We here at StoptheSocialism.us believe in a proprietary theory which we call Castle Theory. It serves to explain how The United States of America and Europe, while sharing a common origin, have evolved into two very distinct entities, in terms of risk-taking and security. Or in other words, why they are wusses and we are bad-ass! Put yourself in the …
By JOE SIXPACK
The Need to Codify Roe v. Wade Into the New York State Constitution
By Secretary to the Governor MELISSA DEROSA
ICYMI: This Op-Ed Was First Published in the New York Daily News – January 12, 2019 “As the first ever female Secretary to the Governor, my duty, but really my honor, to use my position to argue the merits of a woman’s right to make her own reproductive health decisions with anyone who disagrees. But 20 years from now, I …
By Secretary to the Governor MELISSA DEROSA
Perjurers Hiding Behind Gold Shields
By C.J. VEGAS
YONKERS, NY — December 22, 2018 — Freshly out of Facebook lockup and onto business. This is basically a side chapter of my “p***ies behind gold shields”… I just heard that “Bozo the Clown” Yonkers Police Chief JOHN MUELLER has filed a lawsuit against HEZI ARIS (Editor-at-Large of the Yonkers Tribune) and the Yonkers Tribune itself for articles written. …
By C.J. VEGAS
Revoke My Security Clearance, Too, Mr. President < Br> By WILLIAM H. McRAVEN
Dear Mr. President: Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, is one of the finest public servants I have ever known. Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don’t know him. …
Another Albany Vulture
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
It makes little sense sense to be grossed out at discovering that a prominent New York politician is a two-faced, self-aggrandizing hypocrite, just as there is no point in being grossed out at vultures for eating rotting roadkill. It is in their DNA. Anything and anyone that emerges from the ooze that is the Albany statehouse should be presumed slimy. …
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Op-Ed: Why We’re Going To Win In November
By NYS Senate Majority Leader JOHN FLANAGAN
Democrats now crow about the result of a recent Senate special election along with the well-deserved retirements of several long-term GOP state Senators, claiming it’s a harbinger for November. Not so fast. While the outcome in the 37th Senate District personally disappointed me, it was not unexpected. Democrats enjoyed a two-to-one registration edge and for decades held that seat. They …
By NYS Senate Majority Leader JOHN FLANAGAN
Mount Vernon: The Old vs New
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
MOUNT VERNON, NY — April 18, 2018 — When I served on the Mount Vernon City Council, I got my first chance to see how our city’s government functioned and what I saw wasn’t pretty. I found systems that were old and outdated and a City Hall that operated as a patronage haven for many people, including rewarding those …
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
Redeeming Bad Loans; Protecting Taxpayers
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
MOUNT VERNON, NY — April 18, 2018 — Two weeks ago the City of Mount Vernon and the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency headed to federal court to protect the taxpayer. For years, investigators have been examining this agency which is funded in large part by federal grants. To my surprise, we recently discovered $6 million in bad …
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
Statement of Actress Angela Lansbury Against Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Women
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — November 30, 2017 — Actress Angela Lansbury issued the following statement yesterday: “There is no excuse whatsoever for men to harass women in an abusive sexual manner. And, I am devastated that anyone should deem me capable of thinking otherwise. “Those who have known the quality of my work and the many public statements I have …
Repeal of Media Cross-Ownership Ban, Not “Net Neutrality”, is the Immediate Threat
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE
MOUNT VERNON, NY — November 30, 2017 —The FCC’s upcoming decision of December 14, 2017 on reversing Net Neutrality has sparked serious concerns and has gained a ton of media attention on yet another reversal of the Obama administration’s signature achievements. What’s not getting enough attention, however, is the FCC decision of November 16, 2017 that has flown under the …
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE