Sunday, July 10, 2016
The reason I can see a civil war developing is that when assessing the assets to carry out such violence, it exists.
There are enormous amounts of munitions in the country. There are also many bad boys in the country. It isn't just Black men I am referring to either. There are bikers and white supremacist groups that would think nothing of become parts of the fuel to the fire.
The OPPORTUNITY is all to real and the unrest within the country is growing.
The organizations that Dallas wants to call hate mongers and promoters of violence are actually keeping a lid on it. I didn't want to state that either, but, the idea of abusing citizen's right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression necessitates such statements.
The sad truth is if fear mongering is all they were doing and there was no basis for it, there might be reason to examine the motives and plans. BUT. The facts are all too real. The Black minority in the USA are losing people that are good people. People that were following the rules as best they could.
There is much wrong in the USA and as long as people can organize and demonstrate to bring attention to their plight the USA will continue to be a strong and brave country, but, when freedom of expression is no longer a 'safe haven' for anger; the entire landscape changes and it will be people against the National Guard, that is if the National Guard shows up to be the opposition at all.
There are enormous amounts of munitions in the country. There are also many bad boys in the country. It isn't just Black men I am referring to either. There are bikers and white supremacist groups that would think nothing of become parts of the fuel to the fire.
The OPPORTUNITY is all to real and the unrest within the country is growing.
The organizations that Dallas wants to call hate mongers and promoters of violence are actually keeping a lid on it. I didn't want to state that either, but, the idea of abusing citizen's right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression necessitates such statements.
The sad truth is if fear mongering is all they were doing and there was no basis for it, there might be reason to examine the motives and plans. BUT. The facts are all too real. The Black minority in the USA are losing people that are good people. People that were following the rules as best they could.
There is much wrong in the USA and as long as people can organize and demonstrate to bring attention to their plight the USA will continue to be a strong and brave country, but, when freedom of expression is no longer a 'safe haven' for anger; the entire landscape changes and it will be people against the National Guard, that is if the National Guard shows up to be the opposition at all.
Hate campaign against freedom of speech.
It was a lone gunman with combat training. There was no recruitment, there was absolutely no methods employed to bring about such attack on police. This is Police State tactics and unconstitutional. There is nothing criminal about the protests which completely contained the very lives of Black men murdered by police.
Police recognized the legitimate right of the protesters and within that is the mission of organizations throughout the country. These actions against organizations that seek recognition of the unjust deaths of Black American men throughout the country are not promoting violence. This is outrageous and unnecessarily punitive against other Black Americans. It is racist.
July 10, 2016
By Lisa Marie Pane
Dallas — Police shootings of black men (click here) in Louisiana and Minnesota were followed by calls from black militant groups and others to seek vengeance against officers. Almost immediately, several officers were attacked, including the five slain by a sniper in Dallas.
Now authorities are investigating whether the Dallas gunman was directed by those groups or merely emboldened by them.
"I think it's safe to say we'll leave no stone unturned," Dallas Deputy Police Chief Scott Walton said.
Police have been tight-lipped about exactly what they're investigating and what they've uncovered so far. Although Micah Johnson was connected to several militant groups on social media, it's unclear if he was merely a follower or a more active participant....
Just because Micah Johnson MAY OR MAY NOT have been a member of organizations promoting safety for Black Americans is not an implication of guilt of the entire organization.
If Micah Johnson belonged to the Boy Scouts his actions would not implicate the Boy Scout Organization. If Micah Johnson belonged to the local church it does not implicate the church and it's organization in a CONSPIRACY to kill cops.
Not every expression of speech in the USA has to be cleared by Roger ailes.
If a civil war erupts in the USA it won't be from within an organization, it will be far more covert.
Gunmen have been attending rallies regarding the unjust lives of Black men since Ferguson and the unjust death of Michael Brown, Jr..
Finding violence movements requires intelligence not harassment. I suppose the FBI or NSA had Micah on their radar, huh? That is not surprising. It is difficult for anyone to find anyone or thing on the radar when everywhere is an armed camp in Texas.
RB? There was an RB Zurlon Tipton. That is the analogy I can come up with. Nothing in his residence defines "RB?"
Police recognized the legitimate right of the protesters and within that is the mission of organizations throughout the country. These actions against organizations that seek recognition of the unjust deaths of Black American men throughout the country are not promoting violence. This is outrageous and unnecessarily punitive against other Black Americans. It is racist.
