,"The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had previously been awarded lucrative contracts or other government benefits thanks to the efforts of the official.".
Really? Are we stupid? Are we totally dense and impervious to clearly "something rotten in the state of Denmark", to a decision glaringly smacking, stinking, of the corruption that has now been enshrined in our society. Corruption has now been given the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Bribery has been declared kosher, no problem for such transactions. Simply rename it gratuity.
To call it a "gratuity" after a contract awarded, doesn't quite disguise its truth though, does it, nor quell its nasty smell of rot and corruption. Long ago outlawed, illegal no more. Thanks to our not so upright "Gang of Six" who see nothing wrong in reinstating approval and allowance for bribery. A giant step for mankind indeed and never mind that it is in the wrong direction - backwards. A refreshing return to old, treasured values of the glorious past of our nation. A matter of our Justices of the Supreme Court once again doing their diligent work, role models for all to admire and emulate. For sure.
Of course, unsurprisingly, spiritual Kavanaugh ensures clear understanding of its parameters and legality. "The question in this case is whether [the federal law] also makes it a crime for state and local officials to accept gratuities — for example, gift cards, lunches, plaques, books, framed photos or the like — that may be given as a token of appreciation after the official act. The answer is no," We are ever so grateful for his explanation. Baldly put, legalese aside, here it is in plain language: "the justices drew a distinction between bribery, which requires proof of an illegal deal, and a gratuity that can be a gift or a reward for a past favor. They said the officials may be charged and prosecuted for bribery, but not for taking money for past favors if there was no proof of an illicit deal".
Six of one, half a dozen. No Difference in meaning at all. Perhaps we will have a change of fashion as some public officials will have dire and immediate need of deep pocketed clothing. A wonderful side effect for the economy as purchases will be made in droves. Just wonderful! In addition, we have two experts in this area, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, who know how to parse the lines of gratitude from open bribery. Wonderful again! For sure our ex-President Trump, that stalwart individual, can explain the distinction between gratitude and open bribery. Evidently, so it has been alleged, that many nations and entities were ever so grateful for the privilege of paying through the nose for stays at various Trump properties. Smell the roses yet?
Furthermore, we have rediscovered or regained the drive to be true to the ability of all people to rise in society. The dream of America. How else can we explain the appointment and present position of Judge Aileen Cannon. Inexperienced. Incompetent. Missing pieces of jurisdictional realities and information necessary to properly conduct supervision of important cases, as with that of Trump, who incidentally appointed Judge Cannon to her current position. But never you mind as for sure, she will grow on the job. The American way. Let us hold our heads up high, yet another glaring example of resurrected True American Values. Ah, the glorious treasures of the past, revalued and are we not so ever grateful for their resurrection.
How beautifully it all meshes together, in the same revaluation of so much else. For example, we have the cancelation of the rights of women who evidently do not have the ability to decide for themselves what they wish to do with their own bodies. But never mind, as there are always men around who eagerly accept the role of a 'master of the house'. We should be ever so grateful being saved from our own selves. Wonder if a gratuity is called for.
Or remark upon the return to the past of Jim Crow laws, albeit the use of thin veils to soften the edges and hide the truth. Not really doing well as expected in that attempt. However, we have returned with great pride and success to the old-fashioned American grit, to another old and treasured value. Antisemitism. So current, so trendy, so liberating. Present day Americans have been quite adept at this as they revive and reenact and support good old antisemitism. So invigorating. Evidenced on the streets of a city in New Jersey. On the streets of LA in front of a synagogue. In the murders at the Tree of Life. The growing threats and violence. The pungent odor of antisemitism rank in the grounds and hallways of universities.
Americans have generally been quite adept at enacting and supporting good old antisemitism. Of late we have returned to those glorious days of yore, ramped up by over 300 percent. In fact, so much better are we these days that we have provided room for growth and melded so proficiently, so smoothly, the old and evil canards of the past with the new version. The destruction of Israel, and its dehumanization and delegitimizing. Denial of a right to exist as a Jewish nation. It calls for the isolation and outlawing of Jews, the denial of the Holocaust -not so bad anyway, right? So great has been this growth that it has now engendered a new name, more fitting. JewHatred. Music to the ears of true American patriots.
"America, America, G-d shed His Grace on Thee". And pretty damn soon as the Devil has already grown strong roots here.
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Yitzy, any ideas? But never you mind. Just be happy in your new home and in the embrace of the family there with you. Be happy and rest easy.
Our love for you only grows, never ever will it diminish. That is a truth -
Always and forever. Always and forever.
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