In a state where there is only one party, all sorts of shenanigans go on including this plea deal. Sadly, Baltimore is the crime capital of the country, having bested Detroit many times in the category of violent crimes, but now it has also risen to the levels of a third world banana republic in its political deals and graft.

There is no effective opposition to the Dem stranglehold, so there is no watchdog to keep the crooks from fleecing the treasury. Many will cry that her offenses were minor. The corruption runs so deep that she had no concern of a show of impropriety or being caught as her crimes went all the way back to her years as the presidentof the city council where she parceled out no-bid contracts to family and...

The black elite media mantra of there being institutional racism against blacks, including our half-white temporary president, is a blatant and transparent game aimed at keeping blacks in their place. How else can one explain the high crime rates, persistent evils of fatherless children born to teenagers, and incivil behavior applauded as cultural expression? Liberal America needs to rule, and how else does a royal class rule unless its subjects are willing, stupid, lazy or accepting of their inherent need to be victimized?

Those who choose to be controlled by their betters do so willingly. The rest of us go about our business and ignore the perpetual underclass that refuses to grow up.

Real bi-polar people truly need medication. So do those afflicted with anxiety attacks and depression that cripples their ablity to function. That said, not seeking available help is a self-servng, ego-centric way of ganing attention or using a disability as an excuse for all sorts of non-performance, and/or the acceptance of responsblity for one's own behavior.

Is this Rome circa 300AD?

The saddest part of the entertainment scene is that gimmicks and outrageous behavior has taken a backseat to talent. The twenty-somethings running entertainment companies and divisions of mass media outlets have been inoculated against any sense of what is appropriate and what is not. Hedonism, anti-social behavior and lasciviousness are what counts when mounting a performance. This must be the only alternative available as a cursory survery as what passes for music is tuneless, uninventive and boring.