July 10, 2016
By Lisa Marie Pane
Dallas — Police shootings of black men (click here) in Louisiana and Minnesota were followed by calls from black militant groups and others to seek vengeance against officers. Almost immediately, several officers were attacked, including the five slain by a sniper in Dallas.
Now authorities are investigating whether the Dallas gunman was directed by those groups or merely emboldened by them.
"I think it's safe to say we'll leave no stone unturned," Dallas Deputy Police Chief Scott Walton said.
Police have been tight-lipped about exactly what they're investigating and what they've uncovered so far. Although Micah Johnson was connected to several militant groups on social media, it's unclear if he was merely a follower or a more active participant....
Just because Micah Johnson MAY OR MAY NOT have been a member of organizations promoting safety for Black Americans is not an implication of guilt of the entire organization.
If Micah Johnson belonged to the Boy Scouts his actions would not implicate the Boy Scout Organization. If Micah Johnson belonged to the local church it does not implicate the church and it's organization in a CONSPIRACY to kill cops.
Not every expression of speech in the USA has to be cleared by Roger ailes.
If a civil war erupts in the USA it won't be from within an organization, it will be far more covert.
Gunmen have been attending rallies regarding the unjust lives of Black men since Ferguson and the unjust death of Michael Brown, Jr..
Finding violence movements requires intelligence not harassment. I suppose the FBI or NSA had Micah on their radar, huh? That is not surprising. It is difficult for anyone to find anyone or thing on the radar when everywhere is an armed camp in Texas.
RB? There was an RB Zurlon Tipton. That is the analogy I can come up with. Nothing in his residence defines "RB?"
Attention, attention!
The Traverse City Film Festival is only sixteen days away.
TCFF (click here) The schedule of panels, discussions and films are on this website.
TCFF never disappoints in addressing 'the individual' and change of which so much are sparks to the local economy that is the passion of Americans.
This is a sample of the films that present CHOICE as an American right.
This is a sample of the films that present CHOICE as an American right.
The promise of longevity.
Worester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Mass. (AP) — The oldest American person (click here) has died at her Massachusetts home at age 113. Goldie Michelson was a month short of her 114th birthday.
Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group senior consultant Robert Young says Michelson died Friday. He says she’d been “very frail and confined to bed” and hadn’t been seen in public for a long time.
Michelson was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia, in 1902 and moved to the United States when she was a child. She lived in Worcester, 50 miles west of Boston.
The Callahan Fay & Caswell Funeral Home says Michelson graduated from Brown University. It says she had a lifelong interest in theater and even installed stage lights in her basement so children could perform there.
Young says the new oldest American is New Jersey resident Adele Dunlap, who’s also 113....
Saturday, July 09, 2016
Killing Black or Brown people in the USA by police should be viewed as a hate crime.
The two black men shot within twenty four hours of each other was more than police work. That is some of the problem here. There is nothing normal about what occurred. They are hate crimes.
Sell a Lucy. Sell a CD. Face death. Hate crime.
By Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland, Jamilies Lartey and Clara McCarthy
Young black men (click here) were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by police officers in 2015, according to the findings of a Guardian study that recorded a final tally of 1,134 deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers this year.
Despite making up only 2% of the total US population, African American males between the ages of 15 and 34 comprised more than 15% of all deaths logged this year by an ongoing investigation into the use of deadly force by police. Their rate of police-involved deaths was five times higher than for white men of the same age.
Paired with official government mortality data, this new finding indicates that about one in every 65 deaths of a young African American man in the US is a killing by police.
“This epidemic is disproportionately affecting black people,” said Brittany Packnett, an activist and member of the White House taskforce on policing. “We are wasting so many promising young lives by continuing to allow this to happen.”
Speaking in the same week that a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, was cleared by a grand jury over the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African American boy who was carrying a toy gun, Packnett said the criminal justice system was presenting “no deterrent” to the excessive use of deadly force by police. “Tamir didn’t even live to be 15,” she said....
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UNISYS north and west water vapor satellite (click here)
July 8, 2016
7:10 PM EST
Greenwood County, Kansas (click here)
6:00 pm: The National Weather Service says the EF-3 tornado that hit Eureka on Thursday was only the fifth EF-3 tornado to strike in Kansas in the month of July since 1950.
No Kansas tornadoes that have hit in July have ever been rated above an EF-3.
