Estate Planning Done Remotely
According to the 2020 Estate Planning and Wills Study, less than one-third (32%) of Americans have a Will or another type of estate planning document, i.e. Power of Attorney or Living Will. That leaves two-thirds of Americans without a plan for their assets and without a designated individual to act on their behalf in a financial or medical emergency.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has people asking the daunting questions—what happens to my “stuff” if I die without a Will? How do I protect my minor children if something happens to me? Who will pay my bills if I’m in the hospital? Who will make medical decisions for me if I can’t?
While the questions are difficult, the answer is relatively simple—estate planning documents are carefully tailored for each individual’s circumstances to address those very questions. A Will carefully bequeaths your assets (real and personal) to beneficiaries of your choosing. That same Will designates a guardian and creates Trusts for the care of your minor children. A Financial Power of Attorney enables your designated agent to contact your financial institutions and pay bills. A Living Will and Health Care Directive memorializes your wishes and advises doctors how to approach your treatment.
During these difficult and uncertain times, estate planning documents are especially important and can be prepared remotely. Initial consultations are done by phone or over communication technology such as Skype, Zoom, FaceTime, etc. Thereafter, draft documents are circulated electronically for review and another telephonic or video conference is scheduled to discuss modifications and questions. Once the documents are finalized, clients come to our office to execute said documents in a manner that adheres to all social distancing recommendations issued by the CDC and the Governor of New Jersey.
If you do not have estate planning documents, or need to update outdated documents, please contact Yuliya V. Tedeschi, Esq. by phone at (732) 349-1212 ext. 123 or by email at [email protected] to schedule a free consultation and have your estate planning done remotely.
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Zahir Aziz was assessed as 'low risk' when he came out of prison for GBH. But he went on to murder his uncle, Shabir Choudary, from Wakefield, in January 2010 - just a month after his release.
West Yorkshire Probation Service have now admitted he should have been assessed as 'high risk', which could have led to him being recalled to prison when he breached his terms.
Mark Siddall, Director of Operations for West Yorkshire Probation Trust, said: “On behalf of West Yorkshire Probation Trust I would like to express our sympathy with the family of Shabir Choudary for their loss.
"It is extremely rare for an offender under our supervision to commit a serious crime, but every case is one too many.
“A thorough investigation of this case was carried out and it found that, while the overall case management was good, the initial risk assessment carried out fell short of the appropriate professional standard."
Nesar Rafiq, Choudary's nephew, is also campaigning for Serious Offence Reviews to be available for the family if they want to see them. He is being supported in this by Wakefield MP Mary Creagh.
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Woman admits stealing from Legion Post
MAYVILLE -- A restitution hearing will be the next stop for a Westfield woman who pleaded guilty this week to embezzling more than $50,000 from that community's American Legion post.
District Attorney David Foley said Nancy Merriam, 58, admitted to stealing the money between January 1997 and June 2004.
No date for the hearing was set.
Foley did not disclose Merriam's connection with the John W. Rogers American Legion Post, but said she pleaded guilty in Chautauqua County Court to second-degree grand larceny.
Jamestown man faces cocaine-sales charges
JAMESTOWN -- Members of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force arrested a Jamestown man Wednesday on drug charges.
Officers allege Joshua Dorsey, 20, of Barrett Avenue sold cocaine to an undercover agent.
After a two-month investigation, a City Court warrant was issued for Dorsey's arrest on charges of criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance.
Canaseraga man found guilty of child porn
BELMONT -- An Allegany County Court jury Wednesday convicted Brian N. Woodring, 21, of Canaseraga of promoting a sexual performance by a child and endangering the welfare of a child.
District Attorney Terrence M. Parker said Woodring produced and distributed a videotape of sexual conduct with a child younger than 17 in Canaseraga in 2004.
Judge James E. Euken ordered Woodring held in the Allegany County Jail in Belmont without bail pending sentencing sometime next month.
Chautauqua deputies nab man on wanted list
MAYVILLE -- Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies brought in a Falconer man Wednesday who appeared on the county's wanted list.
Ryan Newell, 23, charged with possession of a forged instrument, was remanded to county jail.


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A 26-year-old Isawiyah resident was seriously wounded after locals hurled a firebomb at Israel Police officers operating in the East Jerusalem neighborhood overnight Monday.
The police arrested eight people suspected of hurling stones and firebombs, as well as firing firecrackers at security forces.
According to the police, dozens of policemen entered Isawiyah following a report that residents were hurling stones and firebombs toward the road leading from Jerusalem to the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. Isawiyah residents rejected the police's version of events, saying that the residents only threw stones at police officers who entered the neighborhood.
One of the firebombs that were hurled towards security forces apparently hit the vehicle of Salam Darwish, seriously wounding him.
Police officers extracted the man from his car, which combusted after being hit by the firebomb, and transferred him to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem for medical attention, where he was anesthetized and resuscitated. One of the police officers who helped to remove the man from his car was lightly wounded and treated at the scene.
- Israel Police Arrest 25 in East J'lem Neighborhood, Despite Vow to Ease Crackdown
- Israeli Police Agree to Limit Operations in East Jerusalem to End Residents' Strike
- 340 Arrests and Only Five Indictments: Police Sweep Strikes Fear in Isawiyah
The police said in a statement that "due to [recent] events, operational activity was launched in Isawiyah while dozens of lawbreakers caused disturbances by throwing stones and firing firecrackers at policemen and Border Police forces.
"Eight people suspected of hurling stones at the road leading [from Jerusalem] to Ma'ale Adumim and police forces were arrested," the police said.
Residents say police crackdown on neighborhood unjust
Over the past three months, police arrived at the neighborhood on a daily basis and carried out more than 350 arrests – although indictments were only filed against less than 10 Isawiyah residents.
Last week police officers in Isawiyah were caught on camera complaining that there was no purpose to an ongoing police operation in the neighborhood, highly criticized by community leaders, other than deliberately provoking the residents.
During the entire course of the summer, the Jerusalem District Police carried out daily wide-scale raids in Isawiyah, entering the East Jerusalem neighborhood in the afternoon on patrol, setting up roadblocks and stopping motorists and passersby for inspection and then going back in at night to arrest residents.
Isawiyah residents have been claiming for months that the purpose of the police operations in the neighborhood is to harass the residents and disrupt their lives as collective punishment and to apply pressure on them. Over a period of years, testimony has accumulated suggesting that the police in Jerusalem have acted to increase friction with residents of the neighborhood.
In Kan public television’s reality series “Jerusalem District,” one officer, Erez Hazan, who was in a scene in which a weapon was planted in the home of an Isawiyah neighborhood, is seen saying: “There’s a procedure that is beginning to be carried out. They’re beginning to apply a bit of pressure in entering and leaving [the neighborhood] to provide the option that someone would make some kind of mistake.”
After Haaretz reported that the gun had been planted at the home of Samar Sleiman, the Kan public broadcaster cancelled the series and all of the episodes of the series were removed from its website.


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Geidel sentenced to 42 months in jail for fraud
Timothy Geidel, 48, of Hamburg, has been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to a term of 42 months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.3 million dollars in restitution, following his guilty plea to wire fraud and structuring for defrauding more than 40 investors out of $1.3 million.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito, Jr., while working as an investment adviser with Georgetown Capital Group, Inc., Geidel diverted investor funds to his own use.
Between 1990 and 2010, Geidel gave victims, many of them Hamburg and Evans residents, the impression that he invested their money in high yield stocks, bonds, mutual funds and certificates of deposit.
Instead of investing funds as he indicated to his victims, the defendant diverted some of the funds to his own use by depositing the money into his personal bank accounts. He also used some of the funds to pay off earlier investors to perpetuate the scheme.
The guilty plea was a culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agent Gregory Grammicioni of the Secret Service, under the direction of Tracy Gast, special agent in charge and Special Agent Thomas Egloff of the Internal Revenue Service, under the direction of Victor Lessoff, acting special agent in charge, New York Field Office. Detectives of the towns of Evans, Hamburg and West Seneca also assisted and contributed to this investigation.Fatal motorcycle accident
A Hamburg man riding a motorcycle was killed Tuesday, April 3 when he struck a tractor-trailer at about 7:55 p.m. while traveling on Route 20.
According to Town of Hamburg Police, Allan Wittmeyer, 48, of Hamburg, was operating a motorcycle which was headed west on Route 20, when witnesses said it veered into the path of an eastbound tractor-trailer.
