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One of the biggest injustices that exists in America’s “justice system” is known euphemistically as Civil Asset Forfeiture (CAF). It amounts to theft by government, plain and simple.
A completely innocent person can have their cash or property seized if that physical object is suspected of being involved in a crime. A person does not need to be charged with a crime for this to take place.
A young man traveling to California to start a career as a music producer had his life savings stolen by the DEA simply because he was carrying the cash in an unorthodox fashion to the …read more

The Butte Standard, daily newspaper for Butte, Montana, has this op-ed by Republican Party state chairman Jeff Essmann. Essmann makes the philosophical case in favor of closed primaries. …read more

Bernie Sanders has made a lot of expensive promises during his campaign, and a recent Wall Street Journal report indicated that these promises may not even be financially possible.
According to the numbers released by WSJ this week, Sanders’ plans would cost roughly 18 trillion dollars, a figure that is about the size of the entire national debt. This means that if these plans were enacted, it would double the current national debt, a feat that may not even be possible under today’s economic circumstances.
To fund his plans, Sanders has suggested large tax increases that would bring in $6.5 trillion over …read more

On September 14, the Florida House of Representatives submitted a proposed U.S. House redistricting plan to a state court judge. Later this month the judge will submit his own recommendations to the Florida Supreme Court. See this story.
UPDATE: also, see this story. …read more

Taiji, Japan – In an annual display of absolute barbarism, the infamous dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan kicked off its yearly massacre of dolphins and whales last week.
Founder of The Dolphin Project and star of the 2009 documentary film “The Cove,” Ric O’Barry was on scene to witness the bloodbath once again.
Even after years of witnessing the most heinous acts, Barry was left reeling from witnessing the wanton extermination of such intelligent life forms.
The Taiji hunt lasts for six months, killing or capturing up to a quota of 1,873 animals this season alone. The annual slaughter continues to cause international …read more

The cushiest government job of all might belong to Jeffrey Farrow, executive director of an obscure federal agency called the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad (CPAHA).
Established in 1985, the CPAHA is tasked with preserving and protecting monuments and buildings “associated with the foreign heritage of U.S. citizens abroad.”
Farrow works four hours per week leading this commission and collects an annual salary of $143,000. He was appointed in 2001.
This incredible waste of taxpayer money was discovered in 2013 by General Services Administration’s inspector general. But Senator Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs …read more

Chris Shelton has this opinion piece in American Prospect, praising the Working Families Party and celebrating its growth and expansion. Shelton has been President of the Communications Workers of America since June 2015, and he lives in New York city. …read more

On September 10, the Vermont Progressive Party filed an amended Complaint in Corren v Sorrell, 2:15cv-58. The amended Complaint charges that Vermont campaign finance law is unconstitutional, when it prohibits political parties from spending even one cent on their nominees who have qualified for public funding. The case was originally filed on March 20, 2015, in an attempt to stop the Vermont Attorney General from fining the party’s nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2014, Dean Corren, $72,000. The Attorney General says that Corren, because he qualified for public funding, could not receive any type of support from …read more

Never one to pull a comedic punch at the established order, legendary comedian George Carlin takes aim at the insanity of organized religion in this hard hitting stand-up routine.

As always, Carlin’s sociopolitical commentary reveals an innate understanding of how the system of power were set up and operated, and exactly whom they were meant to serve.
When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has …read more