In America if you kill your spouse you'll end up in prison - but - if you kill millions of people, you can laugh at the law & buy a new yacht. Alfred Ruf poisoned his wife as part of a scheme to get rich off her life insurance. So did Dr. Gregory "Brent" Dennis, who was looking at a $2 million payout. Joshua Hunsucker poisoned his wife for a mere $250K in life insurance money, $80,000 of which he used to buy a boat. David L. Pettis poisoned his wife for $150,000.

I don't know the names of the men who poisoned and killed my father and my brother Stan, who died last Thursday, but I know where they worked and why they did it: just like Ruf, Dennis, Hunsucker and Pettis, they intentionally and knowingly took actions they knew would result in death when they sold asbestos to my dad's employer and got my brother addicted to tobacco.

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-Thom

The amazing story of why Sigmund Freud abandoned hypnosis in 1895 and his discovery of how we can heal ourselves psychologically...

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-Thom

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— Beware of the "Election Reform" Trap!
— Crazy Alert (actually, it should called "Pathetic Alert"): Ted Cruz went on Tucker "Doughboy" Carlson's show and groveled for having called the January 6th Capitol invaders who tried to assassinate the Vice President "terrorists."
— GOP Death Cult Watch: "Hey, Hey, Marjorie Taylor Greene - How Many People Have You Sickened Today?"

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-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Why Do We Let Psychopaths In Suits Get Away With Murder?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Preface to "Unsafe At Any Speed"" by Ralph Nader.

Article: "Corporate Criminals Shouldn't Be Protected in Criminal Justice Bill" by Robert Weissman.

Article: "Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Special Report on Reentry and Following the Money" by Ralph Wilson.

Article: "Mens rea" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trial starts for Cheney man accused of poisoning wife's ice cream".

Article: "Johnson & Johnson tests a legal maneuver known as the Texas Two-Step" by Stacey Vanek Smith, Adrian Ma.

Article: "Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis" by Jesse Eisinger.

Article: "Ex-Nevada Doctor Pleads Guilty To Fatally Poisoning Wife With Antifreeze In 2015" by Dorian Geiger.

Article: "Nicotine and Cigarettes: Hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, April 14, 1994".

Case: "United States v. Booker".

Article: "Family claims man accused of poisoning wife used insurance money to live lavish lifestyle" by Ken Lemon.

Article: "Wayne County man allegedly tried to poison and kill his wife".

Article: "Acclaimed Talk Show Host and Human Rights Activist, Joe Madison, "Starving for Voting Rights"" by Joe Madison.

Article: "Antichrist" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Christian eschatology" (last things) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Book of Revelation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The spear of Longinos and Hitler" by Get Curiosities.

Article: "Germany Moves To Legalize Cannabis, Second Country After Malta In Europe" by Cecilia Rodriguez.

Article: "Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin demonstrates how Republicanism works in one awful stroke" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Andrew R. Wheeler" by Wikipedia.

Could Variants Get Worse Again or are We Seeing the End of Covid?
- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist / Adjunct Senior Fellow - Federation of American Scientists

Article: "Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta" by Jessica Bursztynsky.

Article: "Should I Just Get Omicron Over With?" by Katherine J. Wu.

Article: "Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS, MERS-CoV)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Long COVID could become Finland's largest chronic disease, warns minister" by Reuters.

Article: "Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19" by Adam Hampshire, William Trender, Samuel R Chamberlain, Amy E. Jolly, Jon E. Grant, Fiona Patrick et al.

Article: "Covid may raise the risk of diabetes in children, C.D.C. researchers reported" by Roni Caryn Rabin.

Article: "Rand Paul Comes Out as Pro-Omicron" by Peter Wade.

Article: "Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy" by Ryan Goodman and Julia Brooks.

Video: Fox and the Big Lie Part 1: How Murdoch's Fox News allowed Trump's propaganda to destabilise democracy.

Video: Fox and the Big Lie Part 2: Fox and the Big Lie: Trump returns to campaign trail amid 'stolen election' lawsuits.

Book: Orientalism by Edward W. Said.

Article: "Edward Said" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Theosophy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Orientalism" by Wikipedia.

Site: Karen Hunter Show.

Article: "The Troubles" (Northern Ireland) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.

Article: "Manifest destiny" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What it will take to save American democracy" by Fareed Zakaria.

Article: "CNN Special Report CNN January 9, 2022 7:00pm-9:00pm PST" by Jake Tapper.

Article: "Trump adviser Navarro: Rioters on Jan. 6 hurt plan to challenge election result" by Dominick Mastrangelo.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Steve Bannon pardon: Trump pardons Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office" by Pamela Brown, Paul LeBlanc and Kaitlan Collins.

Article: "List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Do Republicans really believe Trump won the 2020 election? Our research suggests that they do." by Lane Cuthbert, Alexander Theodoridis.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nero" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Could Being Cold Actually Be Good for You?" by Max G. Levy.

Article: "Why is your neighbor flying that all-black American flag?" by Cyril Mychalejko.

Article: "Black American Flags 3x5 ft, All Black US Flag with Embroidered Stars, Sewn Stripes, Brass Grommets, Heavy Duty 300D Nylon USA Flag for Outdoor, Durable & Fade Resistant" by Amazon.

Article: "There are hundreds of posts about plans to attack the Capitol. Why hasn't this evidence been used in court?" by Ken Dilanian and Ben Collins.

Article: "Sen. Grassley confuses DC over whether he will handle electoral certification " by Steven Nelson.

Article: "Trump Tweets About Mike Pence's Betrayal While His Supporters Force the V.P. To Evacuate the Capitol" by Christian Britschgi.

Article: "Insurrection Day Gallows on Capitol Grounds Planned Weeks Ahead of Jan. 6 Siege" by Adele M. Stan.

Article: "Employment Guidance for the District of Columbia National Guard" by Christopher C Miller, 4 January 2021.

Article: "Christopher C. Miller" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Full transcript: Biden, Harris speak from Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 anniversary" by Ayushi Agarwal.

Article: "Senator Ron Johnson Now Peddles Mouthwash As A Covid-19 Treatment: His Advice Exemplifies The Rising Tide Of Anti-Science" by Joshua Cohen.

Article: "Andrew Cuomo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chris Cuomo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Matt Gaetz scandal deepens as associate admits paying 17-year-old for sex" by David Smith, Martin Pengelly.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Guess what the three Democrats blocking lower medication prices have in common?" by David Sirota and Andrew Perez.

Article: "Ron DeSantis and dirty dark money are at the center of Florida's real election fraud scandal" by Blue Tuesday.

Article: "Al Kelly" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Double-talk" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Inoculating against misinformation: Finland's efforts to bring media literacy to the classroom" by Nada Zohdy.

Article: "Argentina heatwave, comparable to temperatures in Death Valley, will scorch the nation's crops" by Pakalolo.

Tweet: "South America will be the hottest place in the world this week as an extreme, life-threatening heatwave builds across the southern portion of the continent.
If the GFS model is to be believed, temperatures could approach 50°C (122°F) on Thursday and Friday in Argentina." by US StormWatch.

Article: "Marc Morano" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Will Visit Atlanta to Speak on Voting Rights" by Katie Burkholder.

Video: Mitch McConnell: Top Priority, Make Obama a One Term President.

Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Energy in California" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Florida Energy Facts" by Florida Energy Systems Consortium.

Article: "Solar prices jumped in the second quarter, reversing recent trends, on material costs and supply chain issues" by Pippa Stevens.

Law: "5 U.S. Code § 3331 - Oath of office".

Article: "Death of Ashli Babbitt" by Wikipedia.

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