Four Supreme Court Justices Refuse to Read the First Amendment

Heah cum de Judges…

The Supreme Court has deadlocked on the question of religious charter schools, thanks to four justices who didn’t bother reading what the First Amendment says about separation of church and state.

Four Supreme Court Justices wanted to make it legal for taxpayer dollars to fund religious charter schools.

The Supreme Court produced a 4–4 deadlock on Thursday on the question of whether an Oklahoma religious school could take part in the state’s publicly funded charter school programs. Continue reading →

US Judge Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Gut Education Department

A federal judge blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from carrying out his executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and ordered it on Thursday to reinstate employees terminated in a mass layoff.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston at the behest of a group of Democratic-led states, school districts and teachers’ unions issued an injunction, opens new tab blocking the department from moving forward with a mass termination announced in March of over 1,300 employees, which would cut its staff by half. Continue reading →

Smith: Humanity’s Next Level of Insanity ~ An Ol’ Guy’s Backwoods AI Assessment

The debate surrounding Artificial Intelligence is extremely deep and broad from several different perspectives on a scientific, ethical and philosophical level that shows much hope for its future while glossing over the pitfalls it presents. As good as it has initially revealed itself to be for many areas of society, I tend to fall in the camp that notes, despite its initial benevolent success, it will ultimately become a tool to enslave all people wherever it is used and unleashed, no matter how much “oversight” its creators believe they have put in place to keep it under their control. Continue reading →

Dickens: A House Divided Cannot Stand!

But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How  then will his kingdom stand?” ~ Matthew 12:22

It essentially means that if a group or entity is internally divided and at odds with itself, it will eventually fail. This idea was famously used by Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, arguing that the United States, with its division over slavery, could not endure as a nation. Continue reading →

United HellCare: One of America’s Biggest Companies Is Imploding

UnitedHealth Group, one of America’s biggest corporations and a member of the exclusive Dow Jones Industrial Average, is suddenly unraveling.

The crisis engulfing UnitedHealth hit a crescendo this week when CEO Andrew Witty stepped down abruptly for “personal reasons.”

UnitedHealth also swiftly abandoned its financial guidance, blaming skyrocketing medical costs.

And then The Wall Street Journal dropped the hammer, revealing that UnitedHealth is under federal criminal investigation for possible Medicare fraud.

The developments have stunned investors, triggering a dramatic loss of confidence. UnitedHealth’s (UNH) stock has lost half its value – a staggering $288 billion – in the span of a month. Its share price plunged on Thursday to its lowest level since April 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Continue reading →

Bono: ‘The world has never been closer to a world war in my lifetime‘

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, in a scene from the documentary “Bono: Stories of Surrender.” (Apple TV+ via AP)

CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes is a short trip from Bono’s seaside villa in Eze-sur-Mer. He bought it with The Edge in 1993, and considers himself grateful to a coastline that, he says, gave him a “delayed adolescence.”

“I can tell you I’ve slept on beaches close to here,” Bono says with a grin. “I’ve woken up in the sun.” Continue reading →

Meet Bob… The American Pope Who Still Has to File US Taxes

I still can’t get over the fact that there’s an American pope… and that his friends refer to him as ‘Bob’.

Bob. It just makes him seem like a regular dude who’d be drinking a beer and shouting at the umpire at a Cubs game.

Something else that makes the new Pope seem extremely down to earth is that he shares the same pain as 100+ millions of his fellow Americans: paying taxes.

Clergy are considered employees of the Church and generally receive salaries, which means they must pay taxes just like anyone else. Continue reading →

Trump Writes CON-gress out of the Constitution – and CON-gress Says “Fine“

The question regarding the Qatari plane deal isn’t whether it’s corrupt or illegal. It’s both of those…

The question is, who will stop it?

Having brought Congress completely to heel in the political sphere, Donald Trump is now seeking to write it out of the Constitution. Both of his biggest moves of the past week entail the evisceration of a constitutional role the Framers very plainly and expressly wanted Congress to play.

That is the case for the flirtation with suspension of habeas corpus, which only Congress can do. And it’s even more manifest in Trump’s plan to accept a $400 million (or is it $625 million?) jumbo jet “palace in the sky” from the Qatari government. Continue reading →

Smith: Operation Wetback 2.0 ~ Expel Illegal Aliens at Warp Speed

I don’t see how America lasts another decade, such as we find Her now, not without going through the fire of civil war and coming out the other side with Her people’s freedom and individual liberty intact and made stronger than ever before, including the days immediately after Her War for Independence.

Whatever has happened over the last two hundred and fifty years, there is little, next to nothing, of this government as it currently stands, that is worth saving, as we find it guided by men without any real understanding of the principles of freedom and liberty who are still all too willing to grow government power over individual liberty while they enter new globalist ventures even as they claim to be for America first and fighting globalism. Continue reading →

“What In the World Has Happened To The America We Grew Up In?“

It has been but just a few months since I put pen to paper and wrote and posted the following, and yet it seems to grow in importance with each passing day. Read it for the first time, or read it again. The end draws near. People, get ready… ~ Ed.

