It's Sunday NightSunday, June 28, 2015
"I see fire" by Ed Sheeran (click here for official website)
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's sons
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
Calling out father oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father oh
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
Oh, should my people fall
Then surely I'll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
Calling out father oh
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns
Then my brothers will die
And as the sky is falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
I see fire (oh you know I saw a city burning out) (fire)
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin, yeah) (fire)
And I see fire (uh-uh-uh-uh) (fire)
And I see fire burn auburn on the mountain side
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's sons
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
Calling out father oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father oh
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
Oh, should my people fall
Then surely I'll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
Calling out father oh
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns
Then my brothers will die
And as the sky is falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
I see fire (oh you know I saw a city burning out) (fire)
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin, yeah) (fire)
And I see fire (uh-uh-uh-uh) (fire)
And I see fire burn auburn on the mountain side
The SVA. Student Veterans of America. It can be a reach to settle in.
They do need advocates. While I was in North Carolina I saw many veterans pursuing educations in the county and at the universities, but, I only have knowledge of one program at UNCW. The way it all came together was when a woman from the business department who was a former attorney and current professor took an interest and created a support group.
She was single and made herself available during office hours to help conquer some of the issues they might have been facing. The way she decided to open up her office hours to all student veterans was experience in counseling one of them. All staff with credentials is expected to carry a group of students to counsel them when it comes to choosing classes twice a year. One of the student veterans was on her counsel list and she found him struggling with decisions.
There were other support services including an adult group that had special circumstances because they also lived and worked off campus. The student veterans were welcome to be a part of that as well. There was some fund raising that helped with quality of life for these students on campus.
UNCW also has a counseling staff that is available to students for the asking. If there is continuing need for regular visits that will continue for a short time until more appropriate long term services can be ascertained.
But, the opportunity for education of veterans should never be underestimated when it comes to the idea the future is important. Their success should never be left to happenstance. Their future is far more important than that. They put their lives on the line for this country and the least this country can do in return is make sure they are well employed or as a small business owner. They are heroes, every one of them and that is not a minor achievement, but, it does not necessarily translate into a way of life other than career military.
Some of the student veterans also have families. That adds another layer of responsibility. Helping with child care is important. Their education careers can become tenuous if there isn't good child care that supports their class schedule.
They were always accepted within a community that were peace activists. Believe it or not there are people who seek peace over war. The veterans were never ridiculed that I know of. They were simply other students and really ardent students don't have time for that mess.
We also allowed military presence on campus in the way of recruitment. It was not continuous, but, they were there on career days. That was also a refreshing reality for them. Acceptance other than admission is important. Don't take for granted they have everything figured out to complete a course of study.
The ACA,
The reason there are provisions in the ACA for educating family medicine doctors and nurse practitioners is because there is and has been a shortage. There is less of a shortage, but, I resist to say no shortage of specialists. Why? Because Americans are greedy, that includes physicians and surgeons. They want to spend their time making maximum amount of money and begin retirement while still in practice. This is yet another reason to apply tax increases to those at the $250,000 level. If the MDs didn't have reason to become a specialist we'd have more family doctors where malpractice levels are less.
0100 GMT
The Weather Channel Actual Highs
The time of day is different.
June 28, 2015
The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Lee County just before 6 p.m. Saturday evening knocking down trees and damaging roofs.
The twister was part of a huge group of thunderstorms that moved across the ABC11 viewing area Saturday evening. ABC11 Eyewitness pictures and videos showed just how much damage the severe weather caused....
1615 GMT
The Weather Channel Current Temperatures
Follow the water vapor trail. is California getting any water?'
Nope. (click here)
The air is too dry. There has to be air saturation before there is precipitation. There was some shade. Some humidity. It is a start, but, no rain.
June 28, 20150530.19z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of north and west hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)
What is different that might lend a change in California water vapor is the high pressure intrusion in the middle of the country. If that continues, it will continue to force the water vapor from the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) toward the west coast. It will continue for a period of time because of the very sluggish air movement.
The waning of the water vapor as it moves north clearly illustrates hot and dry air. As soon as it moves to the droughted areas, first in western Mexico, then in California, there is evaporation. The water vapor nearly disappears. This is the first step in recovering from a drought. The air has to accumulate water vapor.
If the ITCZ water vapor continues up the west coast USA, there is a chance it will permanently force some degree of precipitation. I've stated before, changes in climate begin at the extremes and move toward majority occurrences. This, along with some rain earlier, I think it was spring and not winter, could be a shift.
The northwest has never been effected by the east Pacific high that has plagued California. There may be enough water vapor coming into play to bring about a longer term climate change. The rains will be torrential. It is the way climate is now. The water is at a much higher location in the troposphere, so when the weight of the molecules become heavy enough and even hail, it will come down to the surface, but, it will be dangerous.
The resistance in the climate to allow rainfall is illustrated in the size of the hail. It was just the last week or so there was grapefruit sized hail. That has been a rarity and actually I've never heard reports of grapefruit sized hail. So, the water vapor is sequestered high in the troposphere to even build up that size hail. The troposphere is hot. The rain simply isn't making it to Earth's surface. The heat contained in the troposphere comes from the surface up, no different than where infrared originates.
This illustration is in an entry on this blog dated December 30, 2004. It is an illustration from NASA. It was an illustration from NASA for far longer than December 30, 2004. I'm just sayin'.
Challenger was first detected a T+58.788 with a tracking film camera captured the beginnings of a plume near the aft attach strut on the right SRB.
...Both the shuttle (click here) main engines and the solid rockets operated at reduced thrust approaching and passing through the area of maximum dynamic pressure of 720 pounds per square foot. The main engines had been throttled up to 104 percent thrust and the solid rocket boosters were increasing their thrust when the first flickering flame appeared on the right solid rocket booster in the area of the aft field joint. This first very small flame was detected on image enhanced film at 58.788 seconds into the flight. It appeared to originate at about 305 degrees around the booster circumference at or near the aft field joint....
What altitude is that?
These structures failed at 73.137 seconds as evidenced by the white vapors appearing in the intertank region.
Within milliseconds there was massive, almost explosive, burning of the hydrogen streaming from the failed tank bottom and liquid oxygen breach in the area of the intertank.
At this point in its trajectory, while traveling at a Mach number of 1.92 at an altitude of 46,000 feet, Challenger was totally enveloped in the explosive burn....
The thing is the Shuttle was showing failure at lift off when there was gray puffs of smoke immediately after lift off. It was caught by cameras and it was repeated within the next several seconds. The problem was known immediately after ignition to lift off.
The flight should have been abandoned and the Shuttle brought back to Earth. I think that is an option or is that an option only with unmanned flights. The problem here as it has been in that past is DENIAL. The USA and any other space program is riddled with human emotion and DENIAL is always there and no way of dealing with it. It is a brave act and the status of the country is invested deeply into these space programs. Failure is not an option so DENIAL is not allowed at the control desks.
Add to the fact DENIAL is never validated as a factor in these tragedies and private interests as exhibited by Reagan and Bush increases the opportunity for the tragedy.
That equates to a culture. The culture of perfection is always sacrificed for profit or zero balance of cost.
The Space Culture of the USA never adds to the 'space balance sheet' the fact it is one of the most valuable programs the USA has. It enforces peace, it provides new technology, it's technology has been extrapolated into the private sector to benefit the American people.
The internet was at first a USA government program. It was then adapted to the public and now the government can't control it.
