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Cartaphilus

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January 16, 2018

What could go wrong?

Let's see....

If the American nazi/elitist party (led by none other Stephen Miller, et al...) "facilitate" a government shutdown what might happen?

Hmm... Well, Naomi Klein in her seminal work, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, outlines the possible result of a government shutdown; the declaration of Marshall Law.

The implications?

Thinking of possible outcomes, based on the nature of the republic party and their repeatedly efforts to marginalize every other voice, their open willingness to blatantly lie, cheat and steal to achieve their long sought wedding of our culture, our government, to the lawless corporate model.

It may already be too late for us.....





December 20, 2017

Is it just me?

I SEE A REPUBLICAN/RUSSIAN COUP ON OUR IMMEDIATE HORIZON!!!!

Everything else is a distraction. Failing to see it and respond now will be out demise.

December 20, 2017

Please explain, if you can....

Why are tax payers required to annually contribute $4,000.00 each, to provide support for corporations?

Never have I heard of, much less been received a rebate or corporate shares for my "contributions" while also providing direct corporate profits via the purchase of their goods and services.

To add insult to injury, to be required to pay for the "free" local fire, police, schools and all other general services provided corporations only further increases to their profits.

When will taxpayer after-tax contributions to corporate america ever be credited let alone repaid?

And now, not only will american taxpayers be obligated to domestic corporations, but will now be required to pay, in after tax income, to foreign investors.

How is this even possible? When did voluntary foreign stock investors become eligible to receive funds from the tax dollars americans pay?

We cannot feed the hungry in america but we can make the poorest 90% of america to pay for non-contributing tax payers to invest in america, increasing foreign profitability as well as corporate americas bottom line.

The United States of America id dead. Long live USA.com, the new corporate slave state.









December 19, 2017

Supreme Court STEP UP!

While watching the Republican Party, the criminal arm of the Trump Administration, move to destroy that which our forefathers (and mothers) have fought and died for, the Supreme Court has the responsibility to protect the Constitution.

All legislative actions should be frozen until the criminal investigation being conducted has been completed.

Further, all appointments to the courts and our agencies that have been made, which only serve to enable, and solidify the continuing Republican/Russian Coup-d'etat of America.

Clearly, the cost to the lowly tax payers of an additional $1.5 - $2.5 Trillion to needlessly enrich those that, arguably, to this day, have never paid their-fair-share of taxes (i.e., Social Security Cap, etc., etc....) will establish this country, for the whole world to see, as the largest Slave Owner state in the history.

While the Republicans would have us believe that "there is more room at the top", begs the question of who will clean their toilets? Raise their children? Cut their lawn? Or pay the taxes they refuse to pay?

Not them....



December 2, 2017

Republican criminal collusion

Why has no one called for the criminal indictment of republican senators?

According to the record and admitted by more than one, including the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, Richard Burr, were solicited, personally, by Trump, to end the investigation into Russia. However,
no mention of these requests seems to have been reported to the FBI or to the Special Counsel. Instead, we have witnessed the republicans on the Intelligence Committee do all they could to slow-play, obfuscate, misdirect or openly deny culpability of the Trump administration.

My read is that, they, Devin Nunes as a primary example, and to a lesser extent Trey Goudy, ie., Drako Malfoy, all played a roll in providing cover for the White House instead fulfilling their sworn duties of protecting the Constitution of the U.S.

By their actions and deeds, the republicans, fully aware of Trump's complicity and criminality, used such knowledge to provide cover for the largest legislative theft, (second only to the 2008 market collapse caused by their constituents on Wall Street), to enrich their donors and themselves.

As we the people, the 90% that work every day, pay, on average, $4,000 a year in taxes to subsidize corporations, while at the same time, providing profits to the same corporations for goods and services, and the same corporations paying zero tax dollars, leaving the cost of the infrastructure and the commons to the the tax payer.

The republicans, en masse, should be charged under the Rico Act as a criminal organization, no differently than would be another crime family like the Gotti's as they are all complicit in placing their party's power, goals and financial needs ahead of all other concerns.

We are now all part the Ayn Rand's (and Paul Ryan's) dystopian universe; "if you are too poor to live, then just die."

October 24, 2017

MPT today.....


Was it me or did I here a older white male Republican Representative just defend Trump and Kelly by blowing the "those people...." dog whistle when disparaging a Democratic black female Representative and her longtime friend and Gold Star wife?

