There are only two of the five permanent nuclear nations State Party members.

The United States of America is ranked along side of Russia and China. That is an enormous disgrace.

  State party

  Signatory that has not ratified 

  State party that subsequently withdrew its membership 

  Signatory that subsequently withdrew its signature 

  Non-state party, non-signatory

Trump is scared. He is aware now that his presidential pardons won't work internationally.

The Hague has strong, moral, and capable allies. The Rule of Law matters.

October 16, 2024

By Raffy Boudjikanian

An internal memo told Justin Trudeau's government (click here) that it was expected to pursue the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then defence minister and Hamas leaders if the International Criminal Court were to issue the warrants being prepared by one of its prosecutors.

Trudeau and his successor Mark Carney both later said they would act on the warrants. But the document — dated months before the warrants were ultimately issued — offers a rare glimpse at internal advice the government received from a non-partisan source.

"The International Criminal Court is a designated extradition partner under Canada's Extradition Act," Trudeau's national security adviser at the time, Nathalie Drouin, wrote in a memo dated June 10, 2024....

26-CV-5957 (JMF) (click here)

14 October 2026

By Anna Betts

A US federal judge (click here) has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing sanctions on two US-based human rights groups for working to help the international criminal court’s (ICC) investigations into war crimes in Gaza.

In a 30-page order issued on Tuesday, Jesse M Furman, a judge at the US district court for the southern district of New York, granted a preliminary injunction to the two groups, Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) and Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (Taag).

The two organizations sued the Trump administration this summer, challenging an executive order issued in February 2025 that imposed sanctions against the ICC.

The order warned the US government would “impose tangible and significant consequences” on people involved in investigations that Washington said threatened the national security of the US or its allies, including Israel.....

Pope Leo is absoluely amazing.

Surgery for lung cancer nodule removal and now he is up and about serving mass. That is extremely remarkable.

(Click here)

Governor Newsom and the State of California should file a lawsuit of harassment.

There is no legal basis for any investigation. 

This is political harassment in hoping to stir up some dirt.

This is how Trump is spending our tax dollars.

October 15, 2026

By Amie Parnes

Nearly four months (click here) have passed since California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) publicly and unexpectedly announced President Trump was launching what Newsom described as a politically motivated federal investigation into him and his wife.

Federal agents had “knocked on the doors” of family friends and former employees, the governor said at the time....

Trump limits language. It is unconstitutional.

October 14, 2026

By Joe Fisher

The National Institutes of Health (click here) has implemented a list of 235 banned keywords used to reject grant funding for research, drawing science into a First Amendment case.

The ACLU, Center for Science in the Public Interest and Protect Democracy filed a class action lawsuit against the agency last month, alleging that it is censoring researchers and violating the Administrative Procedures Act....

...Terms including "diversity," such as "bolster diversity," "cohort diversity" and "cultural diversity" are included 85 times.

In reference to race and ethnicity, keywords include "HBCU," "Hispanic serving," "historically Black" and "ethnic segregation." "Racist," "racism" and "racial discrimination" are also included under the DEI category.

Seven terms related to climate change are included, such as "changing climate," "fossil fuel" and "global warming."

There are five keywords with the prefix "trans" on the list: transfeminine, transgender, transmasculine, transphobe and transsexual.

NIH declined UPI's request for comment.....

It is amazing to what an entire administration worship money while terrified of the truth.

Honestly. What next?

So, let me get this correct.

JD Vance is lying about the statements Trump made in public and was called out by Retired General Milley. 

Well, if Vance doesn't like the accurate reporting of Tapper, let's just look at what he is saying himself. Vance admitted the president wants to send the military after "...far left lunatics...". Lunatics like Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi. The same lunatics who's office was invaded on January 6, 2021, occupied with classified material stolen. Those left wing lunatics that have been in leadership of their constituencies for decades with one serving as the first woman Speaker of the House. Those left wing lunatics?

Vance is advancing hate speech. The same hate speech that brought right wing lunatics to attacks Former Speaker Pelosi's spouse causing permanent damage to the man, and the same hate speech that caused the deaths and injuries of strong and faithful Democratic legislators. 

Vance is the enemy within as is his fuhrer. 

Thank you, Jake. The interview reveals the lethal campaigns of deceptions, lies, and fear mongering of the Republican leadership. It is all too clear why Trump wants CNN and others silenced. The truth hurts. It doesn't have to, but, in this case for Vance it does. Vance is vested in changing the truth, not living with it. This is our Vice President. 

An automatic draft registration? Of men only. Are 19 year olds brain physiology fit for war?

