The 10th Justice

On the government website concerning the laws about truth in advertising it says: When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on the Internet, radio or television, or anywhere else, federal law says that ad must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence. What constitutes an ad? According to the website of legal definitions: Advertising is the act or practice of attracting public notice and attention.  So where is the Federal Trade Commission when we need them? The newspapers have been filled with evidence of false claims that are attempting to attract the attention of voters. Anyone who claims that politics is not a business needs to explain the enormous amounts of money that are being spent in electing officials who will carry out an agenda helpful to donors. Where do we see false claims that are attempting to attract our attention. Well, let's start at the top. Trump says things that are false virtually everyday. Accor...

When I read that yesterday Trump said, ‘I don’t have an attorney general’ I was torn between the laughing and recoiling in horror. The humorous take on this statement asks: Does Donald finally realize that winning the election did not mean that he won America as his prize? Perhaps he thought that winning America meant he would have his own Attorney General as well as his own House of Representatives and his own Senate. Did he finally have realized his error? Did you ever wonder why he never said, "I don't have an Intelligence Community?" Because it sounds too much like "I don't have intelligence." The reason he disagrees with the intelligence community so often is because they are just what their name implies: an intelligence community, in contrast to an ignorance community. Or a community of greedy bigots. Trump belongs to both those communities as well as the community of liars: himself, Manafort, Gates, Kelly, Sanders, et al. The Intelligence Commun...