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Gil Bang

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  2. Seven men face federal charges after authorities linked them with breaking into a Brinks semi-truck in Lebec in 2022 and stealing about $100 million in jewelry as it was being transported from near San Francisco to an upcoming jewelry show in Pasadena, authorities said. The jewelry heist is considered the largest in U.S. history, said Ciaran McEvoy, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Some of the jewelry was found while search warrants were served on Monday, June 16. The truck contained 73 bags containing millions of dollars worth of jewelry. Two of the men were expected to make their initial federal court appearances Tuesday following recent arrests, according to federal authorities. Six of the defendants were accused of following the Brinks truck from San Mateo for more than 300 miles to rest stops in Buttonwillow and Lebec, north of Los Angeles, from the evening of July 10, 2022 to the following morning, authorities said. They, along with others not named in the indictment, then allegedly stole 24 bags containing jewelry from the truck. In the days that followed, five of the defendants allegedly deactivated cell phones they used during the heist. The defendants are: Carlos Victor Mestanza Cercado, 31, of Pasadena, Jazael Padilla Resto, 36, of Boyle Heights, Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig, 41, of Rialto, Victor Hugo Valencia Solorzano, 60, of Rampart Village in Los Angeles, Jorge Enrique Alban, 33, of South Los Angeles, Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, 42, of Upland, and, Eduardo Macias Ibarra, 36, of the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Padilla Resto is currently in custody in Arizona serving a prison sentence for third-degree burglary with unlawful entry, McEvoy said. He was expected to appear in federal court in the coming weeks. The status of the other six men was not immediately known. All but Ibarra were accused of participating on the night of the heist, McEvoy said. Mestanza, Lugo and Alban were accused of scouting the Brinks truck as it left the international jewelry store in San Mateo. Some of the men had participated in heists of electronics in the months leading up to the jewelry heist, authorities said. Mestanza, Padilla Resto, Lugo and Valencia were accused of stealing more than $240,000 in Samsung electronics from an interstate cargo shipment in Ontario on March 2, 2022, McEvoy said. They, along with Alban, then allegedly robbed a box truck driver of more than $57,000 worth of Apple AirTags, with one of the robbers brandishing a knife and threatening the driver. More than three months later, the defendants tried unsuccessfully to steal from one truck at a Fontana rest stop by using a crowbar to break in, McEvoy said. However, a short time later, they stole more than $14,000 worth of Samsung electronics from another shipment in Fontana, he said. All seven men face two federal counts of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment, and theft from interstate and foreign shipment in relation to the jewelry heist, McEvoy said. Mestanza, Padilla, Lugo, Valencia and Alban face two additional charges of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, one count of interference with commerce by robbery and additional counts of theft from interstate and foreign shipment, he said. If convicted of the additional charges the five men would face statutory maximum sentences of 20 years in federal prison for each robbery charge. All seven defendants would face sentences of 10 years for each theft charge and five years for each theft conspiracy charge if convicted.
  3. my aforementioned wealthy friend just added a home in Key West to his portfolio. He paid 2 million dollars. There is no dedicated parking for the home. Fend for yourself.
  4. I'd like to add that the keys get old fast. We did...hell, I don't know...I think 9 days on Marathon, house/dog sitting for a very wealthy friend. Here are the things to do there, in no particular order. Eat, drink, fuck, ride the jet skis, fuck some more, drink some more, eat some more. And the restaurants and bars really aren't that interesting. And here's a hot take: the fucking east coast SUCKS for a sports fan. If I go to happy hour here, there's a game on the TV. Baseball, NBA, NHL whatever. There isn't DICK on in FL at 4 PM. You're just staring at the alkie across the bar while he's doing the same. You're on some patio, sweating your ass off, listening to some asshole sing Jimmy Buffet covers, and ordering the next round before you're done with this one because there's nothing else to do. "But Gil, did you go to the turtle hospital?" Yeah. That was cool for about 2 hours. Check that off the list. Went out on a half-day boat too. It was shitty fishing. GF breaks her phone? Cool, we get to drive to Key West, because that's the nearest T Mobile store. Key West was fun when we did 3 days there a few years back. But again, you run out of shit to do. I can (and do), get shitfaced at home, I don't need to fly across the continent to do that.