The picture to the left was 1917. That was World War I. The draft age then was 21 to 30. The age of majority changed to 18 when 19-year-olds were being drafted for Vietnam. They did not have a vote as to whom as sending them to war. So, the legislature rather than raising the draft age to 21 again decided to give the vote to 18-year-olds instead of changing the draft policy.

April 8, 2026

Automatic registration (click here) into the U.S. military draft pool for eligible men is slated to begin in December, following efforts from lawmakers and the selective service agency to streamline the previous self-registration process.

The Selective Service System, the federal agency that maintains a database of registered U.S. males who are considered draft-eligible in the event of a national emergency, submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on March 30, according to the office’s dashboard.

Automatic registration into Selective Service was mandated in December 2025, when President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the agency’s website says.

It may be time for Quakers to brush the dust off of those draft counseling manuals from the 70s. This law would not have been passed if there was no intention of restarting conscription.

It wasn't enough for the Omar family to make it safely to the USA in 1995?

There is no fraud. If there are mistakes made by Somali parents entering the USA to save their lives and those of their children and family then they were innocent lies facilitated by a language barrier. I find the entire episode with our US House of Representative Omar nothing more than rough handling of an innocent person and racist.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (click here) is an example of the promise of the USA. She came to this country as a refugee and flourished. There is absolutely everything right about her experience from the age of 12. She was not part of a grand conspiracy to undermine the government of the USA. She came here to be a part of our country and bring fairness to the people of her district. 

If mistakes were made by her parents of which her father is now deceased, those mistakes were innocent. She is not the problem. She is a solution for many people in her district. The harassment must stop.

April 1995 Vol. 7, No. 2

SOMALIA FACES THE FUTURE (click here)

HUMAN RIGHTS IN A FRAGMENTED SOCIETY

I. SUMMARY

The departure of the last troops of the United Nations' Somalia operation in March 1995 marks a critical juncture for Somalia, and for international peacekeeping. In researching this report, Human Rights Watch set out to discover what would be left behind when the U.N. withdrew, what the prospects would be for the future, and what recommendations should be made to Somalis and the international community based on what we learned. The resulting recommendations are directed at Somali leaders at all levels of society (including those in the Somali diaspora), at various governments in the region, and at the wider international community, in particular the major European powers and the U.S. They concern the protection and promotion of human rights in Somalia, but also larger issues of international peacekeeping, peace enforcement and humanitarian intervention....

Excuse me, Texas? Really?

 Kim Jong Un has set up housekeeping in Texas.

FBI dismantles 40 laptop farms across (click here)

Texas Federal officials conducted raids at over 40 so-called "laptop farms" across Texas that the Justice Department says are controlled by North Korea as part of a scheme aimed at fraudulently securing remote jobs to help fund its nuclear program. Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike senior vice president, and Brett Leatherman, FBI Cyber Division assistant director, join to discuss.

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Trump is backing Russia. Our enemy. Trump is backing our enemy.

October 14, 2026

By Niall Stanage

The war in Ukraine (click here) — and the question of the American role in it — has been thrown into a new moment of chaos and crisis.

Wednesday brought a blizzard of developments: revelations that Ukraine had been abruptly restricted in its use of a satellite service that is crucial to its wartime efforts; an accusation of American betrayal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; and an intervention by the world’s richest man that sought to minimize his responsibility in the farrago....

Trump is all propaganda. Trump swears there is diesel coming from Russia and then a Russian spokesman swears to it. It is all propaganda that is a distraction to the fact Trump is backing Russia. 

13 October 2026

By Jakub Krupa (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)

Zelenskyy says Ukraine halted attacks on Russian oil refineries, but Russia 'did not heed' Trump's call for ceasefire (click here)

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy also responded to the Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight, saying Moscow has used “more than a hundred different weapons,” from “jet-powered drones, loitering munitions and ballistic missiles.”

And, interestingly, he pointedly says Ukraine had “no early warning” on one of the strikes in Kyiv.

“An ordinary residential building was destroyed in Kharkiv; the rescue operation continued virtually all night as first responders searched for people under the rubble. Four people were killed in this strike on the building in Kharkiv. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. In Kharkiv alone, 41 people were injured in just one evening.

There was also a particularly vile ballistic missile strike on Kyiv – five missiles that hit civilian infrastructure. Unfortunately, we received no early warning from our partners about this strike. Intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issues. This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed – when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles.”

Zelenskyy also says Ukraine has halted strikes on Russian oil refineries for two days after Trump’s ceasefire announcement, but “Russia did not heed the American president.”...

Russian brinkmanship has turned into blatant aggression.