The US Space Program needs it's own GDP including and especially it's benevolent contributions to society and private industry.
THINK ABOUT IT !
...Both the shuttle (click here) main engines and the solid rockets operated at reduced thrust approaching and passing through the area of maximum dynamic pressure of 720 pounds per square foot. The main engines had been throttled up to 104 percent thrust and the solid rocket boosters were increasing their thrust when the first flickering flame appeared on the right solid rocket booster in the area of the aft field joint. This first very small flame was detected on image enhanced film at 58.788 seconds into the flight. It appeared to originate at about 305 degrees around the booster circumference at or near the aft field joint....
What altitude is that?
These structures failed at 73.137 seconds as evidenced by the white vapors appearing in the intertank region.
Within milliseconds there was massive, almost explosive, burning of the hydrogen streaming from the failed tank bottom and liquid oxygen breach in the area of the intertank.
At this point in its trajectory, while traveling at a Mach number of 1.92 at an altitude of 46,000 feet, Challenger was totally enveloped in the explosive burn....
The thing is the Shuttle was showing failure at lift off when there was gray puffs of smoke immediately after lift off. It was caught by cameras and it was repeated within the next several seconds. The problem was known immediately after ignition to lift off.
The flight should have been abandoned and the Shuttle brought back to Earth. I think that is an option or is that an option only with unmanned flights. The problem here as it has been in that past is DENIAL. The USA and any other space program is riddled with human emotion and DENIAL is always there and no way of dealing with it. It is a brave act and the status of the country is invested deeply into these space programs. Failure is not an option so DENIAL is not allowed at the control desks.
Add to the fact DENIAL is never validated as a factor in these tragedies and private interests as exhibited by Reagan and Bush increases the opportunity for the tragedy.
That equates to a culture. The culture of perfection is always sacrificed for profit or zero balance of cost.
The Space Culture of the USA never adds to the 'space balance sheet' the fact it is one of the most valuable programs the USA has. It enforces peace, it provides new technology, it's technology has been extrapolated into the private sector to benefit the American people.
The internet was at first a USA government program. It was then adapted to the public and now the government can't control it.
The US Space Program needs it's own GDP including and especially it's benevolent contributions to society and private industry.
THINK ABOUT IT !
I hope NASA runs it's own investigation that would validate the findings of Space-X.
June 28, 2015
By Alan Boyle
...This was (click here) to have been the first robotic cargo delivery since a Russian Progress capsule went awry in April, resulting in the loss of the craft's 3-ton payload. The Dragon's payload includes food, oxygen and other much-needed basics — and its loss will put even more pressure on the crew and mission planners....
Other government missions have failed. The problem here is why have two private missions of two separate companies failed within a short period of time?
...After stage separation, the Falcon 9's first stage was supposed to attempt a landing on a platform about 215 miles (345 kilometers) downrange in the Atlantic — but the flight never got that far.
All the fuel in the first stage is not burnt before there is separation. There is a lot going on there. The first stage has to separate and fall far enough away to allow the trajectory out of atmosphere of the main rocket. The first stage also has to maintain trajectory to a floating platform. There has to be fuel remaining to power the new trajectory. The separation of both and different trajectories is not great enough to prevent this mutual destruction sequence. Both trajectories are also within the oxygen environment.
Regardless of what happened there has to be consideration of the cargo and it's safety over and above the safe turn by the first stage. Cargo first, economy maybe never. This is the type of thing that went on with Reagan's idea of a cheaper space program. It has never been realistic.
The Dragon previously made six successful cargo runs under the terms of a $1.6 billion contract with NASA, plus an initial demonstration mission in 2012.
Sunday's loss marked SpaceX's first failed mission to the space station, and extended a string of setbacks for space station resupply....
Just as a quick review. Every time the space program was seeking economy over astronaut safety, there has been tragedies. At least today there were to lives involved except for those waiting at the International Space Station.
On Jan. 27, 1967, three of the first group of NASA astronauts - Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee - died during a routine ground test of the Apollo capsule, later named Apollo 1.
The Apollo 1 was under President Johnson. It was due to the newness of the program and the nativity of the pure oxygen environment.
...The highly anticipated Jan. 28, 1986, launch of Space Shuttle Challenger, which carried the first teacher-astronaut, Christa McAuliffe, was watched live by many around the nation, including school children. But 73 seconds after takeoff, the shuttle erupted in a fireball that killed the entire crew....
The ambition of privatization has always proven to be a mistake. The space program is cutting edge. There is nothing routine about it. If nothing else the weather and now a far warmer Earth has effect on these vehicles.
This tragedy happened under Reagan and the first time the space program was to deliver a profit by launches every two weeks carrying commercial junk into space.
...Seventeen years later, tragedy struck NASA once again. On Feb. 1, 2003, following a 16-day science mission, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entry, killing the entire crew: U.S. astronauts Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon....
This was under "W" and the economy of MINIMIZING reality. The Bush economy and government administration played with the extremes of every aspect of life. Safety frequently fell throw the RE-EXPOSED cracks that were absent until life became a roulette wheel.
In 2003 the USA didn't need more explosions that traumatized the country.
Recently, when it comes to lives lost, Virgin Galactica had a death during trials.
The private companies seeking to service the ISS have experienced problems. Looking for a reasonable budget to carry out space programs is not the answer. Perfection is the answer. Perfection is expensive.
The O-Rings failed because of freezing temperatures. A hot Earth adds opposite dynamics to these VEHICLES. Expansion of materials can cause leaks and break downs of materials as well. I would not be surprised if at the time of separation there were expanded joints with this Space-X vehicle and awaiting fuel had an opportunity to ignite.
Perfection requires redundancy. Redundancy is a requirement and not an option. When the Republicans state their CEO model for president is most desirable, that ideology is not mired in reality. The variables within a government is far greater than math can assign percents of extremes.
By Alan Boyle
...This was (click here) to have been the first robotic cargo delivery since a Russian Progress capsule went awry in April, resulting in the loss of the craft's 3-ton payload. The Dragon's payload includes food, oxygen and other much-needed basics — and its loss will put even more pressure on the crew and mission planners....
Other government missions have failed. The problem here is why have two private missions of two separate companies failed within a short period of time?
...After stage separation, the Falcon 9's first stage was supposed to attempt a landing on a platform about 215 miles (345 kilometers) downrange in the Atlantic — but the flight never got that far.
All the fuel in the first stage is not burnt before there is separation. There is a lot going on there. The first stage has to separate and fall far enough away to allow the trajectory out of atmosphere of the main rocket. The first stage also has to maintain trajectory to a floating platform. There has to be fuel remaining to power the new trajectory. The separation of both and different trajectories is not great enough to prevent this mutual destruction sequence. Both trajectories are also within the oxygen environment.
Regardless of what happened there has to be consideration of the cargo and it's safety over and above the safe turn by the first stage. Cargo first, economy maybe never. This is the type of thing that went on with Reagan's idea of a cheaper space program. It has never been realistic.
The Dragon previously made six successful cargo runs under the terms of a $1.6 billion contract with NASA, plus an initial demonstration mission in 2012.
Sunday's loss marked SpaceX's first failed mission to the space station, and extended a string of setbacks for space station resupply....
On Jan. 27, 1967, three of the first group of NASA astronauts - Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee - died during a routine ground test of the Apollo capsule, later named Apollo 1.
