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Throwing School Mom in Jail~

What in the hell is wrong with this country? I ask this question again as I read about a respected member of her community who has never been in trouble being charged with a felony and convicted and...

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Debtors Prison WTF~

I read these two articles yesterday with my teeth gritting. It seems that the corporate world no longer just want your house, your car  and your blood, sweat and tears, no, no,  they now want to put...

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Reposts done; now returning to posting only new blog posts

I have completed all the reposts now and will resume my usual posting of new blogs approximately once every week. I will also post a new table of context soon so it is easy to find old posts,...

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Wal-Mart Crime report March 2015

There was a shootout involving seventeen people in an Arizona Walmart parking lot this month. Half of the people involved were police who were responding to a crime report and all of them were injured,...

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Media’s pro-Industry bias invites Germanwings conspiracy theories

The traditional commercial media was quick to demonstrate a pro-industry bias in the coverage immediately after the Germanwings crash and their rush to hype the news, which is now routine, combined...

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Hyped up stolen yard penguins are more news worthy than epidemic fraud

The local ABC affiliate made a few cute and stolen penguins the obsession du jour yesterday repeating this story, Sherborn family hoping for return of stolen yard penguins, over and over again. They...

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Glorification of police, even good ones, distracts from most productive...

The New England media outlets are in the process of glorifying at least two or three high profile police officers that were shot in the line of duty and two of them were killed. To the best of my...

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Machiavellian scapegoating of Atlanta teachers ignores political entrappers

The Judge in Atlanta teacher cheating case says he showed mercy when sentencing; he's right if you consider the sentencing of the people at the top of the cheating scandal. They weren't even tried, nor...

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We don’t negotiate with terrorists, Doug Hughes or peaceful protesters?

Rep. Chaffetz Says Gyrocopter Pilot Doug Hughes Should Have Been Shot Down; however to the best of my knowledge neither he or many members of congress have indicated a serious interest in actually...

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With friends like Richard Trumka labor has problems

Richard Trumka tweeted @HillaryClinton has a long & distinguished career in public service & has been an inspiration for tens of millions of women #Clinton 04/12/2015 When I saw this I was...

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Baltimore incite riots at the top by abandoning ghettos

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake blamed "thugs who only want to incite violence and destroy our city" for the riots that are happening; and it may seem like she is right to many. However there...

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Wal-Mart Crime report April 2015

Wal-Mart announced they're shutting down five stores for plumbing problems without any notice and laid off thousands of workers. They claim it will take at least six months. Hardly anyone with any...

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Elizabeth Warren steals credit from real grass roots efforts

Elizabeth Warren's grassroots support has been manufactured by the media, at least partially. Contrary to the impression most grassroots candidates attempt to give the public, that they rose from the...

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Invest in Activism, AND Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein and Grassroots

Now that Bernie Sanders has announced his candidacy for president there seem to be a lot of people that might be expected to support him raising concerns about him. Many of these concerns are...

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American Psychological Association exposed again

The American Psychological Association has been exposed again in a new report, "All the President’s Psychologists," and numerous other articles from various sources. Some of this isn't new and there is...

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The existence of a ruling class is undeniable!

Or at least it can't be denied by anyone that expects to maintain a reasonable degree of credibility.There have been numerous high profile people like Condoleezza Rice, Mitt Romney and many others who...

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Wal-Mart Crime report May 2015

It is beginning to seem like too much to hope for to have only two or three gun related incidents in a month but, for the first three weeks of this month that appeared to be what was happening. Then...

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Memorial Day Veteran Shootings Part of Much Larger Problem

There were another two veteran shootings Memorial Day weekend although they didn't get much attention in the national news, nor were there many if any stories that mentioned both of them together;...

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David Cullen’s response denying bullying conection to Columbine

In 2010 I reposted a blog that was originally posted the previous year, Does child abuse and bullying lead to more violence? on Open Salon which has recently closed. This included a comment from Dave...

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The Media Is Following The Wrong Script Ignoring Solutions Again

The media and political establishment seem to have a playbook response for mass shootings that they repeat over and over again. Every time there is a mass shooting they make appeals to emotion and try...

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