The last EF-3 to hit Kansas in July struck last year on the 13th near Nickerson in Reno county.
The NWS says a July 20, 1958 strike in Wallace County was the latest hit before that.
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UPDATE - 2:00 pm: The National Weather Service says two tornadoes touched down in the town of Eureka Thursday night.
UPDATE - 2:00 pm: The National Weather Service says two tornadoes touched down in the town of Eureka Thursday night.
Two agency says one tornado occurred northwest of Eureka and a second tornado went through the City of Eureka.
The first tornado has been rated an EF-3. The second is rated an EF-2....
In Florida:
July 8, 2016
By Irene Sabs
The work week ended (click here) with the hottest temperatures registered so far this year, and a tornado.
On Friday, the sea breeze developed just after 4 p.m., clearly noticeable on radar. Our team of meteorologists were closely watching this as it had the potential to spark some thunderstorms as it moved closer to the I-4 corridor. Just after 7:30 p.m. the thunderstorms stretched from northern Osceola County to north-central Orange County. Storms topped out about 45,000 feet and produced lots of lightning from Winter Springs to the south of St. Cloud....
In Florida:
July 8, 2016
By Irene Sabs
The work week ended (click here) with the hottest temperatures registered so far this year, and a tornado.
On Friday, the sea breeze developed just after 4 p.m., clearly noticeable on radar. Our team of meteorologists were closely watching this as it had the potential to spark some thunderstorms as it moved closer to the I-4 corridor. Just after 7:30 p.m. the thunderstorms stretched from northern Osceola County to north-central Orange County. Storms topped out about 45,000 feet and produced lots of lightning from Winter Springs to the south of St. Cloud....
This entire scenario in Dallas is a result of the cronyism of the NRA.
The gunman had high powered military style weapons and the police force responded with a bomb. The is the worst sort of policing that exists. The lack of firearm regulation has resulted in a country with responding forces that are turning our cities into Baghdad.
The gun man was there to protect protesters. This is not rocket science. He had conducted his own intelligence of the area. He where he would retreat to when police came for him. Once the protest ended and it was apparent to him there was danger to protesters he fired on the police standing around within his scope. I am assuming he had a scope.
A bomb was used to kill him. Killing him was determined the best way to handle the secluded gunman. The robot could have delivered a lot of things and the gunman didn't have to die at the use of a bomb. I don't consider this good police work.
In past issues where the police department was the target, the SWAT team used 50 mm shells to pierce an armored vehicle where the gunman was sitting. It is all too clear what happens when there is 'gun anarchy,' democracy is lost and civil wars begin.
This is Dallas the place where anything gun is allowed. Take a good long look.
This incidence in Dallas is the first salvo of a civil war. Those in revolt of the police are getting first hand information about them.
July 8, 2016
Dallas, Texas
To apprehend a suspect in the Dallas (click here) shooting last night that took the lives of five officers, police used a robot to deliver a bomb. That makes Dallas police the first law enforcement agency that has ever used a robot to kill.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters that the department chose to use the remote-controlled robot after hours of failed negotiations and the desire to not put any more officers in harms way.
Robots have commonly been used by police in situations like bomb diffusing and even in hostage or other life-threatening situations. In 2015, police were able to talk a man out of suicide in California after using a remote-controlled robot to deliver him a phone and a pizza.According to Peter Singer, a defense technology expert, MARCbot (Multi-Function Agile Remote-Controlled) surveillance robots have been used before in similar methods by U.S. troops in Iraq....
The ATF has wanted changes to the munition load on USA streets. Why? Because they are armor piercing bullets. There is absolutely nothing the citizen cannot buy differently than police or military. Terrorist cells can organize in the USA and obtain their weapons unimpeded. A civil war is on it's way, too.
This is not PTSD. PTSD in this instance is an excuse. The gunman was not wildly shooting at everyone and anyone, he was rational and focused. The civilians injured were probably innocently crossing the line of fire.
"To apprehend a suspect in the Dallas..." is how the media is describing the actions by SWAT police. There was no intention of apprehension if they are deploying bombs.
What damage was done to the structure by the bomb. Crumbling structure?
February 26, 2016
By Howard Sheppard
...In a 17 page document (click here) released earlier this month the ATF proposed the reclassification of “5.56mm constituent projectiles of SS109 and M855 cartridges” from the category of “primarily used for sporting purposes” to that of “armor piercing ammunition.” The agency fears that the ammunition used in AR based handguns can penetrate bullet proof vests worn by law enforcement officers....