The Apollo 1 was under President Johnson. It was due to the newness of the program and the nativity of the pure oxygen environment.
...The highly anticipated Jan. 28, 1986, launch of Space Shuttle Challenger, which carried the first teacher-astronaut, Christa McAuliffe, was watched live by many around the nation, including school children. But 73 seconds after takeoff, the shuttle erupted in a fireball that killed the entire crew....
The ambition of privatization has always proven to be a mistake. The space program is cutting edge. There is nothing routine about it. If nothing else the weather and now a far warmer Earth has effect on these vehicles.
This tragedy happened under Reagan and the first time the space program was to deliver a profit by launches every two weeks carrying commercial junk into space.
...Seventeen years later, tragedy struck NASA once again. On Feb. 1, 2003, following a 16-day science mission, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entry, killing the entire crew: U.S. astronauts Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon....
This was under "W" and the economy of MINIMIZING reality. The Bush economy and government administration played with the extremes of every aspect of life. Safety frequently fell throw the RE-EXPOSED cracks that were absent until life became a roulette wheel.
In 2003 the USA didn't need more explosions that traumatized the country.
Recently, when it comes to lives lost, Virgin Galactica had a death during trials.
The private companies seeking to service the ISS have experienced problems. Looking for a reasonable budget to carry out space programs is not the answer. Perfection is the answer. Perfection is expensive.
The O-Rings failed because of freezing temperatures. A hot Earth adds opposite dynamics to these VEHICLES. Expansion of materials can cause leaks and break downs of materials as well. I would not be surprised if at the time of separation there were expanded joints with this Space-X vehicle and awaiting fuel had an opportunity to ignite.
Perfection requires redundancy. Redundancy is a requirement and not an option. When the Republicans state their CEO model for president is most desirable, that ideology is not mired in reality. The variables within a government is far greater than math can assign percents of extremes.
Do not embrace this book. It's hate propaganda and was rushed to publish sytled to impact Iranian negotiations.
By Jonathan Broder
Michael Oren, a celebrated Middle East historian turned Israeli diplomat, has embarked on a nationwide U.S. book tour to promote his new memoir, which recounts the four years he spent in Washington as the top envoy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Unlike other diplomatic memoirs, which rarely disclose anything controversial, Oren’s Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide is provocative, as the former ambassador blames President Barack Obama for the sorry state of U.S.-Israel relations and much else that’s wrong in the Middle East today....
I've always found Oren to be inflammatory. I've never found him to be a peacemaker in any way.
It is amazing how Israel's ambitions to continue to take land beyond any international agreement or understanding. There is never an apology. There is never any reconciliation. There is never peace. It is always Israel that stands outside the ability to achieve an agreement and it always results in "The Palestinians have to stop their aggressions or there will be no peace agreement."
It is always the Palestinians that are brutal and barbaric.
One of the first things stated about Gaza when Israelis left sounded like this: "They are bragging they won the war and chased Israel out of the land." Or. "They are destroying buildings and the synagogues." There was never talk about, "Let's see what happens with time." Or. "How can we facilitate education to the children?" There was no reconciliation after Gaza. The beginnings of the next assault against Gaza was the only point of dialogue.
Israel can't claim the people of Gaza/Hamas has to stop sending rockets over and at Israel. They have their much acclaimed Iron Dome. The Iron Dome is not suppose to create a reason for more aggression, but, less.
The Israelis state their mission demands more land. The question is how much land does Israel need to house every Jewish community on Earth? It is not possible. That type of idea is anti-sovereign. It is a abstract ideology and not based in reality.
There are many reasons to support Israel and it's ambitions to house people within a land of preferred religion, but, that is done with treaties and the understanding the Jewish people within a country need protection in that manner. It is to reassure there exists a religion based in Hebrew documents and salvation.
The USA has communities whereby Israelis are safe and exclusively surrounded by their faith and practices. In actuality, those communities are so intact and stable they provide a far greater peace than Israel does. The only difference is the holy places and holy ground. The intensity of the Hebrew faith is probably greater in the USA because it is not ever interrupted.
President Obama did not circumvent his own party. This isn't over.
June 23, 2015
By Marilyn Geewax
The Senate voted 60-37 Tuesday (click here) to advance President Obama's trade agenda — setting up a big victory for the White House and a painful loss for labor unions.
This latest Senate vote clears away procedural hurdles for legislation granting Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to Obama. That power allows the president to negotiate trade pacts and then put them on a so-called fast track through Congress. With TPA in place, Congress would take a simple yes-or-no vote on any trade deal, with no room for amendments....
It may be that President Obama may never see these trade laws during his presidency.
There is no animosity. That would be childish to expect Americans to feel betrayed by their President. It has no base in reality.
This is about the American worker. No one is going to abandon the Middle Class. Absolutely no one. The American worker has a voice and it is long overdue in being heard. The assault on the American worker under the Bush White House is horrific.
Senator Warren's message has profound and far reaching implications. None of these dynamics are going to disappear. The time of "Wall Street" ownership of Congress is over.
Let's put it this way, if these trade 'ideas' weren't left over from Bush it wouldn't be an issue.
This is ridiculous. The trade deals are even named after oceans. The ideology and American victimization is all too obvious. This isn't about good trade, this is about cheap labor and the American worker. These trade so called deals, is about the USA, not anyone else. Not China. Not anyone else. China is not even a participant. China has new a INFRASTRUCTURE bank. I think it's infrastructure. I'll be darn. That means China is assaulting the USA?
Not. China is building a better quality of life for it's people. The USA is suppose to assault that? No. We are proud to have been a part of China's renaissance. It has been good thing and we look forward to greater demand for American products in China with it's burgeoning Middle Class. For the first time in history China and the USA are going to be able to proudly say they have vibrant Middle Classes. China is no longer part of the BRIC countries. It is fastly becoming a global economy with a powerful Middle Class. That doesn't mean the American Middle Class is now up for grabs. What is China going to do if the American Middle Class disappears?
Yeah, it is an infrastructure bank. The USA doesn't have an infrastructure bank.The USA doesn't have an infrastructure bank because the Republicans didn't vote for the American Jobs Act.
June 27, 2015
By Angelo Young
Russia anticipates (click here) becoming a key manager of China’s proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a Moscow representative said in Beijing Saturday. China’s alternative to the Asian Development Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Bank would seek to finance much-needed Asian infrastructure projects, an effort Japan and the U.S. both view as a challenge to their influence in the region....
China has built cranes at ports around the entire world to bring their export economy to the forefront of a global economy. This is not about China. China is a favorite political speak. China already has secured it's economy. This is about the American Worker and it's Middle Class.
By Marilyn Geewax
The Senate voted 60-37 Tuesday (click here) to advance President Obama's trade agenda — setting up a big victory for the White House and a painful loss for labor unions.
This latest Senate vote clears away procedural hurdles for legislation granting Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to Obama. That power allows the president to negotiate trade pacts and then put them on a so-called fast track through Congress. With TPA in place, Congress would take a simple yes-or-no vote on any trade deal, with no room for amendments....
It may be that President Obama may never see these trade laws during his presidency.
There is no animosity. That would be childish to expect Americans to feel betrayed by their President. It has no base in reality.
This is about the American worker. No one is going to abandon the Middle Class. Absolutely no one. The American worker has a voice and it is long overdue in being heard. The assault on the American worker under the Bush White House is horrific.
Senator Warren's message has profound and far reaching implications. None of these dynamics are going to disappear. The time of "Wall Street" ownership of Congress is over.
