"I love Paris" sung by Doris Day (click here for official website)

Every time I look down on this timeless town
Whether blue or gray be her skies.
Whether loud be her cheers or whether soft be her tears,
More and more do I realize:

I love Paris in the springtime.
I love Paris in the fall.
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles,
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles.

I love Paris every moment,
Every moment of the year.
I love Paris, why, oh why do I love Paris?
Because my love is near.'

I love Paris in the springtime.
I love Paris in the fall.
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles,
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles.

I love Paris every moment,
Every moment of the year.
I love Paris, why, oh why do I love Paris?
Because my love is near.'

Paris' flag colors are red and blue. 

There is some debate about the color ribbon of feminism.

The color purple is the symbol for USA domestic violence.

African suffrage used the colors purple and white.

"A Feminist Dictionary" (click here) was published by Illinois University Press in 1996.

In the USA the color was gold or yellow.

"Colors were important (click here) in the iconography of the suffrage movement. The use of the color gold began with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's campaign in Kansas in 1867 and derived from the color of the sunflower, the Kansas state symbol. Suffragists used gold pins, ribbons, sashes, and yellow roses to symbolize their cause. In 1876, during the U.S. Centennial, women wore yellow ribbons and sang the song "The Yellow Ribbon." In 1916, suffragists staged "The Golden Lane" and the national Democratic convention; to reach the convention hall, all delegates had to walk through a line of women stretching several blocks long, dressed in white with gold sashes, carrying yellow umbrellas, and accompanied by hundreds of yards of draped gold bunting....

I think feminism needs to be revitalized in the USA and the color of the ribbon should be gold. 

The yellow ribbon was tied around trees for POWs returning home. That is the origin of the song. It was sung for a returning Union POW when the Civil War ended.

I don't know of any other cause assigned the color gold and USA feminism has a history to claim that color. Hillary should define the feminist movement rather than allowing it to define her. Hillary Clinton's political campaign should consider distributing feminist ribbons at rallies.

Feminism is about empowerment, not destroying marriages or families or the women in them.

I am a feminist and have been on both sides of relationships. 

I married my high school sweetheart. We shared so much in life. Besides our history we loved the same exact things about life. When we decided to be a young farm family we were embraced by the community in the state. We had great support from family, too. We knew what we were doing. After two years of hard work we had a son born to us. We could not be happier.

When we were visiting my sister-in-law and her family for an evening meal my then husband bragged about wanting a second child. I stopped the pill without pause and in no time I was expecting again. I was five months pregnant when I learned my husband was having an affair. I am not going to get into the details, but, it was devastating and the marriage did not survive it for many reasons including financial pressure that came with a change in his dedication to our dream farm.

It was primarily substance abuse and it was ongoing even after I learned of it and his family told him they would not support him through any such change in lifestyle. Sexual identity didn't play a part. It took eight years, but, when my former spouse came back to his parents home he was clean and working a job far different than a farm. We were divorced by then. He deeply regretted what had happened to "The Us" he no longer had.

I was raising two children alone, returned to school and started a new career all because a local female drug dealer thought farming was fun.

During my return to being single I dated a few men. I was seeing a man when one day I was at work and a co-worker came up to me and asked if I was seeing John Smith (mythical name). I smiled and said yes as a matter of fact we had spent the previous evening together. My co-worker told me he was married. I could not believe it. There were no clues to his married status. My co-worker then told me who his wife was and I knew her from my employment. I cut off the relationship regardless of the pain I was feeling.

Even after boyfriend told me he was separated and saw no need to share that; I simply told him he needed to be more honest with any women he sees in the future. He was the father of two children. Being involved with a married man and a family man is hugely wrong. A woman needs to date honestly to know if there are children on his side of the equation and what that meant for her life.

I am a feminist. I believe in empowering women. Women raise families alone as a majority in the USA.

I've always been told an affair can help a marriage. I suppose taking a lover when there is honesty can work for some. I don't judge people and their passions.

As a woman sincerely married for what I thought was the rest of my life, I found it extremely painful to be truncated from my future plans. I was floundering for a long time. It took me four years to sign the divorce papers. He didn't mind maintaining a false marriage, it played well to end relationships with women he did not care for except for a sexual interlude. 

I didn't judge the other women. I didn't care to know them. I had my hands full and I had to put my heart back together. There were some very nasty things said about me in those four years by people I thought of as friends. I was never up for a good cat fight. Maybe that was what they thought should happen to shake him back to reality. In that reality of defaming were excuses made by him. He didn't mind providing excuses for his actions. AND! I had a right to defend myself and my marriage. 

When people who want to claim to be feminists state Hillary Clinton said terrible things about the women involved in Bill's affairs, they don't give a damn about women. Not really. Married women have the high road and have every right to defend their marriage, especially when there are children. The laws of the USA recognize marriage as a social norm and destroying that norm comes with consequences. In some states in the USA, if a wife can prove an affair broke up the marriage there can be lawsuits filed not just for divorce but for damages caused by the other woman. Imagine having a judgement leveled against you for an affair that broke up a marriage only to have the relationship dissolve. That is poetic justice.

Being a feminist does not mean hating men and the sexual affairs they have. Feminism is about empowerment. That means if the three adults involved in a sex triangle needs to resolve it, there should be a degree of maturity to handle the relationships. That means it ends in divorce or otherwise. Does anyone believe Bill Clinton was ever going to divorce Hillary? That was never going to happen. Any woman involved with a married man that has a political career should know their future in the relationship was very limited.

The women in those triangles or those claiming have experienced sexual assault were empowered. At the time of Jennifer Flowers affair she received financial advances in her career, but, that ended when she went to the public on a national basis. The woman that claimed sexual harassment was validated. She wasn't swept under the carpet. Monica was asked to apply for other jobs outside the White House. She was provided a good reference. In all these cases it was the media that destroyed the women, not the married couple of Bill and Hill. In Monica's case it was a political operative that threw her under the bus.

Feminists need to concentrate on the way the media destroyed the lives of at least three women. Those women were sensationalized and received no financial benefit from it. They were ground into the dirt under the media's heel. 

That is the issue. Hillary Clinton is not the issue. I always thought she had her priorities straight, validated the love of her husband and the honor of their daughter. How many children are abandoned by their fathers in this country when they simply don't want the marriage anymore? That didn't happen and it set a darn good example for many. 

I don't care to digest the warfare of the mistresses and the way the marriage and parenting was defended. That is simply validating the media had the right to destroy women, including the one that is running for President today.

Feminism is about maturity, seeing inequalities and moving against them. Feminism is about breaking down prejudge against women. It is about giving women a fighting chance in life. It is about women growing wealth. It is about the protections of the children they hold dearly all their lives. It has absolutely nothing to do with the way women CHOOSE to live their personal lives. And I am tired of counting the causalities.

Enough.

The earthquake lasted at least a minute and a quarter..

Check out the fish tank.

There is a film by Arv Pugay on Facebook that shows a cargo area at Anchorage Alaska Airport. Arv text he was worried. Being in the middle of the quake gives no perspective about everyone else. Alaska has had some really significant quakes. They better check the runway for any fissures.

The USA government is foolish to turn over it's petroleum to Wall Street, especially to export. These are liquid reserves.

This is the liquid/crude oil reserves. It is not natural gas. Natural gas comes as a by product to drilling except for horizontal drilling. Horizontal drilling recovers natural gas. There is also natural gas/methane found with coal.

SA oil consumption daily as of 2013 (click here).

Below are the UNDISCOVERED areas of the USA believed to be technically recoverable.

