They get it.
Thank you.
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Deaths from measles' exposure is at a 35 year high. This is not a political issue. This is a survival issue.
...In the first seven months of 2025, (click here) confirmed measles cases have reached 1,288— marking the most infections since 1992.Now, RFK, Jr. is stating the Governor of Pennsylvania is lying about two deaths from measles exposure.
August 27, 2026The accidents by qualified employees have always been part of this industry. Between the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico it has not improved. Then enter the issues in refineries and the cost to the planet at the pump and the deaths and injuries escalate. I don't know of any other industry given permission for such workplace danger. I am told, "It is the nature of the beast." Indeed.
Every year, (click here) numerous workers in the U.S. Oil and Gas Extraction (OGE) industry go to work, with too many paying the ultimate price. The dangers inherent in this industry cannot be overstated, as the statistics on oil rig deaths paint a grim picture of the reality faced by these workers. Overall, deaths among those working in the OGE industry rose sharply from 2016 until 2019....
The truth is age protected of the petroleum industry on YouTube. Amazing.
I am not surprised the Venezuelan president wants to sell oil. The devastation to her country of the latest earthquakes brought on by the climate crisis and isostatic rebound needs a great deal of new investment.
Currently, the governing laws of Venezuela does not really encourage outside investment. The natural resources of Venezuela belong to the people.
I am concerned about the exploitation of the Venezuelan people by Trump. He can't simply order up the country to allow American drilling companies access and expect things to go well. The oil companies are fully aware of trying to drill in countries with unrest and terrorists.
Some time ago when American oil companies moved into Nigeria will all sorts of reassurances, the people rebelled and attacked the drillers. The side effect was average citizens extracting oil themselves regardless of the poison exposure of their plans to their personal health.
That paradigm, by the way, is the method resulting in a two class system in an impoverished country. The people in power that provided reassurances to American companies then have to control the rebellious people and sends in the military to control the people. The people of Nigeria never had a power struggle before the American oil companies showed up. Their arrival causing all sorts of environmental damage to their local economies and food sources resulted in militias among the people to stop them. The militias wanted to kill the people doing the drilling.
The Trump administration is delusional. It comes from taking orders from a dictator-coward that does nothing but sit behind a desk overseeing the demolition of the White House lands and buildings, including the fact it is a museum. Paperwork is not the do all and end all to wonderful plans imagined by the dictator-coward. Nor is sending in the troops much of an answer. People, when acting in mass can defeat the inhuman plans handed down to American soldiers. That is a proven fact. No American soldier wants to be convicted of genocide or crimes against humanity. No presidential pardon gets them off the hook.
So, while Venezuela wants to have wells pumping crude out of the ground and spewing methane without containment and depositing sulfur in every water in the region, that doesn't mean it can or will be done. Drilling is expensive. If doing so results in greater problems for the company rather than the status quo, it won't happen.
And don't try to mask the subsidies petroleum companies receive in tax breaks and credits. The American people continue to support these companies and Trump has no right to say otherwise.
So, as to Venezuelan petroleum:
- is the oil being paid for by ` the oil companies to the Venezuelan people? How do Americans know the revenue to Venezuela will be used for the people? There are still terrorists in Venezuela. What percentage of the revenue and/or oil will be intercepted and used by terrorist networks still in Venezuela?
` what environmental laws will the companies use to drill? None? That in and of itself increases the carbon footprint for the people using it at a gas station.
` where is the oil going? Just because American companies will be drilling doesn't mean the petroleum product is destined for American refineries.
`there can be no violence against the Venezuelan people in this venture. None of the monies can be used to pay for the Maduros lawyers.
The Venezuelan president needs to hand any and all income to the Hague to establish a trust fund that will directly benefit the people of Venezuela and it's revitalization. The revenues must be handled properly and out of the reach of corruption that is known to exist with Trump.
Nigeria was not an isolated incident. Ask the people of Equator.
Has Venezuela surrendered it's sovereignty to the USA?
This is ano her lame ambition by Trump to pretend the USA can invest in other countries like a business. We can't. It is why USAID existed. In order to help the people of any country the USA would open it's charitable monies to the country.
The USA can negotiate conditions for private companies so they can sell their wares to the American people, assuming the Americans want it.
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American hikers from northern Virginia are missing.
Where was their route of travel and their route of hiking?
That area is devastated. The slurry of water and debris in the pictures and videos is massive. The chance of finding the dead is very remote. If they are alive it could be am infrastructure problem and aerial surveys can confirm the living. I don’t have much hope for them, but, the area should be evaluated for the possibility of survivors.
My sympathies for the families and friends. There is always a remote chance they are alive somewhere.
These are the Himalayan mountains. This is the region of Mount Everest. The velocity of the melt water came from thousands of feet if not tens of thousands of feet above sea level. The velocity and the amount of debris is unthinkable.
