Facebook's Zuckberg sucking up to mainland China intellectual totalitarianism
Left to right: Lui Wei, China Internet Czar, President Xi Jinping of China, Mark Zuckerberg, right, the chief executive of Facebook, in 2015 at Microsoft "Campus" in Redmond, Washington - photo NY Times- Ted S. Warren
Here is a meme that I received this "Sorry, your comment could not be added at this time. Please try again later" error message with my first 4 or 5 attempts to post.
I perceive a definite pro DNC bias in these sort of glitches.
Interesting article at The Was Cyclist about MD State plans for a vehicular underpass at the Viers Mill & Randolf Road intersection in Montgomery County, Maryland:
The article is critical of the vehicular underpass proposal, as are the comments that appeared on my computer's screen showing of this Wash Cycle article.
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This
is disappointing to see with Montgomery County claiming to want to
improve cycling and walking throughout the County. Reminds me of the
ICC trail.
This show staff are not serous about Vision Zero.
"The
Draft Plan has the goal of recreating Veirs Mill Road as a "complete
street." This concept which would treat the safety and mobility needs of
pedestrians, bicyclists, and motor vehicles more or less equally-is
normally reserved for urban environments where all are moving closer to
the same pace."
A: Even in very dense urban environments this isn't true. I'm
definitely getting someplace faster when I bike/drive compared to
walking. And biking is really only competitive when traffic is really
heavy and I get lucky with lights.
B: And that's the whole point of a complete street. In that case it
makes even more sense on a road where you can get up to speed. Making
Veirs Mill a perfect candidate for complete streets for the exact
reasons its argued that its a bad one.
C: "It's a suburb" is not some magical cantrip you can utter to stop
debate on something. If it doesn't work in online comments sections it
certainly shouldn't be parroted by actual policy makers.
Honestly,
the County and the State are horrible on pedestrian and cycling issues.
And they're surprised that death rates are rising. News flash: you
built traffic sewers that run right through densely populated, mixed use
areas.
This
is not very different from the perspective of DDOT engineers. When it's a
hard choice between safety and car speeds, car speeds win 9 times out
of 10.
As a society, we care much more about driving fast than not killing people.
Any consideration of a vehicular underpass with a traffic circle atop?
To help with envisioning such a solution, please look at WDC's DuPont
Circle as well as my cir. year 2000 Rt 1/Beltway "Alexandria Orb"
proposal.
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So I made the comment that appears at the end of the list of published comments. OK. Good. And I even took the opportunity to fill the box for the commentator's url with that of my blog "A Trip Within The Beltway".
http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/
OK.
But when I check on the article about 10 minutes later, my comment is absent.
"Natural News"- an "alternative" media outlet that alas promotes irresponsible reactive policies regarding "opioids", and censors people questioning such.
"Natural News", like countless other media outlets such as The New York Times has adopted the lets kill more people with adulterated, UN-standardized "opioids" so we can continue the drug war after Marijuana is legalized.
excerpt- "Natural News claims to be for medical freedom.
Yet it has debased itself by jumping on this 'how we continue the misery
of the drug war after Marijuana becomes legalized" mass media "'opioid'
epidemic" campaign bandwagon.
Centered around a new scare word "opioid", and a lying through their
teeth that they are working to thwart a problematic situation which they
actually make worse, by unjustifiably further curtailing people's
access to regulated pain meds, in order so we get a huge growth in
essentially unregulated, wildly unpredictable potency black market
opiates adulterated with far far more potent synthetic opiates (which
the previously obscure term "opioid" initially referred to). Countless
talking heads lied through their teeth tat too many prescriptions were
being written (too many, yet never questioning qualitative matters as to
why such prescriptions always insist upon taking such meds every single
day without break). Yet when doctors thus began placing such dirty
politics even moreso over the interests of patients, with prescriptions
going down, yet fatal overdoses going up, we get such illustrious mass
media organs misleading their readers with headlines reporting on such
as "Prescription Dip Seen as Advance in Opioid Battle"
All of this simple, destructive, one-mindedness, reeks of some sort of
organized campaign to lie to the general public for the sake of
promoting evil polices designed to maximize human misery."
I have a high interest - 26.99% Wells Fargo credit cad.
Wells Fargo issues me a 0% @12 months card.
Wells Fargo denies valid purchase charge on 0% card to steer such onto the 26.99% card.
