Winston Churchill, an avid painter, always said that “audacity” is the key to every artist. If so, Caspar San Giorgi, 39, has a good start on an artistic career in Great Britain. The Palestinian activist, who is reportedly Dutch and also goes by the name of Olax Outis, took a ladder and a box of spray paint in February to deface the famous statue of Churchill in Parliament Square. Despite his admitting to the crime and rejoicing in it, a British jury just found him not guilty in a blatant act of jury nullification.
Churchill also observed that “armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored.” San Giorgi certainly proved that observation. He used red spray paint to write the messages “Free Palestine”, “Stop the Genocide”, and described Britain’s WWII leader as a “Zionist War Criminal.” He then reportedly boasted in court about causing the £7,000 in damage.
San Giorgi insisted that he is a “citizen of The Hague.” The International Criminal Court located at The Hague has declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal over the war in Gaza.
He said in court that this was a message for Sir Keir Starmer and Parliament: “If I had a larger canvas and more time, I would have written: ‘If Keir Starmer doesn’t come to The Hague, The Hague will come for him.'”
He told the jury that he was not guilty because he used paint that could be washed off and that his protest was “preventing a crime,” not committing a crime.
San Giorgi remained defiant and proud of his conduct:
“Whether you convict me or not is not too much of a concern for me. Whether I get acquitted, deported, imprisoned for years, I can be proud of having spoken about injustice and I have accounted for my actions. I will accept your judgement.”
The jury proceeded to declare him not guilty. It is regrettably a sign of the times in London. Rage has now replaced reason. In June 2020, the statue was vandalized so often that the city encased it in a wooden box. Rather than arresting those seeking to deface it, Churchill was boxed away from public sight.
Now, a jury has decided that it is not a crime to deface public property.
Churchill famously said that “the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” I am beginning to see what he meant.
Does life stop having value at a certain age? If so, should guns be confiscated from old people?
You would save more lives by confiscating them from teenagers and the parents of teenagers.
Malicious Vandalism In Washington
President Trump is doubling down on his insistence that he needs “recognition” from the Kennedy Center in return for planned renovations.
Trump’s assertion Friday afternoon seems to mean he is holding fast to his demand that his name should be added to the center in some shape or form — even though a court ruled against him on that score this past week.
Trump himself then raised the specter of the Kennedy Center, which officially opened in 1971, being demolished — or “ripped down,” as he put it. This in turn appears to have spurred a judge on Thursday to stipulate that 30 days’ notice would be required before any significant changes — including demolition — could be made to the building.
https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6099274-trump-recognition-kenneedy-center-renovation/
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This is what’s known as a hostage crisis. Trump has seized Washington’s premier arts center and is threatening to demolish it unless he can put his name above Kennedy’s.
No rationale president would attempt a stunt like this. Trump is crazed with spite! A vindictive buffoon determined to show how hateful he can be. Trump himself defines the meaning of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
^ Chinese propaganda slop ^
More Vandalism In Washington
President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch at Memorial Circle in Washington, D.C.—which he said would be the largest in the world—is being opposed by three Vietnam veterans who say the project would block views between the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, and Arlington House, some of the most well-known views in and around the city.
Critics of the project contend that the planned structure is disrespectful to the solemn character of the cemetery. In addition, the Trump administration acknowledged in a planning document that the project will have “adverse effects on historic properties”.
“Such adverse effects cannot be fully avoided while retaining the location-dependent purpose of the undertaking,” the National Park Service wrote in the document.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lawyer-says-250-foot-trump-arch-disrupts-historic-sightlines-cherished-veterans-seeking-burial-arlington
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At 250 feet, Trump’s arch would be almost as tall as the U.S. Capitol; which is 288 feet. In other words, the arch would be an absurd colossus! A gigantic monument to Trump’s ego that serves no useful purpose.
And what ‘victory’ would this arch presume to commemorate?? That’s the insane irony here! Trump wants to rush construction of this arch while losing a war in the Persian Gulf. Like historians will forget that?
^ More Chinese propaganda slop ^
“Opposed by three Vietnam veterans” OH NO- 3 people out of 335 Million in the U.S. The Horror!!
Not so much jury nullification as Britain nullification.
The Britain we admired and benefited from is gone.
We still have it’s ruins to admire.
And like Gibbon gazing upon the ruins of the Roman Forum, we may ask, “What happened?”
What does Turley, that tireless champion of the First Amendment, have to say about Trump banning MSNOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House?
Is the WH press room Full ?
I am entirely in favor of giving teh seats of the dinosaur legacy media to the independent media reporters of the future.
Is there a reason that the WH press room needs to be full of dinosaurs ?
Please explain in what way the First Amendment prohibits Trump from making that decision.
But I’ll tell you what does violate 1A. The “Joe Biden” administration embedding federal agents into social media companies to censor stories that contradict the government’s narrative.
#WeAreEstovir
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
This will be a slam dunk in the courts against Trump, not least so close to the elections.
You’re the guy who told me over and over on this blog that Trump was going to lose to Harris in the 2024 election. How did that work out for you, son?
#WeAreEstovir
Wrong, was not me. I would never have suggested Harris was credible. It should be a matter of lasting shame on the USA that the best it could do in the past three presidential elections was offer up Trump, Harris, Biden and Clinton. None of them fit for the office.
Fat, drunk and stupid= PSYCHO MORON ANON!! Fixed it.
Kicking CNN, M SNOW and Politico out of the press room is no loss. They’ve already said everything they’re ever going to say.