Trump’s weakness and Hegseth’s blundering has allowed Putin’s ambitions to attack NATO to bring the alliance into the Ukraine war, to begin.

After ranting about protecting the Russian facilities in NATO territory Putin has attacked two commercial ships, sinking one off Bulgaria (click here).

This open aggression against non-military targets is for the sole purpose of threatening war with NATO. Bulgaria needs protection and the USA must provide significant protection in the Black Sea.

Kaliningrad Oblast isn’t even close to Bulgaria’s sovereign borders. This is an outrage. Russia has to answer for the sinking of a civilian ship which is highly illegal to international maritime law. There are currently 12 people missing and feared dead.

Republicans are trying to say Democrats are going to turn criminals loose.

 Really?

Democrats are interested in prison reform, not turning those deserving of their sentence loose.

Bank fraud is nothing to Trump. He participated in it himself for 34 counts.

Falsifying business records is a criminal offense in the laws of several U.S. states.

This is not a surprise.

Corruption exists throughout the party. Trump's sons have been on the take. Now, Guilfoyle was extorting people, and Kushner has been taking charity monies from Saudi Arabia. None of the crimes of Republicans should surprise the American people, ie: Musk.

October 13, 2026
By Sara Dorn

Paxton and his girlfriend, (click here) who is not his wife, Tracy Duhon, partied in Dubai with two American fugitives indicted on healthcare-fraud charges in the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a video it viewed showing Paxton and Duhon at the party and court records and sources familiar.

One of the fugitives, healthcare executive Anosh Ahmed, donated $190,000 to Paxton, including $25,000 days after he was indicted, according to the Journal.

He and Sameer Suhail were indicted on federal charges in Illinois in 2024 accusing them of embezzling $15 million from a Chicago hospital where Ahmed worked as the chief financial officer.

Ahmed, who reportedly has business interests in Texas, was later indicted in a $195 million Covid-19 fraud scheme; he has pleaded not guilty.

Both are back in the U.S., and Ahmed is in custody.

A lawyer for Suhail, Adam Sheppard, said he was initially unable to travel to face charges due to civil matters in Dubai, and Ahmed’s attorney said his return was delayed by family health issues, the Journal reported....

Why is DEI under attack?

...But what if some votes count more than others? (click here) Can there be an authentic representative democracy if equal representation of constituents is not achieved through the electoral process? Can government be fair, if the interests of some groups of voters have more weight than those of less privileged groups in the decisions of their representatives?...

These decisions are based in ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE. Citizens United has proven to be adverse to the very basis of this democracy as the wealthier the person the more votes they have with elections. Citizen's United puts a thumb on the scale in an age of wealthy influence that allows corruption and racketeering, including extortion.

Citizens' United was an experiment that should never have been allowed.

Baker v. Carr (1962) (click here)

Charles W. Baker and other Tennessee citizens alleged that a 1901 law designed to apportion the seats for the state's General Assembly was virtually ignored. Baker's suit detailed how Tennessee's reapportionment efforts ignored significant economic growth and population shifts within the state.

Reynolds v. Sims (1964) (click here)

In 1961, M.O. Sims, David J. Vann (of Vann v. Baggett), John McConnell (McConnell v. Baggett), and other voters from Jefferson County, Alabama, challenged the apportionment of the state legislature. Lines dividing electoral districts had resulted in dramatic population discrepancies among the districts. The state constitution required at least one representative per county and senatorial district. However, the district in Jefferson County, which is near Birmingham, contained 41 times as many eligible voters as those in another district of the state. Sims and the other voters argued that this lack of proportionality prevented them from effectively participating in a republican form of government

Time to file against "Citizens' United."

 We know full well the monies used in elections is corrupting the process. The taxpayers allow a certain amount of money to be used from the income tax they pay for elections. Citizens' United decision erased the precautions of that voter fund.

12 October 2026

By Andrew Pulver

...Alex Gibney, director of the new four-hour documentary (click here) about Elon Musk, said that Universal, owners of the film’s international distribution rights “wavered” over releasing the film outside North America.

Gibney was speaking to the New York Times as the film opened in the US (where it is being released by the independent distributor Bleecker Street), and appeared to confirm a story in the Hollywood Reporter that Universal, which had acquired the international rights to the film in 2023, had got cold feet. Asked by the New York Times, “Did Universal Pictures waver in setting up its international release plans?” Gibney replied: “Yes.”...

Trump can't use taxpayer money for political ads.

So.

Musk has decided to throw a quarter billion at the Midterm elections in the USA. It is nothing for him to do that, but, we know he gets quid pro quo when he does. There is a lot of peril for Musk if the Republican Party loses control. 