Wells Fargo does so under the guise of "anti fraud".
Wells Fargo then processes identical amount bank acct. debit via the same source, Paypal, a mere 18 seconds later!
Wells Fargo continues to attempt to steer communications to phone calls rather than writing/text to minimize avoid a paper trail of their bank's practices.
BEWARE Wells Fargo/Paypal scams to steer charges from low to high interest credit card
I am issued a new credit card, with a $7,000 limit, with 0% interest for 12 months, activated on June 23, 2018
I enter this new credit card into my Paypal account, set it as the "preferred" method of payment, and begin making some small charges on this card via Paypal, that same day.
On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, I make an $835 charge directly to a merchant
in Tennessee, and within a few minutes receive a robo call from Wells
Fargo asking me to confirm or deny all of my charges up to that point. I
confirm all of the charges.
On Wednesday, June 28, 2018, at around 11am EST, I make a
$1999 charge via Paypal for a purchase made on Ebay.
Ebay shows the
purchase and payment is made.
I receive no call from Wells Fargo about
this charge.
On Thursday, June 29, 2018, I receive an email from
Wells Fargo informing me that my checking account now has a negative
balance. I telephone Wells Fargo.
I am told that Wells Fargo
denied my $1999 credit card charge via Paypal.
And that Wells Fargo and
Paypal processed an unauthorized debit via Paypal for that amount from
my Wells Fargo checking account, draining its $78 balance, and applying
the balance - $1921 - back to my credit card.
But not to the credit
card that I made the charge to, which was the just issued one with the
0% for 12 months, but rather my older credit card with the 26.99%
interest.
This was done all "automatically" with no communication to me
from either Wells Fargo nor Paypal until afterwards.
The only
communication I received from Paypal was the standard email informing me
of the purchase-payment, indicating that it had been made by a debit on
my checking account, with no mention of any attempt to be instead
processed by the credit card which I had authorized within the past few
days. Paypal had additional credit cards on file with my account with
them, yet made no apparent attempt to charge any of them, instead just
going into my checking account without authorization. A review of my Paypal log reveals a mere 18 seconds between the authorized charge to my new credit card that was improperly denied by Wells Fargo, and the subsequent unauthorized debit to my bank account, at 7:36:32 and 7:36:50 PST, nearly 12 hours after I placed the order.
If a credit
card charge from a source is deemed "fraudulent", then how is an
identical amount bank account debit charge moments later from the same source somehow
valid?
Within this Thursday, June 29, 2018 phone call with Wells
Fargo, their agent admits to having information that Wells Fargo failed
to contact me regarding this $1999 purchase, in contrast to their
contacting me the previous day for the $835 purchase. If Wells Fargo had only been first made aware of the charge at the time indicated by the Paypal log, and if there had been a valid concern of fraud -- doubtful as it was coming through an established Paypal account, via the same home computer used for the earlier such charges, and well within the credit limit -- why was I not given a robo call chance to either confirm or deny the charge? And again, if truly a concern about fraud, then how is an attempted bank account debit from the same source for the same amount likewise something that should just be quickly processed without a robo call to me asking me to either confirm or deny that debit?
She has
no information as to why that latter charge would be denied. It was
within my credit limit. And the method of payment had already been
established. It was a Paypal account of mine in use since 2011, and
with the earlier Wells Fargo credit card since 2016. I had already used
the new, 0% credit card though that Paypal account for a few days, and
had verified the charges to Wells Fargo when they phoned me on June 26,
2018 to verify the $835 charge, along with the earlier charges on that
new card.
I ask her why then did not Wells Fargo simply follow
through with a 2nd such phone verification call at some point following
my $1999 charge. She tells me that was because it was not necessary, as
I had already, on the previous day, verified the earlier charges when
Wells Fargo phoned me. So, why, then did Wells Fargo fail to honor that
subsequent charge, given that the venue was already established? She
says she did not know, and puts me on hold to speak with a supervisor. A
few minutes later she returns with the answer: that that charge was
denied because I had failed to telephone Wells Fargo to verify that
charge.
So Wells Fargo had changed their policy between June 27 and June 28, 2018 and had failed to inform me of that beforehand?
She tells me that Wells Fargo will correct the errors.
I subsequently check my Wells Fargo on line access over the next few days.
Wells Fargo fails to do so. The unauthorized $20 transaction fee
remains, as does the mis-posting of the charge to the high interest
card, rather than the 0% card that I made the charge on.
