Wow. Talk about racism in the judiciary.

October 25, 2021

By Stacy St. Clair

Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyers can refer to the men he shot as “rioters” and “looters,” but prosecutors still may not call them “victims” at any time during the teen’s upcoming murder trial, a judge ruled Monday.

Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder cautioned the defense team against using pejorative terms during opening statements, but he said they could use them in their closing arguments if the evidence suggested the men engaged in criminal acts....

There is every reason to believe there will not be a fair trial for The People, Rittenhouse is doing just fine. Below is a look at the jury pool.

October 27, 2021
By John Keilman

Scott Seip, 76, and Dee Seip, 63, stand together in their yard after sharing their thoughts on the mood in town on Oct. 19, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisc. 

Kenosha - If you want to know (click here) how this city feels about the impending Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a conversation with Scott and Dee Seip is a good place to start.

One mile northwest of their house is the still-vacant commercial strip that burned during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. One mile northeast is the street where Rittenhouse, a teenager from Antioch who said he came to Kenosha to provide security during the unrest, shot two men to death and wounded a third.

With Rittenhouse’s murder trial set to begin Nov. 1, the international spotlight promises to focus once more on this mid-sized, postindustrial city on the shore of Lake Michigan. Numerous opinions and concerns about the case could be heard around town last week, many of which were reflected by the Seips.

Scott Seip, 76, is a Democrat. He thinks Rittenhouse was in the wrong and needs to be held accountable for his actions. His wife Dee Seip, 63, is a Republican. She thinks Rittenhouse was defending himself and a local business and deserves to be acquitted.

But there is one thing they agree on: Trouble might flare once more after the verdict....

Interns beware.

It appears to me Wall Street is lined with savages looking for their next money fix. Basically, as evidenced by this event, they can be dressed up, but, they can't go anywhere.

October 13, 2021
By Isabella Khadem Hosseini

Patrick Blumenthal (click here) settled a proceeding filed in February 2020 against Goldman Sachs and his bank boss.

Goldman Sachs has settled a lawsuit filed by a former intern. He claimed that his boss had been so fooled that he left permanent damage to his brain.

Patrick Blumenthal interned at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco from September 2017 to February 2018.

The settlement, which Bloomberg first reported on Friday, took place a week before the hearing on the investment bank’s request to dismiss the proceedings.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed in the submission to the San Francisco Superior Court.

“Goldman Sachs has not commented on the issue,” said Maeve Duvalley, a bank spokeswoman.

While working for the company, Blumental was assigned to “Team 007” under the leadership of Julius Elkimov, Goldman Sachs’ private financial asset adviser called “Fast Julie.”

On February 9, 2018, Blumenthal went out for a drink after working with about 12 colleagues....

Abortion is being used for large political donors.

This is an Letter to the Editor from Grand Forks, North Dakota. I was completely surprised to read such a thoughtful opinion supporting women seeking abortions from a very red state.

The abortion law in Texas is extremely radical and does not track with any other abortion provision in The West or other states of the USA. All this, no different than the judges out of The Federalist Society, is for money for politics. It is ALL quid pro quo. The Federalist Society and/or wealthy conservatives get what they paid for when promoting the election of a conservative Republican.

I sincerely believe this extremism that hurts women and removes their right to their own bodies is all about political monies from donors and the donors ambition to achieve a theocracy out of a democracy.

October 26, 2021

Women (click here) who are denied abortions are often in situations of domestic violence and having to keep the baby may force them to stay in contact with violent partners who put them and their baby at risk.

The Oct. 9 Grand Forks Herald letter to the editor, “Abortion is not a woman’s right,” discussed how women should not have the right to make decisions about carrying a fetus to term because life begins in the womb. The letter, however, made no mention of the limits already in place on abortions, such as prohibiting them after viability, or after 20-weeks, which is before the viability age.

This means that the vast majority of abortions, unless they are taking place due to circumstances that threaten the carrier’s life, happen before there is any chance that the fetus could survive birth. The argument that pregnant women are killing babies is unfounded and harmful.

The fact is, if legislatures strip women of the right to have safe abortions, then the rate of unsafe and potentially life-threatening abortions will rise (limiting abortions). Laws restricting access to safe and legal abortions disproportionately impact low-income women, women of color, and women in rural areas in incredibly harmful ways. It is a discriminatory restriction that has the worst effects on already marginalized women....

Women are receiving expanded rights for abortion everywhere else in the world, except, Texas.

October 26, 2021
By Isaac Nowroozi

The Northern Territory government (click here) has today introduced legislation to parliament to make it easier for women to access later-term abortions.

The proposed amendments would allow women to access a pregnancy termination between 14 and 24 weeks, with the support of one doctor instead of two.

They would also introduce an option for pregnant women to access termination after 24 weeks for medical reasons, with the support of two doctors.

Currently abortions after 23 weeks are prohibited in the NT, unless deemed necessary to save the pregnant person's life.

It is a move Family Planning NT has been calling for for years.

"This is similar legislation to other states and territories," Family Planning NT chief executive Robyn Wardle said.

Tom Cotton contributes to the insurrection.

An editorial in "The Epoch Times" written by Newt Gingrich, stated education from K - 12 was a Republilcan asset. In it Gingrich goes on to say that choice is a parents last hope for their child's education and it is a Republican winning asset.

Today, Tom Cotton attacked Attorney General Garland because he could but not because he should. There was no reason to attack AG Garland.

October 27, 2021
By Harper Neidig

Attorney General Merrick Garland (click here) on Wednesday clashed with Republican senators over the Justice Department's efforts to crack down on violent threats against school boards, with one GOP member telling the former judge, "Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court."

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) made the remark during a heated exchange in which the senator tried to tie the Justice Department's new school board policy to an incident in Loudoun County, Va., where a teenager was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in a school bathroom.

"This testimony, your directive, your performance is shameful," Cotton said. "Thank God, you're not on the Supreme Court. You should resign in disgrace, judge."...

Cotton was plugging into the fear of COVID-19 among parents. Tom Cotton, all of a sudden, doesn't believe in the Rule of Law.

AG Garland wrote a regulation stating that if School Board Members are threatened it can and should be considered a crime. The issue at hand is that School Board members are elected by the people and while a minority of people may not like the election outcome they have no right to threaten School Board members if they open schools while the virus is still a problem in the community.

The way the USA handles such issues is that elections can change the way a school board decides it's regulation of schools.

I understand that some parents want the schools open and diminishes the problem with the virus and some parents are more protective and want their children home, safe from COVID-19, and on zoom for classes. School boards have it tough. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't. So, the idea AG Garland is a crackpot of some kind in regard to protecting elected officals of School Boards is nothing but pandering to the extremist voters of the USA that receive their news through crackpot news organizations.

Attorney General Garland is doing the right thing and is upholding the Rule of Law. Lord only knows what sort of order Cotton is expecting anyone to abide by, probably anarchy. Live by the gun, die by the gun. 

What are we paying people like Cotton for anyway?