  5. Is that the place with the dollar bills everywhere? Yeah, there were key deer on the fucking patio there. Cool spot. And the barkeep said that they estimate that there is over 250,000 dollar bills there.
  6. yes, you are correct. Some use the term "selling agent" for the person representing the buyer.
  7. me so horny
  8. I laughed my ass off at that movie. Baby Spice: "Is my skirt too short" The other 3 "no, nah, I don't think so". Baby Spice pulls skirt higher
  9. Necro bump John Eastman’s “Legal Defense Fund” remains well shy of its $1.5 million goal, even as he loses another round in the fight to retain his California law license. “Due to the serious nature and extent of Eastman’s misconduct and the weight of aggravating circumstances … we recommend that Eastman be disbarred,” concluded a three-judge panel of the State Bar Court of California Review Department on June 13. “Disbarment is necessary to protect the public, the courts and the legal profession…. Ouch. It’s a bit out-of-body that, even as Jan. 6, 2021 enjoys a major makeover — and people who violently assaulted police officers are pardoned — California pushes forward with this almost quaint attempt at accountability. A litany of withering charges were filed by the California Bar against Eastman, Chapman University’s former law dean, including moral turpitude, dishonesty and/or corruption, willful misconduct and/or gross negligence, for trying to reverse the legitimate results of an election and essentially yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. After a contentious bar trial that stretched for months in 2023, a California State Bar judge ruled that Eastman betrayed the fundamental oaths he swore to uphold as a licensed attorney by knowingly spreading untruths about the 2020 election to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, and thus should lose his law license. File: John Eastman (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Eastman’s lawyers filed an 85-page “tour de force” appeal in September, demanding that the State Bar Review Department reject that conclusion. “The stupefying result” ravaged Eastman’s First Amendment rights to speech and to petition the government, violated due process and wreaked of bias and partisanship, they argued. “In sum, this prosecution should never have taken place. It is, rather, a manifestation of George Orwell’s dystopic depiction of authoritarianism – statements by the Government, no matter how demonstrably false or suspect, must be accepted as truth.” The Bar Review judges strongly disagreed. Eastman is, indeed, culpable for 10 of the 11 counts he was charged with, they said the opinion issued Friday. In a democracy, nothing can be more fundamental than the orderly transfer of power after a fair and unimpeded electoral process as established by law, they said. When an attorney — sworn to uphold the laws and constitutions of both the state and nation — “attempts to actively undermine the results of an election to the most powerful office in the United States with the goal of delaying or invalidating the lawful installation of his client’s electoral opponent,” disbarment is the only option, the opinion said. “We recommend that John Charles Eastman, State Bar Number 193726, be disbarred from the practice of law in California and that Eastman’s name be stricken from the roll of attorneys,” they said. Eastman was expecting as much, and will ask the state Supreme Court to review the review — and reverse it. “Dr. Eastman is disappointed in the Review Court’s opinion, and believes that its analysis and conclusions are not substantiated by the truth, the record or the law,” said a statement from his attorney, Randall A. Miller. “It has been established, through decades of United States Supreme Court precedent, that lawyers enjoy broad First Amendment protections, especially when engaged on behalf of a client, with duties of utmost and undivided loyalty and zealous advocacy. The Review Court’s decision is at stark odds with those principles. “The decision is an unconstitutional abuse of power against lawyers and the legal system, diminishes the profession’s revered independence, and will chill attorneys from representing clients in unpopular or controversial matters, especially those that are inimical to the government. Dr. Eastman will seek further review of the Review Court’s decision in the California Supreme Court and, if necessary, beyond, and is highly confident of his ultimate vindication.” The State Bar is equally confident it will prevail. “Attorneys have a fundamental obligation to be truthful and uphold the rule of law,” said a statement from Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona. “John Eastman violated this obligation when, at the behest of his client, now-President Donald Trump, he engaged in a calculated campaign to falsely undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election, which then-candidate Donald Trump