Jacques Pierre James

These days, I can't help but be disgusted by fake outrage. Now we have made-up BS from no less than - the BBC. Yes, it does get even more ridiculous after the title. 🙄 Inside the room: What it was like to be with Blackpink's Lisa as race scandal erupted msn.com/en-us/entertainment/…

$5,000 for every American? Trump's similar 'dividends' haven’t happened msn.com/en-us/news/other/5-0… "Trump promises $5K to Americans if Republicans win in midterms." Or, "What is American Politics for $2000?"

Breaking: Supreme Court Sides with Trump on White House Ball Room Construction msn.com/en-us/news/other/bre… As usually happens with classical absurd theater, there is an overriding irony: The current POTUS will never see completion of this folly during his (presumably last) term in office. Also, isn't it strange that the ballroom is being built first before the "secure bunker" underneath?

These days, SCOTUS continually contradicts itself from one ruling to the next. All while having its cake and eating it as well (i.e., becoming the only 'Teflon' component of government). 'No way to remove': Justice Barrett worries SCOTUS decision to spare Federal Reserve governor amounts to 'significant interference' with Trump's power msn.com/en-us/news/politics/…

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"If there was a shred of innocence…I would say so" - Stephen A. Smith delivers a blunt verdict on the Karmelo Anthony case msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/if-… Okay; hopeful signs that someone believes in justice. However, S.A.S. then goes on to show he doesn't understand what justice is... "Don't expect him to be prosecuted. He was completely justified," Smith said. "She wasn't driving down the road, coming at you 90 miles an hour…Rather than get out the car, she wrongfully tried to drive off. And wrongfully disregarded a law enforcement official because that it was ICE is and as a result, lost her life because of it."

Trump ordered to restore slavery signs at national parks: "Censorship" msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-… “The Department will look at our appeal options while we celebrate UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House this weekend in honor of our nation’s 250th with the greatest president in the history of our country—President Donald J. Trump,” a spokesperson said in a statement to The New York Times... - when you can be sure there was a purge from the top down

I came across these two stories while randomly browsing the news. Please read the text and captions. Am I the only person who is disturbed by the incongruence of justice?

Please read this statement from a CNN writer: "It is raising doubts about whether democracy’s essential elements, like free, open expression; public speeches; and traditional campaigning can thrive under oppressive security..." The writer was referring to the recent shooting incident. I see fundamental errors committed by the writer. 1. The entire purpose of security, "oppressive" or otherwise, is to ensure that the president (or anyone, for that matter) can be secure in carrying out the duties of office, as well as the list of "essential elements" so mentioned. In this incident, security was the solution, not the problem. 2. Believing that security and democracy are inherently antagonistic to each other, as this writer infers, follows a long history of proponents who say that a safe and secure America means that we must give up some our freedoms in order to achieve such a thing. That proposal should be a non-starter. Where is the evidence to support this? In the mind of a sick, insane individual? Come on! We are much bigger than that! msn.com/en-us/news/politics/…

The title of this news story is misleading. It suggests that the 2 events (seizing ships and ceasefire extension) are connected. There is no credible evidence that supports such a conclusion. There have been so many episodes in this war saga. Why does it make any sense to stick these 2 actions together as if they are cause-and-effect? Is this another instance of 'fake news', or what? msn.com/en-us/news/world/ira…

What a tool. Artemis II 'would not be possible' without Trump, NASA chief Jared Isaacman says msn.com/en-us/news/technolog…

GOP lawmaker argues Marines on Kharg Island would not be ‘boots on the ground’ yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-… via @YahooNews How convenient to forget the 220 Marines killed in Beirut on October 23, 1983. Let's try to jar the poor lawmaker's memory with this question: sitting + ducks = ?

Who bombed the Iranian school? msn.com/en-us/news/world/who… Any other true Americans want to take a moral stand against this?

If they do fire her, I will cancel my subscription. And I hope that a million others will do the same. msn.com/en-us/news/politics/…

As they did in the late 50s and 60s, once again it is the young people who will save America. msn.com/en-us/news/us/studen…