Subsequently, I use the Wells Fargo text message system.. I send then
text messages from me to Wells Fargo via their system are met with
automated boiler plate responses that continually direct me to telephone
them, and Wells Fargo fails to respond in writing to any of my case
specifics.
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Subject: Re: Other questions or requests (KMM66478484V89348L0KM)
Thank you for contacting Wells Fargo. My name is Celeste, and it is my
pleasure to assist you today.
I understand your concerns regarding an unauthorized transaction that
posted to the credit card account.. I am grateful that you brought this
matter to our attention.
Mr. Willinger, because of the nature of the situation and the feedback
you provided, I have forwarded your concerns to our Executive Office to
help ensure that this matter is properly addressed. Your case reference
number is 229075207. A representative from the Executive Office will
contact you within two business days at phone number 914-241-3006.
If you prefer to speak with a representative from our Executive Office
immediately, or if at any time you would like information regarding your
case, you can reach the Executive Office directly at 1-877-224-5356.
Their hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m., Pacific Time. Please provide the case number above when you
call.
I appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience you may
have experienced. We look forward to speaking with you soon.
On behalf of Wells Fargo, thank you for your business. We are happy to
have you as our customer and appreciate the opportunity to assist you
today.
Sincerely,
Celeste M.
Wells Fargo
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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Wells
Fargo failed to honor a valid credit card charge, fails to call me for
any confirmation despite doing so a day earlier, then accepts in invalid
request from paypal to go to my bank account, causing it to go below
zero, then transfers charge to my other card.
Wells Fargo needs
to correct this. Otherwise wells fargo has here used its "fraud"
program to place charge upon the credit card that i did not authorize
for this purchase.
I phoned wells fargo yesterday and was told
this would be corrected. But when I check my accounts today I see that
wells fargo has not.
Please correct this. Or I will have to contact the attorney general.
What has transpired is wells fargo fraudulently abusing their anti fraud system in order to game the interest rate.
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I again text them requesting that all communications
be in writing. I receive an automated text reply again lacking any
specifics, though making no mention of further communication via phone.
The next day, Wells Fargo has still not corrected the problem, and
again attempts to contact me by telephone, contrary to my request.
Wells Fargo's failure to communicate in writingonly compounds the
reality of their attempting to get away with unethical, probably illegal
banking practices in order to collect unjustified fees and card
interest income. That Wells Fargo deliberately steered the $1999 charge
from the 0% card that I had specified, to the 26.99% card, is further
indicated by the arbitrary, unjustified nature of their denying that
initial charge and that they broke from the pattern of the previous day,
when they robo called me about the $835 charge, but failed to do so
with the $1999 charge.
No showing of any "fraud" with the $1999 charge to the new0% interest credit card.
No attempt by either Wells Fargo nor Paypal to contact me to either verify or deny that charge.
Just a quick processing of an unwarranted denial of a legitimate charge through an already established venue, and an unauthorized debit to my bank account.
Not done for the sake of combating fraud.
But rather, for facilitating such, through the steering of a purchase charge from a credit card with 0% interest to another with 26.9% interest, for a purchase I had held off until obtaining the )% interest card.
Thus, I will not be liable for any of the added fees and interest payments resulting from Wells Fargo fraudulent practices.
Therefore, I shall not accept the $20 "overdraft protection" fee, let alone any interest payments for a period of 12 months
related to the $1999 charge that Wells Fargo so steered for the sake of such unwarranted fees and excess interest.
Any such funds that I may be forced to pay, nor related balance transfer fees, shall ultimately be made liable upon Wells Fargo, as so should be the case with the countless other customers so victimized by this sort of scam, with the monetary amounts compounded at the 26.99% rate they charge
on such credit card accounts. Plus, of course any fines imposed by the
government, let alone long overdue criminal prosecutions against the higher ups within the Wells Fargo corporate system responsible.
Wells Fargo already has an awful reputation for abusing its customers, as anyone can find via a web engine search, leading to among other things some $1 billion in fines recently.
Some elected officials have asked why Wells Fargo's charter has not been revoked, Elizabeth Warren,has stated that their CEO needs to be fired, and even Wall Street has expressed amazement at Wells Fargo's sheer level and magnitude of abusing its customers.
Yet Wells Fargo's Board of Directors and CEO continue to collect massive salaries without any penalties for presiding over such banking practices.
