Category Archives: Jurisprudence

Thoughts About the Attempted Insurrection in Washington DC

Posted on January 7, 2021 by wordcloud9

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.As nations become corrupt and vicious, theyhave more need of masters.”   – Benjamin Franklin “In questions of power, then, let no more be saidof confidence in man, but bind him down frommischief by the … Continue reading →

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The only thing we have to trump is fear itself

Posted on September 12, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers Only the blind led the blind in Trump Tower, especially in June 2016. But more interesting is Barbara Res telling stories about her former boss, challenging the notion of the “adults in the room” and their agendas. … Continue reading →

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If the Cohen allegations are true, POTUS* conspired to violate federal campaign law and to hide it from the American people

Posted on August 23, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers     Neal Katyal’s op-ed in the NY Times spells it out clearly. Trump has been so used to working without accountability as a private citizen especially with respect to covering up his numerous dalliances, that he … Continue reading →

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Will Cohen suck on Trump’s Lemon, or does Helsinki meet mean that 45* must talk to his boss first

Posted on July 2, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers The week begins with network interviews of Michael Cohen as he hectors Trump to pay his legal tab (or at least task Kushner to find a Qatari willing to forgo that new stable of Lambos or a Russian … Continue reading →

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Trump favors waterboarding… bring on the Cucking Stool

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ann summers

by ann summers Trump’s strangely transparent sense of his own cleverness was on display this morning, trying to deflect from the continuing unraveling of #TrumpRussia. It is apparent that no one from Mueller’s side leaked any questions for a variety … Continue reading →

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Putin place or Put in place. Trump’s interest conflicts because conflicts interest him.

Posted on April 16, 2018 by ann summers

By ann summers Trump tried to claim the government can’t walk and chew gum, but fails three days later at getting a Temporary Restraining Order in an attempt to isolate Cohen raid booty. Darned irony for a guy who has … Continue reading →

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Looking at Jeff Flake’s anti-Trump speech on the media

Posted on January 23, 2018 by ann summers

  By ann summers The collective false consciousness that is US democracy has many manifestations, so without casting aspersions on Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake’s motives, his speech on the floor of the US Senate is useful if only to … Continue reading →

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TCS: A Dangerous Silence in Public Schools – Thoughts for Religious Freedom Day

Posted on January 15, 2018 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! ________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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Nothing Personal. Just Business

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Terry Welshans

I have owned and operated a few businesses over the last 60 years, and I have studied business law, drawn contracts and agreements, but do not have an advanced degree. I have taught as an adjunct professor at a college … Continue reading →

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President Bait and Vice President Switch

Posted on July 22, 2017 by ann summers

By ann summers we may be seeing the rise of a particular strategy on the right—sometimes gripping part of the GOP, and sometimes all of it—that can be traced back to that noted conservative Vladimir Lenin. I speak of “heightening … Continue reading →

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