The tractor-trailer driver was not injured and the possible cause of the accident is still under investigation.Fire extinguisher cause of fire alarm call at LSHS
At 5:48 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, Town of Evans Police and members of the Evans Center and Lake Erie Beach fire departments responded to a fire alarm activation at the Lake Shore Central High School in Evans.
According to police, after arriving on location, it was determined that there was smoke in the basement of the school.
No fire could be located but further investigation revealed that the source of the smoke was from a discharged older model fire extinguisher.
As part of multiple safety precautions, the Erie County HazMat was called and tests were run at the school, before it was cleared to resume normal activities.
No injuries were reported and the police are continuing their investigation as to who was responsible for discharging the fire extinguisher.
Assisting in the incident were the Angola, Brant, Eden, Highland and Newton Abbott fire departments.Fire destroys Hamburg home, pets perish
Lake Shore volunteer firefighters responded to a fire at a Willow Lane home at 1:57 a.m. on Saturday, April 7.
According to police, the occupants of the home were able to get out of the building, but they were not able to rescue the family pets.
The homeowner was treated at Erie County Medical Center for minor burns to her hands and smoke inhalation, police said.
Responding to the fire was Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Company, who were assisted by the following fire companies and departments: Armor, Big Tree, Hamburg , Newton-Abbott, Woodlawn, Scranton, Lake View, Highland, Blasdell, Eden, North Evans, North Boston and Windom.Roll-over accident in Boston linked to DWI
On Wednesday, April 4, Erie County Sheriff Deputy Timothy Colling responded to a one car roll over accident which had occurred on Lower East Hill Road in the Town of Boston, just south of Wohlhueter Road.
According to police, Colling observed that the driver, Mary Vella, 56, of the Town of Concord, showed signs of intoxication.
After failing several field sobriety tests, Vella was charged with driving while intoxicated.DWI arrest on reservation
While on patrol on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation at 5:27 a.m. on Wednesday, April 4, Erie County Sheriff Deputies Christopher Soluri and Neil Held responded to a report of a woman passed out behind the wheel of her vehicle while parked at a business on Route 5. After investigating the complaint, Nancy L. Scott, 43 of Gowanda was charged with driving while intoxicated.
According to police, Scott refused to submit to a breath test to determine her blood alcohol content. She was processed at the North Collins substation and released on appearance tickets. Felony DWAI by drugs
At 4:42 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, Town of Evans Police received a call about a vehicle being operated in an erratic manner coming up Old Lake Shore Road from Hamburg.
The vehicle was found at the parking area of the Eighteen Mile Creek fishing access by Officer Joseph LaRosa.
According to police, the vehicle operator, John C. Johnson, 27, of Buffalo, was found to have impaired motor skills, slurred speech and there was an odor of suspected marijuana inside the vehicle.
Further investigation revealed several different pills in the vehicle, along with a plastic bag containing suspected marijuana on the center console, along with a tin foil pipe.
One pill was later identified as Alprazolam (Xanax), a controlled substance.
Johnson was charged with felony driving while ability impaired by drugs, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operation of a motor vehicle by an unlicensed driver, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.DWI arrests in Hamburg
The following driving while intoxicated arrests where made on Monday, April 9 by the Town of Hamburg Police Department.
• At 2:18 a.m. Officer Daniel Cronmiller responded to a call there was a gray jeep traveling at a high rate of speed and “all over the road” on Lake Shore Road.
Cronmiller found the jeep off the road, on its side in the front yard of a Lake Shore Road residence, with flames coming from the engine compartment.
According to police, Cronmiller put the fire out using a fire extinguisher and found the driver, Christopher M. Ritchie, 29, of West Seneca, conscious, but pinned inside the vehicle. Cronmiller also noticed a strong odor of alcohol beverage coming from Ritchie’s breath.
The vehicle had to be cut open to extricate Ritchie, who according to police became very belligerent and argumentative at the emergency personnel and swore repeatedly at them.
He was transported to the Erie County Medical Center by the Lake Shore Fire Department, where he allegedly continued to be very belligerent, disrespectful and argumentative with the hospital staff as they were trying to treat him.
Ritchie was charged with DWI, unlawful possession of marijuana (a small plastic container of suspected marijuana was found in the driver’s side door of the jeep), failure to use designated lane and speed not reasonable and prudent.
• At 3:29 a.m. Officer David Jasinski stopped a vehicle that was speeding on Morgan Parkway and had side windows which were tinted too dark.
According to police, when the driver’s side window was lowered, an odor of an alcoholic beverage was emitted from the interior of the vehicle.
The vehicle operator, Gary Colson, 36, of Hamburg, was asked to perform several field sobriety tests, which he failed.
Colson was charged with felony DWI (previous DWI conviction), speeding and equipment violation for nontransparent side windows.DWI arrests in Evans
At 11:53 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, Town of Evans Police Officers Joseph LaRosa and Frederick Garrasi III observed a vehicle traveling east on Route 5 at approximately 43 mph in a 55 mph zone and driving in both east bound lanes.
According to police, they followed the vehicle, observed the vehicle enter the left passing lane without signalling, weave within the driving lanes, before crossing the double lines and then swerve back into the proper lane.
After stopping the vehicle, while speaking to the driver, Beth A. Rafanowicz, 28, of West Seneca, LaRosa detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath.
After failing some of the field sobriety tests, Rafanowicz was charged with felony driving while intoxicated (previous DWI convictions) felony operating a motor vehicle with .08 of 1 percent or more alcohol with two prior convictions in the past 10 years, illegal signal, driving to left of pavement markings and moving from lane unsafely.
• At 10:37 p.m. on Monday, April 9, Town of Evans Police Officer Matthew Stonitsch observed a vehicle traveling at about 52 mph in 40 mph zone on Erie Road.
According to police, when the patrol car emergency lights were activated, the suspect vehicle sped up, to about 70 mph in a 45 mph zone. The officer activated the siren and the suspect vehicle continued at 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, refusing to stop.
Stonitsch called into the station to report that the vehicle was refusing to stop. Lt. Peter Smith authorized Officer Brian Kauzala to place stop sticks onto Erie Road in front of the Evans Center Fire Hall in an effort to stop the suspect’s vehicle.
The suspect attempted to go around the sticks, but did strike them, causing the driver’s side front tire to go flat.
The driver, Sharon L. Delmonte, 29, of Buffalo, was taken into custody.
According to police, Delmonte was transported back to the police station where she allegedly became combative, kicking the lobby doors.
Delmonte refused to recite the alphabet, take the alco-sensor test and the breath test.
Delmonte was charged with DWI, third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer, drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle on the highway (open bottles of beer were found inside the vehicle), three counts of speeding, reckless driving, refusal to take breath test and five other vehicle and traffic violations.Heroin and cocaine found
At 9:25 p.m. on Friday, April 6, while on patrol on Route 5 near St. Francis Drive, Town of Hamburg Police Officer Jeffery Paluch observed a vehicle being operated in an erratic manner.
The vehicle was stopped and Paluch, along with Narcotics Officer Jeffrey Bullard, observed drug paraphernalia on the front floor and in the ash tray of the vehicle.
After agreeing to a search of the vehicle, David C. Venti, 22, of Hamburg, exited the vehicle and Officer Nicholas Borowski with K-9 Endy, located a small plastic bag containing suspected cocaine in a pocket on the driver’s side door.
Also located in the vehicle was a small plastic bag with suspected heroin, used cotton balls, cap with residue and 13 hypodermic needles.
Venti was taken into custody and searched, where a small plastic bag containing suspected heroin was found in his left front pant’s pocket.
He was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument.
Venti was arraigned before Hamburg Town Justice Walter Rooth, who set bail at $5,000. Venti was transported to the holding center in lieu of bail, with a return court date of Friday, April 13.Underage drinking arrest
At 12:08 p.m. on Sunday, April 8, Town of Evans Police Officer Nathan Miller stopped a vehicle on Erie Road for a traffic violation.
While speaking to the driver, Anthony J. Poorten, 20, of Hamburg, Miller noticed an open pill container by his feet in the vehicle.
According to police, Poorten was argumentative and was also acting very nervous.
He did consent to having the vehicle searched and admitted to police he had one half of a suboxone pill in his pocket. Also located in the vehicle was an open container of beer on the passenger floor.