27 Billion Barrels of Oil (BBO) The industry claims an optimistic 39 BBO. That is optimistic?

That's it. 27 Billion Barrels of Oil left in USA reserves and not the Republican Congress has allowed the petroleum industry to export USA oil.

Saudi Arabia is believed to have 280 BBO

Kuwait has about 104 billion barrels of oil. However, 5 billion barrels of oil in this count is within the Saudi-Kuwait Neutral Zone.

Venezuela has reported 297 BBO as of 2011.

Iran has estimates of 84 BBO, but, may be updated with markets open to them again.

This is from the US Department of Energy. (click here)

In 2015 it was discovered the amount of oil in the USA was incorrectly reported.

The Republicans pushed through a law to allow exporting of USA oil.

The gas reserves were incorrectly reported. FOR DECADES. Does the Mineral and Mining Management Cocaine Dependence mean anything?

Report: "Accelerated Depletion...", 1998 (click here) When it comes to national security and the well being of the American people, they are not on the Wall Street agenda. I would think that would be evident by now. The petroleum industry wants to pump oil out of the USA for profits as fast as it can, including shipping to the rest of the world. When it is gone, it is gone. 

With minimal oil reserve in the USA, we are looking to Norway and Saudi Arabia anyway; IF; there were to be war.

The USA is a country on the North American continent. What is our military doing in the middle east? 

Our allies are already defended

US Collective Defense Arrangements (click here)

United States, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Trinadad & Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, United Kingdom, Venezuela

US and Israel Agreements (click here)

Jordan Bilateral Investment Treaty (click here)

Saudi Arabia (strategic oil supply for the world)

The United States-Saudi security relationship steadily expanded during the Cold War.(click here)

What is interesting about the petroleum industry is that they insisted the new horizontal drilling would liberate the USA from foreign oil. Explain then how exporting and bankruptcy provides that security. The relationship with Saudi Arabia is decades old. Saudi Arabia a is a sovereign power with defense of it's own oil fields. Get the picture.

Better yet, just a straight forward question. Is the USA strategic oil reserve more secure with Saudi Arabia as a friend or the petroleum industry (Wall Street)?

This reminds me of a very interesting lesson in the Bible.

18th-century Russian icon depiction of the prophet Hosea. Hosea is considered a minor prophet in Christianity, but, the Talmud considers him the greatest prophet of his time.

Hosea 11:9. -- The Lord, (click here) speaking of himself as "God, and not man," mentions as the special point in which he is above and beyond man, that he has greater grace, greater long-suffering, and greater willingness to forgive: "I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man." In a thousand respects, God is greater than man; for us to enter into that theme, would require a very considerable length of time; but the Lord here puts this truth most prominently forward, that he is "God, and not man,"...

Wars are of man, not God. Does anyone actually think God commands men to fight wars in his name?

When men submit to war, it must carry a moral purpose. Defense of life is a moral purpose. Defense of the material world is immoral.

The war into Iraq was immoral as well as illegal. That is not going to change. Daesh grew out of that war. Think about it.

The fun just never stops.

You see, Sarah? You see what type of effect you have on man and nature, too. How many times do I have to say it; when you ask God for seismic changes it does not translate well. Baby steps.

The region effected is below. That is the epicenter. Anchorage probably is having aftershocks. That is the largest populated area.

Here it is, Anchorage was effected (click here).

Twitter users reported feeling shaking, but there were no immediate reports of casualties in the region. "Long and pretty strong earthquake and power out in West Anchorage," wrote David Hulen.

The magnitude 7.3 quake struck 30 miles east-southeast of Pedro Bay, on the shore of Iliamna Lake, the USGS added. It was recorded at a depth of 124.8 km at 1030 GMT (0530 ET).

Fishermen/women. If they were in harbor there could have been damage. I don't see reports of tsunami. It would effect the shoreline of southern Alaska, but, would radiate out. There is no expected tsunami and the shake map is to the right. It is fairly local. The region where the earthquake took place is wilderness and fishing vessels. Small towns that serve the incredible fishing industry might dot that area.