Update: July 7, 2018
Today I receive an email from Wells Fargo concerning a stop payment order that I supposedly made, regarding the 26.99% interest credit card. Of course this message asks me to phone them.
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Regarding: Account Number
XXXXXXXXX5617
Date Requested
07/06/2018
CO ID
PAYPALSI77
Company Name
PAYPAL
Individual Name
DOUGLAS WILLINGER
Stop Payment Option Selected
STOP DEBITS BY ACH COMPANY ID
This letter confirms the stop payment order you recently placed. Please review the stop option noted above carefully to ensure accuracy and completeness. If the information is inaccurate or incomplete, please immediately call the customer service phone number on your bank statement.
What does the stop option mean?
A stop payment option at the Company ID level: If this option is selected, any automatic payment sent to your account with the Company ID noted above will be automatically returned as stop payment, regardless of the dollar amount or payee information.
A stop payment option at the Company ID and Individual ID level: If this option is selected, any automatic payment sent to your account with the Company ID and Individual ID will be automatically returned as stop payment, regardless of the dollar amount. Please note that the Company ID must match exactly as noted above in order to successfully stop the transaction.
This stop option will remain on your account until requested to be deleted. To remove the stop option, please contact the customer service phone number listed on your bank statement.
We appreciate your business and thank you for banking with Wells Fargo.
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When I attempt to send them a reply, asking them in writing to indicate
where, when and how I made such an order, their web site message system
makes that impossible by failing to activate the "send" button. Only
after the 3rd attempt or so does it work.
Note that I an supposed to telephone Wells Fargo to remove a stop option that I did not place.
Wells Fargo is again insisting upon resorting to telephone calls, rather than place anything substantive in writing.
Their apparent fear at placing matters specifically into writing with their clients speaks volumes of their conscious-nous that they know they are doing wrong.
Updates July 10 & 14, 2018
I finally get the 1st Wells Fargo response that includes references to this case's specifics:
Subject: (KMM66617089V5695L0KM) From:Customer Service 07/10/2018 10:54 AM Contact Us
Dear Douglas Willinger:
Thank you for contacting Wells Fargo. My name is Joshua, and I am an Email Care Specialist which your email was forwarded to for review. It is my genuine pleasure to be of assistance for you at this time.
I received your follow-up email about the unauthorized transactions that have been initiated between your Wells Fargo checking and credit card accounts as well as your email regarding a stop payment that was recently placed on your account.
Before we proceed any further, I first wanted to let you know that I have provided a sufficient amount of information in this email to ensure that I have properly addressed your concerns. For this reason, the email may appear to be a bit lengthy.
Additionally, please be aware that we have received one or more emails by you regarding the same issue. As a result, I will be closing out any additional email(s) that have been sent and I will be addressing all of your concerns through this reply.
While reviewing your emails, I have acknowledged that there was an initial transaction for $1,999.99 from PayPal that was supposed to go through your Credit Card account number ending in 4672 with the 0% Annual Percentage Rate promotion, which appears to have actually gone through your Credit Card account number ending in 0759 with 26% interest. I realize that as a result of this issue, a transfer was made from your Credit Card account number ending in 0759 after an additional PayPal transaction for $1,999.99 was charged to your checking account number ending in 5617.
Mr. Willinger, I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and frustrations that you have experienced. I certainly understand how upsetting it can be to see that your initial and valid transaction had gone through the wrong account, especially if it led to improper debits being taken out. I would hate to see this become an even bigger issue for you moving forward.
Please allow me to elaborate on the matter in hopes that it may provide you with a better understanding on what had happened, and what we are to do in order to rectify the issue. First and foremost, I reviewed your Credit Card account number ending in 4672 and I have found that this is actually the account in which the PayPal transaction for $1,999.99 had initially gone through from 06/27/2018. Please keep in mind that this is the account that currently has a promotion for a 0% Annual Percentage Rate on purchases made.
At this time, I have found that the transaction from the card has been marked as a fraudulent transaction and is currently being reviewed by our Fraud Specialists.
Furthermore, while reviewing your checking account number ending in 5617, I can confirm that an additional PayPal transaction for $1,999.99 posted to your account on 06/27/2018, causing an overdrawn balance of $1,921.71.
Because you did not authorized this transaction, and to help resolve this issue for you as soon as possible, I personally opened a claim with our Claims Department.