Now that Citizens' United has been the law of the land for many elections it is time to review the legal basis for these monies. We know there is gross corruption accompanying the monies used in elections. Musk is THE POSTER BOY of the level of corruption that exists with Citizens' United in effect now and in the future.

Musk doesn't just throw enormous amounts of money at an election he also seeks to influence voters through digital media. The idea Musk could have mettled in the 2024 elections can be determined by previous records. The political parties should have a way of determining if the voting pattern is normal or not. The states Former Vice President Harris needed to win all fell to Trump and quite frankly it seemed odd they did.

WE NEED TO RETURN TO NORMAL PAPER BALLOTS AND/OR MECHANICAL VOTING MACHINES WITHOUT INTERNET CONNECTIONS.

October 10, 2026
By Sara Boboltz

...St. Clair, (click here) who participated in the film, revealed that Elon Musk told her shortly before Election Day 2024 that he was feeling “optimistic” because “tomorrow we unleash the anomaly in the matrix.

Asked what he meant, Musk pointed to “lasers from space,” saying, “I have over 10,000 lasers in space right now.”

Was Musk interfering in the 2024 election? Gibney has been careful to note that he cannot say whether Musk was bragging to a romantic partner or lying. At a Friday screening of the new film, the director said the texts to St. Clair seemed like a pretty important detail to include. He also shared his theory about what Musk was actually talking about.

“If I was to hazard a guess,” Gibney said, “it had to do with not the switching of votes, but with the reporting of votes, and that he knew sooner than anybody else did because, you know, out of the voting systems, there are things that appear on the internet, and if you know how to hack into them, you can get real-time data.”...

October 12, 2026

By Sean James

Elon Musk is spending even more money to help Republicans this year. (click here)

The Tesla and SpaceX boss has dropped $336 million to boost GOP candidates and help the Republican Party keep control of Congress, according to a Monday report from Reuters. Musk — whose $1 trillion net worth makes him the world’s wealthiest person — has accelerated his spending as the midterms have drawn closer, with Reuters reporting he has plowed $276 million into campaigns since July....

This is a weapon system that needs testing long before deployment. The public should have transparency to witness and comment on these issues. That is not happening. Trump is making a determination about applying highly irregular technology to the Pentagon systems that defend this country. It is outrageous that computers are taking over national security. THEY CAN BE HACKED BY OUR ENEMIES.

January 13, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (click here) said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology.

"Very soon we will have the world's leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department," Hegseth said in a speech at Musk's space flight company, SpaceX, in South Texas.

The announcement comes just days after Grok — which is embedded into X, the social media network owned by Musk — drew global outcry and scrutiny for generating highly sexualized deepfake images of people without their consent....

The use of public funds for personal legal defense is also a problem. We are seeing these abuses in Florida.

Hope Florida was an attempt by DeSantis' wife to turn the public sector into a profitable business for the private sector. Hope Florida is not a hoax. It was a blatant attempt to turn government into a profit for cronies.

Hope Florida (click here) is an initiative spearheaded by First Lady Casey DeSantis that utilizes Hope Navigators to unite communities while guiding Floridians on an individualized path to prosperity, economic self-sufficiency and hope. Hope Navigators are the key to what makes the Hope Florida Model different. These experts work hand-in-hand with individuals to identify their unique barriers and engage all sectors of the community to be a crucial part of the solution....

This is called corruption of government and it is highly unethical. Government programs are welcome when they solve problems, but, those problems should have a sound basis of concern proven in legislative hearings that prompt legislature and funding. The programs are supposed to be conducted by government offices. If the governor's wife wants to do some PR for the programs that is acceptable. But, the governor's wife in his instance was running the program and repeatedly would ask the Florida legislature for more and more appropriations for her program. There was no model for this program or research to back up the intent of the program OR IT'S OUTCOMES EFFECTIVENESS. This is corruption at it's worst.

October 12, 2026

By Kate Payne

For months, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration (click here) has dismissed the Hope Florida scandal as a “hoax,” maintaining that “nobody did anything wrong.” Yet at the same time, state agencies have quietly shelled out thousands of dollars to high-powered law firms that were hired to keep an investigation of the saga out of public view.

State purchasing records reviewed by The Florida Trib show a flurry of payments to the private law firms hired to represent public officials scrutinized by a Leon County grand jury, which investigated the diversion of $10 million from a state Medicaid settlement into the nonprofit behind first lady Casey DeSantis’ signature welfare initiative.