This is ridiculous. The trade deals are even named after oceans. The ideology and American victimization is all too obvious. This isn't about good trade, this is about cheap labor and the American worker. These trade so called deals, is about the USA, not anyone else. Not China. Not anyone else. China is not even a participant. China has new a INFRASTRUCTURE bank. I think it's infrastructure. I'll be darn. That means China is assaulting the USA?
Not. China is building a better quality of life for it's people. The USA is suppose to assault that? No. We are proud to have been a part of China's renaissance. It has been good thing and we look forward to greater demand for American products in China with it's burgeoning Middle Class. For the first time in history China and the USA are going to be able to proudly say they have vibrant Middle Classes. China is no longer part of the BRIC countries. It is fastly becoming a global economy with a powerful Middle Class. That doesn't mean the American Middle Class is now up for grabs. What is China going to do if the American Middle Class disappears?
Yeah, it is an infrastructure bank. The USA doesn't have an infrastructure bank.The USA doesn't have an infrastructure bank because the Republicans didn't vote for the American Jobs Act.
June 27, 2015
By Angelo Young
Russia anticipates (click here) becoming a key manager of China’s proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a Moscow representative said in Beijing Saturday. China’s alternative to the Asian Development Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Bank would seek to finance much-needed Asian infrastructure projects, an effort Japan and the U.S. both view as a challenge to their influence in the region....
China has built cranes at ports around the entire world to bring their export economy to the forefront of a global economy. This is not about China. China is a favorite political speak. China already has secured it's economy. This is about the American Worker and it's Middle Class.
The discimination is over. Completely.
June 25, 2015
By Mark Sherman
By Mark Sherman
WASHINGTON - Same-sex couples (click here) won the
right to marry nationwide Friday as a divided Supreme Court handed a
crowning victory to the gay-rights movement, setting off a jubilant
cascade of long-delayed weddings in states where they had been
forbidden.
"No longer may this liberty be denied," said Justice Anthony Kennedy.
The vote was narrow - 5-4 - but Kennedy's majority opinion was clear: "The court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry."
The ruling will put an end to same-sex marriage bans in the 14 states that still maintain them, and provide an exclamation point for breathtaking changes in the nation's social norms in recent years. As recently as October, just over one-third of the states permitted gay marriages...
Equality in the work place exists within federal jobs and the military. That means there are career paths already in progress. When professionals have experience within government structure they have an open path to the private sector because of their credentials and competency alone.
Where marriage discrimination (assuming married LGBTQ) will carry brevity is primarily the south. Some discrimination will occur in the Midwest simply because of the demographic. A small percentage of LGBTQ isn't going to have an impact and in fact might be ignored as social convenience.
There were 34 states that have already decided to permit same sex marriage, that is a viable population to a constitutional amendment. I don't think either those that oppose same sex marriage or allow it have a case for a constitutional amendment. The marriage of different races is tolerated by the social environment. That facilitated work and family life, not really the law. There was law that at one time prohibited mixed racial marriages. All that disappeared within social acceptance. The laws became irrelevant. It would be surprising to most Americans how antiquated laws are still on the books.
The only place there is going to be problems is the south. There is that whole Chick-fil-a thing. Senator Lindsay Graham, a president nominee candidate, see himself carrying a campaign to protect religious rights. Considering how hostile the Supreme Court is about contraception I don't see them enforcing employment where this religious overlay is suppose to be paramount to the US Constitution. Under this court there is a preference to allow religious discrimination/bigotry.
The best avenue to challenge that is for a current employee(s) to get married and be open about it and then be fired. Any employee with a significant and good record in employment suddenly fired because of who they married would result in a disrupting legal case.
But, this court is very odd in their idea of what is constitutional when religion is believed to uphold the soul. There are innumerable topics that can be drawn on, including deliberate social oppression, where an entire class was disdained and caused hardship in the face of having religious sameness with employers. Racism cut across religious definition. What makes an employer oppressive to an American citizen? In the case of race, it is immoral to cast hate on a different race, yet southern Christians carried that hatred for decades if not more than a century, even into today and the confederate flag. It is so very obvious that white men hate others enough to even defy god and kill people in their own sanctuary. So, the whole religion thing with the Supreme Court is pure hatred itself.
The Supreme Court is out in right field presuming it has the right to be a religious authority. They don't. There is suppose to be separation of church and state which demands the courts to maintain it. To allow discrimination in contraception and being pregnant because employed by a religious preference employer is completely unconstitutional. How can Roe v. Wade exist and have a woman forced into pregnancy because of who they work for? It is ridiculous and Un-American. No employer short of a church itself has the right to force pregnancy because someone needs an income in a capitalism based country. It's hideous. And considering the fact the confederate flag is still endeared the idea people are forced into any kind of employment that discriminates along social preference is not legal.
Under any other political paradigm members of this court would have been removed from their position through legislative procedures. This tell tale social Bush doctrine is UnAmerican. Completely.
The only reason contraception was chosen as a measure the southern Christians wanted to have control over is because they can't police abortion. What were they going to do, have women employees take a pregnancy at the time clock BEFORE they punched in? As a matter of fact there would be question as to whether they were allowed on the property, then within the town and then what's next, "The South Shall Rise Again?"
The decision about contraception by the Supreme Court is based in paperwork and the fact health insurance would be used for it's purchase. It didn't impact condoms. So, where are they going with all this?
There is absolutely nothing prohibiting a woman working for wackos to purchase birth control. So long as it doesn't show up on the companies balance sheet it isn't a problem. What are they going to do send in the police with a search warrant to find the contraception pill or have a GYN at the personnel office? It's nonsense. It is stepping stone to some sort of ideology.
In the USA personal conduct and choice is a cornerstone. These decisions taints that and is UnAmerican.
John Roberts stated same sex marriage was allowed because it would discriminate along gender lines. Hello?
The vote was narrow - 5-4 - but Kennedy's majority opinion was clear: "The court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry."
The ruling will put an end to same-sex marriage bans in the 14 states that still maintain them, and provide an exclamation point for breathtaking changes in the nation's social norms in recent years. As recently as October, just over one-third of the states permitted gay marriages...
Equality in the work place exists within federal jobs and the military. That means there are career paths already in progress. When professionals have experience within government structure they have an open path to the private sector because of their credentials and competency alone.
Where marriage discrimination (assuming married LGBTQ) will carry brevity is primarily the south. Some discrimination will occur in the Midwest simply because of the demographic. A small percentage of LGBTQ isn't going to have an impact and in fact might be ignored as social convenience.
There were 34 states that have already decided to permit same sex marriage, that is a viable population to a constitutional amendment. I don't think either those that oppose same sex marriage or allow it have a case for a constitutional amendment. The marriage of different races is tolerated by the social environment. That facilitated work and family life, not really the law. There was law that at one time prohibited mixed racial marriages. All that disappeared within social acceptance. The laws became irrelevant. It would be surprising to most Americans how antiquated laws are still on the books.
The only place there is going to be problems is the south. There is that whole Chick-fil-a thing. Senator Lindsay Graham, a president nominee candidate, see himself carrying a campaign to protect religious rights. Considering how hostile the Supreme Court is about contraception I don't see them enforcing employment where this religious overlay is suppose to be paramount to the US Constitution. Under this court there is a preference to allow religious discrimination/bigotry.
