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There used to be three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics (and now a fourth, the half-truth; the damnedest lie of all.)

August 17, 2015 Richard Hylton 13166 Jane Court San Diego, CA 92129 858-484-6330 HyltonRichard@gmail.com RHylton@San.RR.com James Comey Jr. FBI Headquarters  935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001  Certified No. 7003 1010 0001 7320 5675 Loretta E. Lynch Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Kamala Harris Attorney General, State Of California Office of the Attorney General 455 Golden Gate, Ave., Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Certified No. 7011 0470 0000 0250 6456 Re: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics [1] . Dear Director and Attorneys General On or about June 29, 2015 I found myself compelled to write to Director Comey. I was, at least in part, responding to the Director’s springtime address at Georgetown University. While I found some common ground with the Director, I took exception to his omissions...

The Prodigal Penguin Finch

Prodigal: adjective 1. wastefully   or   recklessly   extravagant: prodigal   expenditure. 2. giving   or   yielding   profusely;   lavish   (usually   followed   by   of   or   with ): prodigal   of   smiles;   prodigal   with   money. 3. lavishly   abundant;   profuse: nature's   prodigal   resources. The finch is none of those things, the title was used for alliterative effect. On the other hand, I would not be honest if I were not to admit that I have received lavish, abundant and profuse satisfaction in following the bird. And, so, the word stays; as long as the bird stays. Mid-June As is my wont, my mornings are spent doing the same nothing each day. One particular morning in mid-may was no different, coffee then, tea then a visit to each plant to check on its welfare and to water it, if necessary. Then there was a sound; a sound not n...

The Land of Milk and Cookies

Around 30 years ago and not far from where I live, California Highway Patrolman Craig Peyer made a traffic stop. It was of a beautiful young woman and she did not survive. ( Our cops here do have special stop and frisk practices for good-looking women and some have gone to prison for the practice. Some remain there. ) At home, we discussed and agreed that if Mrs. Hylton was being stopped by a cop, at night, she would proceed to a gas station or some heavily trafficked place; a place with people. We agreed that in doing so she would risk being shot at while trying to get to that place. (I do not recall any such discussion where I was concerned.) Nowadays neither of us go out at night, at least not alone. I rarely do so at daytime either. So now, if I did not misread your article,  we have cops complaining that they can't shoot every Black that they come upon after traffic stops; for fear of the press and the public. What is the world coming to? A...

Skin Game: James Comey's blind spot when it comes to Blacks.

The President of the United States of America must have read my letter (See below) since he is now talking about, precisely the same things. Comey, on the other hand, presides over an inept agency - which ineptitude allowed Dylan Roof to obtain his weapon- while he remains unable to characterize Dylan Roof as a terrorist, despite this: The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) defines  terrorism  as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population,  or any segment thereof , in furtherance of political or social objectives.” Sep 13, 2011 If I am not mistaken, Roof is said to have written that he hoped that his actions would have started a race war (one segment of the civilian population at war with another.) June 29, 2015 Richard Hylton 13166 Jane Court San Diego, CA 92129 858-484-6330 James Comey Jr. FBI Headquarters   935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washi...