The gun man was there to protect protesters. This is not rocket science. He had conducted his own intelligence of the area. He where he would retreat to when police came for him. Once the protest ended and it was apparent to him there was danger to protesters he fired on the police standing around within his scope. I am assuming he had a scope.
A bomb was used to kill him. Killing him was determined the best way to handle the secluded gunman. The robot could have delivered a lot of things and the gunman didn't have to die at the use of a bomb. I don't consider this good police work.
In past issues where the police department was the target, the SWAT team used 50 mm shells to pierce an armored vehicle where the gunman was sitting. It is all too clear what happens when there is 'gun anarchy,' democracy is lost and civil wars begin.
This is Dallas the place where anything gun is allowed. Take a good long look.
This incidence in Dallas is the first salvo of a civil war. Those in revolt of the police are getting first hand information about them.
July 8, 2016
Dallas, Texas
To apprehend a suspect in the Dallas (click here) shooting last night that took the lives of five officers, police used a robot to deliver a bomb. That makes Dallas police the first law enforcement agency that has ever used a robot to kill.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters that the department chose to use the remote-controlled robot after hours of failed negotiations and the desire to not put any more officers in harms way.
Robots have commonly been used by police in situations like bomb diffusing and even in hostage or other life-threatening situations. In 2015, police were able to talk a man out of suicide in California after using a remote-controlled robot to deliver him a phone and a pizza.According to Peter Singer, a defense technology expert, MARCbot (Multi-Function Agile Remote-Controlled) surveillance robots have been used before in similar methods by U.S. troops in Iraq....
The ATF has wanted changes to the munition load on USA streets. Why? Because they are armor piercing bullets. There is absolutely nothing the citizen cannot buy differently than police or military. Terrorist cells can organize in the USA and obtain their weapons unimpeded. A civil war is on it's way, too.
This is not PTSD. PTSD in this instance is an excuse. The gunman was not wildly shooting at everyone and anyone, he was rational and focused. The civilians injured were probably innocently crossing the line of fire.
"To apprehend a suspect in the Dallas..." is how the media is describing the actions by SWAT police. There was no intention of apprehension if they are deploying bombs.
What damage was done to the structure by the bomb. Crumbling structure?
February 26, 2016
By Howard Sheppard
...In a 17 page document (click here) released earlier this month the ATF proposed the reclassification of “5.56mm constituent projectiles of SS109 and M855 cartridges” from the category of “primarily used for sporting purposes” to that of “armor piercing ammunition.” The agency fears that the ammunition used in AR based handguns can penetrate bullet proof vests worn by law enforcement officers....
From the Montana Standard:
July 8,2016
By LaVon Brilhart
We hear lots of talk about conservatives. (click here) Just what is a conservative? A conservative is a Republican who just spent $7 million of taxpayers money on the investigation of the Benghazi disaster. This investigation was dealing with the death of four Americans which included the U.S. ambassador who were attacked on September 11, 2012.
The main purpose of the investigation was to get even with Haillary Clinton for mismanagement.The committee that held the investigation knew that the results would be! They knew Mrs. Clinton was not responsible for the killings. But getting even with Mrs. Clinton was far more interesting to these conservatives and the cost was of no concern to them.
But these conservatives need to do more investigations. Why hasn't there been an investigation of the fact that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are war criminals? Over 4,500 American soldiers lost their lives. Over a half million Iraqi children, women and men lost their lives. The country of Iraq was destroyed. The war cost the American taxpayers some $3 trillion. Halliburton Corporation made $100 billion because of this war.
I'm sure these conservatives will start this investigation soon! You know the saying, "killing one person is murder, but killing thousands is government policy!"4\
-- LaVon Brillhart, Dillon
Friday, July 08, 2016
This has nothing to do with terrorism.
I don't think Dallas is about terrorism. It is about the Black men that were killed in cold blood over the past two weeks.
Guns are all to available.
The Governor needs to call the National Guard.
Dallas is not Baghdad and to say so is irresponsible and inflammatory.
July 8, 2016
By Terry Wallace
...Other protests across the U.S. on Thursday were peaceful. (click here) In midtown Manhattan, protesters first gathered in Union Square Park where they chanted "The people united, never be divided!" and "What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now!" In Minnesota, where Castile was shot, hundreds of protesters marched in the rain from a vigil to the governor's official residence.