The best avenue to challenge that is for a current employee(s) to get married and be open about it and then be fired. Any employee with a significant and good record in employment suddenly fired because of who they married would result in a disrupting legal case.
But, this court is very odd in their idea of what is constitutional when religion is believed to uphold the soul. There are innumerable topics that can be drawn on, including deliberate social oppression, where an entire class was disdained and caused hardship in the face of having religious sameness with employers. Racism cut across religious definition. What makes an employer oppressive to an American citizen? In the case of race, it is immoral to cast hate on a different race, yet southern Christians carried that hatred for decades if not more than a century, even into today and the confederate flag. It is so very obvious that white men hate others enough to even defy god and kill people in their own sanctuary. So, the whole religion thing with the Supreme Court is pure hatred itself.
The Supreme Court is out in right field presuming it has the right to be a religious authority. They don't. There is suppose to be separation of church and state which demands the courts to maintain it. To allow discrimination in contraception and being pregnant because employed by a religious preference employer is completely unconstitutional. How can Roe v. Wade exist and have a woman forced into pregnancy because of who they work for? It is ridiculous and Un-American. No employer short of a church itself has the right to force pregnancy because someone needs an income in a capitalism based country. It's hideous. And considering the fact the confederate flag is still endeared the idea people are forced into any kind of employment that discriminates along social preference is not legal.
Under any other political paradigm members of this court would have been removed from their position through legislative procedures. This tell tale social Bush doctrine is UnAmerican. Completely.
The only reason contraception was chosen as a measure the southern Christians wanted to have control over is because they can't police abortion. What were they going to do, have women employees take a pregnancy at the time clock BEFORE they punched in? As a matter of fact there would be question as to whether they were allowed on the property, then within the town and then what's next, "The South Shall Rise Again?"
The decision about contraception by the Supreme Court is based in paperwork and the fact health insurance would be used for it's purchase. It didn't impact condoms. So, where are they going with all this?
There is absolutely nothing prohibiting a woman working for wackos to purchase birth control. So long as it doesn't show up on the companies balance sheet it isn't a problem. What are they going to do send in the police with a search warrant to find the contraception pill or have a GYN at the personnel office? It's nonsense. It is stepping stone to some sort of ideology.
In the USA personal conduct and choice is a cornerstone. These decisions taints that and is UnAmerican.
John Roberts stated same sex marriage was allowed because it would discriminate along gender lines. Hello?
Is there any chance David Sweat is already dead? Perhaps murdered by Matt.
There was only one gun. The men are being described as psychopaths. Matt saw a gun as a means to an end. He was willing to kill an innocent person passing on the highway to obtain a camper which is both shelter and mobility. Why wouldn't he kill Sweat if he saw a means to an end. Matt was obviously a very dangerous person. The pair were known to be together at the cabin. It was there they obtained a gun and Matt was found alone when killed. Is there a possibility Sweat is already dead?
June 27, 2015
By Keldy Ortiz and Larry Mcshane
It's up to escaped convict David Sweat (click here) if his 22-day taste of freedom ends with a return trip to prison — or a one-way ticket to the morgue.
Either way, a Franklin County sheriff said the 1,200 law enforcement agents chasing Sweat were getting closer Saturday to putting the convicted killer in cuffs.
“I think we’ll get a break in the case in 24, 48 hours,” predicted Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill. “I’m confident we’re going to catch Sweat.”...
June 27, 2015
By Keldy Ortiz and Larry Mcshane
It's up to escaped convict David Sweat (click here) if his 22-day taste of freedom ends with a return trip to prison — or a one-way ticket to the morgue.
Either way, a Franklin County sheriff said the 1,200 law enforcement agents chasing Sweat were getting closer Saturday to putting the convicted killer in cuffs.
“I think we’ll get a break in the case in 24, 48 hours,” predicted Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill. “I’m confident we’re going to catch Sweat.”...
Saturday, June 27, 2015
How can a young woman ever love a man decisviely dedicated to genocide?
June 28, 2015
Eamonn Duff
Karen Nettleton (click here) was watching television at her Sydney home when a text arrived from her granddaughter in Syria.
"Hello Nana, how are you? My husband got hit by a drone yesterday and got killed. When I found out I was happy for him to get what he wanted and go to paradise but at the same time I was devastated because I loved him so much and I knew I was never gonna see him again in this life."
These were the extraordinary words sent eight days ago to Ms Nettleton from her eldest grandchild Zaynab, who at 13 years of age, had just become the widow of infamous Sydney jihadist Mohamed Elomar....
Age 13. She never knew what it was to be a child and a respected woman. The men are obsessed with the idea of a virgin. Children are not only soldiers, they are wives and some are mothers.
...Stranded in an Islamic State stronghold, Zaynab and her four younger siblings find themselves at the heart of a national political debate as to whether they – and their mother Tara – should be allowed to return to Australia and if so, whether criminal charges should be laid. The argument deepened last week when it emerged that Elomar was killed in a drone strike, allegedly alongside his best friend and Tara's own terrorist husband Khaled Sharrouf – who shifted the family to Syria....
A husband and wife from Australia bought into the idea of a caliphate and moved to Syria with their five children. The thirteen year old was married, is now a widow expecting her first child. This is nuts. What was the problem unemployment?
The FBI in the USA has run sting operations where they picked up those so inclined to believe they could actually find material to carry out a mass killing. What the heck is this already? This is crazy? Wackos from Afghanistan who boarded jets to carry out a final expression of hate against the USA is more understandable than this. This is like nothing I understand. A mother and father allows their child to be a bride and sex object to a man who believes the best way forward for people is to commit genocide at every turn. This is more than hate. This is depersonalized demand via polemical.
In order to dissolve a polemical, replace it with an other polemical of the same strength or more. But, emotionally, the attempt to reverse this brain washing would require the new dimension of thought to be as depersonalized as the initial, otherwise, it feels like sabotage to their paradise. If paradise has a definition of genocide, it will have a strong bonding to that end. Kill regardless, love those that kill regardless, give birth to other children to kill regardless. Attempting to use logic to reorient them won't work. They are simply being reoriented into a society they have rejected.
I hate to tap the Saudi Arabia society as an example, but, it deals with this. They have a reasonably low recidivism. A legitimate reform has to be based in a similar method of Saudi Arabia.
Who was it that took former Gitmo detainees?
..."The United States (click here) is grateful to the government of Oman for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility," the Defense Department said in a statement....
I would imagine being in Oman was a real reward after Gitmo. They could have families. They could have meaning to their lives by work. They could worship with people they understood. Their personal dimension hopefully became far more satisfying than extremism.
Australia didn't do a thing to these people. Nothing. There is absolutely no reason for an entire young family with five children to go to Syria forever. It is a polemical that takes over. Nothing else makes sense, at least to me. The thing about this is the child still misses her Grandmother. She is still holding onto Australia as a place where her grandmother loves her and her Grandmother continues to be content with her life. The men died and she turned to someone and some place where war is not a reality. I really think the child never let go of a life in Australia that made sense to her. It is a shame.
No one should be apologizing for the drone attacks. The Arab Coalition has to persist.
Ted Cruz:
"Yesterday five unelected lawyers decided to ignore the constitution in allowing this change in our marriage laws."
"Five unelected judges decided to ignore the 3 million American's preference."
So, let see. Senator Cruz seems to believe Supreme Court Judges should be elected. That is an unconstitutional stand.