The reason there is magnificent fishing is because it is a wilderness. Absolutely little to no pollution of any kind.

January 24, 2016

By Fiorna Keating

Tremors from a 7.3 magnitude quake (click here) were felt more than 170 miles (280km) away in Alaska's biggest city Anchorage. The earthquake struck on Sunday, 24 January, 30 miles east-southeast of Pedro Bay on the shore of Iliamna Lake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake's epicentre struck near Cook Inlet, about 162 miles southwest of Anchorage, and was about 50 miles deep.

There were no immediate reports of fatalities or casualties although social media users gave accounts of vigorous shaking. "Long and pretty strong earthquake and power out in West Anchorage," tweeted David Hulen.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre stated it was not expecting a destructive tsunami and that there was no threat to Hawaii from the earthquake, according to a Reuters report.

The earthquake caused power outages in Anchorage, according to utility and media reports. At least 10,000 customers were without electricity in the area, utilities reported....

The warmer temperatures have not arrived as soon as predicted. That is a good thing. It expends the time line to melting allowing the snow that fell into rivers and streams to move downstream before overland flow (melting) increased.

Ex. Ice jams slow the waters flow downstream.

The melting will still occur, but, there will be lower cresting levels. There is a very good chance there will still be flooding, hopefully not dangerous flooding.

Stay at home, even the day the storm is expected to strike.

A car accident exposes drivers and passengers immediately to the elements unless the heater is still working. Driving the day of dangerous weather causes traffic jams, threatens to running out of gas and stranding of all in the car.

This storm delivered inch(s) of snow per hour. If a driver and/or passengers are  caught in a storm delivering that quantity of snow they will be stranded. Stranding automatically exposes danger to the lives of those in the car.

There should be a prior understanding with employers such storms would automatically provide a reason for employees to stay at home with their families. Schools are normally closed for such a threat of snow, however, this storm came on Friday into the weekend. It would have been better to simply stay at home. Employers can also be proactive in releasing their employees home early, however, it has to be staggered closings of business to prevent dangerous traffic jams.

This storm illustrated many things. I witnessed states sincerely making good decisions and I believe deaths were reduced. But, there was a problem with traffic that was not well managed by the businesses in a region. There should be meetings between business and local government to determine the best way to send employees home in anticipation of storms. A local/regional authority wants to prevent traffic jams. That takes understanding and PREPAREDNESS between business and government.

To would be better if employees were organized into car pools during winter, but, that is probably not realistic. Car pools would reduce the number of cars on the road.

Politicians play voters for fools.

Politicians like to wear a war mantle and because of economic and crony priorities the USA would reenter a war in the middle east with the next president.

If the USA reconstituted the war in Iraq adding Syria it would not have stopped the attacks in San Bernardino. 

Again.

If the USA reconstituted the war in Iraq adding Syria it would not have stopped the attacks in San Bernardino. 

It would not have stopped the attacks in Paris and it would not have ended the refugee crisis or the movement of migrants. 

If anything, returning to a war in Iraq adding Syria would have escalated the danger into Europe and quite possibly increased domestic attacks in the USA and among all allies.

The only affiliation the murderers in San Bernardino had with the middle east was cultural and through the internet. The husband was American. The wife a resident of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. They received no training at any al Qaeda or Daesh base.

The idea San Bernardino and/or Paris would have been avoided by a return to war in Iraq adding Syria is at least rhetoric, but more propaganda. Stop thinking wars solve problems in the middle east, they don't. Wars in the middle east make the world a far more dangerous place.

I don't see where police were charged.

