You get a break on your taxes for: Your minimal cost of living–the “standard deduction”; Medical expenses (above a certain amount); Donating to charity; Investing in a business; and Many other reasons. The first two reasons have to do with yourself; … Continue reading
Category Archives: Opinion
Read Your Job Description
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Not your job, Mr. President. I feel for the plight of the immigrants to this country as much as anyone. They’ve (mostly) escaped to a place that will allow them to make a better life*. But when the President oversteps … Continue reading
Don’t Charge Hillary Yet
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If Hillary is charged while Obama is in office, he can pardon her of any such crimes. That’s what Ford did for Nixon – click to read.
But once Obama is out, and even if Hillary is in the White House, then she’s stuck.
And while Obama could issue a pardon now, doing so would be tantamount to saying she is guilty. That would undoubtedly affect the election.
Any criminal charges against Hillary must, therefore, wait until after Obama leaves office.
Search Engine Prejudice
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Google shows different search prompts because its users are different from those that use Yahoo, and they in turn are different from the users of Bing. None of the three is up to anything sneaky. It’s just a product of … Continue reading
If the Vote Were Today
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The existing two parties are broken and corrupt. Both of them. Neither supports the well-being of the country. Both are self-serving– self-preserving. They run the candidate that will benefit the party, not the country. Outside of those two parties, no … Continue reading
Get Out Of Jail Free
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Hillary’s ticket out? I quote: The Obama Administration has begun a systematic examination of its national security classification policies, known as the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review (FCGR), in an effort to eliminate obsolete classification requirements and to reduce national security … Continue reading
Advice for Writers
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When I started Serpent’s Smile with the “one chapter per week” goal, my writing process included a rewrite and an edit before each post. That was how I blogged – or at least how I tried to blog. For the … Continue reading
Vote Twice or More
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Can you cast more than one vote for President? The answer is “yes” — and it is 100% legal. For federal elections, the Constitution (and Amendments) say you must satisfy three (3) requirements in order to vote in a federal election. … Continue reading
Purpose of Laws
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Outlaws are, by definition, outside the law. Laws don’t stop them. Passing new laws to stop criminals is foolish. Laws define criminals. No more than that. Those who voluntarily comply are the lawful citizenry. That’s me and probably most of … Continue reading
TDTESS
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Is your world cruel or is it loving? If the former, do we “deserve” to live so we be taught kindness or, once defiled, are we doomed to repeat the abuse and pass it from one generation to the next? … Continue reading