Our America

What makes the USA great is a system where fairly elected officials representing divergent views create laws by achieving rational measured consensus, where the officers of a fairly elected chief executive enforce those laws, with an independent judicial branch, where individuals can seek redress.

America is now in crisis, an inevitable stage when one political party’s pursuit to secure minority rule has become so desperate that it no longer has the leeway to conduct the business its congressional representatives were ostensibly elected to do. 

Language of fraud

The current pursuit of political power to benefit a minority of America’s wealthiest has been accompanied by language that vilifies specific groups of ordinary Americans. 

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NPB news: Oct. 16, 2023

Japan’s Foreplay Series final stage matchups are set after the Lotte Marines came from behind late to see off the SoftBank Hawks and advance to the six-game, best-of-seven series at Osaka UFO Dome against the Orix Buffaloes, who are seeking their third straight trip to the Japan Series.

Monday’s game

Marines 4, Hawks 3, 10 innings: At Chiba Marine Stadium, SoftBank reliever Yuki Tsumori blew a three-run 10th-inning lead on a three-run Yudai Fujioka home run, and Lotte rallied for another run with two outs as Hiromi Oka sped home from first on Hisanori Yasuda’s game-winning single.

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