Tuesday, April 02, 2019

The USA and NATO are less safe today.

Maduro and Russia openly state the nuclear capable jets are there to threaten the USA in case it invades Venezuela. That is a declaration of war.

Trump is an incompetent idiot that is allowing a Russian military build up in the Western Hemisphere WHILE he is removing the military presence from the Korean Peninsula.

It is time to carry out war games AGAIN in the north Pacific.

March 29, 2019
By Nathan Hodge and Anna Rappart

Russia acknowledged (click here) Thursday that it has military personnel in Venezuela, which is facing political turmoil and a humanitarian crisis, saying the deployment is legal and does not alter the delicate balance of power in the region.

In a briefing Thursday in Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said "Russian specialists" were on Venezuelan soil but declared their deployment to be "in accordance with the provisions of the bilateral intergovernmental agreement on military-technical cooperation" between Moscow and Caracas.

Asked at the briefing by CNN how long they would be deployed, she replied that the personnel would remain in Venezuela "for as long as needed, and as long as the government of Venezuela needs them."...     

Domestically, the reason there are White Nationalist attacks in the country is because Trump's favorite constituency is no longer being monitored by any anti-domestic terror program. It is defunded by Trump. Trump is facilitating domestic terrorism as he continues to eliminate the surveillance to save money on taxes.
When is the press going to ask Trump about the Russian military build up in the Caribbean? 

When Trump cuts off US payments to the countries in the Northern Triad that does not mean the need is gone. When countries have a need they will resolve it. Where do Americans finally understand the President priorities are based in removing taxes from his burden and that of his peers and not national security.

I have never heard a President belly ache about money the way Trump does.

Trump said the USA will get along well with Russia. There are nuclear capable jets in Venezuela. I don’t see the USA getting along with Russia.

I want to hear the NATO Secretary General speak. This photo op is turning into a political commercial.

Trump called on Russia in plain sight to look for emails. I want to see the report from the Special Council. He is guilty and he knows it. He and Barr are covering up the truth. Robert Mueller needs to testify to the US House.
The people that voted for Trump in 2016 thought they were getting a master deal maker. They didn't even with a Republican majority in the Senate and House. Now that the Democrats have the majority of the US House, the political ranting by Trump is no different than any other President that lost their party majority; when I (Trump) take the Senate and House in 2020 everything will be possible.

So, basically, those that are buying into Trump's promises of having a Republican health care policy that is better and cheaper than Obamacare once the majorities are back are simply willing to live through two more years of disappointment followed by two more years of gridlock. 

Evidently, Trump has a poor learning curve and his base does as well.

A woman standing in a West Virginia community health care clinic is asked what the answer is for health care. She stated, "I don't know, but, I know there is an answer out there somewhere." The same woman receives expanded Medicaid health insurance. She goes to this community clinic free of cost and receiving free medication. What does she mean there is an answer out there? She has her answer and so does the rest of America. What are they questioning for?

For Americans that can't afford their health care insurance yet and don't qualify for the Medicare Expansion, US Senator Whitehouse has a bill that introduces a new use for Medicare. He calls it "Medicare X" and it is purchased from the government through the exchanges.

There isn't much else to do except bring down the cost of medications.

Currently, some of the Medicare Advantage policies are reducing their Medication Formularies and excluding many of the modern medications on the market. These medications are still brand names and under the 11-year patent restrictions. That is not what is supposed to happen with Medicare in any form. 

These patients now face asking their physicians for different medications that are generic. This change in medication may not be possible for many patients and is a direct challenge to "Continuity of Care."

Pharmacists are currently going on the internet to access opportunity for patients like "Good Rx." Then they charge the patient the "Good Rx" price because the medication would be more expensive without the insurance formulary including them. I am not certain if patients are aware they are paying for the medication off formulary.

Eliminating medications from a health care insurance policy formulary beginning in 2019 is not just a patient care issue, it is a Wall Street issue. If those covered by Medicare are using only generics, it won't matter if the medications are covered by an 11-year patent and no one is buying them.

Trump needs to stop being stupid. He cannot be the only person to vote against LEGISLATION.

Immigration also does not need a czar. There already exists immigration reform bills. Trump needs to be prepared to sign it. The idea a magical czar is going to make ALL THE PROBLEMS with immigration is nonsense. He or she has no more power than the president and will be stopped at every turn because there aren't laws enforcing any directive a czar would take. Trump cannot dictate from the Oval Office.

Does Trump have a learning curve or is he just stuck on ego?

March 29, 2019
By Tami Luhby

A federal district court judge (click here) Thursday blocked another Trump administration effort to undermine Obamacare.

The decision hits a Labor Department rule designed to make it easier for small businesses to band together and buy health insurance in so-called association health plans -- one of the Trump administration's initiatives to weaken Obamacare by offering alternatives to the exchanges.

The order, Trump said at the time, would give "millions of Americans with Obamacare relief."

But in Thursday's decision, Judge John Bates of the US District Court in the District of Columbia disagreed, saying the goal of the association health plan, or AHP, rule was to allow participants to avoid certain Obamacare regulations....

Kathy Hoffman, the state superintendent of public instruciton is correct. The law needs to be repealed.

This Arizona law is a reflection of the past and not today's society or the future for the aggrieved children.

There may be some health instructors that feel insufficiently prepared to talk about safe sex. That can easily be resolved by inviting a professional speaker to the classrooms when it comes to the LGBTQI community.

This law is far too victimizing. I have been in classrooms of young children all the way to young adults as a teacher. The students are very, very accepting of diversity. I was impressed with the love a fourth grade classroom had for a student in sexual identity transition.

The boy looked like a boy, but, was open about his transition from being a girl. The reason the class was aware of this transition which probably didn't have sex reassignment surgery at that age; was because the school records reflected his female identity. Even his masculine name hadn't been changed on the school records yet. When attendance was taken it was still the female name that was on the records. Believe me, there was nothing female about his outward appearance or mannerisms. I believe documents are not changed until sex reassignment is achieved.

I think the parents of this boy were very smart in encouraging everyone touching this boy's life to see her as him. He thrived. He had no desire to be identified as a girl.

So given the times we are in and wide acceptance of gender issues are part of everyday life, this law needs to be removed from the enforcement statues in Arizona. It is like having a stop sign for horse drawn carriages. It is has no place in everyday life. 

March 28, 2019
By Lilly 

Two gay-rights organizations (click here) are suing Arizona over its so-called "No Promo Homo" law, which bans public district and charter school HIV/AIDS instruction that "promotes a homosexual lifestyle."

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court on behalf of Equality Arizona, a nonprofit that advocates for LGBT residents. An unnamed student is also named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit. 

Arizona's law, enacted in 1991, bars K-12 public-school sexual-education instruction that:

- "Promotes a homosexual lifestyle."
- "Portrays homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle."
- "Suggests that some methods of sex are safe methods of homosexual sex."...