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Two justice systems, one for the rich, one for the rest of us?
Another cliché I wish could be laid to rest (I’d say “killed,” but I am adamantly opposed to the death penalty). I’m highly sensitive to the gross injustices of wrongful convictions and imprisonments thanks to the Innocence Project, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Crime & Punishment, Law, suits and order, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged Allan Stanford, Bernie Madoff, Charles Ponzi, Dennis Kozlowski, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Holmes, Harry Helmsley, Harvey Weinstein, Jack Abramoff, Kenneth Law, Leona Helmsley, Martin Shkreli, Michael Milkin, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Bankman-Fried, The Innocence Project, tikkun olam, Wikipedia
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Final scam warnings: sweepstakes, inheritance or investor scams
You’ve won a big prize!!!! Right here!!! No. You haven’t. But you might get a notice from another unknown character saying you’ve won something or some long-lost (and non-existent relative) has left you a fortune. No prob. You’re set to … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Bernie Madoff, Donald Trump, Fidelity Investments, inheritance scams, investment scams, sweepstakes scams
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Are you invested in lies and beliefs?
I’m not. So why are so many pundits expressing dismay that we as a country, we American people, are in wretched psychological and intellectual shape? I’m not. And as far as I can make out, the great majority of us … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Bernie Madoff, cults, Jeffrey Toobin, Life of Brian, Mike Rothschild, Monty Python, National Enquirer, NXIVM, OJ Simpson trial, Public Religion Research Institute, QAnon, The New Yorker, Zoe Heller
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