 By Scott Viau (Patch Staff) 
 January 17, 2016 12:01 pm ET

The United States Supreme Court (click here) has agreed to hear the case of a Joliet man who claims he was maliciously prosecuted when the Joliet Police Department falsified the results of a drug test.
Elijah Manuel was arrested March 18, 2011 on a charge of possession with intent to distribute ecstasy. Manuel was riding in a car with his brother when they were pulled over for failing to signal.
A Joliet police officer claimed he smelled cannabis. “Without warning, the officer flung open the passenger’s door and dragged Manuel out. The officer pushed Manuel to the ground, handcuffed him, and then punched and kicked him,” according to court documents.
After a pat down, the officer found a bottle of pills. The pills were tested by officers at the scene, who allegedly falsified the results to show the pills were ecstasy. Manuel said the pills were vitamins.At a March 31 grand jury proceeding, police allegedly continued to lie about the results.
An April 1, 2011 lab report claimed the pills were not ecstasy but vitamins. However, Manuel was still arraigned on April 8. A dismissal of the charges was not sought until May 4, 2011. Manuel was released the next day.
Manuel sued the City of Joliet and Joliet police officers April 10, 2013. The court dismissed most of the claims. On appeal, Manuel argued malicious prosecution, but the Seventh Circuit Court United States of Appeals decided that while Manuel’s lawyer gave a strong argument, it would not go against precedent and said “Manuel’s argument is better left for the Supreme Court.”

How many friends does Mayor Bloomberg have on social networks?

January 23, 2016

By Maggie Haberman

Pella, Iowa — Donald J. Trump’s reaction (click here) to the potential run of Michael R. Bloomberg in the presidential race was simple: Bring it on.

“I would love to see Michael run — I would love the competition,” Mr. Trump said in a brief interview before a rally of several hundred people who lined up for hours to see him here.

He was responding to a New York Times report that Mr. Bloomberg had asked his advisers to draw up plans for a potential run as an independent candidate under specific circumstances, particularly if Senator Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic primary and the Republicans choose Mr. Trump or Senator Ted Cruz....

I hate to have Michael Bloomberg throw his money away. He is sincerely a good guy. 

This is America. We have an open election system where people decide to serve in office. A lot of people are upset, but, once again this is America. And it could be far, far worse than Donald Trump when one analyzes the moral content of campaign financing and how it has deteriorated. I think Donald Trump is offering people a very real option. He is primarily self-funded while still allowing enthusiastic people to claim a campaign fund and all the merchandising that goes along with it. Donald Trump is not allowing a SuperPAC to mar his self-respect in running for office. I sincerely believe Donald Trump is an interesting candidate.

Donald Trump is a very popular person. He is a celebrity and celebrity has run for office before and won. A celebrity that was not a businessman but an actor. Having an actor in the presidency did not bring good programs or policies. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. The homeless rate went off the scale when Reagan was in office. I heard an estimate to the minimum wage and when it should have been $15.00 per hour when all other wages in the USA were rising. The equity of minimum wage compared to others would have been in 1970s. Literally, since the mid 70s the poor kept getting poorer and we wonder why in 2016 they are now the working poor.

The immorality of Wall Street is rampant in the USA with corporate welfare provided as food stamps and Medicaid to their employees. Walmart's work force has been subsidized billions because the federal government said raising the minimum wage is bad for business. No kidding. Those billions could have gone to schools and higher education of Americans. But, they didn't, they went to private, global companies that specialize in impoverished employees.

Michael Bloomberg should have announced at the beginning of the process, not at the point where balloting begins in primaries. 

How long did either the DNC or RNC think they could get along with exploitation of Americans to benefit the wealth of Wall Street? It became really obvious where Americans stood within their own country when the global economic collapse of 2008 occurred. Americans were abandoned. They lost everything. Their TRUST of government and Wall Street was very misplaced and they lost substantial amounts of 401Ks, real estate, homes they lived in for generations of their family, land gone to who, no one can actually say. Americans died at their own hand and they were never in military combat.

I don't mind Mr. Trump at all as a candidate because I understand what this is about. Realizing what this is about what makes Michael Bloomberg think he has a better opportunity to win the presidency, especially at this late stage of the game. 

