Tag Archives: corruption

Lesson: Don’t Count on Your Chickens Coming Home

Posted on July 23, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Ballard (2025) I’m not a super fan of Maggie Q, but this new Prime Video series shows her at her most thoughtful and sensitive. She is more than a fighting machine, here. But her vulnerability is also her strength. I … Continue reading →

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How to Update the Defense Lawyer Stereotype

Posted on July 3, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The Lincoln Lawyer (2022) We’ve been watching this for the past three nights on Netflix. About halfway through the 10 episode season one, I realized that this is a revamped Perry Mason series. Only, instead of only one client at … Continue reading →

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He Wasn’t Called “Tricky Dicky” for Nothing

Posted on June 13, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Richard M Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) I have a rather jaundiced view of this time period in American history. I was still young enough to be an idealist, and I had a decidedly (small ‘l’) liberal … Continue reading →

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J.C. Scolder and Sgt. W.W. Watson: Qui est Corrompu?*

Posted on November 10, 2021 by cdsmiller17

A Pawn Piece (1978 play): Act II (Page 9) (This time the curtain opens on a slightly different area of the forest. There’s a sign in the middle of the stage: it can be hanging on a tree, or just … Continue reading →

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COVID-19: It’s No Laughing Matter, but…

Posted on October 16, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Spanish Inquisition (November 1, 1478) This doesn’t bode well, does it? If we are to take the 539 year cycle as ‘real’ then the events in Spain during 1481 and beyond will need sorting out. Isn’t it interesting how … Continue reading →

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Seychelles, C. Shells, Buy the Offshore

Posted on October 5, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Laundromat (2019) I hope you can excuse my little rhyme, based on: She sells sea shells by the seashore. childhood tongue twister It’s what came to my mind overnight after watching The Laundromat last evening. The Plot (from Wikipedia) … Continue reading →

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Corporate Corruption in Canada

Posted on March 1, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Too Big to Fall? For the little guy on the street, some companies have a lot of nerve. First they behave with little regard for the Rule of Law, and then, when they get caught, they use the threat of … Continue reading →

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Drain the Swamp? No, Man a Fort

Posted on September 17, 2018 by cdsmiller17

  Paul Manafort When you’ve done your best to keep quiet, and it hasn’t done you any good, you ‘flip’. That seems to be what happened to Paul Manafort. And he has to have something to say that’s worthwhile to … Continue reading →

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Trump and the Law

Posted on August 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

American Values and Traditions I read an interesting article today about why Trump supporters believe he is not corrupt. I suggest that you click on the above link and read it, too, before I continue my post. Done? Good, then … Continue reading →

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Call for the Priest!

Posted on August 22, 2018 by cdsmiller17

An Evil Spirit Needs Exorcism I saw this image on Facebook and couldn’t resist ‘borrowing’ it. The blending of that iconic scene in The Exorcist and a night-time shot of the White House is too clever to ignore. I don’t know who … Continue reading →

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