Monthly Archives: April 2021

Banana Republics Do Better

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By James E. Horn Before electronics became involved, election corruption was local. Our national security appears to be an utter disaster, a thing of the past. The FBI, the CIA, NASA, the Pentagon, our entire government, our research institutions, our election software, just about everything seems to get hacked, compromised, and rendered useless. Where the hell are our cyber security experts? Is the internet, the world wide web a mortal enemy? Years ago, we watched elections in Iraq where everyone voted on a paper ballot and dunked their finger into an ink well to assure that they voted – once. […]

THE DEADLY SPREAD OF MILITANT ISLAM IN ASIA

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By James E. Horn Christians in Sri Lanka have never before endured such a large-scale attack by fanatic Moslem terrorists such as the ones directed at 13 hotels and Christian churches on Easter Sunday (April 21), 2019, killing at least 290 people and wounding hundreds of other innocent people. Moslems account for 9.7 percent of Sri Lanka’s population of about 22 million, which is 70% Buddhist, 12.6 percent Hindu and 7.6 percent Christian. In the past, there was trouble and violence between the Buddhists and Hindus while the minority Christians and Muslims tended to stay clear. Things are changing. Fanaticism […]

Kamala Whines

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by James E. Horn K. Harris is no better than any other government employee paid by taxpayers: Early in my government career, I was involved in researching frequent abuse and misuse of taxpayer (government) housing funds. As a junior officer in Embassies, I was called on to manage government funded houses for Embassy staff personnel from the Ambassador to the lowest ranking staff members. This included fixtures and furnishings paid for by taxpayers. Before my time, it was wisely determined that people assigned to Embassies (etc.) would get a limited shipping allowance of between 2,000-4,000 pounds (depending on rank and […]