Anslinger Being Tough?
Harry Anslinger was a United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was a supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition. [1]
Excerpt from the book:
Many people assume what we call the War on Drugs began in 1971 during the Nixon Administration. Some believe “the War” began during Prohibition due to the relentless efforts of a racist and moralist federal agent named Harry Anslinger. [2]
Continuing later in the book:
Anslinger was a bureaucratic empire-builder and he saw marijuana as the leverage needed to expand the size and power of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He railed against the use of reefer, weed, or pot by blacks, particularly black entertainers. Anslinger hated jazz with its free-wheeling lack of rigid structure and he equated it with what he viewed as black depravity. Black bandleader Cab Calloway had a 1933 hit song called Reefer Man featured in the movie International House. Anslinger must have been furious. [2]
References:
- Wikipedia, Harry Jacob Anslinger
- Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and The War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Page 20, 39
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- A Very Important Difference Between Happy and Unhappy People – by Dr. Ross Reck
One of my daughters sent me a quote that read, “Happy people are those who continuously evaluate and improve themselves. Unhappy people are those who continuously evaluate others.” What this means is that happy people are focused on personal growth—trying and learning new things, going to new places and making new friends. For them, life is all about the journey and they take the necessary actions to make sure the scenery is constantly changing. As a result, life for them is fun and exciting. Unhappy people, on the other hand, avoid opportunities for personal growth—they are content to remain stuck where they are, and they attempt to make themselves feel good by finding fault with others. The problem is that without personal growth, life is neither fun nor exciting. Rather, it’s like being on a road trip where the scenery never changes.
References:
- Trump Legal Documents
- Trump Caught in a Vise – Again!
Read more about Vince Wade Commentaries at VinceWade.com
Failed ex-President Donald Trump has been indicted on felony charges for the third time this year. The latest indictment is the most significant with the most serious charges. It accuses Trump of conspiring with six other unnamed co-conspirators to illegally thwart the legitimate election of Joe Biden as President of the United States in 2020. Special prosecutor Jack Smith crafted the indictment to keep it focused on Trump and on provable allegations, with an eye toward a swift trial ahead of the 2024 election. Former deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal called it the most significant criminal indictment ever handed up in the United States. Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley called it a significant historic event.
- Is the Republican Party Like Sheep Going to the Slaughter?
The novel “Far from the Madding Crowd” by Thomas Hardy has an interesting story about sheep in Chapter Five. Some of compared this story to the current Republican Party.
One of the younger dogs by the name of George (often compared to Trump) chased a large flocks of sheep through a broken fence over a cliff. The dog George simply stayed at the edge of the cliff until the owner of the flock discovered several hundred dead sheep killed when they fell over the cliff.
The dog, George, kind of reminds of Trump. His “flock” simply follows blindly leading them into their untimely death.
The owner of the flock finally destroys the dog. Is this the fate of the former president? Will he be destroyed along with the downfall of the Republican Party?
Who knows, but this is certainly an interesting comparison.
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References:
- “Trump’s insistence that the election was stolen from him is the shadow that hangs over the party. And too many Republican officials to count have been echoing the refrain. What’s needed now is full-throated condemnation of the former president from members of his party.”1
- Far from the Madding Crowd, Summary and Analysis of Chapter 5, Cliffs Notes
- CNN.com, Reverend Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., August 1, 2023 – Opinion: GOP leaders backing Trump are in a moral abyss
- Bathroom reading material at Mar-a-Lago
Who actually is reading the documents stored in the bathroom?
“Last week, former president Donald Trump was indicted on charges that he mishandled classified documents, allegedly storing them in, among other places, a Mar-a-Lago bathroom. A photo of the scene included in the indictment depicted stacks of boxes under a large crystal chandelier that was somehow simultaneously decadent and drab, the light fixture equivalent of Miss Havisham.”2
“The 37-count federal indictment against former President Trump that was unsealed Friday included pictures of dozens of boxes stored throughout his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Why it matters: The Department of Justice says the boxes, stored everywhere from a shower to a business center, held hundreds of classified documents that, if exposed, could threaten U.S. national security, foreign relations, and the safety of the military.
For about three months in 2021, some of Trump’s boxes were kept in the ballroom where “events and gatherings took place,” the indictment says.
Mar-a-Lago, which the indictment said was not an authorized location to store the classified documents, hosted events for tens of thousands of its members and guests while the boxes were at the resort.”3- The Washington Post, Geraldine DeRuiter, June 12, 2023 – We need to talk about Trump’s bathroom chandelier – Designers (and one epidemiologist) weigh in on the peculiar light fixture from the Trump indictment photos
- Axios.com, Jacob Knutson, June 9, 2023 – In photos: Trump stored classified docs in Mar-a-Lago bathroom and ballroom, DOJ says
- Why Low-Income Folks are Paying Billionaire Trump’s Legal Fees?
“Legal fees for defending yourself in one criminal case can be pricey — I can say that firsthand as a former trial lawyer. Now multiply that in former President Donald Trump’s case by two jurisdictions — New York state and federal court in Florida — totaling 74 felony charges against him.
And Trump may need representation in two other jurisdictions: in Washington, DC, where a federal grand jury deliberates on the special counsel’s investigation of efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and in Fulton County, Georgia, where prosecutors are probing alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results there after he lost.