lost. In so doing, Mr. Eastman lied to courts, Vice President Michael Pence, and the American people. As the Review Department’s Opinion holds, for this conduct disbarment is both appropriate and necessary. This opinion serves as a powerful and timely reminder that whoever they are and whoever they represent, attorneys must remain true to the ethical rules that govern their conduct and respect the rule of law.” Still engaged In the meantime, Eastman can’t practice law in California. But he has been weighing in on some of the most contentious legal issues of our times. Eastman was “very happy” when Trump announced he would end birthright citizenship on his first day back in office, Eastman recently told the New York Times. He penned a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to hold that the 14th Amendment “does not confer automatic citizenship on the children of temporary sojourners or those present in the United States illegally.” He also attended the Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s executive order in May, and wrote an article critiquing the justices titled “Supreme Confusion” for “The American Mind.” “One of the evident purposes of those engaging in the lawfare attacks against me has been to attempt to sideline me from my long-standing efforts to advocate in the courts for the principles of the American founding and the original meaning of the Constitution,” Eastman wrote on his GiveSendGo fundraising page. “(T)hey are not succeeding.” FILE – Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump confront police as they storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump said during a debate with President Joe Biden last week that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol involved a “relatively small” group of people who were “in many cases ushered in by the police.” (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Eastman has also faced state charges related to the 2020 election in Georgia and Arizona, though it’s unclear if, or how, they will proceed. Legal bills would exceed $3 million, he said last year, and has set his latest fundraising goal at $1.5 million (it started out at $200,000 back in 2022). In September, Eastman’s Legal Defense Fund had donations just shy of $900,000. Today, some nine months later, it has just a bit more than $930,000. But if past is prologue, decisions such as Friday’s tend to boost fundraising as soon as word gets out. “God Bless, John,” wrote “Katie,” who donated $50 to Eastman’s cause on Saturday. “Stay strong!”
  10. I talked to a woman of dating age and asked her what it was like. She said guys are expecting anal on the 3rd date these days.
  11. In Delray, if you want a sit-down meal, Deck 84 is pretty solid. It's on the intercoastal.
  12. So, I've posted elsewhere that we occasionally go to the Elk's lodge. On Tuesdays, the main lodge is closed but the patio bar and kitchen are open. The kitchen just serves one item on Tuesdays so it's "Philly cheesesteak night" or "Bacon Burger night" or whatever. They always have a band playing on those nights. So, we go there and the band is playing. Guitar, bass, drums, and keys. They do Creedence songs, a few Beatles, etc. After a while, this older blonde comes and joins them. She's a solid singer, and show no signs of stage fright at all. She's long in the tooth but it's obvious that she's experienced. Anyway, the band takes a break. The woman is near us looking at her phone. She puts her phone down and the GF (she's a chatty one) says hello to the woman and compliments her voice. The woman tells the GF that she's been singing for decades, blah blah blah and then reveals that not only was she an "Ike-ette" but she was married to Ike Turner. Turner lived near here (in San Marcos CA) when he died (of a cocaine overdose and numerous health problems). Then, the woman gets wacky and starts saying crazy shit about Ike being murdered, etc. Fortunately, the band starts back up so the conversation ends. GF says to me "do you believe that she was really married to him?" as I'm googling her. GF is still talking "she must have been his second wife after Tina"...as I learn that she was wife #13 of 14.
  13. holy fuck, I went to the my pillow website. "My Pillow in in Jury Trial Now. This will be one of the most important trials in the history of the USA'" CLICK HERE TO DONATE
  14. I don't know him, but we have a mutual friend (since childhood for the two of them) and I've heard nothing to the contrary. Kimmel is a big NFL fan and has a dozen or more friends over to his house every sunday, and Jimmy does all the cooking for everybody. BTW, my friend is an electrician, not a hollywood guy. He was the electrician that was on that Carolla reality construction show.
  15. today is the only day where everybody's golf cart flies the same loofah.
  16. hopefully it's some pussy NRA asshole that shot himself in the cock.
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