"How ironic and tragic that we must look to the British monarchy for a strong example of ethical and democratic thinking while suffering an anti-democratic and criminal tyrant ruling America." Stunning, so many layers of irony and tragedy.
For thirty years I’ve been trying to expose the world of education which operates above the law. It’s fallen on deaf ears. I’ve had details about it at WhiteChalkCrime.com since 2002 and books about it since 2008. I haven’t given up because I knew the institution that serves as democracy’s foundation would take down democracy as it eventually did. What the UK did gives me hope. Laws are codified morality. When an institution operates above them it’s immoral. Democracy feeds on trust. Our schools starved democracy to death knowing the populace wouldn’t look into this. Perhaps they will now. I have all the details in my 2024 book A Graver Danger.
Personally I believe that the institution that's been "taking down democracy" from democracy's origin is patriarchy, but since it's got its tentacles in every influential institution, including education, I take your point. But I'll go to my grave wishing it were otherwise.
Yes. You’re right on. I’m glad you shared that thought since it’s the underlying issue. I’m with you!
The energy great teachers bring to the table is feminine, caring energy. The fascists who hijacked our schools are the ultimate disturbed male energy. So destroying our schools is the ultimate patriarchy move and fixing them will bring back the missing balance.
There’s so much wrong with what our schools have done including ending the critical thinking that one needs to recognize a con man. But
all those little boys stuck with puppet teachers who are not allowed to really care about them are not developing their feminine side, to our detriment.
Bottom line is first they came for our schools. Now they’re abusing all of us. Our leaders failed us when they did nothing about our schools and it will be a patriarchy until they do something. And getting them to is quite a challenge. Read my book A Graver Danger and you’ll see that challenge.
It’s been hard enough to sell
we cannot have a democracy with these schools. So I
don’t stress this patriarchal aspect. But truly we’re a mess because male energy thinks it has all the answers and they’ve totally missed our feminine schools.
A career that’s not about money is definitely feminine energy. And all these super rich people who only care about money calling all the shots these days wouldn’t be this way if people like me had power. That’s why my mission is to empower that feminine energy but it will be harder if I call it that!
My stomach turns also, sometimes many times a day, as I read about what Trump is doing everyday. I just cannot believe the “ Department of Justice “ is letting him get away with this. And the Republicans in Congress and his cult supporters.
This WH is becoming a buffet of choices for Americans, particularly voters, to abandon this president.
Right now he’s ranting like a madman over the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs. The people who brought the case became “sleazebags”; he’s ashamed of the Court & it’s representing foreign interests etc. But one thing he’s clear about is trying to impose the global tariff (in other ways?) today that is “10%” greater. Apparently the “affordability hoax” remains his reality.
We need to abandon not only this president but the party and the donors that put him there. Trump didn't come out of nowhere. Millions upon millions of USians voted for him three times. They didn't get exactly what they voted for, but what they voted for was despicable. Maybe forgive, but never forget.
I just made this comment on Robert Hubbel's post. Wouldn't it be ironic if the present King of England saved democracy by his statement of letting the rule of law prevail. A lot has to happen, but it could be a through-line in the history books going forward.
This atrocity has burned into my heart, and I’m grateful to you Steven, and many other caring journalists who vociferously blast the purposeful neglect of a corrupt regime blatantly burying the grotesque Truth.
I can in no way understand what drives these behaviors.
Excerpt from your article:
…”And yet, the monstrously cynical and contemptuous Pam Bondi abuses her position as attorney general by asserting under oath, “There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.” Her Justice Department deputy, Todd Blanche, repeats the mantra of “no evidence” by asserting that the prosecutors’ review of the case “is over.”
Thanks Steven : Yes and Charles the fist was dispatched with an axe 30 Jan 1649. The British don't let child rape go unsolved. Historically the royalty always thought it was their birthright to have any woman they chose. I understand Trump is going to release the files on the UFO Aliens. They may find his name it there also. According to an inmate in Florida , Ms. Maxwell told her , she recruited little girls for Trump. I don't know if this is true or not. Trump use to action little boys off to various perverts at Mar-a-Lago .
