A GOOD IDEA FOR THE USA. The UK OFFERS offenders a second chance at a life...sometimes

 

In England, you can get into big criminal trouble when you're young and not be stained for life.

They have a law that gives a second chance...maybe a clean slate, a tabula rasa, if you can stay out of 

criminal trouble for ten years. I pasted some of it below:

That law is the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA).

The ROA allows most criminal cautions and convictions to become "spent" after a specific period of time, known as the rehabilitation period, provided the person does not re-offend during that time. Once a conviction is spent, the person is generally treated as if they were never convicted for that offense and does not have to disclose it for most purposes, like job applications or insurance.

Regarding the 10-year period you mentioned, this was historically the rehabilitation period for certain prison sentences:

For adults (18+ at conviction): A sentence of imprisonment or detention for over 6 months but not exceeding 30 months (2.5 years) had a rehabilitation period of 10 years. However, please note that the rules have been updated over time, and the current rehabilitation periods may be different.

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In the US, we have this baseball referenced law in some states: "THREE STRIKES."

I know that felonies can get knocked down to misdemeanors to escape the 3-strike rule at times, but it makes one think, "Why does the US want to lock people up for life, when a civilized country like the UK is giving out second chances?"

THE USA IS NOT IN PERIL. IT IS ALREADY ON LIFE SUPPORT

 

posting an article from Associated Press:

Newsom says 8 senators who struck shutdown deal aren't alarmed enough about Trump | AP News

The Democratic senators, the defectors, are either retiring and so do not give a damn about you and your grocery store and your doctor appointment, or are not facing a re-election race upcoming next year.

Therefore, they do not have a vested interest in voting as the residents of their respective states want them to do. Personal greed and financial comfort is the guiding directive of our members of Congress...most of them. 

Can we clone Sen. Bernie Sanders?

Of Course, the Democrats are Caving to Republicans Again

 

When will Democrats in Congress find their voices and their backbones?

Republicans in power in the former Republic know that in time they get whatever they want.

Do Democrats in Congress know what anger is? 

Being nice and polite and expecting rabid dogs to heel does not work.

The Republicans and their connected cronies operate a black market, which works excellent for them.

But when you were not born into the club, it's a matter of time before you lose your job, lose your health insurance, lose your home, cannot afford to feed your family, and die off.

When was this the overall strategy of a government?  The Nazis. They pulled licenses to earn; they killed outright; they penned groups into areas in pogroms; they stole blatantly from residents; the situation is occurring today--and it is not hidden from view.

Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

OUR SUPREME COURT IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE FELON IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THAT FELON WANTS YOU LOW-INCOME AMERICANS TO LOSE YOUR EMPLOYMENT, GO WITHOUT NUTRITION ASSISTANCE, PAY EXORBITANT RENTS OR BE HOMELESS, AND DIE PREMATURELY OF UNTREATED ILLNESSES.

THIS IS THE PLAN. IT IS AN INTENTIONAL REPUBLICAN PLAN.  

STSupreme Court issues order to block full SNAP payments | AP News

Camp Pendleton YMCA food bank article

 The first article in this newsletter bothered me, but did not surprise me.

That Marine Corps families need to use a food bank on base to supplement their incomes that are insufficient for the lower enlisted ranks with families for subsistence is troubling. The link is the article:

November-Newsletter.pdf

INFORMATIVE ARTICLE ABOUT SNAP IN MINNESOTA--A LINK

 

ARTICLE SHOWING HOW TRUMP VOTERS TOOK FOOD OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS.

JUST THINK: If those SNAP-dependent voters in red states had voted for their own best interests, Governor Tim Walz could have been Vice President, a man who clearly promotes feeding Americans.

SNAP by the numbers: What to know about food aid’s impact on Minnesotans | MPR News

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the TV 'The View'

 

Wait a minute; Do I need to stop hating this creature with all my heart & soul? She is in my 'basket of hatred' with Mike Johnson, Trump, Dick Cheney (thanks that he is gone), Vance, oh, the list is too long?

She came out AGAINST Mike Johnson today regarding the government shutdown & weak Republican men in the Congress. 

From Politico:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is on the warpath against her own party’s handling of the government shutdown. And her fellow Republicans are increasingly calling her out.

THIS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: TRUMP SAYS HE WON'T BE EXTORTED BY DEMOCRATS. (The very definition of an extortionist=trump.)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month. Millions of people stand to lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are set to expire and there are few real talks between the parties over how to end it.

President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats who are demanding negotiations to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. Echoing congressional Republicans, the president said on CBS’ “60 Minutes” he’ll negotiate only when the government is reopened.

Trump said Democrats “have lost their way” and predicted they’ll capitulate to Republicans.

My response to this from Trump: You are the most proven example of a grand extortionist that I can imagine, and I stick with Democrats in Congress "NOT TO FOLD."

HEY SECRETARY NOEM, or whatever your title (?) is, GET YOUR TV COMMERCIALS OFF MY TV!

 

It's bad enough that any time we turn on the TV or log in to the computer, we are assaulted by the face of the criminal-in-charge, spreading his hate & vitriol throughout the world, but in San Diego--and maybe in your geographical area--the government also runs commercials on TV frequently & regularly that show film of the apprehension and forced deportation of brown people lined up on an airfield somewhere, being loaded on big airplanes, and accompanied by the disturbing voice and image and acting of Kristy Noem. 

I am 100% disgusted by this ad campaign!

Now I need to look up the spelling and title of the nasty witch.

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, and former South Dakota Snow Queen...Jesus H. Christ!

South Dakota voted her into CONGRESS!  What in the world is wrong with you, South Dakota?

I just skimmed through her bio on Wikipedia and now I have to go wash my hands!

This creep is against everything I'm FOR!

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For the last several days, I have had brown men putting a new roof on my house. Yeah, they're all legal and certified and bonded and passported and carded and whatever else the Nazis have imposed on us, and they speak Spanish. I speak Spanish, but I'm white. These men have been working SO DAMN HARD ON A HOT ROOF and have my respect to the nth degree. They are not less-than-human to be treated like herds of animals.

She would have them detained for hours until they could prove their right to live and work here. Damn this administration and the Republicans in the Senate and House who could end the reign of hatred in the US in a few weeks. 

SNAP SNAP SNAP No nutrition assistance for November

 

Here's an excerpt from the Associated Press today regarding the 42 MILLION people who have lost food benefits due to the Republican Congress:

"The delay in SNAP payments, a major piece of the nation’s social safety net that serves about 42 million people, has highlighted the financial vulnerabilities that many face. At the Bronx food pantry, the Rev. John Udo-Okon said “people from all walks of life” are seeking help now."

This administration of connivers & criminals wants the masses to suffer. 

Pressure from the low-income sector puts the Democrats on the defensive; Republicans blame the economic woes of the US on Democrats, expecting them to yield to Republican demands. Don't cave in, Dems. Increase your public presence like Sen. Bernie Sanders. Serve the needs of your constituents, not your donors.

The Republicans in Congress want you to be stripped of your subsidized health insurance, food assistance, your housing supplements, your bank accounts.