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“Officer Brian, you reported an armed robbery. Do you have a description of the suspect?” “Yes.” “Well, give it to us.” “I said I HAVE it. I’m not sure I can give it to you.” “Why, didn’t you see him clearly?” “ I didn’t say it was male.” “Was it a female?” “Sergeant, more than […]

10Jun

Location

Everybody knows the old restaurant joke: “the three things you need for a successful restaurant are location, location, and location, in that order.” Everybody has HEARD of it, but nobody THINKS about it. As usual. When I was coming up the most obvious thing that affected wages was location. In 1960 the per capita

30May

The Two Hundred Dollar Billionaire

The present election law on donation limits was passed to “end the control of elections by big money.” That crapola always makes me laugh. You pass the law and rich folk will send their lawyer to take care of it for them. That’s it! Trump is an insoluble problem because he is a billionaire. When

27May

What is Islam “Taking Over?”

I find it amusing when people call the Moslems a “takeover.” A takeover of WHAT? The real lesson of Islam is that it has a unity, mutual loyalty. It has, in short, a SOCIETY. Islam is “taking over” pieces of land that are dedicated to having no loyalty, no cohesion, and a doctrine whose only […]

23May

New Orleans Is Tomorrow

Hurricane Katrina was a landmark that, as usual, no one noticed. It was the first time in history that foreign aid was a major factor in an AMERICAN disaster. Historically it was the United States that provided aid when disaster struck, even the man-made Civil War disaster in the Ukraine and Russia in the areas

19May

Nobody Blames Profiling on Black Criminals

Profiling is not just part of law enforcement investigation, to a large extent profiling IS law enforcement investigation. A profiler looks for a pattern. He does NOT look for fairness. The profiler gives out a list of characteristics a perp has, height, weight, accent, locations where he tends to hang out, and