Your claim will be assigned to a Claim Specialist for additional research. Our Claim Specialists are experts at researching and resolving disputed transactions. If written confirmation is required, a form will be sent to you. Your claim will be resolved or your account will be temporarily adjusted within 10 business days.
Once the claim is resolved, a credit for the transaction will be provided and any fees associated with the transaction will be reimbursed, unless the claim is denied.
Your claim reference number is 1807060027802. Please reference this claim number when contacting us regarding your claim.
Once the claim has been filed, Online Customer Service does not have access to the claim information and will not be able to provide you with any updates. However, if at any time you would like information regarding the status of your claim, or if you would no longer like to pursue the claim, you can call a Claim Specialist at 1-877-548-9230. They are available to assist you Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
This also confirms that a stop payment order has been completed on the preauthorized payment to PayPal. We will make every attempt to stop future items matching this exact merchant name and company ID; however, we cannot guarantee the stop payment if the merchant presents the item using a different merchant name or company ID number. The stop payment will remain in effect until you remove it. Your reference number for the stop payment is A818769444. Please use this reference number if you wish to remove the stop payment. Please be aware that placing a stop payment order does not release you from any contractual arrangements. You should contact the issuing company to end any payment agreements. The notice that you received about a stop payment being placed on your account was a system generated notice that was a direct result of stop payment number A818769444 being placed.
In regards to the transfer for $1,921.71 that was transferred from your Credit Card account number ending in 0759, this was an overdraft protection advance to offset the overdrawn balance in your checking account.
The overdraft protection feature, a service which can prevent checking overdrafts and can save you money on returned check fees, was originally set up in your credit card account number ending in 0759 to provide overdraft protection for your checking account number ending in 5617. It was only until 06/28/2018 when I have found that this service was canceled as your credit card account number ending in 4672 was established to provide overdraft protection instead.
As a reminder, when there are insufficient funds in your checking account to cover a check or other debit transaction, we will automatically transfer either $25.00 or the exact amount of the overdraft, whichever is larger, to cover the amount of the overdraft. If the available funds in the overdraft protection account are less than $25.00, we will transfer whatever is available.
The transaction fees for overdraft protection advances are:
* $12.50 if the total of overdraft protection advances for the day is $0.00 - $50.00 * $20.00 if the total of overdraft protection advances for the day is greater than $50.00
Your account may also be subject to applicable interest charges for Cash Advances from the date the cash advance transaction posts to your account until the amount is paid in full. There is no grace period for cash advances. Please refer to your Customer Agreement and Disclosure Statement for more information regarding periodic interest charges and transaction interest charges.
However, as I have already mentioned above, because the PayPal transaction that was debited out of your checking account is unauthorized, any fees associated with the transaction will be reimbursed, which may also include the overdraft protection advance of $1,921.71.
Going back to the original PayPal transaction that was charged from your credit card account number ending in 4672, since this transaction is currently being reviewed by our Fraud Specialists, it may be necessary to please call our Fraud Prevention department anytime at 1-800-723-5533 for more information about the claim currently in place. If you are not in the U.S., you can call us collect at 1-925-825-7600.
If you have further questions or concerns, please call us anytime at 1-800-642-4720 for Credit Card inquiries, or 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557) for inquiries on your checking or savings account.
With that being said, I am truly sorry once more for the frustration and inconvenience this matter has caused you. It is my hope that the information provided is a bit more responsive to your concerns and clarifies the bank's actions regarding this matter. We also regret these circumstances have caused you to have a negative perception of our company, and we truly hope for a future opportunity to regain your faith and good regard.
On behalf of Wells Fargo, thank you for your business. Please be sure to have a very wonderful and safe rest of your day!
Sincerely, Joshua H. Wells Fargo
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As of today, July 5, 2018, Wells Fargo has failed to correct the series of improper transactions with the effect of steering a charge I made on my 0% credit card, instead onto my card with the 26% interest. This is despite a 30 minute phone call with Wells Fargo on June 28, the same day I was notified of these improper Wells Fargo transactions, where I was told that the problem would be corrected.
In the time since, I have used this text messaging system to make inquiries about this matter. But instead of receiving any material responses from Wells Fargo, I only receive boiler plate messages attempting to steer these communications to phone calls.
That is unacceptable.