Protesters also marched in Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia.
President Barack Obama said America is "horrified" over the shootings and there's no possible justification for the attacks.
Speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where he was meeting with leaders of the European Union and attending a NATO summit, the president said justice will be done and he's asking all Americans to pray for the fallen officers and their families. He also said the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement....
The murder rate in Dallas increased since last year. The murder rate across the USA has been declining for that past few years. It is grossly inappropriate to play politics in the face of these events. This happened in Dallas, it didn't happen any place else.
The mayor should be impeached and a federal investigation should begin. Is it another Ferguson?
March 23, 2016
By Chris Siron
Dallas’ murder rate (click here) this year has jumped 71 percent compared with 2015, KTVT-TV(Channel 11) and WFAA-TV (Channel 8) say.
So far this year, 41 homicides have been reported. By this time last year, there were 24.
Police attribute much of the spike to drug-related murders, as well as an increase in family violence killings, WFAA said. Violent crime overall is up about 23 percent compared with last year.
Dallas Police Association president Ron Pinkston told KTVT that the statistics show the city needs more police: “They could be putting bad guys in jail. People that will commit crimes now are usually going to be the people that are going to commit the murders in the future.”
He also told WFAA that low morale and misplaced priorities are problems: “We have homicide detectives out there working patrol instead of working their cases. The city manager has been ignoring the issues, and now the murder rate is skyrocketing.”...
Guns are all to available.
The Governor needs to call the National Guard.
Dallas is not Baghdad and to say so is irresponsible and inflammatory.
July 8, 2016
By Terry Wallace
...Other protests across the U.S. on Thursday were peaceful. (click here) In midtown Manhattan, protesters first gathered in Union Square Park where they chanted "The people united, never be divided!" and "What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now!" In Minnesota, where Castile was shot, hundreds of protesters marched in the rain from a vigil to the governor's official residence.
Protesters also marched in Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia.
President Barack Obama said America is "horrified" over the shootings and there's no possible justification for the attacks.
Speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where he was meeting with leaders of the European Union and attending a NATO summit, the president said justice will be done and he's asking all Americans to pray for the fallen officers and their families. He also said the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement....
The murder rate in Dallas increased since last year. The murder rate across the USA has been declining for that past few years. It is grossly inappropriate to play politics in the face of these events. This happened in Dallas, it didn't happen any place else.
The mayor should be impeached and a federal investigation should begin. Is it another Ferguson?
March 23, 2016
By Chris Siron
Dallas’ murder rate (click here) this year has jumped 71 percent compared with 2015, KTVT-TV(Channel 11) and WFAA-TV (Channel 8) say.
So far this year, 41 homicides have been reported. By this time last year, there were 24.
Police attribute much of the spike to drug-related murders, as well as an increase in family violence killings, WFAA said. Violent crime overall is up about 23 percent compared with last year.
Dallas Police Association president Ron Pinkston told KTVT that the statistics show the city needs more police: “They could be putting bad guys in jail. People that will commit crimes now are usually going to be the people that are going to commit the murders in the future.”
He also told WFAA that low morale and misplaced priorities are problems: “We have homicide detectives out there working patrol instead of working their cases. The city manager has been ignoring the issues, and now the murder rate is skyrocketing.”...
Thursday, July 07, 2016
There is a great deal wrong with this event.
There was a child in the car AND the police officer restrained lavish Reynolds from saving Castile's life. If she had presence of mind to apply a tourniquet on her boyfriend's arm she would not be allowed to move to do so by the officer's threat of her own life.
Frozen? The ice fields of Earth are important and this is not good news.
There is two years difference in the "Greenland Melt." This is a significant difference that should be worrying everyone.
Good work NASA.
Early spring or early summer, (click here) the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet transforms from a vast white landscape of snow and ice to one bejeweled with blue meltwater streams, rivers, and lakes. In 2016, the transition started early and fast.
“This year we had some really early season melt events that kick-started things,” said Allen Pope, a scientist at the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC). According to an NSIDC blog post, the ice sheet saw three extreme spikes in melt by June 19. As a result, the pace of melting so far is ahead of the past three seasons, but behind the record melt year of 2012.
Coastal areas have been generally warmer than average, and sometimes extreme. For instance, temperatures in Nuuk soared to 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 9, 2016—the highest June temperature ever recorded there. Interior areas were slightly cooler than usual.