Senator Cruz is stating there are 3 million bigoted members of the electorate that should have the right to hate and invoke discriminatory laws against other Americans.
November 8, 2012
A cliff-hanger presidential election, (click here) major issues at stake, an estimated $6 billion spent in the 2012 campaigns and an eight million person increase in the eligible voters all failed to sustain the upward momentum for turnout from 2004 and 2008.
Voter turnout dipped from 62.3 percent of eligible citizens voting in 2008 to an estimated 57.5 in 2012. That figure was also below the 60.4 level of the 2004 election but higher than the 54.2 percent turnout in the 2000 election.
Despite an increase of over eight million citizens in the eligible population, turnout declined from 131 million voters in 2008 to an estimated 126 million voters in 2012 when all ballots are tallied. Some 93 million eligible citizens did not vote.
The turnout percentage of eligibles voting was down from 2008 in every state and the District of Columbia, except two – Iowa and Louisiana. The turnout numbers of citizens who cast ballots were down in every state but six – Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
Let's take the facts and expand on it. There were 126 million Americans that voted in 2012. A constitutional amendment would be required to make the Supreme Court far more vulnerable to election rhetoric and demands if they were elected.
Senator Cruz states 3 million bigoted voters should rule the land. Not even in Texas is 3 million voters a majority to change the US constitution with an amendment.
October 15 ,2012
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade (click here) today announced Texas reached a record number of registered voters on the Official List of Registered Voters. As of Monday, October 15, there are currently 13,594,264 voters on the list, the highest in state history. This number will likely increase once all the voter registration applications submitted by October 9, 2012 are processed. Tuesday, October 9 was the last day to register to vote in the November 6, 2012 General Election....
The population growth in Texas speaks to a larger electorate. Texas added 5 million people to it's population from 2000 to 2010. Another one million to a total of 6 million were realized as a population increase in the last fourteen years. Considering 50 thousand per year came to Texas every year from 2000 to 2010, the last four years defined by 250 thousand per year makes one realize the immigration from other states is over. Texas won't be growing much more in an ideological goal post to own the US House.
Senator Ted Cruz is acting up when he carries out such rhetoric which reveals nothing but hate and meanness. He is not morally able to comment in a real way about any topic.
continued...
"Yesterday five unelected lawyers decided to ignore the constitution in allowing this change in our marriage laws."
"Five unelected judges decided to ignore the 3 million American's preference."
So, let see. Senator Cruz seems to believe Supreme Court Judges should be elected. That is an unconstitutional stand.
Senator Cruz is stating there are 3 million bigoted members of the electorate that should have the right to hate and invoke discriminatory laws against other Americans.
November 8, 2012
A cliff-hanger presidential election, (click here) major issues at stake, an estimated $6 billion spent in the 2012 campaigns and an eight million person increase in the eligible voters all failed to sustain the upward momentum for turnout from 2004 and 2008.
Voter turnout dipped from 62.3 percent of eligible citizens voting in 2008 to an estimated 57.5 in 2012. That figure was also below the 60.4 level of the 2004 election but higher than the 54.2 percent turnout in the 2000 election.
Despite an increase of over eight million citizens in the eligible population, turnout declined from 131 million voters in 2008 to an estimated 126 million voters in 2012 when all ballots are tallied. Some 93 million eligible citizens did not vote.
The turnout percentage of eligibles voting was down from 2008 in every state and the District of Columbia, except two – Iowa and Louisiana. The turnout numbers of citizens who cast ballots were down in every state but six – Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
Let's take the facts and expand on it. There were 126 million Americans that voted in 2012. A constitutional amendment would be required to make the Supreme Court far more vulnerable to election rhetoric and demands if they were elected.
Senator Cruz states 3 million bigoted voters should rule the land. Not even in Texas is 3 million voters a majority to change the US constitution with an amendment.
October 15 ,2012
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade (click here) today announced Texas reached a record number of registered voters on the Official List of Registered Voters. As of Monday, October 15, there are currently 13,594,264 voters on the list, the highest in state history. This number will likely increase once all the voter registration applications submitted by October 9, 2012 are processed. Tuesday, October 9 was the last day to register to vote in the November 6, 2012 General Election....
The population growth in Texas speaks to a larger electorate. Texas added 5 million people to it's population from 2000 to 2010. Another one million to a total of 6 million were realized as a population increase in the last fourteen years. Considering 50 thousand per year came to Texas every year from 2000 to 2010, the last four years defined by 250 thousand per year makes one realize the immigration from other states is over. Texas won't be growing much more in an ideological goal post to own the US House.
Senator Ted Cruz is acting up when he carries out such rhetoric which reveals nothing but hate and meanness. He is not morally able to comment in a real way about any topic.
continued...
While tourists can't leave Tunisia fast enough, France is on edge.
June 27, 2015
By Maya Vindon-White and Jennifer Collins
PARIS — A day after a man (click here) was decapitated at a gas factory in France's second terror attack in six months, residents questioned whether the nation is doing enough to stop terrorists.
"It feels that these attacks are now happening back to back," said Ilan Cohn, 21, a student in Paris. "I am afraid that there will be more and more, just recently Charlie Hebdo and now this?"
Yaccine Salhi, 35, a man once placed on a "radicalization list" drove his truck into a U.S.-owned gas factory in the southeastern French city Lyon on Friday, triggering an explosion as his boss' severed head was found at the entrance, authorities said....
There is still much to be done to "Daesh Proof" the global societies and their countries. I am sure NATO is appraised of the concerns of France. France is also one of the permanent nuclear countries within the non-proliferation treaty, so it is a target for the radicalized. But, the power of NATO seems more prudent than countries that are not organized into a national/regional security and defense.
If countries within a region have strong national defenses there is far less threat than if they are free lancing. A treaty organization such as NATO really does benefit a greater understanding of sovereign stability. I am sure NATO does not know all the business of each country, but, there is a coalescing around the common understanding of regional security and stability.
I think the Arab League is very important. It will never be NATO because of the strong religious and cultural understandings within group of allies. But, if the countries were working together to reduce alliances of violence they would be making a great deal of progress toward reducing danger to their citizens. I don't recall Tunisia participating in any alliance treaty.
Libya and it's struggle to regain domestic stability should consider an alliance with other countries in Northern Africa. It would bring greater stability and civilized society and the rule of law. Those three goals should be part of any governing authority. The treaty could and should spell out clearly it's alliance. In other words extremists that want to over throw governments simply aren't tolerated.
Convincing Libya they need alliances and stability is not at all easy, but, their lack of a central government or an east and west government is robbing them of quality of life and predictable lives. Such instability is an assault against it's own children. While some children my die all the children of Libya have a dim future. There is no university or job market or a platform to spring board into a secure future for the Libyan children.
June 27, 2015
By AP
...The shootings (click here) in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear if the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers “to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the nonbelievers.” In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people.
The SITE Intelligence Group reported later that the IS claimed credit for the Tunisia attack on its Twitter account and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani....
Kuwait was a surprise. But. It is definitely an attempt to dissolve the sovereignty of Kuwait.
What is terror? It strikes at the heart of the individual. In the USA when terrorist attacks occur, be they domestic or foreign, the people come together to defeat the fear and any attempt at a repeat event(s). However, there are regions in the world predisposed to anarchy and self-reliance due to any divide along religious and/or ethnic differences. Warlord cultures have existed a long time in these regions. So, these regions are not anarchy proof.
