Gleaned from various places…

FBI feared Pennsylvania would seize fabled gold

This story has more twists and turns than most mystery novels… Full article, HERE.

Next, we move to Virginia and the goings on around the statues…

A time capsule was placed under the Robert E. Lee statue in 1887. Gov. Northam says he will remove it. Gov. Ralph Northam plans to remove a time capsule placed under the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in 1887 and replace it with a new one, he announced Tuesday, as the state begins to form its plans for the future of the much-contested monument. 

The supposed contents, according to reports from the day-

What’s in the time capsule?

A time capsule was placed in the pedestal of the Robert E. Lee monument in 1887 when it was built. According to newspaper archives, a rare picture of President Abraham Lincoln lying in his coffin was put in the time capsule. Here are some of other items donated for the time capsule, which Gov. Ralph Northam plans to remove:

• a battle flag and a square and compass made from a tree over Stonewall Jackson’s grave from J.W. Talley;

• a history of Monumental Church donated by George Fisher;

• a collection of Confederate buttons from Cyrus Bossieux;

• a copy of Carlton McCarthy’s “Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia” given by J.W. Randolph & English publishers;

• a guide to Richmond with a map of the city and a map of Virginia;

• three bullets, a piece of shell and a Minie ball lodged in a piece of wood from a Fredericksburg battle field, given by Frank Brown;

• a bible from Thomas J. Starke;

• statistics of the city of Richmond from J.B. Halyburton;

• a $100,000 Confederate bond from John F. Mayer;

• an English penny from 1812 from W.T. Moseley; and

• an Oct 26, 1887, edition of the The Richmond Dispatch.

Full article, HERE.

And now to Texas…

The Veep FINALLY went to the border… in El Paso, 600 miles from the Rio Grande Valley, where the real ‘center’ of the border issues are. No visit to the Donna facility, everything carefully planned with photo ops, etc. Interestingly, not a single State of Texas official was there. Sen. Durbin (D- IL) and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D- El Paso) were the only two political figures there. Henry Cuellar (D-28th district) which includes the Rio Grande Valley, was NOT in attendance. And she said they ‘inherited’ the border crisis… Really??? And El Paso is the new Ellis Island? Sigh…

Full article, HERE from USA Today and HERE from the AP.

On to Georgia…

The Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ), led by Attorney General Merrick Garland, is planning to sue Georgia over the newly-signed voting reform law. The lawsuit is being spearheaded by DOJ Civil Rights Division head Kristen Clarke, Associate AG Vanita Gupta, and Deputy Assistant AG Pamela Karlan. 

Soooo, after HR-1 failed, now they are apparently going state by state and suing over the ‘new’ voter laws, saying they are racist. Full article, HERE.