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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Police hunt for kidnappers as young couple are snatched at gunpoint off Manhattan street in broad daylight
I spent five years on the ground in Central America and Colombia in the 70s and 80s as a Special Forces Officer. This type of kidnappings was very common leading up to the violence and chaos that marked the revolutions/civil … Continue reading
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FDA’s Double Standard Blamed for Countless Deaths
First saw an entry on Face Book saying that the ‘FDA was responsible for 100,000 plus deaths’ a year and just could not believe it. So, I plugged the statement into google search and found all kinds of references. Quoted … Continue reading
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Did DOJ Chief Go After Bankers? Or Cash In? (Of Course!)
This is beyond the pale. I think in terms of 2.2 million men, women and children sitting in the jails and prisons of the nation for crimes that amount to chump change when compared to what is gong at the … Continue reading
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Obama Gives Monsanto Get Out of Jail Free Card
Don’t know that I have ever seen a clearer monologue on corruption at the national level where the national food chain is put at risk. One of the biggest arguments for outlandish prices and extended patents is the cost of … Continue reading
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws
And from the Rolling Stone Magazine: “While Wall Street crooks walk, thousands sit in California prisons for life over crimes as trivial as stealing socks” I would not dare add another word and let you read it yourself. Cruel and … Continue reading
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Delivering a computer to Daytona
Did not want to get out of bed this morning. However, had a laptop from the Horizon Communities in Prison to deliver to a young lady that just started college and today was the only day in the visible future … Continue reading
Posted in On the Road, Re-entry, Women and Children
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Corporate Prison Nightmare for Employees
There are too many threads of information in this fast talking news clip. However, nothing here is contrary to the facts as I have known them as a volunteer with 15 or more years in State and Federal prisons that … Continue reading
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