The Man Who Stood the Breach

 

President Biden returned the country to the people with hope for the future.

Thank you doesn’t begin to convey the service President Biden provided to this democracy at a pivotal time in history. He will go down in history as one of the greatest Presidents ever to hold office. 

“Courage Heart”

What a fantastic speech. Thank you.

Jill has been magnificent.

She represents more than a gracious First Lady. Dr. Jill Biden represents the extent women can achieve. She maintained her interest in her professional life while dedicating herself to the country’s First Lady.

Senator Chris Coons has been busy.

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Senator Warnock proves Georgia’s moral core.

 “The new way forward.”

Senator Warnock along with Senator Jon Ossoff from Georgia were the last two Democratic Senators to be seated after the election of 2020 to bring a Democratic majority.

1 in 3 women live under a six week abortion ban.

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According to the “Houston Chronicle” the percentage is 29% of the six week ban which is approximately one-third. If that isn’t astounding enough there are vastly more women living with other forms of “the ban.”

Bills sponsored by Jasmine Crockett

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A woman and leader of her generation. 

Jamie, Jamie, Jamie…

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Something remarkable happened today.

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Tell it like it is, Hillary!

 

Stellantis is walking away from the contract.

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A contract cannot be ignored. Stellantis is a foreign company that came to buy a piece of America and its most popular car brands.

The company has an annual revenue in excess of $205 billion in 2022, which was up 5 percent from 2021. That 5 percent revenue increase was because the UAW members delivered quality autos.

Stellantis must live up to its contract with the UAW or pay the salaries to the union members for the length of the contract. If Stellantis doesn’t want to build some of the most popular cars in the USA, then they have an obligation to support the workers under the contract to the full extent of the contract.

Stellantis revenue in 2022 was $30 billion more than GM in the previous 12 months as of March 2024. The revenue as of March 2024 of GM is more than an 8 percent share increase than the year before. The workers of the UAW are increasing the income to these companies. 

Stellantis has NO valid reason to walk away from a contract that produces far over and above its cost. Stellantis’ alarming announcement makes no sense. It is almost a hostile attack on the USA economy. Stellantis needs to live up to it’s promises in the contract.

It is time China obey the decisions of the international community and stop this endangerment of ships lawfully in the South China Sea.

18 August 2024

This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows damage on the Philippines coast guard vessel BRP Cape Engano (MRRV-4411) after a collision with a Chinese coast guard ship Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in the disputed South China Sea. 

Chinese and Philippine vessels (click here) collided on Monday during a confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the two countries said.

Both countries blamed each other for the incident near the Sabina Shoal.

China and the Philippines have had repeated confrontations in the vital waterway in recent months, including around a warship grounded years ago by Manila on the contested Second Thomas Shoal that hosts a garrison. Beijing has continued to press its claims to almost the entire South China Sea despite an international tribunal ruling that its assertion has no legal basis....

These waters are no longer disputed, except, in the imagination of Xi. There are no reasons for these hostilities. Treaties can exist for mutual use.

The best use of Ren'ai Reef is possibly fishing. There is absolutely no way this can be a place where any country can occupy. It is a REEF! Besides, the entire idea of possessing a REEF in the South China Sea is stupid. Sea level rise will eliminate any and all uses of this REEF in years to come.

Globally reefs are protected anyway. They are extremely important carbon sinks.

12 July 2016
Tom Phillips in Beijing, Oliver Holmes in Bangkok and Owen Bowcott

Ren'ai Reef (click here)

China (click here) has said it will not accept a ruling against it in a key international legal case over strategic reefs and atolls that Beijing claims would give it control over disputed waters of the South China Sea.

The judgment by an international tribunal in The Hague came down overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines and is likely to increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing to scale back military expansion in the area. By depriving certain outcrops of territorial-generating status, the ruling from the permanent court of arbitration effectively punches holes in China’s all-encompassing “nine-dash” line that stretches deep into the South China Sea....

China needs to KNOCK IT OFF! This is precious habitat and the fish could be completely destroyed if the reef bleaches. This is ridiculous.

September 22, 2023

By Neil Jerome Morales

The Philippines (click here) is exploring legal options against China accusing it of destruction of coral reefs within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, an allegation rejected by Beijing as an attempt to "create political drama".

The Philippines foreign ministry late on Thursday said it was awaiting assessments from various agencies of the extent of environmental damage in Iroquois Reef in the Spratly islands and would be guided by Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra....

Red Sea Crisis - Iran is responsible.

Dubai Ports World is reporting a 60 percent drop in profit in the past quarter because of the ongoing ship assaults in the Red Sea.

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The company needs to exercise its interests elsewhere until Iran decides to stop its assault on humanity. There is no reason for this, except, its own aggression through failed states and terrorist organizations.

The ships that once navigated the Red Sea are still shipping but to different ports. DPW should follow those ships and their new routes to offer services and investment.

The Iranian terrorist group, Houthis has no real effect. Iran needs to end it's terrorist networks and work toward peace.

December 9, 2023
By Mohammed Alghobari

Aden - Yemen’s Houthi movement (click here) said on Saturday they would target all ships heading to Israel, regardless of their nationality, and warned all international shipping companies against dealing with Israeli ports.

The Iran-aligned group is escalating the risks of a regional conflict amid a brutal war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The Houthis have attacked and seized several Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea and its Bab al-Mandab strait, a sea lane through which much of the world’s oil is shipped, and fired ballistic missiles and armed drones at Israel.

Houthi officials say their actions are a show of support for the Palestinians.

Israel said attacks on ships was an “Iranian act of terrorism” with consequences for international maritime security.

A Houthi military spokesperson said all ships sailing to Israeli ports are banned from the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.

“If Gaza does not receive the food and medicine it needs, all ships in the Red Sea bound for Israeli ports, regardless of their nationality, will become a target for our armed forces,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

The threat has an immediate effect, the statement added....