Contrary to what the DOJ and MSM would have you believe, Sam's parents did not have to post a $250M bond or even 10% of that amount. Instead, they secured their son's release by pledging their $4.5M historic Palo Alto home.
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Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman bought their home a year before Sam's birth. The home features expansive windows looking out onto the swimming pool. Inside, the home features hardwood floors, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and a grand piano.
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Under the terms of Sam's release, he can only leave the house to visit his doctor, therapist, and gym. So if you frequent Equinox Palo Alto you may run into SammyB.
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Sam will be in good company. In 1958 Philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine contracted hepatitis and was home-ridden in the house recounting that he was “convalescing by the pool” finishing his most important work, Word and Object.
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Sam's house sits feet from undergrad housing, including its closest neighbor, the quirky “naked, pagan, and vegan” dorm Synergy. It's just behind Fraternity Row, and across the street from the president’s mansion. nytimes.com/2009/07/26/edu…
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Stanford has decided to shut down the streets around SammyB's new residence to avoid a possible circus event. Stanford said the closures will be “temporary and limited,” as most students are not expected to be back on campus until Jan. 7.
In other news, SammyB's trying to keep the $450M in Robinhood stock he owns in a shell company he set up in Antiqua. FTX says it is theirs. His ex-girlfriend evidently pledged it to another guy. Court will decide.
THREAT: Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey, whose daughter is prosecuting Sean "Diddy" Combs and whose son-in-law is prosecuting the Abbey Gate bomber, has been accused of "casually" calling for the assassination of the president. Trump's son @DonaldJTrumpJr is not happy about it.
THREAT: Disgraced James Comey called for the death of President Trump today.
THREAT: Disgraced James Comey fantasized about Trump in jail.
GENOCIDE: The Episcopal Church is so angry at President Trump's offer of asylum to white farmers in South Africa it is ending its 40-year relationship with the federal government, during which the agency helped resettle close to 110,000 refugees. Thousands of white farmers have been killed as a result of incitement from South African leaders.
GENOCIDE: The refugees the Episcopal Church refused to help escape genocide in South Africa are arriving in the US.
GENOCIDE: First group of white South African farmers escaping genocide arrives in the US greeted by American officials.
CORRUPTION: US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba confirmed Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stormed the ICE facility in Newark and refused to leave after repeated orders from DHS officers. Baraka was arrested and taken into custody. No one is above the law.
CORRUPTION: Two members of Congress stormed the Newark ICE facility along with the Mayor of Newark. Mayor Baraka was arrested by federal officers while Rep Menendez and Rep Watson refused to leave.
CORRUPTION: More video from the Democrat's efforts to storm the ICE facility in Newark. Two Democrat members of Congress and the Democrat Mayor of Newark led these attacks on federal officers. @SpeakerJohnson must censure Reps Menendez and Watson on Monday.
LAWFARE: After the security of Smartmatic's electronic voting machines was questioned, Democrat Billionaire Reid Hoffman secretly met with Smartmatic's CEO agreeing to pump $24 million into lawsuits to silence Fox and Newsmax and anyone else who questioned the company's tabulator's security. The company kept the meeting secret from the court and the defendants.
FLASHBACK: President Carter once described Smartmatic voting machines in Venezuela as safe and secure. Five years later, Smartmatic acknowledged that their system, still in use today, had recorded 1 million extra votes. This same technology is also used in the United States.
FLASHBACK: Just last year the founder and president of Smartmatic and other executives were indicted for bribery and money laundering. Safe and Secure...
UPDATE: New estimate is that 89 million people attended Lady Gaga’s concert in Brazil. 🤣🤣🤣
UPDATE: Now as many as 110 million people attended Lady Gaga’s concert in Brazil! 🤣🤣🤣
UPDATE: We are now getting reports that 1 billion people attended Lady Gaga's concert in Brazil. To make it clear, I am making fun of the reports that keep inflating the number of attendees. Every new report multiples the number by 10X.