To realize Kuwait has a Shi'ite population is to realize Kuwait can be irretrievably dissolved. When ethnic attacks or religious attacks occur it specifically strikes at the heart of sovereignty. It is to cause the idea the governing authority is not benevolent to all the people, but, to a chosen people. That begins a spiral into anarchy and the loss of a cohesive society determined to defeat such acts. That is why this entire region is difficult to call to arms, ie: Iraq.
Kuwait has a very benevolent government and it's people are loyal to their leaders, both religious and government. I reflect on such stability with Jordan a well. They are allies to The West in a way that puts them on a global stage for trade and regional security.
The attack in Kuwait is probably due to Iran's assistance with violence in Yemen. Terrorists are terrorists. They have no loyalty. They have loyalty to a grossly strange strain of their religion. They are hungry for power and if given a chance they will seek to own the power of a sovereign country. It isn't the power of the sovereign country they actually hate, it is that they don't have the power and covet it.
That is the reality this region needs to come to terms with. That is why the alliance of Arab countries now engaged in defeating Daesh is so important. They have to come to terms with very hateful people that are completely ruthless and embrace genocide. Sovereignty has never been more important. The countries leaders understand the people better than anyone else and they need to lead and bring all ethnicity and religions under the protection of their sovereign borders.
If a diverse benevolence is maintained, the terrorists will not succeed. The people have to bring their own knowledge of what is happening to destroy their country to the country's leaders. They cannot cower in fear within their neighborhoods hoping prayer to the 'right god' will end their feared fate. The people have to come together while accepting their differences. That is why any aggression by Iran is such a dangerous option. Iran has to stop placing hate into their diaspora and instead bring strength to their faith and their loyalty to leadership.
Iran is incorrect in seeing the Shia Crescent as it's chance to take over the region and unite it under a specific religious allegiance. In carrying out such a paradigm only a greater disdain of Iran will occur and will validate the hate Daesh wants to spread. Daesh stands as a burgeoning caliphate and Iran is giving the people every reason to believe it.
Iran is wrong in seeing The West as an enemy so much as an alliance on the path to the same sovereign stability other countries want to maintain. This entire mess with Israel is a huge problem. Israel, in it's ranting about hate, is causing far more problems than any Israeli leader wants to admit. Israel wants a reason. Iran currently is working at giving Israel the reason it seeks. Iran is it's own enemy.
ISRAEL'S POLITICS OF HATE is not a benign cultural definition. That culture of hate is causing a great deal of instability. It has to stop. The West, as Israel's ally should receive an apology from Israel as this attitude causes a great many problems. The culture of hate is completely dysfunctional for peace, but, it will bring about fear and a sincere problem for the region. It is very safe to say Israel is seeking to cause problems and end the negotiations with Iran. Israel needs to surrender to the idea The West does not treasure the hate it spews and it will not cause the kind of problems Israel seeks.
The only way the nuclear negotiations will fail is if Iran continues on a path of self-destruction. I am confident the P5 + 1 points this out on a regular basis. It is up to Iran to realize where their best interest lies. It doesn't lie in chronic reaction of Israel.
By Maya Vindon-White and Jennifer Collins
PARIS — A day after a man (click here) was decapitated at a gas factory in France's second terror attack in six months, residents questioned whether the nation is doing enough to stop terrorists.
"It feels that these attacks are now happening back to back," said Ilan Cohn, 21, a student in Paris. "I am afraid that there will be more and more, just recently Charlie Hebdo and now this?"
Yaccine Salhi, 35, a man once placed on a "radicalization list" drove his truck into a U.S.-owned gas factory in the southeastern French city Lyon on Friday, triggering an explosion as his boss' severed head was found at the entrance, authorities said....
There is still much to be done to "Daesh Proof" the global societies and their countries. I am sure NATO is appraised of the concerns of France. France is also one of the permanent nuclear countries within the non-proliferation treaty, so it is a target for the radicalized. But, the power of NATO seems more prudent than countries that are not organized into a national/regional security and defense.
If countries within a region have strong national defenses there is far less threat than if they are free lancing. A treaty organization such as NATO really does benefit a greater understanding of sovereign stability. I am sure NATO does not know all the business of each country, but, there is a coalescing around the common understanding of regional security and stability.
I think the Arab League is very important. It will never be NATO because of the strong religious and cultural understandings within group of allies. But, if the countries were working together to reduce alliances of violence they would be making a great deal of progress toward reducing danger to their citizens. I don't recall Tunisia participating in any alliance treaty.
Libya and it's struggle to regain domestic stability should consider an alliance with other countries in Northern Africa. It would bring greater stability and civilized society and the rule of law. Those three goals should be part of any governing authority. The treaty could and should spell out clearly it's alliance. In other words extremists that want to over throw governments simply aren't tolerated.
Convincing Libya they need alliances and stability is not at all easy, but, their lack of a central government or an east and west government is robbing them of quality of life and predictable lives. Such instability is an assault against it's own children. While some children my die all the children of Libya have a dim future. There is no university or job market or a platform to spring board into a secure future for the Libyan children.
By AP
...The shootings (click here) in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear if the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers “to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the nonbelievers.” In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people.
The SITE Intelligence Group reported later that the IS claimed credit for the Tunisia attack on its Twitter account and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani....
Kuwait was a surprise. But. It is definitely an attempt to dissolve the sovereignty of Kuwait.
What is terror? It strikes at the heart of the individual. In the USA when terrorist attacks occur, be they domestic or foreign, the people come together to defeat the fear and any attempt at a repeat event(s). However, there are regions in the world predisposed to anarchy and self-reliance due to any divide along religious and/or ethnic differences. Warlord cultures have existed a long time in these regions. So, these regions are not anarchy proof.
To realize Kuwait has a Shi'ite population is to realize Kuwait can be irretrievably dissolved. When ethnic attacks or religious attacks occur it specifically strikes at the heart of sovereignty. It is to cause the idea the governing authority is not benevolent to all the people, but, to a chosen people. That begins a spiral into anarchy and the loss of a cohesive society determined to defeat such acts. That is why this entire region is difficult to call to arms, ie: Iraq.
Kuwait has a very benevolent government and it's people are loyal to their leaders, both religious and government. I reflect on such stability with Jordan a well. They are allies to The West in a way that puts them on a global stage for trade and regional security.
The attack in Kuwait is probably due to Iran's assistance with violence in Yemen. Terrorists are terrorists. They have no loyalty. They have loyalty to a grossly strange strain of their religion. They are hungry for power and if given a chance they will seek to own the power of a sovereign country. It isn't the power of the sovereign country they actually hate, it is that they don't have the power and covet it.
That is the reality this region needs to come to terms with. That is why the alliance of Arab countries now engaged in defeating Daesh is so important. They have to come to terms with very hateful people that are completely ruthless and embrace genocide. Sovereignty has never been more important. The countries leaders understand the people better than anyone else and they need to lead and bring all ethnicity and religions under the protection of their sovereign borders.
If a diverse benevolence is maintained, the terrorists will not succeed. The people have to bring their own knowledge of what is happening to destroy their country to the country's leaders. They cannot cower in fear within their neighborhoods hoping prayer to the 'right god' will end their feared fate. The people have to come together while accepting their differences. That is why any aggression by Iran is such a dangerous option. Iran has to stop placing hate into their diaspora and instead bring strength to their faith and their loyalty to leadership.