On June 15, 2016, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite acquired a natural-color image of an area just inland from the coast of southwestern Greenland (120 kilometers southeast of Ilulisat and 500 kilometers north-northeast of Nuuk). According to Marco Tedesco, a professor at Columbia University’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, melting in this area began relatively early in April but was not sustained. It started up again in May and grew into the watery June scene pictured above.
Surface melt can directly contribute to sea level rise via runoff. It can also force its way through crevasses to the base of a glacier, temporarily speeding up ice flow and indirectly contributing to sea level rise. Also, ponding of meltwater can “darken” the ice sheet’s surface and lead to further melting....
Interesting. But, of course there is no political witch hunt in the US House today.
Terrorists are waiting.
I have faith in government. I don't have faith in Republicans. Something someone would have missed in such subtlety on this blog since 2004.
How many Republicans have ADHD? Director Comey stated the server was never successfully breached regardless of the attempts. I would expect that high level of security in the home of a former President. Off their medication maybe.
Negligent homicide? What a crack pot.
I'll tell you something there is a real problem with tort law because of negligence people are exposed to in medical negligence and malpractice. The tort laws need to be returned to a standing that imposes a real incentive for doctors to leave their practice when they are a screw up. Ever since Republicans have been involved in majority with federal law, the tort laws which protect Americans from negligence and malpractice are simply a slap on the wrist.
No one is going to investigate the person(s) that placed a "c" on e-mails. Direct Comey has already stated there could be confusion of the use of a "c" on the emails.
...There are two types of classification decisions, (click here) original and derivative. The standard marking elements for both include: banner lines, portion marks, Component, office of origin, date of origin, and classification authority block (CAB). The standard markings also apply to classified information processed in an electronic environment, such as email. Special notices may be required, if the classified document includes certain categories of information, such as Restricted Data (RD) or Formerly Restricted Data (FRD). Original Classification: An initial determination made by a person designated an original classification authority (OCA) that, in the interest of national security, information requires protection against unauthorized disclosure.
Original classification decisions are typically codified in security classification guides (SCGs) issued by an OCA.
There are currently 86 approved OCAs within the DON (Department of the Navy) authorized to make original classification decisions...
The coding of documents of the USA government has a long lived standard, however, the people that place these designations on documents will state it is not cohesively the same across the spectrum of the government.
A civilian Secretary of State cannot be expect to be a quick study to be sure there are no errors made. The burden of national security of these people and their work and their archives does not belong to the cabinet officer. It is the JOB of people that work within the government past four year terms to know what to do and how to proceed.
The people today carrying out a witch hunt in the US House could no more tell the country they are absolutely sure they know what is classified and what is not. If they state same, they are liars.
July 3, 2016
I have faith in government. I don't have faith in Republicans. Something someone would have missed in such subtlety on this blog since 2004.
How many Republicans have ADHD? Director Comey stated the server was never successfully breached regardless of the attempts. I would expect that high level of security in the home of a former President. Off their medication maybe.
Negligent homicide? What a crack pot.
I'll tell you something there is a real problem with tort law because of negligence people are exposed to in medical negligence and malpractice. The tort laws need to be returned to a standing that imposes a real incentive for doctors to leave their practice when they are a screw up. Ever since Republicans have been involved in majority with federal law, the tort laws which protect Americans from negligence and malpractice are simply a slap on the wrist.
No one is going to investigate the person(s) that placed a "c" on e-mails. Direct Comey has already stated there could be confusion of the use of a "c" on the emails.
...There are two types of classification decisions, (click here) original and derivative. The standard marking elements for both include: banner lines, portion marks, Component, office of origin, date of origin, and classification authority block (CAB). The standard markings also apply to classified information processed in an electronic environment, such as email. Special notices may be required, if the classified document includes certain categories of information, such as Restricted Data (RD) or Formerly Restricted Data (FRD). Original Classification: An initial determination made by a person designated an original classification authority (OCA) that, in the interest of national security, information requires protection against unauthorized disclosure.
Original classification decisions are typically codified in security classification guides (SCGs) issued by an OCA.
There are currently 86 approved OCAs within the DON (Department of the Navy) authorized to make original classification decisions...
The coding of documents of the USA government has a long lived standard, however, the people that place these designations on documents will state it is not cohesively the same across the spectrum of the government.
