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Brown: 5 – Plessy: 4
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Bumper sticker of the week:
June 26: A day that will live in famy
Archive for June, 2015
Brown: 5 – Plessy: 4 (June 29, 2015)
Posted in Due Process, Equal Protection, Gay Politics, Less Government Regulation Series, Supreme Court on June 29, 2015 by e-commentary.orgOpportunity, Welfare And Unrest (June 15, 2015)
Posted in Collapse, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, Kleptocracy, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Slavery, Society, Wages, War, Welfare on June 15, 2015 by e-commentary.org. . .
4 “They say that welfare is the bribe paid to the underclass not to revolt. The bribe is no longer enough. The underclass reasonably seeks more from the overclass. Many of them do not want a bribe, they want opportunity. There is no opportunity today and will be even less opportunity tomorrow. There is more restiveness. There is more restlessness. There will be more unrest.”
6 “The war on poverty has become the war on those in poverty.”
4 “Always a war. Could be a hot summer. Or a hot winter.”
6 “A hot winter? Is that anthropogenic global climate change?
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Bumper sticker of the week:
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy
High-Frequency Trading = Cybercrime (June 8, 2015)
Posted in Crime/Punishment, Cyberactivities, Law on June 8, 2015 by e-commentary.org. . .
7 “Imagine the surprise a part-time summer intern for the federal government will receive upon learning that his or her personal data was purloined decades later by someone or something unknown.”
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9 “High-Frequency Trading (HFT) is Cybercrime. Period. And the government does absolutely nothing about it.”
7 “Because it is done by the Owners, it is allowed. If it were done by the Chinese or by the Russians or by the Iranians, bombs would fly.”
9 “High-Frequency Trading (HFT) is Cybercrime. Period.”
7 “And the government does absolutely nothing about it.”
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7 “There may be a few individuals within the government who know what is going on but are throttled from doing anything about it by those in power.”
9 “High-Frequency Trading (HFT) is Cybercrime. Period.”
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[See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_trading.]
Bumper sticker of the week:
High-Frequency Trading (HFT) is Cybercrime. Period.
Pensions, Conflicts Of Interest And The Illinois Supreme Court (June 1, 2015)
Posted in Conflicts of Interest, Courts, Judges, Judicial Arrogance, Judiciary, Law, Pensions on June 1, 2015 by e-commentary.org. . .
7 “How the h-e-double hockey sticks can the Illinois Supreme Court rule on a matter that goes to the heart of its and its members core fundamental financial interests – their pensions.”
9 “They are judges. Period.”
7 “The court as an institution was obligated to recuse itself. Each justice should have recused himself and herself.”
9 “They are judges. Period.”
7 “No one will ever get a fair hearing on the matter before a partial court. Judges like to make a public spectacle about recusing themselves for some minor insignificant matter to give the appearance that the system is fair and impartial.”
9 “They are judges. Period.”
7 “The constitutional language cited by the court is aspirational and premised on a functioning economic and political system.”
9 “They are judges. Period.”
7 “The plausible arguments are rejected with some snitty aside that ‘the argument is absolutely without merit’ or some such intellectually dishonest drivel. And then the court sanctions the attorney.”
9 “They are judges. Period. They do what they want to do. Period. It is not that difficult. Period.”
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[See the e-commentary at Pensions and Other Entitlements: Pt. 1 (April 14, 2008), Pensions and Other Entitlements: Pt. 2 (April 28, 2008) and June – Celebrate Terrorism-Free Month (June 2, 2014).]
Bumper sticker of the week:
Celebrate Terrorism-Free Month in June. Reject your fears for a few weeks and reflect on your hopes for a few minutes.
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