To Granny and Cat…

April 9, 2019 ~ I have been in a state of proverbial ‘funk’ for nearly a year now. You’ll remember last July when I had made the decision to shut down Federal Observer after seventeen years of publication – only to slowly change gears for God knows what reason. Over these past nine-plus months, the site – although looking much the same – has taken new directions – or in some cases readdressing old topics – which still drive me to this day. I’ll not draw you a map today – you may review the site on your own time and come to your own conclusion… and that is where I stand at this point – conclusions – or more specifically – the Conclusion of this once great nation. MAGA? Forget it – it will never happen. We near the end of the journey. Continue reading →

Due to Lack of Interest… Tomorrow has been cancelled

Last Rites for the Promised Land!

Grammy Award Winning Cover art: Evelyn Kelbish

February 7, 2019 ~ Over the past few years I have been reaching further back into my personal history specifically with memories of my youth and my time spent in Country while flying over the rice-paddies and picking up wounded soldiers, civilians and enemy combatants.

Recently I realized that a song which I had considered to be my theme song from those 21 months ~ Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida was released within days of my arrival for the Adventure of a lifetime. You’ll note that it is also a permanent audio fixture of this site in the right-hand column. Some additional thoughts on the song I have also penned as part of the description of our category, ‘Nam – Some Came Home: Continue reading →

Hickman: The “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL” Tax Bill Is the Opposite of What America Needs

In the year 428 BC, ancient Athenians imposed a special tax called the eisphora that targeted local business investments in the city-state.

It was expensive and highly unpopular among investors. And wealthy Athenians simply stopped investing in local businesses to avoid the tax.

This is almost an iron-clad lesson of history: whenever governments tax something, they end up with less of it. And the inverse is also true: whenever governments subsidize or cut taxes on something, they end up with more of it. Continue reading →

“Just Rip The Constitution to Shreds While You’re at It“

People cannot believe Trump’s latest statement on religion in the government

“They say ‘separation between church and state,’ they told me. I said, alright, let’s forget about that for one time.”

On Thursday Trump signed an executive order creating a presidential commission on religious liberty. During the White House event, he openly questioned the principle of separation between church and state.

In a clip circulating on social media from the event, Trump said of his faith advisors, “They work right out of the White House. That’s never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say ‘separation between church and state,’ they told me. I said, alright, let’s forget about that for one time.” Continue reading →

Dickens: Oh Well… We The People

Merkans are deeply fascinated, spellbound by politics, to the point where their attention is completely absorbed and they are unable to think about anything else. It’s a state of intense interest or attraction, often accompanied by a sense of being entranced or captivated.

Why do we tolerate it?

The intro music answers it: America is Mesmerized:

– holding the attention of someone to the exclusion of all else – transfixed

– in a hypnotic or trancelike state; hypnotized

– having the attention completely absorbed; fascinated, captivated, or spellbound

The average person spends roughly 70 minutes daily consuming news and another 143 minutes on ‘not-so’ social media each day. That’s the hold the media has on our society. Continue reading →

Full List of Drugs That Could Be Slashed Under Trump’s New Executive Order

President Trump touted a new executive order that would more closely align drug prices in the US with those sold in Europe and the UK, opening the door for drugs used by millions of Americans to become cheaper.

The EO does not specify which drugs will be targeted but a similar policy proposed by Trump in 2020 included drugs administered in hospitals or clinics under Medicare Part B, which covers inpatient drugs for seniors. However, that policy was blocked by a federal judge who ruled the government had overstepped its bounds by sidestepping Congress. Continue reading →

Is Trump Out of Touch, Senile, Nuts, or Something Worse?

It was the cringiest of times. It was the craziest of times.

Do-Whack-a-Doo-doo-doo!

Welcome to a moment in which one of the most consequential debates Americans (and people the world across) are having is about whether the President of the United States is just a national embarrassment or has full-on blown a gasket. Is Donald Trump just three fries short of a happy meal, or is he full-on howling-at-the-moon mad? Continue reading →

‘They’re Gonna Confine Him‘: Legal Expert Flags Evidence Supreme Court Will Rein Trump In

Heah cum de Judges…

The U.S. Supreme Court has in some instances failed to issue negative orders against Donald Trump, but that could happen very soon, a legal expert said on Sunday.

Legal expert Norm Eisen, who worked in the White House as special counsel and special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform, is also known for being a thorn in the president’s side. Continue reading →

US Advises Older Adults Not to Receive Chikungunya Vaccine ~ for Now

Here we go … AGAIN!

European authorities have paused administration of the shot over safety concerns.

U.S. officials are recommending that adults aged 60 and up not receive the only available chikungunya vaccine after reports that older individuals who received the shot suffered severe symptoms typically associated with the chikungunya virus.

Two of the patients died. Continue reading →