Poorten was charged with controlled substance in non-original container, unlawful possession of alcohol by a person under 21, drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle on the highway and no seat belt.Child endangerment
Town of Hamburg Police have charged Anthony J. Dubreville, 21, of Hamburg, with acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17, in connection with an incident which occurred on Tuesday, April 3.
According to police, Dubreville picked up two 14-year-old girls across the street from the Hamburg High School and drove with them to the Seneca Nation Reservation to buy cigarettes. He then allegedly stopped on the way back to Hamburg and bought two fruit punch flavored Four Loco alcoholic beverages to give to the girls.
One girl drank both of them, according to the statement made by Dubreville, and became very intoxicated.
He allegedly drove her back to her residential area, where she got sick and was weaving around when they were found by the girl’s mother, who had contacted police and was out looking for her.Unlawful imprisonment
On 7:21 a.m. on Monday, April 2, Town of Evans Police responded to a domestic call, where the victim was prevented from leaving the residence by Clayton J. Williams, 29, of Evans.
According to police, Williams had been drinking all weekend and demanded money from the victim to purchase more alcohol. When the victim refused, Williams became angry, threw food around the kitchen and blocked the door to prevent the victim from leaving the residence.
Police said Williams was intoxicated when they arrived at the scene.
Williams was charged with second-degree harassment and second-degree unlawful imprisonment.Town of Brant report
During the month of March, the Town of Brant Police successfully closed a burglary complaint that occurred on Railroad Avenue with the arrest of an Angola resident. Brant officers were assisted by two members of the Evans Police Department.
Currently, the Brant Police Department is actively participating in the Buckle Up New York and Aggressive Driving programs and there will be extra patrols out enforcing the seatbelt laws.
In March, the department handled 1,090 complaints.
This included two accident calls (no injuries), two felony arrests, 12 misdemeanor arrests, one violation arrests, four criminal complaints and 11 non-criminal complaints.
There were 13 first aid, one fire alarm, 28 assists to other agencies, 481 premises checked, 27 money escorts, one funeral escort, 53 assists to motorists, two assists to the dog control, five community policing and four court bailiff duty.
Police officers issued 283 traffic and vehicle violations, one parking ticket and patrolled a total of 3,688 miles.Town of Evans report
During the month of March, the Town of Evans Police Dispatchers took care of 2,614 complaints.
This included 34 accident calls, 162 ambulance calls, three assaults, eight criminal mischief, five domestic incidents, seven drug, five loud music, 20 fire and 14 false alarms, 20 harassment and 19 larcenies.
There were 121 animal complaints, eight neighbor disputes, two sex crimes were reported, 12 trespasses, three missing persons, 143 premise checks, 263 community policing, 15 assists to motorists and 21 welfare checks.
Nineteen prisoners were held in the Town of Evans lockup.
There were 126 police reports filed and 21 accidents were reported to the state.
Police officers issued 300 traffic violations, which included 73 for speeding, 15 were driving while intoxicated related, 47 were license/permit violations, 18 red lights, 64 required motor vehicle equipment, 10 vehicle registration violations, 11 stop signs, 40 others and 13 seatbelt violations.
From the Detective Bureau, there were 83 people charged, mostly for violations of the state’s penal law, alcohol beverage control law and vehicle and traffic laws. Six people were charged with DWI.
The Dog Control Officer issued seven appearance tickets.Village of N.C. report
During the month of March, Village of North Collins Police were on duty for 152 hours and responded to 48 calls
This included one motor vehicle accident, two reports of suspicious vehicles, one criminal mischief complaint, one felony driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation arrest, two disturbances, one domestic, one attempted suicide, one report of a fire, one dog attack on a resident, one alarm, one 911 hang-up, two assists to the North Collins Emergency Squad, one assist to the North Collins Fire Department, four assists to other police agencies (one of these assists included a vehicle chase through multiple townships for the report of a suicidal man with a gun), one funeral escort and four court details.
Officers issued 28 traffic violations which included 16 tickets for speeding, two for cell phone use, three for expired inspections, two for equipment violations, one for stop sign violations, one for felony DWI, one for felony aggravated unlicensed operation, one for an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and one for refusing an alcohol screening test.
Regular property checks were conducted of schools, businesses, public and vacant properties.


DES MOINES, Iowa — Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court Mark Cady apologized to state lawmakers on Friday for the alleged break-ins at county courthouses that were ordered by judicial branch officials as part of a cybersecurity test.
Cady, who is the head of the Iowa Judicial Branch, addressed the Senate Oversight Committee during fact-finding hearing at the statehouse that lasted over four hours. Lawmakers sought information from law enforcement, county leaders and judicial branch officials about the break-ins at the Dallas and Polk County courthouses in September by two men employed by Coalfire, a cybersecurity firm contracted by the Iowa Judicial Branch to check security vulnerabilities. They were arrested and charged with third-degree burglary following the September 11 breach of the Dallas County Courthouse in Adel.
Cady apologized for "diminishing public trust and confidence in the court system," saying he takes "full responsibility" for the damages.
"In our efforts to fulfill our duty to protect confidential information of Iowans from cyberattack, mistakes were made," Cady said.
A panel of lawmakers questioned why the judicial branch authorized the "penetration testers" to make unauthorized entry into county-owned courthouses over which the branch of state government has no authority. Law enforcement officials from Dallas and Polk County testified that they were not made aware that any security tests and said there could've been more grave consequences.
"To have tests like this conducted, without even a notification that at some point you may be subject to--even without any specific details---is just an affront to the jobs that they do locally," Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, chair of the oversight committee, told reporters after the meeting.
Sen. Tony Bisignano, D-Des Moines, called it a "covert stupid operation," that put people's lives at risk, adding that the courts should pay for the entire "fiasco."
"I don't think you gave consideration to people. You had this concept of what you wanted to accomplish and you insulted a lot of professionals," Bisignano said. "You owe them an apology."
Some judicial branch IT employees directly linked to the documents contracting the cybersecurity firm told lawmakers they believe there was confusion about the scope of the agreement with the two Coalfire employees.
“In the context of contract language, reasonable minds can look at the same phrase and disagree. Probably that’s the biggest lesson we’ve learned from this: we need to re-examine contract review within the IT area," said Elaine Newell, legal counsel to the state court administrator."
Lawmakers didn't get all of the information they were seeking during their probe on Friday as officials could not speak to the ongoing criminal investigation. The Iowa Judicial Branch is conducting its own independent investigation into the matter.
Sinclair said there needs to "processes in place" related to state contracts to prevent similar situations from happening.
"Clearly every single branch of government should have internal controls on the way they issue contracts and on the contracts that they hold. Is it going to take legislative action? I don't know yet," Sinclair told reporters.


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securing of our individual rights;
Twenty-Eighth Article of Amendment to the United States
The 'Watching the Watchmen' Amendment
1. Any Grand Jury duly constituted
under the civil or common law may hear and consider accusations
brought to its attention by any member thereof that any right
of any person resident within the union state or federal
district or territory in which the Grand Jury is seated has
been willfully or negligently violated, or that conspiracy,
aiding or abetting or obstruction of justice in regard to any
such violation has been committed, by any person holding or
exercising any office or agency of the United States in any
capacity whatever. The consideration of such accusations shall
be without the involvement, supervision or approval of any
2. Upon the issuance of an
indictment for any violation of rights or related offense as
listed in paragraph 1., the indicted public official shall stand
trial on the charge(s) in accordance with other provisions of
the Constitution related to criminal trial, but the prosecution
of such charges shall be conducted by the accusing alleged
victim of the offense, or the accuser's designee. If the accuser
is incapable of conducting the prosecution or designating a
prosecutor, the closest family member capable of performing
these functions shall do so, or, in the event that neither of
these alternatives is possible, the prosecutor shall be selected
by the Grand Jurors who issued the indictment, by whatever
method seems best to them, provided that a majority of the
members meeting for that purpose concur in the selection.
3. Trials of charges brought under the provisions of this
amendment shall not be construed as against the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof; culpability and liability
shall remain with the natural person charged with the offense.
4.Trials under the provisions of this amendment shall be
conducted in the courts of the union state in which the accuser
is resident, or, if the accuser is not a resident of a union
state, in the courts of the federal district or territory, in
which he or she is resident.