All one needs to do (or see) is to look at the monstrously large banner now hanging over the front entrance of the “Justice” Department. Bondi doesn’t want to be outdone by the Labor Department, where the first such banner has been on display for more than a year. And I guess the next distraction will be an unprovoked bombardment of Iran - anything to distract from those files.
Not to forget the podium that Kristi Noem stood behind, displaying the slogan ONE OF OURS, ALL OF YOURS. Pundits and pedants have bent over backwards to show that the Nazis didn't use those exact words, but (to paraphrase Dylan) you don't need a pedant to tell you what the words mean.
The Epstein (aside: I just typed "Epstain" and thought of letting it stet) scandal has a much broader reach than I realized when it first broke. "Scandal" isn't the right word, is it? Most scandals are tempests in relatively limited teapots. This level of corruption is so epic, so integral to our so-called democracy, that it deserves a more accurate word.
At the same time, though its extent may turn out to be unique, its essence is anything but: the exploitation of the powerless by the powerful is pretty much business as usual wherever power imbalances exist (everywhere!) and the powerful aren't restrained by law, custom, or public opinion. Harvey Weinstein isn't unique; the phrase "casting couch" has been around for decades, and #MeToo transcends occupational and geographical borders. Also for decades some priests of the Catholic Church abused their power over boys and young men, while the higher-ups pretended not to notice.
Somehow, however, "we" keep forgetting the lessons until a new scandal prods our memory and pokes our conscience. Are we actually going to deal with it for real this time? I hope so, but I have my doubts.
You are right about 'scandal.' Scandals are generated through the media, their importance is their effect on the public. Here, we are talking about criminal activity--sex crimes. With victims. We should be prosecuting the criminals in the ordinary manner according to a system of justice, not salivating for the next 'big name' to drop. It is true that sometimes a big scandal generates some true accountability, as with the Catholic Church sexual abuses of children. Let's hope the same happens here. But to see headlines that bounce between Trump the sex offender and Trump the negotiator of peace for Russia and Ukraine truly boggles the mind. The world is split into multiple screens, forcing us all to maintain a kind of schizophrenic consciousness.
Where are you, the senior members of our military, in all of this: does it sit well with you that your "commander-in-chief" is a pedophile, a man who has raped young girls? Does it sit well with you that he has made you accessories to the murder of people in the Caribbean? Does it sit well with you that he disrespects the solemn oath to our Constitution - the oath to which you have sworn fidelity - every time he opens his mouth? Does it sit well with you that he staged a violent insurrection to cling to power and should have been imprisoned, leave alone being allowed to run for election again? Does it sit well with you that his masked and armed thugs are murdering us on our streets? Does it sit well with you that he is openly siding with Putin in a brutal war against innocent Ukrainians? Does it sit well with you that he is actively working to destroy our alliances with European democracies? Does it sit well with you that he is a corrupt criminal who has amassed a fortune of billions in a little over a year? Does it sit well with you that he is on the verge of ordering you to wage war with Iran, with all the terrible consequences that will manifest themselves over years to come, and all in order to serve as a distraction from his problems?
Does any of this sit well with you? No?... Well then, side with us, the People, to overthrow this monster now. Side with us when we march in our millions against this dictatorial regime on March 28. Side with us as work to reclaim our nation. Your fidelity to the oath you have sworn demands that you do so.
"The coming years will prove that they have unleashed a fury in America that will not end without both accountability and an end to the extreme inequality that poisons our society." We dare not, ever, extinguish the outrage I pray we all feel now. There will be plays in the Trump regime's playbook to divert us yet again--such as a senseless war with Iran, opening up files on UFOs and aliens (not the human kind we plan to kill). If we permit this flame to go out, then we as a nation, and millions of us within it, will lose our tether to being virtuous humans.
"How ironic and tragic that we must look to the British monarchy for a strong example of ethical and democratic thinking while suffering an anti-democratic and criminal tyrant ruling America." Stunning, so many layers of irony and tragedy.
