In case everyone who reads this blog hasn't put all the pieces together about Trump''s "Deep State," Russia is the hero.

Trump decided somewhere in that demented thinking of his that the USA has a "Deep State" that can reach into the population and turn our lives on it's head. Russia is Trump's ally in ending the "Deep State" in the USA.

In days gone by, there was the Edward Snowden episode. He ended up taking up residency in Russia. I am quite sure, at the very least, part of his duties to Russia is to lecture Russian intelligence and otherwise about cyber competency and the USA's culture.

Then came Private Manning and the huge document dump from the USA military.

All that fits into Russia's game plan and I am sure that is a surprise to no one. But, when Trump decided to run for president he wanted to portray himself as "The Fixer" for the American people. In other words, he could end all the surveillance and secret military agenda and bring about an America to the liking of the American people.

When Trump bows to Putin it is in recognition that Putin is his best ally in ending the "Deep State." 

It's a play. It is a stage performance for Trump. That is why his supporters are so stuck on him, because, he is simply making the argument over and over that he is trapped and unable to change what needs to be changed because of the evil "Deep State" of the USA.

I will put it this way if Trump was acting as a radical that is going to change the parameters of which the USA's "privacy standards" and the "reasons the USA goes to war;" he would have done very different things once taking office than he did. Trump was supposed to be anti-establishment embracing Russia as an ally to end the Deep State. If he was sincere, he would be doing more than writing a pardon for Sheriff Joe, but, one from Edward Snowden and Julian Assange immediately upon taking office. That isn't what he did, he fired Comey as a victory in ending the "Deep State," and invited Russia to the Oval Office to provide classified information.

If Trump wanted to end the reasons for all the subsequent wars since September 11, 2001; he would have demanded a Republican House and Senate to immediately end the AUMF. He didn't do that. He continued the Obama policies.

The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Pub. L. 107-40, codified at 115 Stat. 224 and passed as S.J.Res. 23 by the United States Congress on September 14, 2001, authorizes the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001 and any "associated forces".

All the firings and lawsuits is about the ACT of the APPRENTICE in the Oval Office. It involved real people. It involved important people. Trump's presence in the Oval Office has compromised the USA.

Anyone not of Trump's liking is the Deep State, including of course then-candidate Hillary Clinton. His inner circle, the ones Ambassador Sondland identified as involved in the "Ukraine Scam," are Trump confidants until they aren't because the courts make them behave. The Supreme Court is supposed to bend to the will of Trump in all the lawsuits he submits because after all he nominated two of them. They can't be the Deep State. Neither can be his family which is close to him in the Oval Office to protect him from the OTHERS.

This charade has never been a presidency, nor will it ever.

Donald J. Trump has brought impeachment on himself and it openly to the public. He should be impeached and removed from office.

Trump's campaign ideology is assaulting the USA Constitution.


One might ask, what do guns and diving got to do with anything? Nothing, right? In the real world guns don't work well underwater. But, that shirt is not about diving, it is about "The Trident" and a Special Forces soldier stripped of one.

A woman (click here) watches President Donald Trump outside the Santa Ana Star Center where he held is campaign rally in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, on September 16, 2019. A Facebook page which promoted pro-Trump messages has been taken down after it emerged it was based in Ukraine.

The guns are just a symbol of the extreme right AND THEIR BELIEF IN THE NEED TO HAVE WEAPONS TO DEFEND FROM THE "DEEP STATE."

I have seen pictures of rallies where a young woman was wearing a tee-shirt standing behind Trump that celebrated the IRA and GRU. Russian Intelligence is celebrated at his rallies. That is how demented all this has become with Trump in office. Trump is a wacko to bring power to such extremism and promote Russia as an ally of his.

When is a subpoena not a subpoena? Never.

Needless to say Judge Ketanji Brown a Harvard School graduate and Obama appointee will be seen as a "Never Trumper." No doubt the Supreme Court will hear this on appeal in hope Kavanaugh will cave on what is unconstitutional demands on the legal system in ignoring subpoenas' and then convince four other judges to side with him. That is what Trump is hoping for, he divides his thinking about judges, regardless of their qualifications, along the line of who are "Trump Judges" and who is not.

Trump's tax tantrum needs to submit it's documents and brief to the Supreme Court by December 5th. 

November 25, 2019
By Katelyn Polantz

A federal judge (click here) decided Monday that President Donald Trump's former White House counsel Don McGahn must testify to the House of Representatives in its impeachment probe.

"However busy or essential a presidential aide might be, and whatever their proximity to sensitive domestic and national-security projects, the President does not have the power to excuse him or her from taking an action that the law requires," Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote.

The ruling is a blow to Trump and White House efforts to block parts of the impeachment inquiry. It could encourage resistant witnesses from the administration to testify and could bolster any case House Democrats make to impeach the President for obstructing its proceedings or obstructing justice...

Stop fracking, stop drilling and stop BURNING methane/natural gas.

November 25, 2019
By Jackson Ryan

Greenhouse gas concentrations (click here) continued to rise in 2018, with carbon dioxide levels hitting an all-time high of 407.8 parts per million (ppm), according to a report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Monday. The grim assessment comes just days before the UN Climate Change conference begins on Dec. 2, highlighting the increasing levels of three greenhouse gases contributing to global heating as a result of human activities.

