USING THE MONEY SUPPLY TO MANIPULATE THE POPULATION HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE SINCE RICHARD NIXON SEVERED THE ARTIFICIAL LIMITS PROVIDED BY THE SUPPLY OF GOLD AND IN RESPONSE TO THE THREATS TO THE OLD GUARD POSED BY THE ARRIVAL OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO THE Freedom of Information act.
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Prepositions
While it is true that in English a preposition is a small word that precedes or comes before a noun or pronoun, that is really an uninformative designation. Or rather, I suppose it is consistent with the perception that the visual aspect of something is most important. Optics reign supreme and they are most important in reading.
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Bangladesh flooding
DARPA was fixated on the consequences of flooding on the edge of the Indian Ocean some two decades ago. They predicted there would be immense civilian unrest which the military had to be prepared to quell.
Lawyering
I get the impression that lawyering is not as much fun when people are watching and juries are involved. The impetus now seems to be ger as much money and notoriety, even if it means getting disbarred down the road.
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Legal exposure
Lots more people are getting introduced to the U.S. justice system than ever were before. Not only are juries suddenly popular, but legal beagles are popping up with podcasts and short videos to explain the ins and outs.
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Letter to Booker
Re: UN Convention on Rights of Child
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SCOTUS chastises Lindsey Graham, a Senator
Y’all keep forgetiing that the SCOTUS was set up to serve as a check on OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS to indirectly preserve individual rghts. The Constitution does not grant individual rights.
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surrogate victims
I suspect that surrogate victims are not a regular category. But, what are “innocent victims” but surrogates for those whom the aggressors are too cowardly to attack? Besides, there has to be a term to describe the physical act resulting from indirect intent.
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Twitter is for the birds
So, Mr. Musk spent $44 Billion he did not know what to do with acquiring a platform for social commentary. Now he isgoing to charge people who are “verified.” That is about as useful as requiring birth certificates. But, whatever! TWITTER IS FOR THE BIRDS.
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Ba’ja, Jordan
‘Tis the location of the discovery of a neolithic village with a lot of underground rooms, which were apparently used as graves. The sandstone terrain on either side of the rift, which extends north from the Gulf of Aquaba.
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