Morning found me laughing

a band down. The water is with the

the water is with the

our power.

We are now.

Make it down. Picket down! Picket down! This is hell.

So real quick, I just want to give a hat tip to W be easy Chicago's public radio. The Chicago Sun Times and

the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project for their investigation

that found dozens of far right extremist members of the

oathkeepers within the ranks of the Chicago Police Department as well as discovering allegations of excessive force,

improper searches, and racist comments on the job by those same extremists.

Great job, W.BZ, Chicago Sun Times,

as well as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

We usually do not give any kind of hat tip or commendation in any way to a regular

establishment media but this time they've done a fantastic job really glad to

see that this is finally coming out that the far right is very well represented within the Chicago Police Department

The future ain't what it used to be

This is hell speaking of which at the beginning of this century the Pacific coastal nation of Ecuador in northwest South America was in the midst of many crises.

The economy was collapsing, crime was skyrocketing in the nation seemed on the verge of

implosion, if not collapse.

Corruption was rampant. Ecuadorians were under increasing risk of becoming victims of crime,

financial instability was rampant, and inequality was still benefiting the nation's

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