I also trust Senator Bernie Sanders. He is a good man. He cares enormously about the country. I have no problem with him.

I appreciate Michael Bloomberg's love of his country, but, those currently running do as well.

I think we have enough candidates. 

Snow plow drivers

The unsung heroes. 

This is a picture of Vermont available online. They are roadside markers with reflectors on top. The weather is perfect. The reflectors help people see the side of the road. Reflectors help during the day, but, especially at night. These markers are short and one has to wonder if they actually benefit drivers in SUVs an Pick-up trucks. 

Snow plows would never see these short markers and would plow over top of them and end up off the road.

When the weather clears and states have money they can begin to think about placing roadside markers along emergency routes. 

I know, I know putting up more signs and poles along the side of roads can be a hazard to cars in accidents. But, kindly consider a well placed set of tall snow markers with reflectors in the increments of one foot from bottom to top. If the reflectors or painted marks are one foot apart a snow plow driver can immediately know the height of the snow and measure the that against the operating capacity of his plow, hence, his/her safety.

They are important people. Without them we would never be able to keep up with paths on emergency routes. It would be a good project and perhaps there can be such poles that break with strong impact if they don't become a projectile into the crashing car compartment.

Snow plows for safety equipped with heated windows, heated mirrors, heated seats, an inside compartment roll bar and emergency GPS locator along with an emergency blanket, possibly a large size warm clothing.

The picture is only an example:

"Sportsman Hooded Blanket or Poncho"

The SPACE® Sportsman Hooded Blanket (click here) is a by-product of the super-insulating materials originally developed for NASA. A premier accessory for all outdoor activities. Will reflect & help retain over 80% of radiated body heat, providing warmth and protection even in sub-zero temperatures. The four-ply laminated construction and reflective metal surface make this an excellent outdoor safety blanket for personal protection, shelter, ground cover, and visibility. It is also a radar reflector. Colors may vary.

These blankets fold up into small size to carry in a pocket or purse.

Take care.

Sideways snow.

This is from the New York Times. (click here) 

Kindly be careful. Short times of exposure if not producing your own body heat. Folks running and skiing will produce their own body heat. That body heat will replace the heat loss by the wind and low temperature. Going for a walk might not produce enough body heat to maintain an internal temperature of 98.6. Seriously. That wind is no joke. 

Enjoy the snow but be smart about it by taking short intervals outdoors close to home. Children especially won't even realize they are getting cold if they are distracted by play.

A childlike heart.

Typical, typical, typical Wall Street greed.

One day a frustrated millionaire wasn't happy he wasn't doubling his value day after day, so he decided he'd solve his own problem. He took his millions and began a start up lending institution based in RESERVED LIQUIDITY.

What is different about this lending company than any other? This lending institution isn't a traditional bank. The frustrated millionaire assessed the value of companies within "Techy" Wall Street and decided after a decade of "Fed" indulgence there was more fluidity with Silicon Valley than anywhere else on Earth. He came up with an idea and patented it and then solicited companies with high liquidity and signed them on to lend their monies to make more money by ten times their current income with the promise of far, far more in the long run.

