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FROM MY CORNER: America The Beautiful

Howell Hurst American News, Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Economy & Finance, Homelessness, Humans, People, Poverty, Refugees

We Americans just spent millions prosecuting Trump, shooting rockets to Mars, building new nuclear bombs, and militarizing space, while for-profit real estate corporations have begun evicting pregnant mothers from their homes. You can read about all of this online, in our magazines and newspapers, where corporations are still advertising luxury cars, multi-million dollar houses, and… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: State of The Union

Howell Hurst American News, Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Economy & Finance, Homelessness, Humans, People, Poverty, Refugees

Let us see where we’re at. One of our newest Congresswomen believes in the insanely cockamamie Q’Anon conspiracy that a secret cabal of people (all Liberals, of course) are actually using politics to run a child pedophile ring for money. About 70 million people, many who believed the same thing apparently, just failed with their… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: Where’s America’s Soul?

Howell Hurst 2020 Presidential Election, American News, Defense Spending, Defense vs Diplomacy, Economy & Finance, Military Defense, Uncategorized

REQUEST NR TWO:  I recently asked who would like to continue receiving From My Corner, my occasional social and political commentaries. Out of a couple of hundred I send them to, eight or ten responded with “Yes.” Everybody else was silent. May I suggest that if you do not want to receive them, you answer… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: Evictions! Evictions! Evictions!

Howell Hurst 2020 Presidential Election, American News, Corona Virus, Defense Spending, Defining Trump, Homelessness, People Politics, Poverty, Trump

Several million Americans, who’ve lost jobs because of the pandemic, are about to be evicted from their apartments and homes. The House voted $50 Billion to hold these evictions off. However, the present administration will not OK this benefit to renters, mortgage holders, and landlords. Mr. Trump allocates billions to a new Space warfare program,… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: Why No Adult Presidenrtial Campaigning?

Howell Hurst Climate & Environment, Corona Virus, Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Economy & Finance, Homelessness, Humans, Military Defense, Nature, People, People Politics, Presidential Election, Refugees, War and Organized Mayhem

The over-all content of both the American Democrat and Republican campaigns is supremely immature. Neither candidate nor any of his supporting speakers is articulating the most vital issues facing the nation and the world today. There is no over-all comprehensive picture being drawn by either party of the strategies they propose to bring our country… continue reading »