An earlier entry today on this blog stated "Sky News" was treating President Biden harshly. That still stands.

President Biden is more than agreeable to taking questions at the spur of the moment at the request of his guest in the Oval Office, Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

This is the entire meeting with the press in the Oval Office and it went quite well until the end when the press corps couldn't contain themselves and began shouting.

On a regular basis, the foreign media is taking snippets of video and PRETENDING  as though it is a factual event to PROVE President Biden is old, frail, and incompetent. THEY ARE LYING.

I take issue with the way some foreign media is promoting the idea that President Biden is not a candidate for future office and in fact, should be replaced ASAP and perhaps Trump was the actual winner in 2020. 

KNOCK IT OFF.

I have no problem bringing these issues to this blog and have the INJUSTICE of it all aired here.

President Joseph Biden is the legitimate president of the USA and if that FACT results in poorer ratings to "infotainment" media such as Sky News, then that is unfortunate. Boo-hoo, boo-hoo. Need a crying towel?

I am curious and might have to research it a bit, but, was Sky News purchased by Murdoch? If it was, it is all too OBVIOUS that Murdoch simply hates the USA democracy and will undermine it even from afar. 

IDIOTS ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

In watching that video in the previous entry nothing should be lost on the content of the information the three men gave to the press.

The COVID-19 virus has wreaked havoc on the UK. Their NHS was overwhelmed by the invasion of the virus and the fact the country is made up of nearly 67 million people dependent on good care. I think the medical professional stated clearly that in order to ADDRESS THE BACKLOG of needed procedures the country has to invest in updating and purchasing state-of-the-art equipment to move it along.

I read a very heart-rendering article that addressed a man that was struggling to combat a severe threat to his life and the NHS was literally prioritizing people in treatment outside of the COVID-19 deadly intent on people of all ages. He was brought to tears in his condition because while he has received good service from the NHS, he was finding it difficult to sustain some of the delays. At the time this interview took place he was receiving treatment. The point is that while the press corp is carrying urgent messages that are preceived as political rather than real, their purpose is to carry such tragedy to the highest levels of alertness and have it addressed. 

That responsibility of the press is a noble one and also presents quite falsely as a method of promoting one political agenda. In the UK, the press must carry the message of the people and they do quite successfully. I think the Prime Minister has come to terms with that fact and openly reassures the press that they are heard. There are fewer adversarial relationships with the press and what is perceived as such by the Prime Minister, is met with a smile.

I do not believe the public has come to complete terms with the COVID-19 tragedy in the USA. The virus and its outcomes including vaccines are still part of a political dogma that is hurting the country and quite frankly businesses as well. The method the press uses in carrying information to the people and then emphasizing their response sometimes as front-page information is vital to democracy and is not a preference for one political party or another. Newspapers and news media is about dialogue and impacting what is important to the country to survive and move forward. Those media sources that choose an agenda vs. a dialogue should be ridiculed because it is a violation of ethics.

In this news conference with Boris and others.

The technique Boris uses is more than fascinating. The degree the UK uses USA jargon is interesting, including President Biden's "Build Back Better" is more than interesting.

That said, the technique Boris Johnson uses with the press is a new twist on Passive-Aggressiveness. It might work for him. He is after all Prime Minister.

It is easy to tell during the press conference it is hardly a chummy relationship with the press that is shared with Prime Minister Johnson. However, his approach is one of friendliness and flattery. He attempts to bond with them by first knowing the names of the newspapers they work for and the current engagement by the paper in social issues that sparked the question. it is hardly adversarial and more socially balanced. It provides an interesting and I think productive relationship on both sides of the question.

However.

At the same time, Prime Minister Johnson is bonding with the press and flattering their content of social conscience he also links it to the tax increases he is proposing. So, in other words, "Get your act together press corp., we are finally addressing all the pressing issues of the day and it is going to cost money, so promote the tax increases or change/abandon your agenda."

Fascinating.

This is not the approach of President Biden. He is more direct, a matter of fact, and somewhat casual. President Biden has always prided himself, as a legislator and Vice President, in being easy to approach and a bit casual as Middle-Class people often are in their demeanors. President Biden has never and continues to never "put on airs" of any superior entity, so much as a man of the people. Most unions would find President Biden to be exactly that. A man that not only understands the Middle Class but, actually identifies with them.

I might add, it seems as though this hesitancy to return to work is also evident in the UK. Prime Minister Johnson toward the end of the speech talks about jobs and their availability and how the focus is to give an opportunity to young people.

 

There is no one to blame for the disastrous press briefing.

I will comment on this further this afternoon when I have time on my hands.

What was witnessed at a press opportunity between Boris and Joe was because the press is very unstructured at the White House. There was nothing but yelling.

Sky News also needs to find manners when it comes to their chronic harassment of President Biden.

The two NATO leaders have been conditioned differing regard to their approach. Boris engages the press with flattery and friendship while Joe rather not deal with it at all. That is what was witnessed Ms. Sky News and nothing else. 

It also would seem that everyone who has a chance is attempting to ignite President Biden’s shuddering handicap. So, yelling has become a real blood sport with the press or any hostiles in the room.

Joe Biden is the legitimate President of the USA and he is completely capable and competent. The Haitian refugees need to get attention and the beginning is an increase in the number of refugees allowed in the USA. President Biden signed the order for that to happen several days ago. The responsibility for carrying out assessment of the Haitian refugee problem now falls to the State Department and its processes. 

There are two peoples stressed for refugee status, the Afghans and Haitians. I think the USA has already taken its full complement of Afghans. Haitian refugees need to be addressed. 

A new emergency in nuclear power, financial stability of companies that dismantle them.

The US House Representative and the Senators need to take this mess to the floor for an emergency provision to end the use of this reactor. Lake Michigan has not been kind to the shoreline and there is sincere danger at the center of this dismantling.

The reactor must be removed. There is no sense in anything nuclear where this is located. 

At one time decades ago the reactor was a very distant energy source and pollution in the lakes was common and still dangerous. But, since this reactor was built the character of the shoreline has changed and provides a significant GDP to the states surrounding them. The reactor is now considered a huge mistake with little insight into the potential of the Great Lakes to be tourist havens. The reactor must come down sooner than later and that is a fact. The federal government needs to step in to end this disaster of an energy source.

September 22, 2021

By Carol Thompson

Covert Township - A blockade of I-beams sunk deep into the beach (click here) serve as a stark barrier between industry and recreation along Lake Michigan's southern shore.

On one side is Van Buren State Park, where visitors swim, boat and sunbathe on the stretch of Great Lakes sand. On the other is Palisades Power Plant, a nuclear energy facility that has produced electricity for decades and has become a new source of controversy.

Palisades is slated for closure in the spring. Its owner, New Orleans-based Entergy Nuclear, seeks to transfer Palisades to a New Jersey company that is gobbling up shuttered nuclear plants, promising to decommission them swiftly and on a strict budget.

But environmental groups and Michigan's top law enforcement official doubt the company can fulfill those promises. Holtec International's plans raise "significant health, safety, environmental, and financial concerns for residents of the state," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a February petition.

As part of decommissioning Palisades, Holtec intends to let nuclear waste sit in storage on the site abutting Lake Michigan. And if the company gets approval to build an interim storage facility in the southwest United States, it could ship that waste on barges over the storied Great Lake.