Yup, so many layers.
For thirty years I’ve been trying to expose the world of education which operates above the law. It’s fallen on deaf ears. I’ve had details about it at WhiteChalkCrime.com since 2002 and books about it since 2008. I haven’t given up because I knew the institution that serves as democracy’s foundation would take down democracy as it eventually did. What the UK did gives me hope. Laws are codified morality. When an institution operates above them it’s immoral. Democracy feeds on trust. Our schools starved democracy to death knowing the populace wouldn’t look into this. Perhaps they will now. I have all the details in my 2024 book A Graver Danger.
Personally I believe that the institution that's been "taking down democracy" from democracy's origin is patriarchy, but since it's got its tentacles in every influential institution, including education, I take your point. But I'll go to my grave wishing it were otherwise.
Yes. You’re right on. I’m glad you shared that thought since it’s the underlying issue. I’m with you!
The energy great teachers bring to the table is feminine, caring energy. The fascists who hijacked our schools are the ultimate disturbed male energy. So destroying our schools is the ultimate patriarchy move and fixing them will bring back the missing balance.
There’s so much wrong with what our schools have done including ending the critical thinking that one needs to recognize a con man. But
all those little boys stuck with puppet teachers who are not allowed to really care about them are not developing their feminine side, to our detriment.
Bottom line is first they came for our schools. Now they’re abusing all of us. Our leaders failed us when they did nothing about our schools and it will be a patriarchy until they do something. And getting them to is quite a challenge. Read my book A Graver Danger and you’ll see that challenge.
It’s been hard enough to sell
we cannot have a democracy with these schools. So I
don’t stress this patriarchal aspect. But truly we’re a mess because male energy thinks it has all the answers and they’ve totally missed our feminine schools.
A career that’s not about money is definitely feminine energy. And all these super rich people who only care about money calling all the shots these days wouldn’t be this way if people like me had power. That’s why my mission is to empower that feminine energy but it will be harder if I call it that!
My stomach turns also, sometimes many times a day, as I read about what Trump is doing everyday. I just cannot believe the “ Department of Justice “ is letting him get away with this. And the Republicans in Congress and his cult supporters.
There's a good reason you put "Department of Justice" in scare quotes!
Great message & thanks for not letting this story fade away. I hope a war with Iran isn’t Trump’s next distraction.
I hear you -- and isn't it appalling that the same thought has occurred to so many of us?
This WH is becoming a buffet of choices for Americans, particularly voters, to abandon this president.
Right now he’s ranting like a madman over the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs. The people who brought the case became “sleazebags”; he’s ashamed of the Court & it’s representing foreign interests etc. But one thing he’s clear about is trying to impose the global tariff (in other ways?) today that is “10%” greater. Apparently the “affordability hoax” remains his reality.
We need to abandon not only this president but the party and the donors that put him there. Trump didn't come out of nowhere. Millions upon millions of USians voted for him three times. They didn't get exactly what they voted for, but what they voted for was despicable. Maybe forgive, but never forget.
I just made this comment on Robert Hubbel's post. Wouldn't it be ironic if the present King of England saved democracy by his statement of letting the rule of law prevail. A lot has to happen, but it could be a through-line in the history books going forward.
This atrocity has burned into my heart, and I’m grateful to you Steven, and many other caring journalists who vociferously blast the purposeful neglect of a corrupt regime blatantly burying the grotesque Truth.
I can in no way understand what drives these behaviors.
Excerpt from your article:
…”And yet, the monstrously cynical and contemptuous Pam Bondi abuses her position as attorney general by asserting under oath, “There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.” Her Justice Department deputy, Todd Blanche, repeats the mantra of “no evidence” by asserting that the prosecutors’ review of the case “is over.”
///
“Boo-hoo”, cried the Orange Clown. “This makes me so bigly sad.”