Trump’s political action committee, Save America, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees since the start of 2023, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The PAC also shelled out $16 million-plus on legal costs the previous year, Federal Election Commission records show. Trump’s team says the money is being used to defend the former president as well as some of his aides and allies.”4
“In addition to using campaign money to fund his legal defense costs, Trump’s team has also sold T-shirts with faux mug shots in the official online store. According to Variety, donors who contributed $47 or more to the campaign (a nod to Trump’s bid to become 47th President of the United States) would receive a free t-shirt with the image.”5
“Trump and his allies have consistently pushed supporters to donate to Save America, often using false claims about the 2020 election and soliciting donations to rebuke the multiple investigations into the former president, his business dealings and his actions on Jan. 6.
The Save America PAC has, in the past, reported taking in tens of millions of dollars and has helped cover legal bills for either Trump or his allies.”6
- CNN.com, Dean Obeidallah, July 30, 2023 – Opinion: Why are Trump’s donors paying for his legal fees?
- Yahoo! Finance, Dawn Allcot, July 31, 2023 – Who’s Paying Trump’s Legal Fees?
- ABC News, Olivia Rubin and John Santucci, July 31, 2023 – Trump team launching legal defense fund to help pay legal bills – Former President Donald Trump’s team is launching a legal defense fund.
- Jim Lamon – Fake Elector
“Last week, a Republican who participated in Trump’s “fake elector” scheme was unmasked as the sole financier of an anti-Trump group — a political action committee that supports Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid.
Jim Lamon, who launched a failed U.S. Senate bid in Arizona last year, was outed by campaign finance expert Rob Pyers, who shared documents identifying Lamon as the lone backer of a super PAC that has aired multiple anti-Trump ads on conservative media.” 7
“Jim Lamon, who ran for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, but lost to the Trump-endorsed candidate, Blake Masters, in August 2022, was part of a group of Republican figures, including Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward and State Senator Jake Hoffman, who met in December 2020 to sign a document falsely declaring themselves the “duly elected and qualified electors” for the state and award Trump the 11 electoral votes.”8
“Authorities have not said whether the Arizona electors could face criminal charges. The Republican electors from Arizona included Jim Lamon, currently a U.S. Senate candidate; Jake Hoffman, a state representative; Anthony Kern, a former state lawmaker running for a state Senate seat; and Kelli Ward, the state Republican Party chair.”9
- MSNBC, Ja’ham Hones, July 24, 2023 – Arizona ‘fake elector’ shocks MAGA world with anti-Trump revelation – It turns out Jim Lamon, who signed false documents declaring Trump the winner of Arizona’s 2020 presidential race, is bankrolling a PAC backing DeSantis.
- Newswekk, Ewam Palmer, July 21, 2023 – Arizona Fake Elector Explains Why He No Longer Supports Donald Trump
- AZCentral.com, Stacey Barchenger, January 24, 2022 – Ducey says he wasn’t told in advance about Republican plans for fake Arizona electors
- You Don’t Have to Earn Your Joy – by Dr. Ross Reck
A wise woman named Cheryl Richardson said the following in her weekly blog at cherylrichardson.com. See if this sounds familiar. “I stood at the kitchen sink rinsing plates and putting them in the dishwasher when I noticed a familiar train of thought laying tracks in my head. Let’s see, I told myself, I’m done paying bills, balancing the bank accounts, and cleaning up the kitchen, so now I can make a cup of tea and finish reading my book. Sounds harmless enough, except that it was the third time in a week that I caught myself acting as if I could only do what I wanted to do once work was done.” The problem with this kind of thinking is that it ignores the fact that we need regular doses of joy in our lives in order to be happy and healthy human beings. Joy is something we need to make time for on a regular basis; not something we should have to earn.
References:
- New Term for Republicans – Hatriots
“Republicans sure seem to hate democracy. In a multitude of ways, Republicans are subverting the most basic principle of our nation: that the people decide. Like a tin-pot dictatorship, they are using the heavy hand of government power to try to remain in power regardless of the vote of the people.” 10
“A liberal victory in Wisconsin’s recent high-stakes state Supreme Court election has left former Governor Scott Walker in a foot-stamping, multiplatform fume that targeted the young voters who swung behind the victorious Janet Protasiewicz. “Younger voters may be the behind [sic] the stinging loss for conservatives in WI this week,” he tweeted. “We have to undo years of liberal indoctrination.”” 11
- The Cap Times, Spencer Black, May 16, 2023 – Opinion | How do Republicans hate democracy? Let me count the ways
- The New Republic, Jason Linkins, April 15, 2023 – It’s Really Quite Simple: Republicans Hate Young People – For all its grousing about “liberal indoctrination,” the GOP has no one to blame but itself for alienating the youth of America.
- Compact DiscList™
The Compact DiscList™ [now owned by Connert Media, LLC; aka Infomedia, Inc.] was originally published during the early 1980s when music CDs became very popular. It was one of the first companies to index new releases and provide catalogues to various music stores and distributors. Once the Internet became the source of this data, the company ceased publication of the Compact DiscList™.
The first sample was created “in-house” by a great staff who collated and GBC punched thousands of these directories. Once these directories because so popular, they were split into three separate catalogs (Popular, Classical, and Imports) and professionally printed by Edwards Brothers in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Here is some samples.
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The following links were provided by Mike Brown, who is helping to make sure the archived data is available to various music enthusiasts.
