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Trump’s Campaign Promises & History
by: Marceline Donaldson We need to take a look at a parallel time in history for these United States. The time of Reconstruction was followed by the dismantling of what the time of Reconstruction wrought. What we are experiencing under Donald J. Trump is that time after Reconstruction of horror, evil, misery under which so…
Read MoreU. S. President is Trump or Pence-Koch?
We had an interesting breakfast – one of many, but this one stood out given the current political climate so I am sending you this blog with a bit of a summary. The talk was mostly about untangling the politics currently on view. Things are never what they seem on the surface so what is…
Read MoreTrump and Putin Meet, but clearly not for the first time!
It was interesting to see Putin and Trump meet. This was touted as their ‘first face to face meeting’. We would respectfully disagree. What we saw was two men who were quite familiar with each other and had a strong friendship going which to us looked as though it had developed over several years. From…
Read MoreA Letter from a Member
Dear Bettina people: I love you folks. Thanks for the post on Trump needing to admit and go all the way with his transgender self. Being called ‘crazy’ didn’t sit quite right with me, but your “oracle” hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately, he is who we voted for and he is who he…
Read MoreThe Bettina Oracle Speaks
This has been an incredible time for everyone – especially since you have all been faced with what for many is not understandable and for those of you who do understand what is happening, you are not able to speak about it out of fear. A man, surrounded by many who are there to take…
Read MoreThe Fourth of July, 2017
What a day we celebrate in a year during which our Republic is once again in jeopardy and we are in fear of all of the gains made by those who went before being trashed. And – we have only ourselves to blame. To celebrate the Fourth of July with Donald Trump as president of…
Read MoreIn December 53,244 readers in June 84,437
The blog is growing steadily. It is now time to begin to accept advertisers as the blog becomes a contributor to the world-wide story of our history of human beings and what we are doing – our priorities – and anything else we find relevant. We are looking for your suggestions as to how to…
Read MoreAMERICA: your ethics are showing
From slavery – to Jim Crow – to the immense Black Civil Rights movement – to the painful Feminist movement – to the Peace Movement – to Americans for Respect of the Globe and the Universe – to Donald Trump? The election and ‘service’ of Donald Trump has exposed the United States’ underbelly the way…
Read MoreA New Harvard President!
by: Marceline Donaldson and Harold E. Doley, Jr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the 28th president of Harvard University has resigned her position effective June 30, 2018. A historian and former head of Radcliff Institute, Ms. Faust did an excellent job of continuing to move this private Ivy League institution, founded in 1636 in “New Town” –…
Read MoreCorporate vs Democratic Structures
“It is great to have a business man as president”. “Maybe now things will get done in a corporate way.” etc. etc. Do you really want the United States of America to be a Corporate entity – like USA Corp.? Or the General Motors of America? Or even Google – scratch that – Alphabet, inc.?…
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