Anyone can be speaker of the house.
Ask Siri. John Roberts will go along. As per “Citizens United” Apple Inc. is a person.
Siri’s neutral.
“Hey Siri” be speaker of the house.
New York Times
Gail Collins
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Landlords Patterson NJ - Landlords Coatesville PA
In 1998 and later in 2008 the City of Coatesville PA was in about as bad shape as Patterson NJ is now. Coatesville has changed a lot since 2008.
Landlords are not created equal.
I've become acquainted with landlords like Charles Florio in Philadelphia and in Coatesville. They along with individual homeowners change neighborhoods. Government can create the framework for change but the collective efforts of individuals make it happen.
Florio’s aim is to renovate and rent multifamily residential buildings, he said. He works in the city six days a week, out of an office on Rosa Parks Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue. But he has struggled to keep his properties secure, let alone clean or rentable.
“If you look at some of my properties on Governor Street, you would say, straight up, ‘You are a slumlord,’” Florio said.
He meant this figuratively — some of his houses appear to be in disrepair — mostly the result of break-ins from people seeking to steal valuable materials, like copper wiring and plumbing.
FROM:
NorthJersey.com IN HEROIN’S GRIP- by Rebecca D. O’Brien- Photos by Tyson Trish- Videos by Thomas E. Franklin
Some West Chester based landlords play a different game in Coatesville.
It’s basically buy at Chester County tax auctions, don’t spend a penny on the property, collect rent, mostly through the Housing Authority of Chester County’s Section 8 and maybe let the county have it back without paying the full amount for the property:
That game has changed in Coatesville. It’s a harder game to play since the Housing Authority of Chester County has cleaned house:
Coatesville is digging out of the hole that I think was partly created by the drug business in Chester County. Landlords that buy homes at auction, don't keep them up and pay off public officials are part of the drug business.
I think the Cokeville, I hope the Cokeville days are behind us.
Sunday, October 4, 2015
The Democratic Party leadership moved right but Democrats stayed in place.
It's amazing that the political press and political professionals don't get that basic fact.
After the Civil Rights Act Republicans made a severe turn to the right wing.
With the election of Bill Clinton the Democratic Party also moved right. The plan was to capture the votes of independent voters and Reagan Democrats.
But registered Democratic voters were the same FDR New Deal Democrats and sons and daughters of FDR Democrats.
Hell will freeze over before we see another Republican President.
Bernie Sanders is a near incarnation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Senator Sanders is only "left wing" to Republicans, Democratic Party leaders and the political press.
Bernie Sanders is a clear representative of the Democratic Voter Base. Senator Sanders reflects the Democratic voter. He's not the outlier that the political press calls him.
Hillary Clinton is a representative of the Democratic Party base.
There is a difference between the Democratic Party Base and the Democratic Voter Base. The political press community doesn't seem to understand that.
Bernie Sanders and Admiral Sestak get that difference.
Democrats Find That Anti-Establishment Isn’t Just a G.O.P. Theme
Anger at the political establishment has overtaken the Republican presidential race, but it is also coursing through the Democratic electorate, fueling the popularity of Bernie Sanders.
By PATRICK HEALY on October 3, 2015.
Hell will freeze over before we see another Republican President.
The GOP will shut America down over "family values" on December 11th. The catastrophes maniacal Republicans will create in 2016 are yet unknown.
One thing is certain; the more press Republicans get, the bigger the Democratic landslide in the 2016 General Election.
The political press should be looking at how much of the down ballot the Democrats will bring along in their 2016 landslide.
But do keep up the Donald Trump fanboy stuff.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Police should search hate sites on internet to find perps of hate crimes
"He added that police forces should consider "big data techniques to search for digital traces on online hate sites" to find likely perpetrators of hate crimes."
Study: Racially charged hate crimes go up as broadband expands
Trend is higher in regions with more segregation, racism; "lone wolf" factor explored.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Coatesville needs a corruption cleansing.