5. Article III, Section
2 Clause 1 is hereby amended to read, "The judicial Power shall
extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this
Constitution except as provided for in the Twenty-Eighth Article
of Amendment, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made,
or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases
affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to
all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to
Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to
Controversies between two or more States;— between a State and
Citizens of another State,—between Citizens of different
States,—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under
Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens
thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects."
6. No prior conclusion, ruling, doctrine, event or authority of
any kind whatever shall be given weight of controlling precedent
or authority as to the nature of rights or any particular right,
or the violation thereof in the consideration or determination
of the Grand or petit juries in any proceeding commenced under
the provisions of this Amendment.
7. There shall be
no limitation on the commencement of proceedings under the
provisions of this amendment due to the time in which the
accused offense allegedly was committed.
Punishment upon conviction of an offense described in this
amendment shall range from a minimum of 20 years imprisonment up
to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole
regardless of the sentence, any contrary provisions of the laws
of the state, district or territory in which trial was conducted
notwithstanding, and shall be served in the prisons of the unit
of government in which trial was conducted. Sentences shall be
determined and imposed by the trial jury. Prior to the jury's
determination and imposition of sentence, a convicted defendant
shall be permitted to present evidence of measures taken to
mitigate or remedy the offense(s) of conviction.
Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to impair the power
of Congress to impeach and remove from office, and nothing in
the impeachment provisions elsewhere in this Constitution shall
be construed so as to impair the provisions of this Amendment.
I INVITE AND ENCOURAGE ALL ACTIVISTS with whom this concept resonates (which
should be pretty much everyone) to
with (or about) action plans for getting this amendment in front
of state legislatures across the country; and I ask all of you
to enthusiastically share the entire text of this article around
and help get a buzz going about this amendment. The permanent
page for this proposal and related resources and information is
By the way, I'm calling this
"Doreen's Amendment", because it is the rights violations by
which she is presently suffering that inspired me to write it. I
will appreciate everyone familiar with her case using that as
the aka for what will more formally and generally be known as
'The Watching the Watchmen Amendment', thus
Doreen's ordeal in the spotlight.
"It is not the function of our Government to keep the
citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the
citizen to keep the Government from falling into error."
-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson
"A free people claim their rights as derived from the
laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief
Dr. Gary North: Just Ignorant? Or Is There Something Else Going
HAVE YOU EVER FELT PRESSURED TO PAY AN INCOME
TAX you didn't really owe? Have you ever faced bad behavior from
a government agency over an illegitimate tax charge-- be it an
asserted "penalty" or alleged "deficiency" or even just a
protracted delay in getting your legitimate refund? Blame folks
like Gary North.
To pick the most recent example of
which I am aware, in
his July 4 column this year, North
"Taxation has three main forms: direct (income, property, retail
sales), indirect (wholesale sales), and monetary inflation."
Is North just this ignorant? That's hard to
imagine. Often he writes very cogently on many different
subjects. So what's going on here?
Here is the
truth, as is known to any competent student of the subject (all
"[The] tax upon gains, profits,
and income [is] an excise or duty, and
not a direct tax, within the meaning of the
constitution, and  its imposition [is] not, therefore,
United States Supreme Court,
Springer v. U. S., 102 U.S. 586 (1880) (as summarized in Pollock
v. Farmer's Loan & Trust, 158 U.S. 601, (1895))
"[T]axation on income [is] in its nature
A unanimous United States
Supreme Court in Brushaber v. Union Pacific R. Co., 240 U.S. 1
"I hereby certify that the following is a true
and faithful statement of the gains, profits, or income of _____
_____, of the _____ of _____, in the county of _____, and State
of _____, whether derived from any kind of property, rents,
interest, dividends, salary, or from any profession, trade,
employment, or vocation, or from any other source whatever, from
the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1862, both
days inclusive, and subject to an income tax under the
excise laws of the United States."
“affirmation” on the first income tax return form.
"The income tax... ...is an excise tax
with respect to certain activities and privileges which is
measured by reference to the income which they produce. The
income is not the subject of the tax; it is the basis for
determining the amount of tax.” ... "[The Sixteenth] amendment
made it possible to bring investment income within the scope of
the general income-tax law, but did not change the character of
the tax. It is still fundamentally an excise or
duty with respect to the privilege of carrying on any activity
or owning any property which produces income."
Former Treasury Department legislative draftsman F. Morse
Hubbard in testimony before Congress in 1943
[Sixteenth] Amendment, the [Supreme] court said, judged by the
purpose for which it was passed, does not treat income
taxes as direct taxes but simply removed the ground
which led to their being considered as such in the Pollock case,
namely, the source of the income. Therefore, they are again to
be classified in the class of indirect taxes to
which they by nature belong."
Cornell Law Quarterly,
1 Cornell L. Q. 298 (1915-16)
"In Brushaber v.
Union Pacific Railroad Co., Mr. C. J. White, upholding the
income tax imposed by the Tariff Act of 1913, construed the
Amendment as a declaration that an income tax is
"indirect," rather than as making an exception to the
rule that direct taxes must be apportioned."
Law Review, 29 Harv. L. Rev. 536 (1915-16)
"If [a] tax is a direct one, it shall be
apportioned according to the census or enumeration. If
it is a duty, impost, or excise, it shall be uniform throughout
the United States. Together, these classes include every form of
tax appropriate to sovereignty. Whether the [income] tax
is to be classified as an "excise" is in truth not of critical
importance [for this analysis]. If not that, it is an "impost",
or a "duty". A capitation or other "direct" tax it certainly is
U.S. Supreme Court, Steward Machine
Co. v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
Supreme Court, in a decision written by Chief Justice White,
first noted that the Sixteenth Amendment did not
authorize any new type of tax, nor did it repeal or
revoke the tax clauses of Article I of the Constitution, quoted
above. Direct taxes were, notwithstanding the advent of
the Sixteenth Amendment, still subject to the rule of
Legislative Attorney of the
American Law Division of the Library of Congress Howard M.
Zaritsky in his 1979 Report No. 80-19A, entitled 'Some
Constitutional Questions Regarding the Federal Income Tax Laws'
SO, IN LIGHT OF THE FACTS, why is Gary North saying
the income tax is a direct tax?
I suppose I could be
mistaken, but it seems to be that to declare the income tax to
be a direct tax is a lie, in either of two forms: 1. You know
better, and are deliberately mis-stating what you know, or 2.
You have no idea what you're talking about, but are deceitfully
implying that you do. Which one is it in this case?
Dr. Gary North's integrity is his own problem in the most
important sense, of course. But his words reach a lot of people.
It is because of
mis-statements like this from people like Gary North that anyone
dealing with bad behavior by government actors. The myths about
the tax are the cover under which the bad behavior avoids
revealing and disinfecting sunlight, and they are also the
intellectual undergrowth that keeps the liberating, bad-behavior
suppressing truth about the tax from being ascendant and in
Every person who hears the lie that the
income tax is a direct tax then has no reason to question its
application to his or her own activities and the resultant
gains. Mis-statements like North's keep juries and attorneys and
even judges (most of whom know nothing independently about the
tax in any broad sense) ignorant and dangerous to liberty and
the rule of law.
When it is understood that the tax
an excise (and
what that means), suddenly everything else about it can start to
come into focus (as, for instance, by following
this simple chain of facts and logic). It is to avoid this
onset of clarity that the beneficiaries of the tax scam do
everything they can to promote the myth that it is a direct tax,
with the critically-important help of shills like Gary North
(and many others).
I hope everyone can help (and
help look out for all our interests) by 1. vigorously countering
these injections of dis-information with rebuttals; 2.
diligently inoculating the body politic with liberating truth;
and 3. encouraging shills like Gary North to find something else
Let's Celebrate More Victories By The
Bill and Della Cheney know the facts about the law,
and have acted accordingly. Here is their latest victory in
holding the state to its proper limits-- an acknowledgement by
the federal government that nothing they received in 2014 was
"income" as that term is meant in the law, or subject to the
income tax, and the return of every penny that had been withheld
from them under their payers' misunderstandings to the contrary:
Here is Bill and Della's filing that produced this
acknowledgement and refund.
Ed _ has applied the law in South Carolina and
secured the state's agreement that he did nothing taxable as
"income" and the return of everything withheld from him against
the possibility of a state claim to the contrary:
Ed's filing that produced his debut complete refund
can be seen
Steven Jones has won another victory for the law--
looking back to past years from before he learned the facts
about the tax, Steven has secured a complete refund of
everything withheld from him and given to New York in 2011, plus
Join me in celebrating and honoring these heroes of
the republic (and
all their fellows)-- real American men and women who know
what it means and know what it takes to be free people enjoying
the benefits of a legitimate
rule of law.
