Month: March 2022

The Latest Updates on Corruption in California: Garbage, redistricting and gas taxation

“The phenomenon of corruption is like the garbage. It has to be removed daily.” So stated Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, Comptroller of Mexico, on April 17, 1987, in the New York Times. Board of Education Because of their persistent disregard of the vox populi, three San Francisco Board of Education commissioners were recalled a few weeks…


China’s Food Silk Road: Who Controls the Crops Controls the Future

Commentary Of all the things in the world, food is one of the few things capable of uniting the masses. A shortage of it, however, has the power to do the very opposite, driving people to the brink of madness. Julian Cribb, a distinguished science writer and author of “The Coming Famine,” warns that a…


LA County Guaranteed Income Program Application Period Begins Thursday

LOS ANGELES—The application period begins Thursday for Los Angeles County’s guaranteed income program, which will provide 1,000 randomly selected residents with $1,000 a month for three years. To qualify for the “Breathe: LA County’s Guaranteed Income Program,” people must be at least 18 years old, have a household income under $56,000 for a single person,…


UK Parliament Backs Amendment Targeting Forced Organ Harvesting

New UK legislation that aims to stop British people from participating in forced organ harvesting in China has passed unopposed in Parliament. The amendment to the UK’s new Health and Care Bill—if becomes law—will criminalise any British resident who pays for the supply of an organ, seeks to find someone willing to supply an organ for payment,…


CCP Agent Conspired With New York Police Officer to Spy on Americans: DOJ

The Department of Justice (DOJ( on March 30 unsealed charges against a Chinese national, who is accused of working as an unregistered agent of the Chinese communist regime. Sun Hoi Ying is alleged to have spied on at least 35 individuals in the United States and to have fed information from his efforts to the Chinese…


‘Sopranos’ Actor Paul Herman Dies on 76th Birthday

Paul Herman, who appeared in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos,” died on his 76th birthday, according to fellow “Sopranos” actor Michael Imperioli and a talent agency. “A first class storyteller and raconteur and one hell of an actor … Paulie lived around the corner from me the last few years and I am glad we got to…


Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘… And Justice For All’: Al Pacino at His Career Peak

In the 1970s, from purely a box office perspective, four leading men dominated the movie landscape: Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, and Clint Eastwood. While all of them cranked out a bunch of hits, they also had multiple artistic clunkers and box office bombs. During this same period, Al Pacino starred in far fewer…


White House: Putin Being ‘Misled’ by His Own Generals on War

The White House said that Russian generals are misleading Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine–Russia war’s progress. “We believe that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing, and how the Russian economy is being crippled by sanctions because his senior advisors are too afraid to tell…


Efforts Needed to Avoid Using Emergencies Act Again in Similar Circumstances, Says Act’s Creator

The creator of the Emergencies Act would not say if its Feb. 14 invocation by the Liberal government was justified to deal with the Freedom Convoy protests and blockades, but he said it is such a “blunt” tool that efforts should be made to avoid using it in similar circumstances in the future. Perrin Beatty,…


Efforts Needed to Avoid Using Emergencies Act Again in Similar Circumstances, Says Act Creator

The creator of the Emergencies Act would not say if its Feb. 14 invocation by the Liberal government was justified to deal with the Freedom Convoy protests and blockades, but he said it is such a “blunt” tool that efforts should be made to avoid using it in similar circumstances in the future. Perrin Beatty,…