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Citizen’s United and now Unlimited Campaign Donations
What could go wrong? Try this on for size and see if you can wrap your head around these thoughts. You work for UPS. You get hit by a car while doing your job, nearly die and it takes a … Continue reading
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What’s the difference between preying on children as a criminal and preying on children as a professional?
I skimmed through a Rolling Stone magazine recently, my aging eye caught the cover photo of a shirtless Justin Bieber. I’m old and lame but not dead. Yet. But I do read the words in addition to looking at the … Continue reading
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You heard about that missing Malaysian airliner?
No one steals an airliner full of people for a good reason. If the Boeing 777 did climb to 45,000 feet than releasing cabin pressure will cause the passengers, anyone without a supplemental oxygen mask to lose consciousness and eventually … Continue reading
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What happens when a motorcycle tangles with a car,
and there is no physical damage to the motorcyclist? I’m still dealing with my permanently disabled status here in New Hampshire, granted in July 2013, and how that wiped out the last of my plans and dreams. At 57 I’m … Continue reading
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Philip Seymour Hoffman July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014 according to news reports that I’ve read died of a self administered heroin overdose. Because he was Philip Seymour Hoffman and not some un-famous person, you know an average human … Continue reading
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Equal Protection Under the Law
Equal Protection Under the Law, Only exists for people with money. On television, television shows that are sometimes referred to as “procedural” or police drama always show the alleged criminal sitting with a lawyer at his side. The police officer … Continue reading
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Weaning Citizens from Entitlement Programs, From Food, From Shelter
New farm bill to cut SNAP benefits by 8.7 Billion dollars! Wow! the 5 billion dollar cut back in November 2013 reduced our SNAP benefits from frugal but comfortable to, we ran out of food money starting the third week … Continue reading
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Your Kindle E-Book and George Orwell
Your a cutting edge person an aspirational buyer or you’re strapped for space. We live in a class A RV and we don’t have enough space so we buy paperback instead of hardcover books. A Kindle would be a nice … Continue reading
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War on Drugs or War on Americans?
Today, Sunday the 19th of January 2014 I glanced at the headlines of the Union Leader’s Sunday edition and what caught my eye was a story excoriating the democratically controlled House of Representatives that, collection of 400 souls elected to … Continue reading
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Oklahoma Judge’s Marriage Ruling Demolishes Anti-Gay Platform
by David Badash on January 15, 2014 in Marriage,News The last thing most people want to do is read a court ruling. They’re tiresome, filled with legal jargon, footnotes, and all sorts of oddities. So I did. Yesterday, United States … Continue reading
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