The last time the Earth had comparable concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was approximately 3 million years ago, when the temperature was approximately 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer and sea levels were up to 20 meters (65 feet) higher.

"There is no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline, in greenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere despite all the commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change," said Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the WMO, in a press release....

The Middle Class is paying the taxes of the wealthy.

November 25, 2019

The national debt (click here) of the United States barreled past $23 trillion on November 1, according to data from the Treasury Department. It marked the most money the federal government has owed and is a result of a growing budget deficit, which neared $1 trillion in the last fiscal year....

Why aren't all these animals held in quarantine under veterinarian supervision like they are supposed to?

This is outrageous. There are laws that demand any animal coming into the USA to be quarantined for at least six months. Why is there any danger? It doesn't make sense if the law is being followed and enforced.

November 25, 2019

An animal activist sits inside a van with dogs he bought at a market in Yulin city in southern China's Guangxi province in June 2016.

A growing number of livestock veterinarians (click here) are raising concerns that dogs rescued from Chinese meat markets could bring African swine fever virus to the United States.

Rescue groups regularly save dogs from slaughter in China and transport them to this country to be adopted as pets. But because such dogs are considered food animals in China, they often are kept in close quarters with other livestock.

That means they can easily come in contact with pigs infected with the disease, which is rampant in China.

"These dogs are rescued from meat markets," said Lisa Becton, director of swine health information and research at the National Pork Board. "And, unfortunately, at these markets there are a lot of other species, like pigs, chickens and cows. There is a risk that the animal, the crate or the bedding could become contaminated."...

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has very strong platforms to stand on.

Michael Bloomberg has been a strong advocate for the people against the gun lobby. He also has taken interesting steps regarding the climate crisis and it wasn't just MIT. So, he is just another Tom Steyer. No, not quite. Tom Steyer has been amazing, but, where the identities of Steyer and Bloomberg diverge is unions and pensions.

Micheal Bloomberg has worked with unions without corruption entering the ranks as much as I remember. But, New York City has some of the most successful pensions in the country. The Middle Class would love to hear how and why pensions are a good idea, how to get a city or company to invest in one and what it takes to have a pension that actually serves it's purpose.

If Michael Bloomberg could set a standard for pensions on a national level he will win friends among the Democrats.

I don't approve of his decision to not accept donations. He can put the donations to work in whatever form he wants to within his campaign, but, it is a mistake to not allow Americans to own a piece of his campaign and possibly a victory. Money donations are a tradition in the USA. Will he accept the public funding of his campaign if he is the nomination through the FEC (click here)? It is American as apple pie.

This is not an endorsement, but, simply a wish for strong pension laws, strong and honest unions, strong climate crisis priorities and overlay for infrastructure for the USA and the end of gun violence. 

Insufficient regulation.

Metal currency is used less and less with the frequent use of credit and debit cards, however, there is no justification for water pollution that effects food sources. I am surprised Indonesia isn't more interested in maintaining health waters for tourism and fishing.

This type of pollution also happens near metallurgy plants with rivers that also serve as sources of fishing.

November 20, 2019

By Ian Morse

Hakatutobu waters turned from clear to red after intensive nickel mining started on the hillslopes above the village.

Pomalla, Indonesia - Where forested hills (click here) dip into the sea, Sahman Ukas scoops up rusty-red topsoil.

His hands hold nickel that is more concentrated than many of the world’s richest deposits.

It’s no wonder, then, that on Sahman’s island of Sulawesi, companies have opened several mines in the past 15 years to feed the global market for stainless steel — made ductile and tough with nickel.

Now, a growing appetite for electric vehicles is creating new demand for nickel, whose chemical derivatives are increasingly used in cathodes of lithium-ion batteries. But the push for clean energy is coming at an environmental cost to forests and fisheries in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions....

"Morning Papers"

The Rooster

"Okeydoke"

Rudy Guiliani is a ridiculous man. No one is going to harm him. If he broke the law, which seems evident, especially considering all the threats within this report, then has to face a judge and jury. Many Trump associates have already. He is not alone. No one wants more than to learn of any wrongdoing by the Biden Family in Ukraine, to date there none.

November 24, 2019
By Ross Krasny

(Bloomberg) -- Rudy Giuliani, (click here) a focus of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s foreign policy dealings, suggested he has dirt on the Biden family that would be released were he to get into trouble -- after earlier hinting he has a plan if he should fall out of favor with the president.

Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, described on Twitter Saturday as “sarcastic” recent comments, on Fox News and elsewhere, about having “an insurance policy” against the president, and instead pivoted to Biden.

That followed a Fox News interview during which he was asked whether Trump might soon conclude that Giuliani is a liability, and throw him “under the bus.”

“This is ridiculous,” Giuliani, 75, said. “We are very good friends. He knows what I did was in order to defend him, not to dig up dirt on Biden.”

Without offering proof, Giuliani tweeted that he had “files in my safe about the Biden Family’s 4 decade monetizing” of the former vice president and senator’s office. “If I disappear, it will immediately appear.”...

"Good Night, Moon"

New Moon

27.9 days old

2.9 percent lit

Last Transit of Mercury until 2032. (click here)

The film below was made when the event occurred on November 11th.