Thanks Steven : Yes and Charles the fist was dispatched with an axe 30 Jan 1649. The British don't let child rape go unsolved. Historically the royalty always thought it was their birthright to have any woman they chose. I understand Trump is going to release the files on the UFO Aliens. They may find his name it there also. According to an inmate in Florida , Ms. Maxwell told her , she recruited little girls for Trump. I don't know if this is true or not. Trump use to action little boys off to various perverts at Mar-a-Lago .
All one needs to do (or see) is to look at the monstrously large banner now hanging over the front entrance of the “Justice” Department. Bondi doesn’t want to be outdone by the Labor Department, where the first such banner has been on display for more than a year. And I guess the next distraction will be an unprovoked bombardment of Iran - anything to distract from those files.
Not to forget the podium that Kristi Noem stood behind, displaying the slogan ONE OF OURS, ALL OF YOURS. Pundits and pedants have bent over backwards to show that the Nazis didn't use those exact words, but (to paraphrase Dylan) you don't need a pedant to tell you what the words mean.
The Epstein (aside: I just typed "Epstain" and thought of letting it stet) scandal has a much broader reach than I realized when it first broke. "Scandal" isn't the right word, is it? Most scandals are tempests in relatively limited teapots. This level of corruption is so epic, so integral to our so-called democracy, that it deserves a more accurate word.
At the same time, though its extent may turn out to be unique, its essence is anything but: the exploitation of the powerless by the powerful is pretty much business as usual wherever power imbalances exist (everywhere!) and the powerful aren't restrained by law, custom, or public opinion. Harvey Weinstein isn't unique; the phrase "casting couch" has been around for decades, and #MeToo transcends occupational and geographical borders. Also for decades some priests of the Catholic Church abused their power over boys and young men, while the higher-ups pretended not to notice.
Somehow, however, "we" keep forgetting the lessons until a new scandal prods our memory and pokes our conscience. Are we actually going to deal with it for real this time? I hope so, but I have my doubts.
You are right about 'scandal.' Scandals are generated through the media, their importance is their effect on the public. Here, we are talking about criminal activity--sex crimes. With victims. We should be prosecuting the criminals in the ordinary manner according to a system of justice, not salivating for the next 'big name' to drop. It is true that sometimes a big scandal generates some true accountability, as with the Catholic Church sexual abuses of children. Let's hope the same happens here. But to see headlines that bounce between Trump the sex offender and Trump the negotiator of peace for Russia and Ukraine truly boggles the mind. The world is split into multiple screens, forcing us all to maintain a kind of schizophrenic consciousness.
Where are you, the senior members of our military, in all of this: does it sit well with you that your "commander-in-chief" is a pedophile, a man who has raped young girls? Does it sit well with you that he has made you accessories to the murder of people in the Caribbean? Does it sit well with you that he disrespects the solemn oath to our Constitution - the oath to which you have sworn fidelity - every time he opens his mouth? Does it sit well with you that he staged a violent insurrection to cling to power and should have been imprisoned, leave alone being allowed to run for election again? Does it sit well with you that his masked and armed thugs are murdering us on our streets? Does it sit well with you that he is openly siding with Putin in a brutal war against innocent Ukrainians? Does it sit well with you that he is actively working to destroy our alliances with European democracies? Does it sit well with you that he is a corrupt criminal who has amassed a fortune of billions in a little over a year? Does it sit well with you that he is on the verge of ordering you to wage war with Iran, with all the terrible consequences that will manifest themselves over years to come, and all in order to serve as a distraction from his problems?
Does any of this sit well with you? No?... Well then, side with us, the People, to overthrow this monster now. Side with us when we march in our millions against this dictatorial regime on March 28. Side with us as work to reclaim our nation. Your fidelity to the oath you have sworn demands that you do so.
Great post!!
"The coming years will prove that they have unleashed a fury in America that will not end without both accountability and an end to the extreme inequality that poisons our society." We dare not, ever, extinguish the outrage I pray we all feel now. There will be plays in the Trump regime's playbook to divert us yet again--such as a senseless war with Iran, opening up files on UFOs and aliens (not the human kind we plan to kill). If we permit this flame to go out, then we as a nation, and millions of us within it, will lose our tether to being virtuous humans.