When they're trying so hard to pull the wool over
your eyes, maybe it's to hide something you should be trying
extra hard to see...
In light of
the actual evidence, those
who doubt or
deny the accuracy and correctness of
because government officials make weaselly
representations against it are like the 16th-century Europeans who
were mystified by
Copernicus getting all those
astronomical predictions right even though the
church had said he was wrong.
Illuminating anniversaries of this week:
August 3- In 1492,
Christopher Columbus sets sail. In 1914, Germany declares war
on France. In 1948, Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of
being a communist and spy for the Soviet Union. In 1977, the US
Senate holds hearings on the CIA's MK-ULTRA involuntary
mind-control and drugging project, which the agency claims has
been abandoned, though at least one former operative in the
program has disputed this claim.
ARE YOU JUST LEARNING ABOUT the crime against your
rights and the rule of law by means of a heinous crime by which
Doreen Hendrickson is being victimized? Get up to speed with
this, and this film:
The longer but much more comprehensive and
question-answering backstory (the "why" history leading up to
this unprecedented assault on the First Amendment and principles
of due process) can be found
DOREEN'S ADDRESS: Doreen Hendrickson 48564-039, FPC
Alderson A-4, P.O. Box A, Alderson, WV 24910. She would love
to hear your encouragement, uplift, appreciation and solidarity.
Anyone wanting to send Doreen a few dollars for her
commissary account (with which she can get better food, soft
drinks, clothes and other amenities), you can do so by mailing a
money order made payable to Doreen Hendrickson 48564039. Mail
Federal Bureau of Prisons,
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001
DO YOU NOTICE THAT MESSAGE ON THE T-SHIRT being
worn by the lovely model of the 'I Stand with Doreen'
care-bracelet? It reads, THINK. It's not illegal yet!
But you know what? The charge against Doreen is an
effort by the state to make it so.
Doreen was charged, remember, with
criminally-refusing to cede control of her expressions to the
state. Now, I'll grant you that technically her thoughts would
remain her own, but if the state can dictate what everyone says,
then pretty soon that atmosphere of controlled expressions will
result in first influencing, and then ultimately controlling
what everyone thinks.
If the State gets away with establishing the
precedent that every written expression-- even just those on
testimonial instruments-- can be required to echo the state's
preferred view of things, the fate of free thinking and liberty
is obvious (and it's not good).
Think about it, while you still can.
Would You Do It?
(By the way, I would very much welcome
videos of any of you or your friends, acquaintances or random
strangers on the street answering this same question, which I
would then incorporate into this film in order to make it even
You can find it at
I encourage everyone to download it and read it through. It's an
easy read, and not nearly as long as it will appear from the
page count. Many pages are taken up with non-argument uses, and
the argument portions are double-spaced and wide-margined,
meaning that it doesn't take much text to fill a page.
You will see-- beyond any doubt, and completely
contrary to the troll and wormtongue community that have been
trying to spin Doreen's "conviction" into some kind of attack on
CtC-- that the "conviction" of Doreen was only achieved by
reliance on deep corruption to overcome the complete lack of
merit to the government's case.
As such, the prosecution of Doreen-- which IS meant
to be an attack on
CtC, or at least, on people's perception of
CtC-- is actually an acknowledgement of the truth about
the tax, as can be seen by the following simple reasoning:
There is no valid case against Doreen. Yet the
government proceeded with its "prosecution" anyway, deliberately
taking a series of law-defying steps in order to contrive a
"conviction". This can only have been done in order to try to
make an argument that cannot be made on legitimate grounds.
This is axiomatic.
Deceit, evasion and corruption are only resorted-to when truth,
forthrightness and integrity will yield unwanted outcomes.
The outcome wanted here by the deceivers is the
furnishing the trolls and wormtongues with a press-release
saying that, "The wife of Pete Hendrickson, author of 'Cracking
the Code' was convicted..." (Needless to say, no mention is made
in such a release of the shenanigans by which the "conviction"
was accomplished-- only a fraction of which are included in this
brief due to length-limitation rules and a few other factors.)
The hope is that you would be somehow discouraged from spreading
the word about
CtC's revelations, or find it more difficult due to having
one more thing to have to explain and clarify to a skeptical
But this brief is the perfect answer to that
corrupt effort at fog-generation-- from it you can distill a
bullet-point list of what the government actually had to do to
contrive this "conviction" that it wants your listener to
believe is reason for them to not examine
CtC. By this you can make clear, in a nice bit of
intellectual judo, that the effort is really the best evidence
that your listener really, really needs to study
CtC and learn what the government is so fearful of him or
P. S. Anyone wanting to file an amicus brief in the
appeal-- whether in vindication of Doreen's rights of speech,
conscience and due process, or in pre-emptive defense of their
own-- should contact Mark Cedrone via any of the various means
listed in the appeal brief.
Bond pending appeal is provided for by statute for
anyone convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. The
statute, although having been steadily-held by
lapdog-to-the-executive courts to have a presumption against
release, provide for release upon a showing that the defendant is not a
flight risk or danger to the community, and that issues will be
raised in the appeal which, if they were to be taken as the
defendant suggests they should be by the panel which will
eventually hear the actual appeal (as opposed to the panel
hearing the bond motion), would result in a different trial
outcome or a reduction in the sentence to less time than the
appeal will take. This is to ensure that someone
not validly convicted or sentenced doesn't serve a sentence
while waiting to learn that they should not have had to.
In short, if a defendant can show she has
substantial issues to raise on appeal, the bond motion is
supposed to be granted. Axiomatically (and this is important to
what follows), doubt about whether the defendant should be
granted the bond stands in the defendant's favor (because
remember, the panel hearing the motion is not deciding the
appeal, only if the issues to be raised in the motion would have
a chance of reversing the verdict or sentence, and if there is
doubt about that, this means there is such a chance and the
defendant should be released until the doubt is resolved).
By statutory design, bond motions go the the trial
court judge whose own "errors" are being complained of in the
appeal, for the expected denial. Once that denial is issued, the
motion can then go to the appellate panel, which is not supposed
to have a dog in the fight. In Doreen's case, the trial judge
sat on her bond motion for 32 days after it was fully briefed
(25 of them after Doreen reported to prison and began suffering
the sentence), and only issued a ruling (the expected denial)
after being copied on a petition to the appellate court to have
her ordered to make a ruling so the matter could be taken higher
up the food chain.
The appellate court sat on the motion after full
briefing for 25 days (see the filings
here), on most of which it was actually before the panel and
under consideration (we checked). Despite that 25 days
axiomatically indicating that substantial issues were
recognized, the motion panel issued a denial on that 25th day.
This is very disappointing, needless to say. Plainly the panel
applied that "presumption against release" constructive standard
of review and set the bar higher than is the case for the appeal
itself (as is unfortunately typical in recent years-- prior to
the adoption of that doctrine, release on bond pending appeal
was fairly routine. Now it is very, very rare.
SO, AS IT STANDS NOW, Doreen is stuck in captivity
until next year. However, there is a possible hope from a
different direction. Right now the momentum for reform of the
outrageously abusive federal sentencing and imprisonment
practices is very high.
A lot of people have long recognized the evils of
the feds' "lock 'em all up" mentality, which is a feature of its
obnoxious and lawless "we can do no wrong" institutionalized
narcissism coupled with its concerted effort to transform the
legitimate legal structure of this country-- any power not
granted to the state is withheld from the state-- into its dark
and illegitimate opposite: anything not prohibited to the state
is permitted for the state (and the state will "interpret" those
So, calls for reform of a system that has the
United States dramatically leading the world in prisoners per
capita have long been out there, and right now, they are coming
to fruition. Among the bills currently making their way through
congress is one with provisions that would provide for the
release to home confinement of non-violent prisoners of a
certain age, a category in which Doreen squarely falls.
Therefore, I ask everyone that cares to write their
congresspeople and urge support and rapid passage for James
Sensenbrenner's and Bobby Scott's 'SAFE Justice Act' H.R. 2944.
