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I Think, Therefore I Am. I Won, Therefore I Rule
René Descartes had famously used the statement “I think, therefore I am,” as a starting point for his philosophical inquiries, where he used the act of thinking as an evidence for the existence of the thinker. While most, if not all, philosophical statements are abstractions based on observations and not proven facts, their acceptance and…
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A Glimmer of Hope (2)
In the early hours of this morning, in a mostly unprecedented move and without waiting for the case to take its normal course through the lower courts, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center, in west-central…
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Weaponization of the DoJ
“President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top officials Thursday to investigate two of his former first-term officials who publicly refuted his baseless claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and criticized his chaotic administration from within.” I wonder if Jim Jordan will make as much noise, or open an investigation, as…
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Balancing Opposing Missions
Not many would probably object to the assertion that the goals of establishing a justice system most likely include These goals are achieved by investigating, prosecuting, convicting, and ultimately enforcing a properly cast sentence on the the offender. Of the above two goals, the main one that protects the interests of a society is the…
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A Personal Attorney General
Below is a brief description of the duties and responsibilities of the United States Attorney General from the website of Department of Justice (emphasis added by me): The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law…
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Beauty-Pageant-Style Tariffs
We are going to have a beauty-pageant-style announcement for the new tariffs, mostly on our ally countries, on the “liberation” day, April 2nd. That’s pretty much all Mr. President understands; a competition in a TV show, be it the Beauty Pageant which he owned for a while, or the Apprentice show, in which he actually…
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In His Memory
A few weeks ago, when our dog boy, Munchkin, passed, I posted a farewell letter here which has likely raised some eyebrows. Not because it was inappropriate or had questionable content, but because it seemed too emotional to be true. I even received a comment from a well-meaning dear friend of mine who, certainly with…
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A Government “of Narcissists”, “by the King’s Cronies”, and “for Retribution”
In his Gettysburg Address in November of 1863, Abraham Lincoln famously articulated a core principle of democracy, the emphasis on citizen-led governance and representation, as a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Through all the variations in the policies and ambitions of administrations from different political parties since then, and the…
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تو نیستی که ببینی
تو نیستی که ببینیچگونه عطر تو در عمق لحظهها جاری استچگونه عکس تو در برق شیشهها پیداستچگونه جای تو در جان زندگی سبز است هنوز پنجره باز استتو از بلندی ایوان به باغ مینگریدرختها و چمنها و شمعدانیهابه آن ترنم شیرین به آن تبسم مهربه آن نگاه پر از آفتاب می نگرند تمام گنجشکانکه در نبودن تومرا به باد…