To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Observercast

Rudy’s Downfall

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RICO. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – [RICO] – with its draconian penalties was a favorite of prosecutor Rudy Giuliani in the good or bad old days, when he put away mobsters and Wall Streeters with fierce ambition; he never dreamt he would be hoisted on his own petard. But that’s exactly what […]

What’s Happening To People?

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America is the land of plenty, but to many, it’s become a world of envy and anger. Nowadays, malcontents seem to feel more entitled to act out in anti-social ways. Their loss of self-control is most troubling in an airplane, where many humans are trapped in an aluminum tube. The result has been a 49% […]

A Clique Of Rabid Political Veterinarians

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Ohio voters scored a big election victory for women’s rights last week! It was a tricky vote, too – deceptively couched as a statewide referendum to approve a little technical change in the procedure for approving statewide referendums. How boring. But Ohioans figured out that it really was a big vote on an underhanded ploy […]

Trump’s Nightmare: A Prosecutor Who Can’t Be Baited

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Donald Trump is a malignant narcissist. This judgement has been made by psychiatrists and prosecutors alike. The milder form of the narcissistic personality disorder centers on grandiosity, delusional sense of self-importance and exploitative behavior. The worst of the worst is the “malignant narcissist.” All narcissists lack empathy, but malignant ones have little conscience. They find […]

The Wage Gap

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Everyone knows that men make more money than women do. The wage gap, it’s called. What to do about it is the issue. In New Zealand, they’re trying something new. Counting. And reporting. According to Minister for Women Jan Tinetti, new legislation will require businesses with more than 250 employees to report their gender pay […]