PRO TIP: Whether or
not a person owes income tax is NEVER simply a
matter of whether that person received money. It is
ALWAYS a matter of whether money was received for
the conduct of a taxable activity. Therefore, IF a
tax liability is asserted, it is ALWAYS a matter
which must be proven-- IF the person alleged to owe
the tax says he or she did not receive the money at
issue from the conduct of a taxable activity.
OF NECESSITY, I AM ASKING FOR HELP with Doreen's
legal expenses. It is my experience that when the name
Hendrickson appears on the caption, courts find themselves under
pressure from their clients to creatively misunderstand
arguments or authorities. Thus, my requests for oral arguments
in the appellate court have always been denied whenever I have
handled my own cases. I am sure the same would be true for
Doreen. But I believe it is harder for the courts to refuse such
requests when put by a licensed attorney admitted to practice
before a given court.
Partly for that reason, and partly to enjoy
the benefit of his many years of experience and excellent
quality of work, we have retained a lawyer I know well and deem
to be an honorable man, and who is committed to working closely
with me on Doreen's appeal. All his good qualities
notwithstanding, though, Mark is not free, or even cheap.
Thus, I am asking all those who can and care to do
so to help as much as you can. Donations can be sent to Peter
Hendrickson at 232 Oriole St., Commerce Twp., Michigan 48382.
Mark "legal expenses" on the memo line or an accompanying note
and you'll get back a specially-made "care bracelet" bearing the
message "I STAND WITH DOREEN" and an icon of an American Eagle
(pictured at the beginning of this commentary),
which will help you engage in conversations with others about
just what is going on here, and will ultimately become a
treasured remembrance of your participation in important events,
WARRIOR BRIAN WRIGHT has set up a 'GoFundMe'
account for legal expense donations from those preferring to
contribute using plastic. Find his article and the link to the
MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE who has been
helping get the word out to journalists.
is the latest piece for distribution to news organizations (and
my thanks to the most excellent Tim O'Brien for putting this one
is the one calling for interposition by Michigan (which is still
a viable issue, even with Doreen presently in custody-- the
state can still make a presentation to the federal appellate
court upholding the First Amendment and demanding that it be
fully respected and obeyed in Doreen's case, which would result
in her release and the dismissal of the outrageous charge
against her). The entire backstory and drill-down on what went
on in Doreen's trials can be found
Let me put this issue to you in a way that might
resonate where my earlier entreaties have apparently not:
You want judges, bureaucrats, CPAs, lawyers, the HR
people where you work, your pastors, your neighbors and everyone
else to acknowledge the truth about the tax openly and
straightforwardly. How and why would these folks do this if YOU
You want these folks to learn the truth. Why would
they even recognize that there is a truth to be learned if you
won't attest to having learned it yourself? You've got to stand
up, face forward and chin up and tell these folks that you have
studied and checked and verified and seen the evidence and seen
the government evasions and you know that the tax is not the
capitation that the beneficiary government wants everyone to
think it is but a benign, but strictly limited thing, and that
they need to study and learn that, too.
If you have victories to show, that's nice, and
powerful, too. But you don't have to have victories to display
in order to declare your knowledge of what the law says. I've
never flown around the world, but I've seen the evidence and
considered the arguments, and I'm not hesitant to declare it a
Even those of you who haven't yet studied
CtC have surely read
this short document, and have verified everything
in it for yourself. You should therefore be declaring its
veracity and its message, loud and proud. Again, if you won't
say it, how can you hope that others will ever even bother to
look at the facts?
Be the change you want to see in the world,
or there won't be any change.
Finally: Fear nothing but God. And God demands from
you truth and the courage to speak the truth. As Martin Luther
King Jr. said,
"The day we see truth and do not speak is the day we begin to
I HOPE EVERYONE IS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY to raise
the consciousness of their interlocutors with the "Why?" point
when discussing what's being done to Doreen. Find some words on
As always, the corrupt always go too far for their
own good with their evil-- at least, too far for their own good
if people like you and me make use of their excesses. Here, this
can be done by helping others recognize that the degree of
nakedness in defiance of the law being revealed in the assault
on Doreen would only happen as a desperate effort to evade a
very real threat to the vampire state-- a threat as unlike any
as potent on behalf of liberty as the violations by the
state in its efforts to evade that threat are unlike any others.
from Amazing Spider-Man #537
"A free people claim their rights as derived from
the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief
August 4- In 1790, a
tariff act creates the 'Revenue Cutter Service' (now known as
The Coast Guard). In 1821, 'The Saturday Evening Post' begins
publication as a weekly newspaper. In 1873, George Custer's 7th
Cavalry has its first clash with the Sioux. In 1977, the US
Department of Energy is created. In 1987, the FCC rescinds the
PEOPLE!! I ask each of you to take a moment
RIGHT NOW and email Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras,
urging them to take notice of what gets posted on these
pages every week. Maybe hearing from all of the thousands
upon thousands of Americans and others around the world who
get these newsletters, all demanding the attention of these
journalists to the same subject will bump one or both of
them into waking to this hugely-important story.
Ignorance of the true nature of the "income" tax
has gagged, gutted and seduced-into-disgrace America's
ministerial community. This must change.
passenger on a riverboat that relies on regular
contributions of fuel from the passengers to
keep moving forward. You see an unsurvivable
waterfall ahead, and note a
soon-to-be-irresistible current growing stronger
each day. What does common sense suggest?
August 5- In 1305,
Scottish patriot William Wallace is captured by English forces.
In 1735, John Peter Zenger is acquitted of charges of seditious
libel against the royal governor of New York (on the grounds
that what he had said was true). In 1861, the first United
States "income" tax takes effect (it will be replaced the next
year with the version of the tax still in operation today). In
1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid. In
1914, the first electric traffic light is installed, in
Cleveland, Ohio. In 1943, Mount Etna erupts. In 1957,
'American Bandstand' premiers. In 1962, Nelson Mandela starts
serving what will end up being 28 years in prison. In 1981,
Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers.
Time, unfortunately, is on the side of the
well-funded disinformation specialists
Are You Having Trouble Spreading The
SKEPTICISM (SOMETIMES INVOKED BY FEAR) IS TO BE
EXPECTED when you're trying to explain to someone that
everything they've been encouraged their whole lives to
believe about something as entrenched and significant as the
income tax is basically nonsense. So here's a way to help
cut through the resistance:
Ask your listener how he or she would react if
you were to show an announcement from the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue admitting that the tax doesn't apply to the
earnings of most Americans and is misapplied most of the
time because people don't understand how it works? Or how
about if you showed a ruling from the Supreme Court saying
Now you just have to explain that
you're going to show exactly those things-- but because
the state really doesn't want people to know this, these
things haven't been said quite as forthrightly as we would
all wish. It's going to take a bit more work to take these
admissions in than is sufficient for just reading a press
release. But it'll be worth the effort...
IF YOU'RE NOT SPREADING THIS LINK with every bit of
energy you can, to school libraries, homeschool
families and community groups, your neighbors, your
family members, your pastors and
co-congregationalists, journalists, lawyers, CPAs,
members of congress, tax-agency workers, Wikipedia,
Anonymous, WikiLeaks, the Tax Foundation, everyone
in the "tax honesty" movement, the 9/11 truth
movement, other activist movements and everyone
you have only yourself to blame for your
troubles with the tax, and a whole lot else of which
you might complain. It's on you.
WRITE A NICE, FRIENDLY AND BRIEF introductory note
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A teacher asked
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Not really knowing what a Big Government fan is, but wanting to be liked by
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Real Americans don't accommodate fog, lies and a sliding scale of
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Barack Obama is the first American president to stand
up to the Israel lobby since Dwight Eisenhower ordered Israel to
withdraw from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in 1956-57.
Freed of re-election concerns and the need for vast
amounts of cash, President Obama finally made the decision to put
America’s strategic interests ahead of those of Israel by making
peace with Iran. This was a huge accomplishment: the United States
has waged economic and political warfare against the Islamic
Republic since its creation in 1979.
Iran now looks likely to join Cuba in getting paroled
from prison. Both refused to bow to Washington and paid a very heavy
price that left them semi-crippled economically and isolated.
Unless the Israel lobby and its yes-men in Congress
manage to block the nuclear agreement between Iran and major world
powers, Tehran will be re-integrated into the world economic system
and reassert its regional power. Iran is the world’s fourth largest
producer of oil and a principal supplier to China and Japan.
Iran’s gradual return to unrestrained oil exporting may
well spook markets that are already facing a severe glut of
inventory that has driven down energy prices everywhere. So much for
fears of “peak oil.”
