Tag: Justice
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Destroying Democracy
Donald Trump is under indictment. Anyone who has been following events in only the most cursory manner should not be surprised. After all, Trump’s personal fixer Micheal Cohen already went to prison for the crime Trump now stands indicted for. The major difference is because Trump has more money he was able to avoid indictment…
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Grand juror
If you are depressed about the state of our government, it actually helps to be called to a jury. I’m on a grand jury this time. A few years back I was on a regular jury. Not only did we get to try a suspect (guilty on one charge, not guilty on another), it was…
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Trump won’t escape justice this time
Karmic payback is a bitch. Donald Trump has spent a lifetime avoiding accountability. He got out of serving in Vietnam by having the family doctor write letters saying he had bone spurs in his foot. He escaped poverty by being born into a rich family and by having a father who made him a millionaire…
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The verdict
Eight years ago I was called as a juror, sat for a trial then learned over lunch that the defendant had copped a plea. This week I was called to be a juror again. Seventeen were called for a criminal trial, eight of us were empaneled and six of us got to render verdicts. I…
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I smell a cover up
Curiouser and curiouser. Just how far down the rabbit hole does this domestic spying business go anyhow? If the Bush Administration has its way, not even the Congress will know. Well, maybe a few key members of Congress with the proper clearance will know. Of course, because publicly revealing their knowledge would be a crime,…
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Impeach Bush and Cheney
Update 7/23/2007. Here is a Microsoft Word document you can to write your own congressional representative or senator. Tailor to suit your needs, but make sure to fill in the areas between as appropriate. You can get the addresses for your senators and representatives here. If this article in yesterday’s Washington Post is correct then…
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Oh, the humanity!
It is completely impossible to ignore Paris Hilton when she is in the news. I wish I could ignore her, but unfortunately, the media will not let me. They figure I want to know all about her tawdry little life as the exceedingly spoiled and obnoxious heiress of the Hilton estate. The latest vital news…
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The Problem with Vengeance
Saddam Hussein has gone to meet his maker. Shortly before dawn this morning, the former Iraqi dictator was hanged. Reputedly, justice was served. Hussein received the same ultimate penalty that he and his henchmen inflicted on reputedly hundreds of thousands of Kurds and Shi’ites during his twenty-five years or so as national dictator and despot.…
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