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.
CHINA + UMICHđź§µ: The University of Michigan is quickly becoming known as a vipers nest of spies. First it was Connor Stalions and now it is Chinese students. Several months ago five Chinese students were arrested for conducting surveillance on US and Taiwanese troops on a base near the school.
CHINA + UMICHđź§µ: Last year the Biden Admin caught a student from The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute smuggling illegal pathogens into the US but declined to prosecute the CCP-connected scholar. She just did it again, but this time she was arrested, the deadly pathogen she was smuggling from China could be used as a bio-weapon to destroy the US's food supply. What is going on at the University of Michigan?
CHINA + UMICHđź§µ: Chinese national attending the University of Michigan illegally voted for Kamala Harris last year. After being charged he fled to China to avoid prosecution.
OBSTRUCTION: Minneapolis Democrats (including elected officials) attempt to stop a major drug trafficking bust conducted by FBI, ICE, ATF, and local police. Federal officers should not have to deal with level of abuse on the job.
OBSTRUCTION: Democrats threw rocks and frozen water bottles at law enforcement during a major drug raid in Minneapolis. At least three elected officials were involved in the attack on police.
OBSTRUCTION: Minneapolis Democrats attempted to prevent HSI, FBI, ATF from conducting a major bust of a drug trafficking ring.
GENOCIDE: I can't imagine what President Ramaphosa thought when he saw Elon Musk looking directly at him. Ramaphosa presides over a nation with more than 100 anti-white laws and an ongoing genocide against white farmers. Elon is not a fan.
GENOCIDE: President Trump directly confronted the South African President, presenting videos alleging that his government is advocating for white genocide.
GENOCIDE: Trump rebukes NBC reporter for suggesting US accepted white Afrikaner refugees based on race: “NBC, truly fake news, asks pointed questions that are statements. We take refugees from many places facing persecution or genocide.”
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.