It’s now time to begin dispelling the miasma of lies
about Iran promoted by neoconservatives and their house media.
Now ask yourself this: Have I really done
all that I can to
urge everyone I
know to also stand up and act in the only way that will really bring
about change in my lifetime?
Even as ardent a statist as Abraham
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keep them paying the tariff for the benefit of Northern interests in
his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, paid at least lip
service to the Founders design of leaving control over the fuel
available to feed the fires Washington wants to light in the hands
of the individual citizenry when he said, "Doing this I deem to
be only a simple duty on my part; and I shall perform it, unless my
rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite
August 6- In 1825,
Bolivia gains independence from Spain. In 1914, Serbia declares
war on Germany and Austria declares war on Russia. In 1945,
70,000 Japanese are slaughtered in an instant in Hiroshima by a
United States nuclear weapon-- tens of thousands further from
ground zero die more slowly over subsequent years from burns and
radiation poisoning suffered during the attack. In 1991, the
World Wide Web goes online.
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Illuminating anniversaries of this week:/p>
August 7- In 1782,
George Washington orders the creation of what will be ultimately
named the Purple Heart. In 1789, the United States War
Department is created. In 1794, the 'Whiskey Rebellion' begins,
when Pennsylvanian farmers refuse to pay a federal tax on corn
liquor. In 1944, IBM introduces the first modern calculator--
the Harvard Mark I (aka the Automatic Sequence Controlled
Calculator). In 1945, Truman announces the obliteration of
Hiroshima to the world. In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl's balsa raft 'Kon
Tiki' makes landfall 4, 375 miles from its launch point, proving
that the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands could have
migrated from South America. In 1955, the precursor to Sony
begins selling transistor radios in Japan. In 1964, the U.S.
Congress passes the 'Gulf of Tonkin Resolution', giving Lyndon
Johnson free rein to escalate U.S. military activity in
Vietnam. In 2008, trained and encouraged by the Bush
administration, the state apparatus in Georgia invades South
Ossetia in an effort to crush its aspirations of independence.
Larson shares this beautiful little farce, wryly observing that,
"Depositors have "..not lost one penny.." - OK we could agree on that simple
statement ..how about the purchasing power of
that same penny 'not lost'?"
August 8- In 1876, Thomas Edison patents the
mimeograph. In 1908, the Wright brothers make the first public
flight of their airplane, in Le Mans, France. In 1911, the
Unites States Patent Office records its millionth patent. In
1942, mass civil disobedience intended to bring down the
government of India begins. In 1945, the United States signs
the United Nations charter. In 1974, Richard Nixon announces
his intention to resign from his office as president of the
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We
seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that
feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget
that ye were our countrymen."
Adams, Architect of the First American Revolution
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Hendrickson is also a widely-read essayist on matters of
politics, public policy and law; many of these works are
collected in his second book, ‘Upholding
the Law And Other Observations’. He is a member of
award-winning artist; and has paid his dues as a youth
soccer coach. He is a long-time political activist as
well, and has served as co-chair and platform convention
delegate of Michigan’s largest county Libertarian Party
organization; as a consultant to the National Right to Work
Foundation and Citizens for a Sound Economy; as a member of the
Heartland Institute; and as a member of the International
Society for Individual Liberty. He is a frequent
radio-show guest on stations across the country.
Hendrickson's business career has included nearly a
decade-and-a-half at the leading edge of the renewable-energy
industry, both as Director of Purchasing and Materials
Management and member of the R&D board at Starpak Energy
Systems, the mid-west's then-largest solar heating and
energy-recovery-and re-utilization company; and as founder and
president of AFJ Inc., a high-efficiency lighting design,
manufacture and installation firm.
Beginning in the mid-1990s and continuing for the twelve years
before his present full-time focus on the restoration of the
rule of law in America, Hendrickson directed purchasing
activities for the $84 million-a-year multi-family-housing
division of the Farmington Hills, Michigan branch of Edward Rose
and Sons, with responsibility for 18,000+ apartments, direct
supervision of 35 technicians and agents, and incidental
authority over several hundred divisional workers. He also
ran the division's 10 cable television earth-station and
distribution systems in four states, and designed and
administered the company's website.
rather the other end of the spectrum, amidst these more mundane
pursuits Hendrickson co-founded and was the primary creative
force behind a small
card-game company that enjoyed a modest success for several
Hendrickson makes his home in southeast Michigan, with his wife
and two children. He is currently working on his next


House OKs discount drug measure
The New Hampshire House overwhelming voted for a bill Tuesday that would force pharmacy companies to offer discount drugs to the uninsured or they will be taken off the Medicaid’s preferred drug list.
House Bill 628 would establish a program similar to one in Maine and would leave many of the details of setting it up to the state Department of Health and Human Services, which would actually negotiate the discount for anyone who is uninsured and earning less than 350 percent of the poverty level.
Those people would get a discount card, which participating pharmacists could honor. The state would get a rebate that it could then share with the participating pharmacists and would reimburse them for selling the discounted drugs, though not the cost of dispensing them.
Supporters argued that, since insurance companies (including Medicaid), negotiate discounts, the uninsured end up being the only ones paying full freight, actually subsidizing those who can afford health insurance.
“To ask people who can least afford it to pay the highest costs for medicine is neither prudent or fair,” said Rep. Cindy Rosenwald, D-Nashua, a co-sponsor of the bill.
But drug manufacturers have opposed the measure’s “hammer” provision, which would take the drugs off the state’s preferred drug list, forcing providers to seek pre-approval before prescribing them to Medicaid recipients.
“This amounts to extorting rebates from drug manufacturers,” argued Rep. Fran Wendelboe, R-New Hampton.
The problem, she said, is that these drugs would no longer be available to Medicaid recipients – the state’s poorest citizens.
Drug manufacturers are already offering free and discount drugs to the uninsured, she said, and this will create a bureaucracy to run the program. A previous version of the bill said it would cost some $3 million a year.
However Rep. John DeJoie, D-Concord, the bill’s prime sponsor, called that previous estimate inaccurate, and most manufacturers are only discounting high-priced drugs that they are trying to market, not the generic drugs that uninsured people really need.
Michael Smith, president of the New Hampshire Pharmacists Association, also said he has concerns about the measure because the initial bill left it up the discretion of Health and Human Services to share the rebate with them.
The House did pass an amendment to the bill on Tuesday that seems to require rebate-sharing, but he wasn’t sure if pharmacists would still be subsidizing the discount.
He also noted that the cost of dispensing medication averages about $10 a prescription, and the state won’t cover that.
DeJoie said that the bill’s supporters will continue to address the concerns of drug manufacturers and pharmacists as the bill moves through the House Finance Committee.
While one opponent asked for a roll call vote, not enough representatives seconded it, apparently not anxious to go on record against drug discounts. The bill passed on a “division vote,” through which individual votes are not made public, 257-95.
In other legislation, the House passed a bill that would substantially raise solid waste fees in order to pay for hazardous waste cleanups. A permit fee for a cleanup operator, for instance, would increase from $5,000 to $7,500. Large generators would pay a quarterly fee of 6 cents a pound for unrecycled hazardous waste. Brownfields programs participation fees would rise from $3,000 to $4,500. Groundwater management permit fees would double to $2,000.
Supporters said that the measure would spread the state’s Superfund costs, but Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, R-Manchester, opposed it in committee, arguing these hefty increases are an unfair burden on the industry, and if the state really wanted to spread the cost out, it should use the general fund to pay for cleanups.
But no one spoke out against the bill on the House floor, and it passed, 232-111, in another division vote and is on its way to the House Ways and Means Committee. – BOB SANDERS


The following is an excerpt from Practice Perspectives: Vault's Guide to Legal Practice Areas.
Alexis S. Gilroy, Partner—Health Care
Alexis Gilroy, a national leader in the digital health industry, advises on complex transactional and health regulatory issues, with an emphasis on virtual care topics. Focused on transactions in the digital health sector for more than a decade, Alexis pairs practical experience with a keen understanding of novel federal and state regulatory requirements. Hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers across the U.S., as well as telehealth companies, technology organizations, e-commerce, pharmacy and retail leaders, life sciences businesses, and investors seek her legal counsel on various digital health topics, including multijurisdictional business strategy and implementation, state-specific telehealth regulation, corporate practice of medicine, reimbursement, international programs, online prescribing, patient consent, remote supervision, and fraud and abuse considerations.