The despicable inhumanity of today's GOP and their followers is a far worse demonstration of the racist hatred which, some argue, sparked the Civil War
and Jim Crow.

September 21, 2017

Equal Protection

After all of the wasted tax dollars and YEARS expended to eliminate the Affordable Health Care Act (ie., Obama Care) the citizens of this great nation are yet again fearful. All of the citizens are afraid. Whether you are afraid of loosing your health care or afraid that "Obama Care" will survive you are either concerned for the millions deprived of heath care or that you will have to pay for someone else's DNC.

The Graham-Cassidy proposal, apparently the 60th + attempt and maybe the "final" GOP's to ensure that their constituents no longer have to pay for medical treatment covering "other" (non-white, non-gay, non-american and non-Christians) people.

However, the GOP's sickening attempt to breath life into their stitched-together "Frankenstein" cadaver is being done so by violating the language and intent of the Equal Protection Clause.

Further, by diluting health care funds by spreading it out to the individual states, abuse of these funds, like say in Wisconsin, would directly decrease the efficacy of the service received by those most in need.

Blue states will undoubtedly retain the protections afforded to all citizens under the AHCA.

Lindsey, can you make the same claim for Red states?


August 2, 2017

Can the GOP


be impeached along with their fellow "ratfucker" Donald Trump? It would seem rather unfair to allow those that backed him and still due,
allow Donald to swing alone.

But then again, isn't that what "ratfuckers" do?
August 1, 2017

khrystians (fake Christians) and real Nazi's

In AMERICA'S White House!

How can this be?

We see a huckleberry in the briefing room claiming the mantle of a deeply religious khrystian, (fake Christian) openly and proudly supporting the destruction of the lives of million by championing the evil desire to kill health care. And for what? To stand and support a serial liar, a misogynist, a proven thief, an admitted crook and the embodiment of chaos?

For a paycheck? Can't be. For a true Christian to deprive others that are so much less fortunate or who believes in a different god, or just plain decency would be insult to their god. The khrystian bigots we are witnessing require a special level of hatred to serve, for just the emotional rush from helping their masters administer the pain and suffering inflicted upon their sycophants and the balance of the rational citizenry.

You might think this is a stretch. Could be.

What's the address of Jared's underwater Building? 666?

What is the devils purpose?

To destroy all that is good, by any means necessary and regardless of the result.

How is this devil different from the Nazi's?

We are all Jewish.....



July 14, 2017

Guantanamo Bay


Currently, there are many vacancies at Guantanamo Bay. Additionally, if we evict some of the dead-beats that are still more space will be available to house all of the traitors now in charge of our country. The military should start rounding up the Trump family and all known and suspected complicit associates, such as Pence, Kushner, Sessions, Tom Price, McConnell, Ryan, Mnuchin, Ross, DeVoss, Pruitt, Bannon, Miller, Flynn, Conway, and Norquist, Stone, Mercer, to name just a few. And don't forget to take all of the known co-conspirators, and enablers such as Alex Jones, Limbaugh, Hannity and Hewitt.

Task the current, imprisoned "guests" of Guantanamo use what they have learned during their extended residency to extract information from the new "guests." Provide the new "guest" with the same rights of council and the same oversight protecting from any abuse.

While the "T-virus" has broken containment and threatens to endanger the population of the world as well as the relative stabilization of common sense and
the reliance on truth.

The some signs of "T-virus infection are belief in fake news, alternate facts, and they know what is best for remaining 80% of us. That Muslims, Mexicans, Blacks, Asians, Non-Christians, Liberals, Pro-Choice, Environmentalists, Scientists, Gays and poor, sick, old people, people that can read, are destroying America by their mere existence.

The longer we stand by and allow those infected to destroy of our society, our way of life as flawed as it is


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About Cartaphilus

Firm believer that all corporations are as open to the same extent that corporations demand of the government. Then they must be allowed to exist when they, corporations, agree, in writing, that they are not living entities entitled to the same rights as Homo Sapiens. Equally as important is corporations, at no time and under no circumstance, are allowed to endanger the citizens nor the commons citizens inhabit. Any attempt, covert or otherwise to affect these rules by any means will be grounds for the immediate disillusion of said corporation(s) with all assets becoming the property of the commons. Lastly, when it is established, any and all elected or appointed officials that violate their sworn Oath of Office, they be removed and prosecuted for their violation(s) to the full extent of the law. Anything less is violates the Rule of Law of which is the foundation of our nation.
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