Gerrymandering: Roe v. Wade, a Dysfunctional Congress, and the Supreme Court
With the 244th Independence Day at hand—must include the first one in 1776—the United States Supreme Court couldn’t be much more screwed up. Very un-American, they decided it would be good to inhibit compromise in law making. It’s because of gerrymandering. Here’s how it works: What’s the first business of most congressmen? Getting re-elected. Solution:…
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Pride Month Yet there is Prejudice in LGBTQ
It’s June, “Pride Month”—for LGBTQ, but not for transsexuals if we don’t agree to hide our sexuality. It’s a paradox. LGBTQ who rightly insist that society accept them with their difference are not extending that acceptance or even tolerance to transsexualism unless we say we’re transgender. It’s a culture of secrecy about trans person sexuality.…
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Tax Cut Equals Entitlement Cuts Next
Rich get richer, entitlements reduced so people have to struggle for basic income, the “Thrifty working class” that Mr. Potter was talking about on Kubrick’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”—something that’s akin to capitalism’s form of slave labor, survival’s servitude.
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Tom Hanks / Steven Spielberg Movie, “The Post”: Cover Up About the Vietnam War.
Some of the greatest movie-makers ever—Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep—collaborate in a DreamWorks production to tell the story of United States government corruption / lies to the public and congress about U.S. activities in the Vietnam war, Cambodia, and Laos.
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Eclipse Shadow Encroaching and Crowd Cheering
This video of the 2017 total solar eclipse at Independence, Oregon is different from most in that it shows the encroachment of the moon’s shadow—and you can hear the crowd, giddy with excitement, cheer when we enter totality. Stay with it. Two minutes later, you’ll see the hills lighten, and you’ll hear the crowd cheer…
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Total Solar Eclipse
This eclipse is a life event, not something to miss: August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse of the sun across the continental United States. NASA has a page exclusively for it with info on how to watch a solar eclipse. Use the inexpensive but necessary glasses. You can LIVE STREAM NASA watching the eclipse…
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The Best Kind of Man
What kind of man is a genius who is never arrogant, confident but never harsh, a conservative superhero with no concept of prejudice, who moved as one of the greats in United States’ aerospace yet who was so humble, I didn’t even realize the extent of it for years? What kind of man was he?…
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