Alexis speaks and writes extensively on matters involving digital health and has testified before legislative and regulatory bodies. A member of the board of directors of the American Telemedicine Association and current vice president, she was an appointee to the Maryland Governor’s Telemedicine Task Force, a member of the Federation of State Medical Boards’ Workgroup on Telemedicine, and leader of the American Health Lawyers Association’s Telemedicine and E-Health Affinity Group.
Describe your practice area and what it entails.
In short, I am a health regulatory attorney with a significant trans-actional background enabling me to structure, negotiate applicable documentation for, and advise clients on various multi-jurisdictional health regulatory strategies for advancing digital health services. This involves working with hospitals, health systems, global retail and pharmacy organizations, life science companies, investors, technology and big-data companies (large and small), and emerging virtual care networks in various transactional ventures, compliance counseling needs, and advice pertaining to regulatory investigations.
What types of clients do you represent?
My historic client base includes investors and health care providers of all types (hospitals, health systems, and virtual care or telehealth organizations) operating in the U.S. and abroad. However, as digital health opportunities evolve and health care needs spark the interest of many non-traditional participants, I am increasingly working with device manufact-urers, technology and big-data companies, large global retail organizations, e-commerce networks, and life sciences institutions as well.
What types of cases/deals do you work on?
My client work involves various digital health topics, including evaluating multijurisdictional strategy and implementation given various jurisdiction-specific health, data, reimbursement, and fraud regulations and requirements. I frequently develop and negotiate telehealth-specific services and affiliation contracts and manage health regulatory matters for M&A and equity transactions with both investor/buy-side and company/target-side experience. I’ve assisted retail organizations such as Wal-Mart and Walgreens in digital health pursuits, while providing support on various telehealth regulatory and transactional matters to the likes of Cleveland Clinic, Dignity Health, Houston Methodist, Loma Linda, Northwell Health, UPMC, and a number of other hospitals and health systems. My work with new “all virtual” emerging companies—such as Specialists on Call, Onduo, PWNHealth, Ro Health, and Nurx—is particularly interesting and novel, as we assist clients in standing-up national telehealth operations compliant with all applicable state health care laws and requirements, while also negotiating and documenting arrangements with various customers and providers across the U.S.
How did you choose this practice area?
Thanks to a long-standing passion for and interest in health policy, my senior-associate years found me managing numerous M&A and finance transactions for various early digital health and telehealth businesses. The relationships with these emerging companies, as well as their energy and promise, were compelling. I was hooked and wanted to be part of the digital health transformation. It was a very natural transition to digital health on a full-time basis. Digital health allows me to pair a background in transactional practice (often requiring a keen understanding of the business motives driving health care deals) with a subsector of health law mired in evolving business-oriented policy at the federal, state, and international levels.
What is a typical day like and/or what are some common tasks you perform?
A typical day finds me fielding multiple calls with clients, evaluating research on various state and international health regulatory topics for application to a particular client’s novel virtual care offering, marking up contracts for client’s proposed partnership or acquisition given health regulatory considerations, and meeting with team members from our U.S. and international offices to consider unique regulatory questions for various digital health clients. I enjoy the ability to grow relationships with many different colleagues and clients and the constant learning advances our collective experiences to advise clients better on novel topics. Every day, I get to help clients solve new and interesting challenges to advance health care needs for consumers around the globe, working with colleagues who are engaged and extremely talented. We are playing a role in advancing what’s possible in health care delivery. What could be better?
What training, classes, experience, or skills development would you recommend to someone who wishes to enter your practice area?
Classes in health law, technology law (including intellectual property topics), and cybersecurity, along with any practical business planning or transactional-oriented classes or clinics, would help build the foundation for a practice in digital health law. I found my classes with adjunct professors to be especially helpful for practicing in a transactional area. A course in accounting or on health policy is also likely to provide useful perspectives.
What is the most challenging aspect of practicing in this area?
Digital health is constantly evolving, and while this is intellectually stimulating, it necessitates a commitment to tracking the stakeholders and the underlying business trends and policy-driving motives in the sector. Over the years, I’ve found that the most fulfilling way to manage this is to jump in and engage with health-care-sector groups (not necessarily law oriented). Sometimes just showing up and volunteering will yield leadership opportunities. The insights and practical education you gather from industry meetings and publications are amazing, and the relationships you develop in these settings are tremendous and provide fulfilling connections to expand your referral network and resources for questions and mentoring. While the time involved in these professional development activities isn’t typically billable or specific to one client, the returns, in terms of the level of guidance you are able to provide to clients, are priceless.
What misconceptions exist about your practice area?
Health care is a multifaceted industry with many players and incentives, and I wish I had understood in more detail the various stakeholders and their motives early in my career. While there are certainly health-care-specific laws and regulations unique to this sector, a practice in health care is an industry-focused practice more than a legal-skill-specific practice; thus, a keen understanding of the health care industry is critical. Attorneys with provider, payor, or health care administrative exposure prior to law school have unique insights into the operational issues within the industry—a topic valuable to any health care attorney.
What is unique about your practice area at your firm?
Jones Day is truly a team-oriented law firm, which is very fulfilling for a professional and essential to a digital health practice, since working in this sector often necessitates collaborating with IP, corporate, finance, and international colleagues. Given the transformational opportunity within digital health, it is truly satisfying to collaborate in a legal practice environment on the cutting edge, with partners who care deeply about supporting our clients in their endeavors.
What are some typical tasks that a junior lawyer would perform in this practice area?
Junior lawyers are the foundation of our digital health team. Given the multi-jurisdictional research necessary for various digital health projects, junior lawyers are frequently involved in researching and considering novel questions of state or international health and data privacy regulation. Given these research projects often involve teams of associates, they often enjoy and experience the collaborative nature that is a true hallmark of practice life at Jones Day. Notably, as the digital health sector remains an area of ongoing legal and policy interpretation—similar to other topics our attorneys are trusted to handle firmwide—associates, even the most junior, benefit from teaming side-by-side with partners on the application of health regulatory and data privacy research to collectively advance novel legal constructions applicable to not only client interests but also an evolving body of health law and policy.


GALVESTON, Texas (June 24, 2013) –
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will host three public meetings in July to seek input on the proposed changes to its permit setback policy along the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway.
The first meeting is scheduled for July 1 at 4 p.m., at the Freeport Community House located at 1300 West Second Street, Freeport, TX 77541. The second meeting will be hosted July 2 at 4 p.m., at the Port O'Connor Community Center located at 3674 W. Adams Avenue, Port O'Connor, TX 77982, while the third meeting is scheduled to be held in Port Isabel in mid July (time, date and location are still being coordinated).
“We encourage the public to attend these meetings,” said Capt. Derek Thornton, an operations manager in the Navigation Branch for the USACE Galveston District. “We will specifically be addressing the oversight of construction of structures and /or fill permits along the GIWW to increase safety and preserve the ability to maintain the waterway and are seeking public feedback and input on this proposed policy change.”
A setback is the distance that a structure must be “set back” from the edge of the channel to ensure there are no encroachments in the navigable channel to support safe transportation and maintain sufficient clearance for dredging the channel. Working with federal and state partner agencies as well as the commercial towing industry, the district identified five areas of navigation concern to include bends, bridges, mooring facilities, waterfront structural congestion/encroachment areas and land encroachments, which will be discussed at these public meetings.
“With increased development along the GIWW, it is imperative that we develop a predictable and repeatable policy for authorizing structures along the GIWW to maintain the compatibility of these important functions,” said Col. Christopher Sallese, USACE Galveston District commander. “To do this, we established setbacks from the GIWW channel where structures could be placed without interfering with navigation on the GIWW and identified areas of concern where a heightened permit evaluation was necessary.”
Sallese stated that the proposed policy is not designed with the intent to dissuade or impede construction along the GIWW outside of the established setbacks and that the district will not be issuing letters of non-compliance to any structure constructed inside the setback that are in compliance with an authorized permit (permitted prior to these proposed changes).
The public is encouraged to participate in the public comment process to provide feedback regarding the proposed policy changes. The proposed Commander's Policy Memorandum provides general policy and guidance for Department of the Army permits along the GIWW and can be viewed in its entirety at www.swg.usace.army.mil
For more information about the district’s permitting process, visit http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Missions/Permits.aspx
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