Corruption & Courage - September 19, 2021."Big Tech + Big Pharma give campaign money to politicians who in turn receive non-public information about corps they use to enrich personal stock portfolios. Lawmakers then have influence over legislation on companies they’re personally invested." - @RobertKennedyJr, Sept. 17"I will fight like hell to overcome Biden’s cruel decision to drastically … [Read more...]
Political Quote of the Week – 2021
Not Enough Lipstick for Pigs & Submarines - September 19, 2021.“There is not enough lipstick in the world to put on this pig to make it look any different.” - Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) on Secretary of State Blinken's testimony before Congress on the Afghanistan debacle."There has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt. This will not do. Things are not going well … [Read more...]
Political Quote of the Week – 2020
Ode to the American Spirit.December 27 - Accepting Election Defeat - Order of the Boot...Our final quote of the year appears in Saving Freedom: Truman, The Cold War, and the Fight for Freedom by former Congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. Quoting British leader Winston Churchill, the author counterpoints the refusal of President Trump to accept defeat in the 2020 election."The … [Read more...]
Coronavirus Winners & Losers – 2020
Covid-19 Losses, Stock Market Gains & Political Fallout -- Who is Rigging the Market? As of 12/27/2020 - Fortunately, this is our last post on Covid-19. Congress passed a $900 billion relief package this week that included a foreign aid component for Pakistan and other distant locals. What?!! As of this hour, the President is still refusing to sign the bill, calling for additional sums he is … [Read more...]
Supreme Court – Gamble vs. US: The Desperate Republican Rush to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh
Making crimes at both the federal and state levels pardonable. Orin Hatch is behind it.The results of Gable vs U.S., No 17-646 would allow a sitting President to overturn either a federal or a state criminal conviction, making crimes at both the federal and state levels pardonable. This explains the desperate rush to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.Invaluable insight from BobinMinnesota - … [Read more...]
Jury Service, Jury Selection Rights – Versus Threats, Hunger & Lack of Privacy Protection.
Jury Selection, Civic Duty and the Jury Trial Court System. Your Rights if Selected for Jury Service: The Pope and Brad Pitt A Harris Poll commissioned by the American Bar Association in 2004 concluded that the majority of the people believe that jury duty is an important civic responsibility. "It remains crucial to the function of our democracy that we encourage as many people as possible to … [Read more...]
Ode to Politicians & Supreme Court Justices: Sacrificing Dignity for Principles
Politicians are quick to lay down your life for their country...instead of arguing about dignity, the justices disagreed about the practical question of whether invasive strip-searches are reasonably necessary to serve the interests of the jails and prisons. Kennedy’s majority opinion said that they were. Justice Stephen Breyer in dissent, pointed to studies finding the opposite. In one, … [Read more...]
Thomas Jefferson – Banks are more dangerous than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson warned that the people will wake up homeless. Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the … [Read more...]
Pride of Lions, Gaggle of Geese, Exaltation of Doves & Congress of…
We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School of fish and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves and, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most … [Read more...]
US Economic Crisis Options: Dabble, dither, dump, default, destroy or be daring
US Economic Crisis by Dr. David Goldenberg: Strategies to Deal with the Economy (before late is too late.) [Dr. Goldenberg is the author of Creating Condo & Homeowner Association Documents and The Art of War 3: Canons of Commerce.]Here’s a mutually exclusive and exhaustive list of the broad families of strategies to deal with the current U.S. economic crisis. Which would you prefer? Tell … [Read more...]