Politics and Law
This is very sad news that went under the COVID radar. Blase was a great man of action and deep thought, with the highest ability to express his moral and ethical ideas. I love him so much for what I have learned from him. I am working on a project now where I have relied…
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Thanks to my friend, Myles Cummings, now in the UK, who steered me to an interesting article with very ominous overtones about the FBI coordination with banks for the crackdown upon the Occupy Movement activities. SEE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coordinated-crackdown-occupy I have written in earlier blog entries on this site about my philosophical support for the Occupy movement and…
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POETRY OF THE TALIBAN I know that the Taliban are not necessarily Arabs, nor are they known for their poetic works, but this article sounds promising about a new book about the Poetry of the Taliban. Read about the book, Poetry of the Taliban, HERE An interesting and important read. Salam Verses of the Holy Q’uran…
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I am developing a docudrama about a soldier in the US Army who defected to the enemy side in 1899 during the Philippines-US War on the island of Luzon. Throughout US History there are lots of other great examples of defection, some recent, but I’m most interested in Black US soldiers in the Pilipino-American War who defected…
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In the past I didn’t understand Carville’s approach or persona; but in the last few years I have grown to greatly respect and enjoy his writing and sense of humor. It’s a good read. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/14/opinion/carville-middle-class/index.html The USA has formed a dangerously inequitable gap between the haves and the have nots, where the have nots are…
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Dear Sven: I know this is an unusual way to initiate contact, but I would like to work with you at Shell. Not sure what more to do aside from applying online, but that means HR scrutiny. It is my opinion that the job, Exec Producer/Creative Director is far away from the mainstream categories for…
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This link has three interview clips with one of my heroes, Alan Dershowitz, a great thinker, scholar, and advocate for justice. LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsmakers/legal-system-treats-celebs-differently–dershowitz-says.html It is well worth the time to watch the interview(s). –Woody Dershowitz? –Alan Allen? My fascination with Dershowitz is enhanced by the fact that Dershowitz’s voice reminds me so much of Woody…
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I noticed a SF documentary filmmaker (www.chainedthedocumentary.com) is developing and producing a feature about the “student loan crisis.†I wish him great success. Posing the question to myself, I ask what is the student loan crisis? This gets my mind whirring. So the following is a response to the student loan crisis. Just like Erasmus the Educator, Artist, a Wayfaring…
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I hope this is useful to someone, at least as a resource and reference. Someone forward the file to Donald Trump, he needs one for reference. Quran-English-Translation-clearquran-edition.
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A new “5-year rule†in California allows the government to recover their costs for social services received by you. Question: Are the insurance subsidies under the ACA to be considered as a social service received? Presumably so, but I am not sure. Under the new rule the government can demand to be paid back from your estate for the…
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