Blog Heap of Links for the day 22 June 2018

We, as a country, should pick - either we have sales tax or income tax.
Not both.
In fact pass a law like that.

…A Getty photographer snapped a picture of a crying girl a few weeks ago and became the go-to image for the border fiasco. Time used the picture on its cover to bash Trump, but the girl’s father said that the child and her mother were never separated.

In fact, he told The Daily Mail, “They are safer now than when they were making that journey to the border.”…

…She finally awoke from a medically-induced coma with no recollection of the 21st century. The trapped-in-the-past victim knew she was married, but believed it was to her first husband — who passed away in 1998. She didn’t recall marrying Jeff two years later. Her teenage daughter remained a toddler in Sartin-Hartung’s mind.… None of it was enough to keep Hartung away from the hospital as his bride slowly recovered.…

Lucia was the ruling yesterday that held that Administrative Law Judges (ALJ's) are subject to the Appointments clause of the constitution, and thus they can hold no judicial power unless they are appointed by the President, and approved by the Senate.…

…On this day in 1969 the Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Two of the biggest scams in US history. This river had caught fire many times going all the way back to the 1800s.…

… The weekend is here and with it brings a mixed bag of news, and from my perspective it seems mostly positive, all things considered.…