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The State of California Finance Department reports the 2021-2022 fiscal year
O judgement! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. -Shakespeare The State of California Finance Department reports the 2021-22 fiscal year of the multi-billion dollar operation of California Department of...
Civilized paradox, or hypocrisy
Civilized Paradox, or Hypocrisy The sight of a bully, or bullies, continuing to beat a person already down is intolerable, cause for outrage, and social indignation. Schools take bullying serious. Children are taught and disciplined...
Evil, in thy service
Evil, in thy service Shakespeana,wrote, "True love is like ghosts, everyone talks about it, but few witness it." Everyone recognizes the ugly manifestation of Evil, but few realize they are witness to Evil taking its...
Mocking birds are endangered
MOCKING BIRDS ARE ENDANGERED In an effort to awaken our social conscience to the evils of injustice, intolerance, discrimination, vengeance, and hate, author, Harper Lee, wrote, "TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD", a classic novel, set...
Reform by a thousand psychological cuts
REFORM BY A THOUSAND PSYCHOLOGICAL CUTS The psychological term for breaking a man, or animal, to total submission, or passive resignation, is "learned helplessness”(1). Exposure to recurring negative, unpleasant, noxious, and or, painful situations, in...
Gorilla in the prison mental health closet
Gorilla in the Prison Mental Health Closet The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports there is increasing understanding of how psychological trauma causes an ever more familiar anxiety disorder called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
What waste and withers there
What Waste and Withers There The vilest deeds like poison-weeds Bloom well in prison air; It is only what is good in Man That wastes and withers there: Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate...
Treasure and trash
TREASURE_AND TRASH when I was a little boy I used to love to help my Dad load the trunk of our 51 Chevy for a trip to the trash dump, or to be politically correct...
Civilized society?
CIVILIZED SOCIETY ? The federal court ruled on elderly in prison: “A civilized society locks up such people until age makes them harmless, but it does not keep them in until they die"; 835 F2d...
Fog of justice
FOG OF JUSTICE Fair is foul, and foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air, "Macbeth" -Shakespeare Everyone readily recognizes the "fog of war"; which conveniently excused the multi-trillion dollar mistake of the...
Just a little pregnant
JUST A LITTLE PREGNANT The "Non-violent” mantra has become 51 politically correct position for politicians and misguided prison reformers. These people believe, if the so called “Non-violent” are removed from prisons, the problem of dysfunctional...
Society we have a problem
SOCIETY WE HAVE A PROBLEM In the areospace industry excellence is expected, because it is responsible for billions of tax dollars, public safety and people's lives. Therefore, standards are set high with quality control maintained...
Auto-Da-Fe
Auto-Da-Fe Translates to; "act of faith", in Portuguese, however, in history it assumes a much more sinister significance. Auto-da-fe was the ceremony of the Inquisition's judgement, and order for punishment to be executed by the...
Judicial antiques
JUDICIAL ANTIQUES Criminals and miscreants of all sorts, were once subjected to torture and execution, attended by the public, with all the grandeur of a ceremonial spectacle. In some cases, public attendance was mandatory. In...
The fox has assured us all chickens are dangerous
THE FOX HAS ASSURED US ALL CHICKENS ARE DANGEROUS O Judgement! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. -Shakespeare The United States Federal Court, confirmed by the United States Supreme...
Ma$tering word$, not deed$
MA$TERING NORD$, NOT DEED$ Semantics; a noun, the study of meanings in language. In California‘s penal system, there seems to be little conformity in semantics. Words, terms and definitions are used as a means to...
Vengeance is mine. Stay out of this, God!
"Vengeance is mine." "Stay out of this, God!" Over 150 years ago, literary and philosophical icon, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, wrote: "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." However, today,...Loading...