January 22, 2016
By William D. Cohan

...San Francisco peer-to-peer lender (click here) is a star in the world of "fintech," a growing sector made up of financial technology companies bent on disrupting the traditional banking sector. Its backers include venture capital royalty such as Kleiner Perkins and Union Square Ventures, not to mention Google (GOOG) and Alibaba (BABA). The startup's gold-plated board of directors includes luminaries such as John Mack, the former CEO of Morgan Stanley (MS); former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers; and Mary Meeker, the one-time doyenne of Internet IPOs who is now a Kleiner partner. In other words, Lending Club (LC) had assembled a very smart-money crowd. Its much-buzzed-about offering was viewed, understandably, as a slam dunk.
In December 2014, led by underwriters at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs (GS), Lending Club priced its shares at $15, above the high end of the proposed range of $12 to $14. The IPO was 20 times oversubscribed and instantly gave the company a market value of nearly $6 billion. On the first day of trading, Lending Club's stock jumped almost 70% before pulling back to close at $23.42 a share, a one-day pop of 56%. For shareholders who got out quickly, it went in the books as another very successful offering.
Then reality set in. Lending Club's stock peaked about a week after its IPO, at nearly $26 a share, and has been retreating ever since. Never mind that the startup delivered extraordinary financial results in its first year as a public company: Lending Club's operating revenue was up more than 100% in the first nine months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, and its Ebitda, a measure of earnings before subtracting expenses such as interest and taxes, was up more than 200%. The stock recently traded around $8 a share, nearly 50% below its $15 IPO price....

Today, the idea of the frustrated millionaire is not much more than exactly that, an idea. He is no longer alone being frustrated, Silicon Valley is frustrated, too. This idea will end up causing fiscal problems for Silicon Valley and guess what happens next?

When Silicon Valley decides it needs more income to stockholders the first place that will happen is with labor. Where unemployed labor find monies 'until they find their next job;" in the value of their homes.

This is what is occurring with Wall Street. It is called greed, not investment. In the early days of the IPO, Day Traders took advantage of speculation and bought the stock when low and sold when it was high. All that equity brought in by releasing a new IPO has been lost to the company. Now, the only people sincerely involved with the lending are the original owners and lenders because they have no choice, otherwise, their own stocks will tumble.

The previous paragraph is what I would expect to have happened. It may be a very different reality, but, I don't see how.

There are a lot of people employed in Silicon Valley with a new wealth to this region of California, including San Francisco. This is an interesting insight to The Valley because the lower middle class and poor have been pushed out of their long time homes by the techy nouveau riche. The low income citizen and poor have been faced with movement to the extremes if they can find it, but, more likely simply homeless.

If this venture proves to be as bad as it's potential, those forced from their homes may be finding themselves back there again.

Bailout? What Bailout?

Shooting while intoxicated.

January 22, 2016

By The Wrap

...According to the Associated Press, (click here) police have arrested a man “who told authorities he accidentally shot and injured a woman in a Washington state movie theater.”

Investigators said that the two parties didn’t know each other, but the man seemed to be intoxicated as he fumbled with a gun at the Renton Regal Cinemas.

Police have said that the man returned to his home after the shooting and called 911 himself, claiming that “he had dropped his gun and the shooting was accidental.

A spokesperson for the Harborview Medical Center told the AP that the woman’s condition is no longer critical and is expected to recover.

I suppose people have to consider the kind of crowd a movie would attract to protect against accidental shootings. The right wing pandering "13 Hours" is going to have an audience of gun enthusiasts having concealed carry. Who needs it? There is a bit of a culture that follows these guys. Why expose yourself to this potential to die? The 'about town' evening out has to be qualified by certain standards to avoid this mess.

I listened to Governor Cuomo's State of the State on C-Span.

New York State offers assistance  (click here) to minority-owned & women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in many different areas. We help eliminate barriers for MWBEs seeking to participate in state contracts and provide information and resources that increase access to information and opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses throughout the State. New York's Division of Minority and Women's Business Development (DMWBD) promotes the equality of economic opportunities for MWBEs.

The Business First Resource Center provides one-stop shopping for many state resources, but to speak with someone about your specific business needs, please contact New York's Division of Minority and Women's Business Development at (212) 803-2414.

This is one of the resources he claims to be the most successful program in the country to move minorities and women out of poverty and the working poor. He expanding the program to upstate New York this year.

Governor Cuomo in his State of the State laid claim to more New York institutions that lead the country in their purpose in improving the lives of New Yorkers. He is innovative and willing to try options to move the state into a place where all people have opportunity and upward movement.