Recently released court records reveal how state officials represented by private attorneys fought the grand jury findings for months in closed court proceedings that were barred from public view by state law and judicial orders. Meanwhile, public records show the firms hired to represent the officials racked up hefty legal bills, with some lawyers charging the state $800 an hour.

The use of public funds to pay attorney’s fees for public employees called before a grand jury is barred by a longstanding opinion that is still available on the website of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier — who was one of the central subjects of the Hope Florida grand jury....

How is this administration getting away with all this damage?

HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT.

It doesn't matter if the Supreme Court states it is okay for Trump to destroy a public golf course, Trump is still in contempt.

October 12, 2026

By Jan Wolfe

A US judge said on Monday (click here) that she was "furious" with Justice ​Department lawyers for their conduct in a lawsuit seeking to halt the Trump administration’s takeover of a historic ‌golf course in Washington, saying it was "inexcusable" that hundreds of trees were removed from the course over the weekend.

"More than being upset and furious right now, I am just deeply disappointed in the government," US District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington told government lawyers during a court hearing. "On what universe ​did anyone in your office think this was acceptable?"...

What are they doing, cutting them down and putting them in a chipper? That is outrageous. The people aren't important to this administration.

May 2026 Injunction: U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes previously ruled that the administration must provide clear advance notice to the court and plaintiffs before closing the course or removing more than 10 trees. 

October 2026 Order: Outraged by the weekend felling, Judge Reyes expressed deep disappointment in Justice Department lawyers and issued an immediate temporary restraining order halting all further tree removal through at least Tuesday morning ahead of emergency hearings.

The Tree Removal Controversy

Scope of Damage: NPS crews cleared around 529 trees—including mature oaks, maples, and a historic cherry tree near the 14th green—primarily in an area known as "Trash Island"

Government Stance: The Interior Department and NPS argued the work was routine landscape maintenance and hazard pruning separate from any larger golf course redesign.

Preservationist Backlash: The DC Preservation League and local golfers argued that the massive tree clearing is an attempt to bypass environmental reviews and fast-track President Trump’s proposed championship-grade golf course overhaul.

I think they have it right. It is the Trump strategy. Do the unthinkable and everyone else is stuck with it.

The trees are worth money. Even dead trees that are taken down for safety reason are worth money. Those trees should be removed with the idea they will provide income to the government property to defer the maintenance. There are ways of managing these lands responsibly that also enhance the land and the protections the people want, including adding to the budget for the land. Golf courses will suffer quality if there is soil erosion. Clear cutting trees definitely allows soil erosion. Management plans should be transparent and allow public testimony and comment.

Representive Omar’s immigration story is an open book.

There is no reason for an investigation. None. She and her family were nearly killed. They made it out and qualified for refuge status in the USA. There was never anything suspicious from day one. 

These attacks on Rep. Omar strongly appear to be racist. My instinct say she should file a lawsuit against the government and the decision makers to carry out these attacks, including Trump.

Severe winter weather alert.

Montana and Idaho

The snow is accumulating followed by two days of severe freeze. 

It is a state of emergency.

Do not drive. Stay home.

Road conditions: dial 511

People and animals should be secured when possible. 

Chance of extended loss of power. Be prepared for survival for the next three days. 

Calderas implode before they explode.

Yellowstone is imploding. 

Winter is coming. Tourists should stay out of the park.

2021

Large explosive volcanic eruptions (click here) are commonly associated with caldera subsidence and ignimbrites deposited by pyroclastic currents. Volumes and thicknesses of intracaldera and outflow ignimbrites (click here) at 76 explosive calderas around the world indicate that subsidence is commonly simultaneous with eruption, such that large proportions of the pyroclastic currents are trapped within the developing basins. As a result, much of an eruption must penetrate its own deposits, a process that also occurs in large, debris-filled vent structures even in the absence of caldera formation and that has been termed “gargling eruption.” Numerical modeling of the resulting dynamics shows that the interaction of preexisting deposits (fill) with an erupting (juvenile) mixture causes a dense sheath of fill material to be lifted along the margins of the erupting jet. This can cause an eruption that would otherwise produce a buoyant plume and fallout deposits to instead form pyroclastic currents as the dense sheath drives pulsing jet behavior. Increasing thickness of fill amplifies the time variation in jet height. Increasing the fill grain size relative to that of the juvenile particles can result in a much higher jet due to poorer mixing between the dense sheath and the dilute jet core. In all cases, material collapses along the entire height of the dense sheath rather than from the top of a simple fountain. These gargle dynamics provide strong backing for processes that have been inferred to result in intraplinian ignimbrites and simultaneous deposition from high- and low-energy pyroclastic currents....