“I wish you the best of luck....but the City is so corrupt that I'm certain that it will need to implode before it can straighten out.....if even then.”
This is from May 20, 2014:
It’s from Stacy Bjorhus concerning the Daily Local News article:
“City's current finance director stating that only half of the fees were paid.....leaving $300,000 due is preposterous......and does not sound credible.
When i was there the billing file was well over $900,000 per year (stated to be $1.2 million....but again file was so error ridden that a good figure couldn't be assessed).....and even the $900K was light by my estimation.....due to embezzlement & corrupted files.....and bribery (of course).
So now the annual fees are down to $600K and half aren't coming in? I wish I were there to comb the books!
I wish you the best of luck....but the City is so corrupt that I'm certain that it will need to implode before it can straighten out.....if even then.
Thanks for sending this to me.
Oh....and if you happen to run into Joe Hamrick ....tell him that he's also paying for the people who are (still) stealing.....in addition to those who don't pay because they happen to know the right people at City Hall.”
I think what Stacy said is valid. Coatesville needs a corruption cleansing. Without that, the redevelopment plans are in jeopardy.
When Stacy was fired, furloughed or whatever they called it, they overlooked a non-disclosure agreement. So she is free to say. or write, or testify to anything that went on in Coatesville City Hall.
Dharmesh Kalaria, Raj; formerly the City of Coatesville’s Information Technology Specialist in the City of Coatesville’s finance department left his job and the USA abruptly. He is back in the states. Maybe he’s willing to testify also.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
Also See:
By Kathleen Brady Shea, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
POSTED: October 20, 2011
Monday, September 7, 2015
Republicans like Socialism
Something that I suspected for a long time is that if you don’t name it socialism Republicans will like it. They had socialism when Ike was president, we all did.
If you take away the misogyny, racism and xenophobia from Trumps “platform” of high taxes on the wealthy and free healthcare for all, you get socialism.
Bernie Sanders is attracting record breaking crowds with his brand of socialism.
Bush and the rest of the GOP candidates are supply side conservatives.
Ms. Clinton is somewhere between socialism and conservatism.
It took a Republican candidate who didn’t need the Republicans extremely wealthy backers to finance his campaign, for us to understand that the Republican base doesn’t buy into Conservative Republican Supply Side Economics. The Republican base likes socialism.
“And here’s what’s interesting: all indications are that Mr. Bush’s attacks on Mr. Trump are falling flat, because the Republican base doesn’t actually share the Republican establishment’s economic delusions.
The thing is, we didn’t really know that until Mr. Trump came along. The influence of big-money donors meant that nobody could make a serious play for the G.O.P. nomination without pledging allegiance to supply-side doctrine, and this allowed the establishment to imagine that ordinary voters shared its antipopulist creed. Indeed, Mr. Bush’s hapless attempt at a takedown suggests that his political team still doesn’t get it, and thinks that pointing out The Donald’s heresies will be enough to doom his campaign.
But Mr. Trump, who is self-financing, didn’t need to genuflect to the big money, and it turns out that the base doesn’t mind his heresies. This is a real revelation, which may have a lasting impact on our politics…”
From:
Trump Is Right on Economics
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Dwight D. Eisenhower:
“Marginal Tax Rate on Regular Income over $400,000: 92% - 91%
Maximum Tax Rate on Long-Term Capital Gains: 25%
During the administration of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a 92 percent marginal income tax rate for top earners in the United States remained from the previous administration of Harry S. Truman. At the time, the highest tax bracket was for income over $400,000.
This was nearly the highest tax rate for top earners in the century, just under the 94 percent rate for income over $200,000 instated during World War II under Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.
In 1954, the 92 percent marginal rate decreased to 91 percent under Eisenhower. The maximum tax on long-term capital gains was 25 percent -- a rate that remained in place for a decade.”
SEE:
by Meg Fowler
NBC News
I think this is a big thing.
Ms. Clinton should pay attention.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
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