letter to the emperor

 The popular and charismatic king says he will retire at the end of this month,  becoming Japanese Emperor in history to voluntarily step down from Imperial throne   Indeed, the weight of his monarchy is heavy, weighed by the year old Japanese tradition that says that Emperor is divine descendent of Sun..

the mahablog

The Democratic Leadership Council formed in the 1980s to give the party a new direction, and that direction was to the Right. ... But incrementalism during the Obama years was small steps to nowhere, ones that far from cementing a new progressive majority actually helped open the..

america’s messiah complex

Friend established template for other prophets to follow Call out the hypocrisy of America, gather up converts, start heaven on Earth, and watch it all go straight to hell. Attracting modest and respectable following, Friend moved his flock to Utica, New York, to establish commune — as..

thetrumpet.com

The days of the monolithic cartels with powerful leaders may be over, as dozens of small cartels war with each other over the right to traffic Chinese synthetics from Manzanillo to the U.S. border. . In other words, the new El Chapo is Chinese President Xi Jinping. . Unlike El Chapo, Xi does..

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texas execution set for john william king in dragging death of james

Supreme Court ruling should allow him to get a new trial. . In Robert McCoy’s case out of Louisiana, the high court held last year that a defendant has the right to choose the objective of his defense — so trial lawyers can’t concede guilt if the defendant wants to assert innocence. ..

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