This is heartbreaking.
These events are happening globally. Governments need to look at their lands and the potential dangers differently. I will comment further in the next entry.
What about an economic D-Day for Russia?
The picture was probably taken by Natalie. But, no matter, unless this is AI Trump is not capable of being Commander and Chief. The picture is a few days old.
The European Union should examine the strategy Prime Minister Carney has laid out for his country. It is nothing short of brilliant. It carries global brevity and the EU should look to match the impact and both should continue to grow.
Carney recognized a TRAP. Trump's tariffs are a trap and not an economic necessity. PM Carney reveals the vulnerability of the USA and why Trump wants to annex Canada. Those are my words and not his. Canada supplies enormous amounts of natural gas to the USA. It is self-sufficient to provide the people of Canada a great deal of national security.
There is a trend revealing itself with Trump. It is the demand for annexation of entire countries for the purpose of absconding their petroleum industries. I mean how much petroleum does it take to conquer the Middle East?
But, Canada is the second petroleum country to be on Trump's annexation radar, the first being Greenland.
The attacks leveled by Trump's tariffs is about weakening our allies and their economic strengths. IN THAT is a direct attack on the sovereignty of our strongest allies. This cannot be tolerated. Tariffs have specific purposes and it is not as a weapon to destroy our friends and allies. Trump is out of line and I don't care his justification, he is a traitor.
Trump signed one of the documents thought to be leading to a trade deal in pencil.
In Trump's first term he had some of the best the USA military had to offer in the way of advisors. He also had a really great Vice President. The Veep was a good and decent man who just happened to be one of the most devout Christians ever to be in the USA Senate. Former Vice President Mike Pence (click here) was a rock to Trump's grossly lacking experience in governance. On the ideological spectrum there were fewer to the right politically than Mike Pence.
Now, Trump is simply untrustworthy.
By every measure Hegseth should not have been confirmed and absolutely should not be there. Hegseth has sent the USA military back in time at least two decades in expertise in leadership and even at two decades Former President Bush never was ridiculously careless in maintaining qualified military leadership.
So, realizing Hegseth is a weak leader leaning into charisma rather than real leadership through knowledge, experience, and good judgement; why is he still there?
Loyalty.
When Trump nominated him it was not a surprise realizing how entrenched Trump was at FOX News. Hegseth had proven not only to be loyal to Trump, but, to handily promote propaganda. That skill is again making the forefront of the USA military reality as Hegseth eliminated the staff at "Stars and Stripes." Hegseth doesn't want the soldier to have information or a different opinion than his own; Hegseth wants control. It won't work and the staff at the "Stars and Stripes" news media were conservative and very loyal to the soldiers. The soldiers already know the truth. They will read propaganda and wonder what the heck they are reading.
But, I continue to ask, why Hegseth? A media darling? Nope, that isn't it.
Trump wants a loyalist more than he wants an experienced military expert in the office of Secretary of Defense. But, why? What does Trump have planned that Hegseth is so loyal to and willing to kiss the ring and carry out Trump's demands at a second's notice?
I believe it is a conspiracy. Why the ballroom bomb shelter? It was handily pointed out in the Washington Post there is a nuke proof bunker at the White House. This bomb shelter is bigger and better. Without a doubt. Everything is state of the art which the old bunker, while sufficient, is not as comfy cozy.
I think we have a real problem and need to come to terms with it. There is a Trifecta of leadership here that believes God is on their side. Trump, Netanyahu, and Hegseth. The leadership in Israel is not on a different course than Netanyahu, they are in lock step.
See, I think Trump sincerely doesn't care about the state of the USA military because if he can make the country believe it is desperately at the mercy of Iran he will reach into his bag of tricks and pull out nukes. Every time I confront this topic the logical conclusion is always the same, premeditated nuclear war. Trump is on the wrong side of loyalty and the wrong side of serving the American people.
Anyone for a dose of radioactive shit from a Trump flyover?
Trump is proving very irresponsible judgement by allowing a completely unqualitifed woman not only access to him, but, he provided her with top security clearance that allows her presence everywhere including military briefings. There is nothing What's Her Name can't have access to including classified documents. That is an enormous demonstration of Trump's intentions. His creature comforts are far more important than the USA national security. Yet. The Republican Congress does nothing.
Hegseth is in that office for a reason and it isn't national security. Trump is proving over and over national security is not a top priority. Hegseth is in the Secretary of Defense cabinet position because of loyalty to a predetermined cause. With the ballroom progressive at a pace that is basically 24/7, every American should be concerned. If Roberts gave Trump the go ahead, he is over riding Congress and every agency put in place to protect the integrity of Washington, DC. Roberts has no place in this. He is overriding the Legislative Branch. Roberts is not respecting separation of powers.
Why?
Antarctica is supposed to be a place of scientific investigation and peace!
What the hell?
August 20, 2026