Friday, September 12, 2025

A great moment for the 911 commemoration.

There is much more to peace than the actual treaty. Actions speak louder than words in many ways, like children moving back to their homes and family. 

I am impressed with the Senators coming forward to begin viewing Russia and Belarus as terrorist states. This type of measure must be a reassuring position to NATO. 

By the way, after sending drones into Poland, Russia remains unapologetic (click here). Russia is currently demanding Poland open borders with Belarus while conducting war games on the Polish border. 

This bill could not come at a better time. 

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President Xi should not want a martyr.

Hong Kong has experienced changes in government. Is President Xi actually going to state one man, Jimmy Lai, can change all that? Granted Mr. Lai has controlled great wealth during his life, but, was he able to stop Beijing’s  will? Seeking to charge crimes to a man who has benefitted the people of Hong Kong seems a strangely bad idea by men that fear him. Really, President Xi? 

The change in government has been a challenge to many people in Hong Kong, but, addressing that resistance to change in this way will galvanize people in opposing camps of ideology. Why do that? Such divisions only result in conflict. If Mr. Lai leaves the hearing a free man after recognizing for “time served” in the past four years; it will help dissolve any division than preserve it and inspire more. 

I think President Xi can be instrumental in uniting the people of Hong Kong in peace and prosperity, the question is, will he? 


Hegseth is out of line.

Dismissed members of the military have recourse. This is looking like regime change. No member of the USA military can be discriminated according to their personal belief system.

No member of the military was involved. Hegseth is a former TV personality and pays too much attention to social media. What’s his name? Oh, yeah, Kirk was not in the military. 

Hegseth and Trump consider Kirk an exemplary person, well, so are valuable and well trained military personnel. There is no room for a Secretary of Defense to play politics with the readiness of our military. This is about morale as well.

Kirk was a civilian that sparked confrontation and debate every place he went. He was in danger and never modified his message or demeanor. That is not anyone’s fault. There is absolutely no reason for Hegseth to create problems that don’t otherwise exist. Hegseth’s loyalty to political dogma on social media is way out of line with personal time spent by soldiers.

There are large numbers of White Nationalist websites that recruit young boys into their ranks that subsequently cause violence and faux allegiance. Kirk was a White Nationalist. He is the LAST person to honor for his beliefs. He was an extremist. 

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Hegseth needs to get his head straight and figure out the best way forward in leading a diverse military. Hegseth needs to distance himself from faux allegiance and stop clicking  his heels to Trump. 

Honestly. Who do these people think they are. Not one military personnel was at all involved with this violence and he has no right to victimize them over his personal political views.

This is outrageous.

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Before there is an unarmed flotilla to Gaza…

… world leaders should be given a chance to make their solemn concern for Gaza’s Palestinians known.

Israel has sacrificed soldiers lives and the country’s treasure into the war against Hamas. It won’t easily be dissuaded. 

A recent report about a falling Palestinian birth rate has changed the reality for Israel to some extent. It is a profound finding. The international community of activists need to give leaders some space on this.

I am concerned the flotilla (click here) due to arrive at Gaza will not be welcome. At this point Israel is still prioritizing war over peace. Other pressures may bring about a change in the way Israel is approaching the war’s final outcome. 

Israel needs to be careful, the humanitarian flotilla is unarmed. Perhaps transferring humanitarian aid to Israeli boats may be a way for the aid to be distributed. I will be pleasantly surprised if the flotilla is allowed to
the shores of Gaza. 

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Is everyone a suspected gang member?

This isn’t the only problem with the aggression of this administration. Hegseth attacked a boat turning around and returning to Venezuela, and why? Because it was suspected of being full of gang members. 

I hate to alert Americans to a new reality, but, these are the activities, in the case of the boat, of the USA military. Those actions illustrate the priorities of the USA. This is not good. It looks as though American priorities do not respect other countries and their people.

At the point where the boat was returning to Venezuela it is then that sovereign authority that has to deal with the drug cartel. The military did good in obstructing the forward movement of the boat. It matters. But, to move beyond that are violations of international law and a valid reason for actions by Venezuela against the USA. Venezuela won’t accept apologizes. 

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DOGE is illegally withholding payments.

DOGE has access to the payment system for the federal government. Regardless of what the courts are ordering DOGE interferes with payments.

So, if the income tax refund isn’t forthcoming, it may be DOGE has different plans for your money. 

If the monies aren’t forthcoming to the proper  appropriations, WHERE IS IT GOING? 

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Short timeline from exposure to death

This is a detailed reporting from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The finest pediatricians in the world belong to this organization and rely on the information and research recorded here.

There was a the time in this country when children were considered unimportant and allowed to do manual labor no different than an adult. My maternal grandfather was one of those children. He was born of two immigrants that came to the United States from Galway in Ireland. They were in profound poverty and immigrated to a country longing for a greater population. That country was the United States of America.