Iran is incorrect in seeing the Shia Crescent as it's chance to take over the region and unite it under a specific religious allegiance. In carrying out such a paradigm only a greater disdain of Iran will occur and will validate the hate Daesh wants to spread. Daesh stands as a burgeoning caliphate and Iran is giving the people every reason to believe it.
Iran is wrong in seeing The West as an enemy so much as an alliance on the path to the same sovereign stability other countries want to maintain. This entire mess with Israel is a huge problem. Israel, in it's ranting about hate, is causing far more problems than any Israeli leader wants to admit. Israel wants a reason. Iran currently is working at giving Israel the reason it seeks. Iran is it's own enemy.
ISRAEL'S POLITICS OF HATE is not a benign cultural definition. That culture of hate is causing a great deal of instability. It has to stop. The West, as Israel's ally should receive an apology from Israel as this attitude causes a great many problems. The culture of hate is completely dysfunctional for peace, but, it will bring about fear and a sincere problem for the region. It is very safe to say Israel is seeking to cause problems and end the negotiations with Iran. Israel needs to surrender to the idea The West does not treasure the hate it spews and it will not cause the kind of problems Israel seeks.
The only way the nuclear negotiations will fail is if Iran continues on a path of self-destruction. I am confident the P5 + 1 points this out on a regular basis. It is up to Iran to realize where their best interest lies. It doesn't lie in chronic reaction of Israel.
But, but, won't Uncle Sam be cheated?
June 27, 2015
Making such observations to state the GLBTQ community is manipulating their status in order to cut their tax burden is mired in very deep discrimination. There simply isn't all that much benefit to argue a point like this.
...The standard deduction (click here) for a single taxpayer in 2012 is $5,950, but it's double, $11,900, for a married couple filing jointly and jumps up to $13,900 if both spouses are over 65. The standard deduction for married couples who file separate returns is the same as a single filer. Each spouse also is entitled to a basic exemption of $3,800, or $7,600 if a couple files jointly, plus an exemption for each child....
A Same Sex couple without the benefit of marriage would pay exactly the same amount of tax if they remained single. ($5950.00 X 2 = $11,900). If am sure some Same Sex marriages will file as "Married but filing separately" no different heterosexual companies do on occasion.
The entire issue to imply the LGBTQ community want to have an advantage over their tax burden is nothing but discrimination and based in lies.
By Verge Staff
Casey Newton:
...If you were born after 1990, (click here) it’s easy to feel like
the entire marriage equality movement has happened in your lifetime. In
1991, Hawaii’s Supreme Court found the state’s refusal to grant marriage
licenses to same-sex couples to be discriminatory, launching the wave
of legislation and lawsuits that culminated in the US Supreme Court’s
affirmation of marriage equality yesterday.
But 40 years before Hawaii came to its senses, small groups of queer men
and women around the country were meeting in secret, under threat of
arrest, to discuss their political situation. The Mattachine Society
formed in 1950 in Los Angeles with a goal of bringing gay men together
to offer emotional support and education about gay culture. The
Daughters of Bilitis, founded in 1955 in San Francisco, brought lesbians
together and worked to educate one another and the public about female
homosexuality....
I heard some observation yesterday that Same Sex couples will gain tax favor when married. I guess so. But, that was part of it. The Same Sex couples were financially discriminated against including having to pay two health insurance policies.
The change in the tax burden for same sex couples will not sink the sovereign state of the USA.
July 15, 2014
By Eugene Volokh
...A survey (click here) released Tuesday by the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports:
Based on the 2013 NHIS data [collected in 2013 from 34,557 adults aged 18 and over], 96.6% of adults identified as straight, 1.6% identified as gay or lesbian, and 0.7% identified as bisexual. The remaining 1.1% of adults identified as “something else[]” [0.2%,] stated “I don’t know the answer[]” [0.4%] or refused to provide an answer [0.6%].More specifically, 1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4 percent as bisexual, and 1.5 percent of women self-identify as lesbian and 0.9 percent as bisexual....
Making such observations to state the GLBTQ community is manipulating their status in order to cut their tax burden is mired in very deep discrimination. There simply isn't all that much benefit to argue a point like this.
...The standard deduction (click here) for a single taxpayer in 2012 is $5,950, but it's double, $11,900, for a married couple filing jointly and jumps up to $13,900 if both spouses are over 65. The standard deduction for married couples who file separate returns is the same as a single filer. Each spouse also is entitled to a basic exemption of $3,800, or $7,600 if a couple files jointly, plus an exemption for each child....
A Same Sex couple without the benefit of marriage would pay exactly the same amount of tax if they remained single. ($5950.00 X 2 = $11,900). If am sure some Same Sex marriages will file as "Married but filing separately" no different heterosexual companies do on occasion.
The entire issue to imply the LGBTQ community want to have an advantage over their tax burden is nothing but discrimination and based in lies.
It is more than Blackness. It is an invitation.
Yes, this was very cultural. But, that does not mean it is alien to others that do not participate in the culture regularly. He was magnificent. The words by the elders standing behind him after the celebratory mass, was that they were concerned with the pause. They believed he was either overwhelmed by emotion and could not speak or he was lost in his papers.
The statements of Amazing Grace he stated at least twice and then paused, both the first syllable and his voice tone was an invitation to share the moment with understanding of the depth of the reality of grace. He wanted to emphasize the clear understanding God had granted grace to the country to bring about deeply needed change and welcome to that change.
It would be an injustice to the people of the country to simply state, this is blackness the president feels comfortable with. Granted, but, I can remember when he was within his blackness and without fear other than this moment. If is a mistake and a bit arrogant to simply state this is a cultural moment. It is more than that. It was patient invitation to find the same grace the church members were experiencing. That is my understanding and yes it was a pleasant surprise to realize how talented he was with an interesting introduction to the invitation. A talent beyond singing, but, grace itself.
The statements of Amazing Grace he stated at least twice and then paused, both the first syllable and his voice tone was an invitation to share the moment with understanding of the depth of the reality of grace. He wanted to emphasize the clear understanding God had granted grace to the country to bring about deeply needed change and welcome to that change.
It would be an injustice to the people of the country to simply state, this is blackness the president feels comfortable with. Granted, but, I can remember when he was within his blackness and without fear other than this moment. If is a mistake and a bit arrogant to simply state this is a cultural moment. It is more than that. It was patient invitation to find the same grace the church members were experiencing. That is my understanding and yes it was a pleasant surprise to realize how talented he was with an interesting introduction to the invitation. A talent beyond singing, but, grace itself.
Exceptionally well done, Mr. President.
By Julie Pace
CHARLESTON, S.C. — For President Barack Obama, (click here) it's become an all-too-frequent ritual: honoring the victims of mass shootings in communities across the country.
On Friday, Obama will mourn with the city of Charleston, South Carolina, where nine people were killed last week at a historic black church. He'll deliver a eulogy at the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a state lawmaker and pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Church.
The deaths of Pinckney and eight others have sparked a debate in Southern states over the Confederate battle flag, which for years has flown at a monument on the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. But the slayings have also exposed the scant appetite in Washington for restarting discussions on gun control legislation, which have made no progress during Obama's presidency.
White House officials indicated the president's remarks would focus more on the victims of last week's shootings and celebrating their lives than on those delicate political issues.
But White House spokesman Eric Schultz added: "It's hard to have an extensive conversation about the tragic shooting in South Carolina without mentioning some of the social issues we've been talking about over the past week."...
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