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It’s Harry Trumans Birthday Today, and He’s a Taurus, Just like Me. I’m Rather Proud of That.
We Taureans are generally plain-spoken people, sometimes accused of being moveable as a rock, but that’s okay.
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A Glance Back Is Sometimes Worth More Than Looking Forward, Distorted as Forward Is by the Fog of Today.
Two truths worth remembering:
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The Reopening of Alcatraz – Once Notorious as One of the US’s Toughest Prisons – Would Serve as a “Symbol of Law, Order, and Justice.”
This was officially declared by our 47th president, the Orange Man, who is America’s first to sit behind that Oval Office Resolute Desk as a convicted…
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DOGE Usurps the Constitutional Powers of Congress
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4% Bureaucrats Face Off Against 42% Military Spending
I guess I don’t entirely understand Elon Musk’s focus on cutting down government spending.
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Donald Trump, a Man-Made Crisis
Why and How the President Ignores the Rules of Law
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When Does Manipulation of the Markets Become Insider-Trading?
Financial markets, such as common and preferred shares of public companies, funds that track indexes, commodities, or sectors and trade like stocks and…
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Political and social commentary that brings clarity and sanity to today's news, keeping you aware and focused on what actually matters.
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