My maternal grandfather’s parents died of the avian flu in the early 1900s. My grandfather was 17 years old and the oldest of the children when they died. My grandparents died within 48 hours of each other. My grandfather had already been working in the mines. The Pennsylvania anthracite coal mines allowed child to work along side their father. He wasn’t a water boy or some supportive individual to the men working there. He was a coal minor with a pickax.

With the death of his parents his siblings fell to him for a life. The next child in the family was a girl by the name of Mary. She was 16 years old when her parents died. It would be my grandfather, John and Mary that would raise the rest of the family. 

That scenario today is completely unthinkable. Children are valued for their joy and potential into the future. They are part of the psychological understanding of parents in that they are projected into the future through the very life that they’ve given their children. In that understanding is the desire of most American parents to have childhood be beautiful, fulfilling, and innocent.

In 2019 a coronavirus, a sibling of the old coronavirus, came to the world and caused death. It would be early 2020 when the virus settled in the United States of America. There were no vaccines. The only hope was the experimental vaccine created by Moderna in a contract to the USA military. It would be at least six months before the vaccines would be ready in any substantial amount to give to the public and protect peoples lives, including the lives of children. During that first six months, there were horrendous numbers of deaths in this country. The accounting at the American Academy of pediatrics takes a look at ages, the immune system systems of these children and the way the virus invaded their little bodies.

In the year 2020 the current president was the president then. The bogus information and the propaganda that followed the invasion of this virus was heinous and people died. Young people died for absolutely no reason at all, except that they believed the man in the White House that the virus was a lie. Those deaths were real and they happen under his watch.

Now the Trump administration comes forward to say that the vaccine has killed children from the previous pandemic. According to what the Trump administration is saying today, there is like 25 children or something of that nature that was killed by the vaccine. Well back when there wasn’t a vaccine 183 children died. Both Moderna and Pfizer were very careful about introducing the vaccine to younger people. It was very successful when available. That success speaks to the perfection that their research scientists sought developing the vaccine for adults as well as younger people.

The Trump administration has come to power by harnessing a segment of the USA population that is motivated by opposing the establishment. In that, Trump wants to hold onto those folks as an electorate for himself and for his senators and his house members. So his administration chases the myths and seeks to propagandize them and make them as real as possible. That is the clown act we are stuck with in the White House.

Donald Trump is the tabloid president. I do not trust him. He is a lousy ally to everybody that we cared about both in Europe and Asia. The United States has been hurt by this president. I imagine in time we will recover, but not while he’s in the White House. The politics of this administration has a goal, and it isn’t just to appeal to the majority of voters in hopes of a nation the world can admire. The politics of this administration is very estranging to humanity, allies, the scientific community, and longevity. 

The report about vaccines having adverse effects on children is basically to instill fear of the establishment and promote the minority sense of what is important. What is important is that children are born and raised in a healthy and happy home environment. They need to attend school and prepare for the future. Every family should have a pediatrician that they trust to help them navigate parenthood. I have raised my children and they are healthy and they do well so I can’t witness to what transpires between a pediatrician and a parent anymore. I cannot imagine any pediatrician willing to harm a child and will no doubt offer vaccines to protect the health and well-being of that child. 

For all the good that science and research does to improve the human condition, and provide greater longevity there is going to be a percentage that will not achieve that goal no matter how well directed. Human beings have genetics and in those genetics is determined how we react to food, water, and medicine. No physician, surgeon, or pediatrician is going to pretend to know 100% of the time how things are going to work out. They have a pretty good idea. But there will always be a small percentage of people who will fall out of the normal reaction to anything they recommend.

We are now looking at 4% of the USA population having an adverse effect on the majority of the people of this country. 4%. So while the message of being aware that vaccines may not always work 100% of the time the way they are designed to work; that message is very wrong if it is also accompanied by the idea that this applies to the majority of the people of this country. 

I want to apologize to my fellow Americans for the really lousy situation we have in this country right now. But, come on guys you voted for the louse. The best I can say right now is be careful and listen to the people who you see about your health to rely on for excellent information. Take really good care of your kids and make sure that they have every chance to be happy, healthy, well educated, and live a nice long life. They are your legacy. Make it count.

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Balsonaro

This is a very refreshing sentence. Balsonaro is where be belongs. He did a great deal of damage to Brazil during his time in office.

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The FBI had too many people dismissed.

The picture haunting me this morning of the assassin is not the usual amateur profile. 

Kirk was getting death threats. I would expect he was wearing a bulletproof vest. The jugulars would be the place most unprotected.

The assassin is at large. Someone with that caliper of talent probably is assisted. He may be more than one. 

He jumped down nearly two stories and kept running. He didn’t even stumble and took a direct line in his exit. None of his actions spell someone that had a lucky shot. Maybe he prayed to the right God. 

The Trump group may be a target because of their extremism. Trump really needs to back away from his assault on this democracy. The assassin may have even voted him and feels responsible and also violated by the lies. The weapon they found may have been left purposely. 

I can’t dismiss these ideas this morning. 

Trump has a real problem on his hands.