And where is Nikki Haley on the day an Israeli military leader is proposing attacks into Gaza?

She is huffing and puffing about China. China. Not Israel, not Palestine, but, China. The word that is making the rounds is over $24,000 in luxury flights on private jets/planes of GOP donors. They were not friends, they were doling out luxury flights to Haley.

Why is it the Trump administration has absolutely no interest in activities in Israel, EXCEPT WHEN, he is being given a park with his name or a new USA Embassy. Israel is not an oversized hotel/casino!

Everyone in Be'er Sheva, now. People are in shock. Who provided the Palestinians with the intelligence about PROPOSED attacks into Gaza? No one is on the beat. No one is trying to sort out the entire mess left to drift in dangerous directions.

October 14, 2018
By Noah Bookbinder and Norman Eisen

...We have no idea if her abrupt decision (click here) was somehow connected to her ethics woes. But they are substantial, and she departs with her once-spotless reputation badly tarnished. As our watchdog group has documented, Haley has, over the course of her tenure in the Trump administration, exemplified the ethical problems that have afflicted it from the president on down. Indeed, her resignation became public a day after we filed our latest of several complaints against her, this one to the inspector general of the State Department. Her resignation letter was officially dated Oct. 3, though, several days before the complaint was filed. And we have no reason beyond proximity to wonder if her announcement was related to our complaint.

Whatever the explanation of the timing, her resignation exemplifies how President Trump’s own disrespect for government ethics has spread throughout his administration. Like Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency, Tom Price at the Department of Health and Human Services and David Shulkin at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Haley did not live up to the ethical standards her powerful, highly visible position requires....

When is it going to stop? Obviously, the Palestinians had intelligence on Defense Minister Avigfor Lieberman's plans.

October 17, 2018


Rocket warning sirens (click here) blared early Wednesday in the southern city of Beersheeba and nearby communities and at least one projectile hit the courtyard of a house, media reports said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries but several people were being treated for anxiety, Israel Radio reported.

The sirens went off at 03:40 am. The report said a loud explosion was heard throughout the city.

The IDF said it was investigating to see if there were any launches from the nearby Gaza Strip.

The attack come as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has urged the cabinet to authorize large-scale military campaign against the Hamas terror group in Gaza in light of ongoing riots and violence along the Strip’s security fence....   

The Democrats have never been more dedicated to Israel's borders.

I do believe politicians have a difficult time standing with Trump on Israel. How that manifests can be interesting. There is just no truth in the idea Democrats hate and want to harm Israel.

There was an article in the New York Times by Catie Edmondson (click here) indicating there might be a wind change with the Democrats. That is not the case. I do believe Democrats are frustrated with what is happening with Palestinians, including the more radical Palestinians in Gaza. Perhaps the New York Times have noticed the increased deaths of young demonstrators along the Israeli-Gaza border. I am sure there are news articles in the paper about these events.

September 13, 2016

The United States (click here) and Israel have reached final agreement on a record new package of at least $38 billion in U.S. military aid and the 10-year pact is expected to be signed within days, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday....

I suppose no aid package to Israel is ever perfect, but, the agreement struck by President Obama is historic. There is also a reason President Obama wanted to make an incredible agreement and that was so Israel knows it has a permanent and lasting partner. In that lies the understanding while the USA is always a strong partner for Israel, there is room for Israel to grow and begin peace with Palestine.

It is unfortunate Palestine is so dependent on a relationship with Israel for it's existence. It would be better for both countries and the USA if the foreign policy was simply seeking to develop a policy for two independent countries. That is not the reality. So, reassuring Israel the USA has an absolute ally, should bring about some degree of compassion for the Palestinian people.

Palestine is not a USA ally. Basically, Palestine hates the USA, yet the country's government has organizations in the USA. There have been times when Palestine not only had organizations in the USA but, those organizations were raising funds it was distributed to people on the USA Terrorist List. The USA is allowed to have it's policies.

The longer the tensions exist between the USA and Israel regarding Palestine (outside the Trump administration, which has no recognition of Palestine - the preferred policy by extremist Jews)  the more criticism will be heard about Israel and it's policies.

