearts, generosity and darn great cooking skills, I am well fed and able to manage here at home.
I am thankful for my healing progress. Sure and steady. It is slower than I hoped it might be but much better than I feared it could be. Seeing how I do over the next few days, I might add a few more days of requesting help with meals. THANK YOU EVERYONE!! ❤ Sheila
www.mealtrain.com/trains/wddmr1/updates/00rqm3

Manzanita Coffee Co. & Wanda’s Cafe

Submitted By: pyn.bayside.gardens@evcnb.org – Click to email about this post
The Bayside Gardens neighborhood emergency planning committee would like to thank Manzanita Coffee Co. & Wanda’s Cafe for supporting the growing “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” movement in our community.
These two local businesses have demonstrated time and again their commitment and support for local organizations, and they recently came through again with top raffle prizes at the Bayside Gardens Neighborhood End-Of-Summer Party (read more about this here》 evcnb.org/news-updates/bayside-gardens-092023)
If you appreciate this kind of community support, please stop in to say thank you personally (it makes a difference). While you are at it, pick up one of their tasty and fun Fall specials!
www.manzanitacoffeeco.com/
wandascafe.com/
Thank you for caring… PYN.Bayside.Gardens@EVCNB.org

Why ME for NCRD

Submitted By: Constanceforncrd@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Posting for my friend and fellow Mahjong playing buddy, Susan Henderson Pierce

North County is fortunate to have Constance Shimek seeking a position on the North County Recreation District (NCRD) board. I have known and had multiple contacts with her for the last couple of years. During this time, she has been honest, trustworthy, intelligent, and keeps her word. Constance is not afraid to ask hard questions and she actually shows up. I have never heard her speak negatively about anyone. She is a secure problem solver. A vote for Constance is a vote you won’t regret.

Wonderful Piano Tuner

Submitted By: jmgilpin@msn.com – Click to email about this post
First off, thank you all for the recommendations of a piano tuner! We did hire Caryn Backman. She did an AMAZING job! My husband can’t quit saying this is the BEST tuning he’s ever had – and, that’s saying something. We’ve used many, many tuning services throughout the years in the Portland area and, we’re amazed to find the best is right here at the coast! Caryn is, by far, the best. The time and attention to detail was absolutely first rate. We’re so incredibly pleased with her. She will forever be our go to tuning person. Thanks again to the community for answering my request and for recommending Caryn!

Egg laying chickens found a home

Submitted By: dianneg70@outlook.com – Click to email about this post
My 3 Buff Orpington chickens have found a home with a young girl for her 4H project. My thanks to the many chicken ladies out there who responded so quickly and offered a home to these “girls”. I am grateful to all I talked to and met. You are all a society of “cluckers” who care and provide connection to the community in such a giving way. Thank you so much!