The communications regarding this matter must be made in writing/text, in order to keep a better record of this affair and about Wells Fargo banking practices. 4860aff9-8fe7-48f2-84ef-f6431368b482
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Wells Fargo marks a valid, authorized credit card charge to my 0% card as "fraudulant", gives no reasonfor doing so, then processes an identical amount debit to my bank account from the same source 18 seconds later.
Wells Fargo
agreed Friday to pay $1 billion to settle with two U.S. regulators who
accused the nation’s third largest bank of abusing its customers.
The settlement comes two years after Wells Fargo was found to have
opened millions of accounts in customers’ names that they did not know
about or want.
The amount of the settlement is the largest imposed on a bank under the
Trump administration. It will be split between the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
“It’s a serious matter and I think the amount of the settlement reflects that,” CFPB interim director Mick Mulvaney
told ABC News. “While the CFPB will be working to try to reduce
unnecessary regulations on the industry that doesn’t mean that folks
will be free to abuse consumers.”
Angry shareholders slammed Wells Fargo on Tuesday for abusing customers and tarnishing its reputation.
"This company has harmed and wounded millions of its customers,"
activist shareholder Sister Nora Nash said at the bank's annual
shareholder meeting.
Demonstrators gathered outside the meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, to protest Wells Fargo's various scandals as well as its financing for fossil fuel projects and gun manufacturing.
Despite criticism of Wells Fargo (WFC),
the bank's directors were all re-elected on Tuesday by a wide majority.
None of the shareholder proposals pushing to rein in the bank received
enough support to pass.
While cleaning out my family's house garage, I found a copy of the November 19, 2012 Newsweek magazine, featuring an unusual juxtaposition of images.
The magazine's rear cover is turned back, thus showing me this photograph of this comedian, Rob Delaney, standing in front of and partially obscured by leaves.
I then look at this magazine issue's front cover and see an artist's rendition - painting - of then President Barack Obama, behind the title of an article "The Obama Conquest Lucky General or Master of the Game?" by Daniel Klaidman.
This is the cover.
It is one thing to see a magazine with a cover illustration of a U.S. President in a style reminiscent of illustrations of some other political figures, whether heads of state or military figures: standing in a uniform reflecting some sort of military-strategic genius.
But it is something even more-so to see such a magazine, featuring such an image on its cover, that also features an image of someone, particularly upon its rearmost internal page, in a style that the political figured shown on the front cover, would eventually have his official painting so rendered.
Did Obama, in seeing this magazine back in 2012, have it influence his decision of the style of his official portrait- painting, which would be unveiled in early 2018?
Squandering Billions To Undermine Peoples' Health and Violate Human Rights,
in order to Protect Tobacco Cigarettes, Synthetic Monopoly Medicine,
and prop up wasteful "treatment" and prison industries
In April, 1990, Donald Trump was widely quoted for his opposition to the drug war.
MIAMI
— Billionaire New York developer Donald Trump says that legalizing
drugs is the only way to win the war against what he considers one of
America`s most serious problems.
Trump blamed the country`s drug
problems on politicians who ``don`t have any guts`` and enforcement
efforts that are ``a joke.`` ``We`re losing badly the war on drugs,``
Trump told 700 people at a luncheon Friday. ``You have to legalize drugs
to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug
czars.``
MIAMI — Billionaire New York developer Donald Trump said the nation's drug enforcement effort is "a joke" and repeated his call for the legalization of drugs Friday during a luncheon held by the Miami Herald.
``We`re losing badly the war on drugs," Trump said. ``You have to legalize drugs to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars.``
Tax revenues from a legalized drug trade could be spent to educate the public on the dangers of drugs, Trump said during a speech at the newspaper's Company of the Year Awards luncheon.
Yet within his 2018 State of the Union Address as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump stated:
“We must get much tougher on drug dealers and pushers if we are going to
succeed in stopping this scourge,”
Indeed. So who is going to go after the government and every official who has propped up this massive criminal drug market protectionist racket?
Trump's apparently sociopathic Attorney General Sessions fervently supports this criminal racket.
As have countless other political opportunists for over a century, starting with those corrupted figures initiating it, most notably this, within the U.S. Department of Agriculture and private groups as the American Medical Association and the American Pharmaceutical Association to protect markets for Tobacco Cigarettes, and Synthetic Monopoly Medicine?
To help with envisioning such a solution, please look at WDC's DuPont Circle as well as my cir. year 2000 Rt 1/Beltway "Alexandria Orb" proposal.