So, perhaps the New York Times and Catie Edmondson will at some point in the future seek better quality of words from young and/or new Democratic candidates. There is no reason for hate of anyone. The violence that exists between the two countries is not because of USA policy. The USA would like all the killing to stop. The USA wants the violence to stop. The USA wants peace in the Middle East and not stalemated confrontations. I sincerely doubt any newly recruited Democratic candidate sees Israel as an enemy of the USA. I do believe many Americans, including Jewish Diaspora, are frustrated with the continued violence that is now decades old. 

What would be really refreshing for Catie Edmondson to write about would be the stand by Republicans as verbalized by their president; that Egypt is responsible for the existence of Gaza. There is nothing like rewriting history. Or perhaps it is simply scapegoating, but, there is continued violence between Palestinians and Israelis and Trump is blaming Egypt for the existence of Gaza. There is no will with Trump or the Republicans to settle a peace for the region. Blaming other countries for the LACK of a peace policy is problematic. I find that stand of Republican politics rather disturbing and even genocidal for as inflammatory that might SOUND.

So, to pick on Democrats that have ambitions to end the suffering of Palestinians is a bit hypocritical. There will always be an Israel and there will always be a USA striving to improve the lives of Palestinians within it's loyalty to Israel. End of discussion.

The USA’s economy runs on a strong Middle Class and for those able to get there, they are not there yet.

The “LinkedIn Workforce Report” shows the hiring within the USA leveling off with a 1.1 percent drop in hiring in September. The holidays are on the way and this is all backwards.

There were three cities expanding their Tech hiring, Nashville, Charlotte and Las Vegas, in that order. The housing is more affordable in those job markets and is believed the reason for migration to these cities. That incentive will most likely wane over time no different than the escalation of housing costs in San Francisco and Seattle. 

Outside of those three cities hiring is down by 1.1 percent in September. “LinkedIn” is a viable authority with 150 million members serving 20,000 USA companies with over 3 million job postings every month. Additionally, “LinkedIn” provides opportunities to learn and improve skills with 50,000 unique learning skills to improve members marketability. 

The jobs market is what “LinkedIn” does. If it is seeing this trend then it lines up with the unbalanced ratio of job losses to those created at 4:1 in September.

In comparison, after negative hiring for over two years following the global economic  collapse, President Obama maintained hiring rates over 200,000 consistently per month in his Presidency. It dipped rarely and sometimes exceeded 300,000. 

Maybe the hiring for the holidays is over. But, September 2018 is at least 10,000 less hiring of staff than the same time period last year. Considering the enormous amount of cash US businesses received in January 2018, the hiring should be record setting compared to the Obama years. It isn’t and is more of the same from Republicans. 

The three cities mentioned above still have openings in the Tech industry in the hundreds. Try applying through “LinkedIn” as well as other methods. The company may be a “leg up” to being hire
One of the biggest issues mentioned by voters this year is demanding a “living minimum wage” that returns promise to their futures. Some of these same voters see “Medicare for All” as a viable solution to health care without mandated employee benefits.

There are assessments out today stating the sewage problems in Gaza will cause disease in the region and not just in one local area. The children of Gaza are drinking dirty water. That cannot stand and the United Nations once again needs to bring about health to children once again.

American businesses are great because of freedom and choice and speech.

Some in the world believe control it better than freedom. That is not case. That is why the "Rule of Law" is so important. Everyone has the same rules to abide by and they measure success within those rules. Freedom of speech is vital to any economic growth in The West.

Choice. The greatest endorsement of any service or merchandise is "personal recommendation." "Word of Mouth" advertising can't be bought or legislated.

Daesh was successful because of brutality, oppression and extremism. They promised heaven on Earth and delivered the devil. I support the businesses that are carrying out a boycott in demanding the knowledge of a favorite Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. The Muslim faith believes a person becomes more powerful in death. It would seem to be the case with Jamal. He is missed. Dearly missed.

October 16, 2018

Alphabet Inc's Google (click here) on Monday became the latest company to say it would boycott a business conference in Saudi Arabia, after the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.

Google said in a statement that Google Cloud Chief Executive Diane Greene would not attend the Future Investment Initiative Summit to be held in Riyadh starting Oct. 23.

Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, Washington Post columnist and leading critic of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to get marriage documents....

The majority of Americans want immigration reform, climate change legislation and federal standards regarding sexual assault. It is important there are as many Democratic US Senators as possible to achieve those goals. Americans need to keep their eye on the long game and not negative ads full of lies and hate. 

We don’t need a President to sign anything if the votes are there in the legislature.

Think about the path before us and the way home.