Exile
A personal account of exile.
Read more...Category Archives: Legal
Russia Announces Initial Retaliatory Sanctions Targets; Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Russia has started rolling out its retailiaory “special economic measures”. But it’s still not clear what they amount to in practice.
Read more...Sanders: GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Supreme Court, So Dems Must End It to Save Abortion Rights
Sanders is pushing for a path for preserving abortion rights. Funny he doesn’t have much company.
Read more...What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...Calling All CalPERS Long-Term Care Policyholders! Kaiser Health News/New York Times Want to Hear Your Stories
CalPERS long-term care victims, um, policyholders: the press is interested in your plight! Use the link in this post to a NYT contact form.
Read more...Disney Hasn’t Found Itself in This Much Trouble Since 1941
Disney is getting a long-overdue comeuppance.
Read more...Treasury Implements Bottom of the Barrel New Russia Sanctions on Sunday May 8; How Broad a Nexus for Russia Retaliatory Sanctions Later This Week?
More sanctions sparring, with the latest US move looking petty and lame.
Read more...Experts Warn GOP War on Abortion Will Turn Red and Blue States Into ‘Mutually Hostile Legal Territories’
How a reversal of Roe v. Wade plus the plans of some states to criminalize abortions as broadly as possible could produce a legal train wreck.
Read more...Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit A War Crime At Azovstal?
A key scene from the protracted Azovstal steel factory drama.
Read more...CalPERS Long-Term Care Program Fiasco
Another presentation by unhappy retirees about the CalPERS long-term care train wreck.
Read more...Texas GOP Governor Considers Challenging 1982 Ruling Requiring Free Public Education
As the reaction of Texas governor Abbot confirms, the expected reversal of Roe v. Wade is inviting other challenges to key precedents.
Read more...Biden Makes America’s Militarized Southern Border Wall Even Bigger Business
How the Biden Administration is investing heavily in border militariization, with more of a tech flavor than than the Trump scheme.
Read more...JJ Jelincic Appeals His Largely-Successful Ruling Against CalPERS to Obtain Still-Hidden Parts of Transcript and Undermine Matt Jacobs Protection Racket
JJ Jelincic and his attorney believe the court made serious errors in a CalPERS Public Records Act case that went largely in their favor.
Read more...No, Biden Can’t Just Sell Off Seized Russian Yachts and Central Bank Assets to Help Aid Ukraine – International Law and the US Constitution Forbid It
Why it would not be so smart for the US to sell seized Russian assets.
Read more...The Washington Quid Pro Quo and a Comment on Roe v. Wade
Has Washington corruption, metastasized in both parties, broken our country for good?
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