When
did
ignorance become a virtue?
Accept
No Substitute:
It seems inexplicable that the US does not use hand-marked paper
ballots, hand counted in public at every polling place in the
country, then publicly warehoused for the duration of the longest
term of any elected candidate. Well, inexplicable unless those in
power want to have less than a full and public tally of the votes.
Trust
Your Gut:
Researchers have discovered that if “snap judgments” reveal our
true selves, our true selves favor cooperation. Selfishness requires
thinking.
New
& Improved:
Turkish strongman Recep Erdoğan has insured that Turkey will not be
admitted to the European Union as long as he and his co-conspirators
are in power by signing
into law a measure that essentially makes belonging to any party
but his neo-Islamic AKP illegal and subjects dissenters to torture or
assassination.
Jury
Nullification:
Prospective jurors in lenient-on-rapists Judge Aaron Persky's court
have refused to serve for fear that the Judge's version of justice
wasn't shared by the public.
Averages:
Larissa
Martinez, valedictorian
of the McKinney, TX high school, revealed at her graduation that she
was an undocumented immigrant, and explained that she had not brought
drugs nor crime with her when she came at age 11, not had she raped
anyone. She was, as Donald assumed, “one of the good people.”
Question:
If Hillary is elected, will she be impeached over her emails?
Bank
On It:
Starbucks has more customer money piled on its cards than most bank
have in deposits. Can you count your gift card as an asset when
seeking a loan? Will
Starbucks
start
paying
interest?
A
Parting Shot:
