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 frankk comment: really educational  article showing you how the real world works, and explains some of the puzzling things like billionaire whores kowtowing to Trump, and why Trump keeps pushing tariffs when it doesn't benefit the country or the world.   Trump’s honest graft [opinion piece] by Jack Shafer https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/11/trump-rent-seeking-dispensing-plunkitt/ The president has turned himself into the central dispenser — and recipient — of economic opportunity. July 11, 2025 at 6:45 a.m. EDTToday at 6:45 a.m. EDT (Illustration by Chris Gash/For The Washington Post) 17 min When Donald Trump finally gets around to erecting his proposed $34 million National Garden of American Heroes,  he should reserve a tall plinth for a bronze likeness of George Washington Plunkitt. The National Garden, which is expected to feature about 250 statues of notable Americans such as Albert Einstein,  Lauren Bacall, Sitting Bull, Douglas MacArth...

 frankk comment: 5 min. interview with Kareem, mentioning events from his activist life as speaker, writer,  promoting social causes during and after his legendary professional basketball career. the excerpt on his writings are from his award winning substack: https://kareem.substack.com/p/special-edition-free-excerpt-from?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=482856&post_id=163301702&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2r0fau&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email  Free excerpt from my new book, "We All Want to Change the World: Special Edition:  Free excerpt from my new book, "We All Want to Change the World:  My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar May 16, 2025 This week marks the publication of my new book, We All Want to Change the World:  My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today.  To celebrate, I’ve included an excerpt from the bo...

frankk comment I republish a couple good articles on the scandal, first one is from behind medium.com paywall, for educational purposes and as PSA to encourage better understanding and prevention of this type of crime in the future. Since the term "sexual assault" can be vague, here is a paragraph from the below articles that gives details of exactly what hundreds of women students of the "guru" have experienced over the decades from him. Since “inappropriately touched his pelvis” is vague, this example that JS gives does not compare to what we know KPJ to have done.  Jubilee Cooke summarized KPJ’s actions thus, “Pattabhi Jois intentionally grabbed women by their genitals.  He intentionally placed his hands on their breasts.  He intentionally kissed them on the lips.  He dry-humped women in supine poses after intentionally placing his penis on their genitals.  Several women have described how Pattabhi Jois stuck his fingers into their vaginas through their tight...

Opinion Guest Essay Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf April 21, 2025 By Larry David Mr. David is a comedian and writer who created “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and was a co-creator of “Seinfeld.” Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1939 a letter arrived at my house inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world’s most reviled man, Adolf Hitler.  I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much predicting everything he was going to do on the road to dictatorship.  No one I knew encouraged me to go.  “He’s Hitler.  He’s a monster.”  But eventually I concluded that hate gets us nowhere.  I knew I couldn’t change his views, but we need to talk to the other side — even if it has invaded and annexed other countries and committed unspeakable crimes against humanity. Two weeks later, I found myself on the front steps of the Old Chancellery and was led into an opulent living room, where a few of the Führer’s most vocal suppo...