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especially since the mueller investigation seems to touch upon MOST of the recent corruption schemes

I find the recent discussion of how Israeli influence was ignored interesting. AIPAC is potentially vulnerable due to the absolute collapse of the Russian meme.

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Israel has a larger influence than i would like to see; it is disgusting that every criticism of this influence is attacked as anti-semitic

conversely, it is almost as disgusting to see the islamic taquiyah using this influence as cover for their anti-semitism

it is a tricksy road to follow

Well, if you're dependent on particular sources for funding, or to not reveal your skeletons, then it gets more dicey. It's easy enough for me to just reject all of them as corrupt. I would more could.

it's the bait and switch thing too...neocons sell us on war by promising to "bring democracy", but then do nothing to promote liberty.

It's easy enough for me to just reject all of them as corrupt

I still don't know if people go to Congress corrupted, or if it's a natural progression.

You almost need sociopaths to enforce the law; people resistant to corruption and with an absolute hatred of liars

My understanding of sociopathy does not indicate that they are resistant to corruption and hate liars. Actually, the reverse seems true: sociopaths are utterly corrupt and lie without compunction.

@zerohedge posted an article recently about this (it may be their most recent post), and the tendency of sociopaths to seek power over others and to be willing to do unethical acts to gain it is claimed to concentrate them in government.

Makes sense to me.

I was thinking about identifying sociopaths and socializing them into that behavior pattern early...the problem would be then..."who controls the sociopath curricula?". ripe for corruption

And yes, you are right, sociopaths do not have the predominate traits I brought up ;>

OTOh, the nature of the sociopath is resistant to group herding...homos dontgivafuckus

not necessarily every sociopath is violent and/or criminal; they just dance to a VERY different beat; for exmaple, I come very close to being a psychopath according to a self-test on Hare's checklist

https://steemit.com/criminal/@stevescoins/a-little-real-life-background-for-revenge-and-retribution

I note from the titles of the bibliography that I myself may at best border that definition.

Personally, I think psychology is so crude presently to merit little consideration. Still, even the rudest understanding beats complete nescience.

try saving it to imgflip or a different online host, and see if you can share from there

For some reason, I couldn't see it then, but it's there now.

it is defintely scary to see legislation passed that punishes criticism of israel

It's also unconstitutional for government to punish speech based on the content of the speech. The limits on government imposed by the constitution are supposed to prevent such laws. Sadly, it may take SOTU to smack them down - if it even can anymore.

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