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How to increase crime

Crime rates have been dropping, but that may change with Trump’s policies. What drives crime is poverty and anger. When people are disrespected, they act out. If they don’t have enough to feed their families, they will steal. The more disparity in wealth, the more likely crime will occur. After all, how would any of us react if we were struggling to buy medicine or food for our family and others were super-rich? Trump’s Big Bill gives tax breaks to the wealthy while taking away food stamps, limiting Medicaid and trying to eliminate Obamacare. His tariffs are causing food and drug ...

Behavior

In past years, Donald Trump railed against what he called the “weaponization” of the Justice Department. He claimed to be the victim of politically motivated investigations, warning that such misuse of federal power threatened the very foundation of our democracy. Now, in his second term, Trump has changed his views. He has fired career prosecutors who refused to pursue flimsy cases against his political adversaries. He has installed loyal sycophants to replace them, publicly demanded indictments, and declared that “justice must be served” against those who opposed him. Trump has ...

Vitriolic lies

The Jimmy Kimmel Live late night TV show was “suspended indefinitely” according to ABC, the network which aired the show. This is reportedly due to some things he said recently in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. Some people believe that is just an excuse to get rid of a ratings anchor that has been dragging the network down, and some believe it was a sincere reaction to the horrific things he said. Still others believe it was because of pressure from the FCC chairman. Whatever the real reason, there is a predictable and ironic outcry from the speech police calling this a ...

Another mortgage payment

When the DuBoistown storm water program started in 2020, the fees collected were supposed to go for the Chesapeake Bay clean-up for contamination and pollution. Now I find out that the money stays in the borough to maintain stormwater systems in the borough — not one penny goes to the Chesapeake Bay. We were also told Armstrong Township, Susquehanna Township, Nisbet, Loyalsock Township, Montoursville and Williamsport would all be involved by 2024. If this money is for the underground maintenance and repair of the stormwater system, Nisbet and Mosquito Valley will never be involved in ...

Greatest grift in history

Donald Trump and his sons have majority ownership in World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company founded by them in 2024. They receive a majority share of the profits. The company involves the trading of something called Stablecoin which are units of digital currency. On July 18th, The Genius Act was passed by Congress. This legislation establishes a regulatory framework for the issuance of Stablecoin backed by US Dollars or US Treasuries. If Stablecoin becomes widely accepted as mainstream currency, the Trumps stand to make billions on top of the hundreds of millions they ...

Peace, love and justice

You know, I am tired of the right blaming the left and the left blaming the right. I am sick of this righteousness that one can say hateful things and then be a good person because they believe in Jesus. I am Jewish and that doesn’t make me an evil person. I have friends who are Muslim, that doesn’t make me a terrorist. I have friends who are gay, that doesn’t make me homosexual. I have friends who are Black and Hispanic, that doesn’t make me better than them just because I am White and born here. So, JUST STOP. If you think because I grew up believing that people should learn ...