A civilian Secretary of State cannot be expect to be a quick study to be sure there are no errors made. The burden of national security of these people and their work and their archives does not belong to the cabinet officer. It is the JOB of people that work within the government past four year terms to know what to do and how to proceed.
The people today carrying out a witch hunt in the US House could no more tell the country they are absolutely sure they know what is classified and what is not. If they state same, they are liars.
July 3, 2016
Washington — Recent polls show Hillary (click here) within single digits of Donald Trump in Texas. And Clinton herself told a national magazine last month that she believed the Lone Star State was flippable.
So is a competitive fall presidential campaign coming to a precinct near you? Don’t count on it.
There is little evidence that the Clinton camp will mount a sustained campaign this fall for the state’s 38 electoral votes, according to more than a dozen interviews with state and national Democratic officeholders and operatives.
To be sure, the Democratic presumptive nominee herselffanned the chatter in May, when she told New York magazine that she thought Texas might be in play “if black and Latino voters come out and vote.” And both Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have a soft spot for the state, dating back to the time they spent in Texas as operatives working on behalf of George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign....
The letter "c" is completely hideous to classify a document. That is kindergarten stuff.
The ONLY way to INSURE national security is to be sure the infrastructure stands up to attack.
The Obama Administration is the first to use electronic records on a daily and hourly basis. This after a US President that didn't have an e-mail account and turned down his bed linen at 9:00 PM.
Director Comey was bound by "fairness" and "precedent." We are a country with a multi-party system leading to power of the USA government. If there was a single method of prosecuting of what is perceived by the public as a crime there is a higher percentage that the "democracy" itself would be compromised.
Every person seeking to serve in the government at any level has a right to be viewed on a political stage in view of the public so the electorate can decide when they cast their vote. If the government suddenly decided to change the precedent of which legal standard 'of practice' is viewed, there is a high percentage members of parties would be eliminated from the participation in the government.
"Fairness" and "precedent" are standards that can be respected. What Director Comey did was to look into the past and how other civil servants are judged and applied those standard to Secretary Clinton. It is correct to carry out a judgement on that basis. It is the guarantee the people will have representatives in their government to protect their freedoms.
Law for the sake of law cannot be applied to 'the living' government. Americans are not perfect and sometimes find themselves caught up legal problems they never expected. If the USA invoked law for the sake of the law, the human being is lost AND the purpose of government is lost.
When government judges itself the citizen comes into view and how decisions impact their lives and potential into the future.
Law and judging government is a defined standard, in this case "fairness" and "precedent." It may seem corrupt, but, in explaining his decisions it becomes clear why the USA can trust Director Comey in relation to the strength of the country and it's freedom.
The House Republicans are pandering to their 'common sense' electorate rather than uplifting them to be insightful as how their government conducts itself. The Republicans are exploiting the naivete of the people in stating the decision regarding Secretary Clinton was political. This is a political stunt for elections in November. It is just that simple.
Tornadoes!
July 7, 2016
1330.18z
UNISYS north and west water vapor satellite (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)
...There is an “enhanced” risk (click here) for severe storms for southwest Wisconsin— south and west of Darlington — and a “slight” risk for south-central and southeast Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said, adding that that the highest potential for severe storms will be late afternoon and evening for south-central Wisconsin, and evening and night for southeast Wisconsin.
The risks include the possibility of heavy rain, damaging winds, large hail, and a possible tornado.
“Low pressure will move into Wisconsin this evening with an approaching warm front pushing into the south” and that will result in a “very unstable airmass,” the Weather Service said. “If the atmosphere destabilizes enough from any morning showers and thunderstorms, a second, more robust, round of thunderstorms will be likely this afternoon and overnight, and would likely produce some severe storms.”...
This is blatant murder of an unarmed, cooperative Black man. I was arrests and prosecution. NOW!
There is no doubt what occurred here. I want the "Killer Cop" immediately arrested and off the street. IMMEDIATELY.
Philando Castile was a supervisor in a school cafeteria. He was a vital member of his community. Does anyone realize what trauma is being felt by the students in that school realizing how he died? I want the "Killer Cop" off the street and behind bars, NOW! Before he does it again!
I want him off the street. He is a danger to the community. Place him on the "Most Wanted" list locally. He is to be off the street immediately.
Philando Castile was a supervisor in a school cafeteria. He was a vital member of his community. Does anyone realize what trauma is being felt by the students in that school realizing how he died? I want the "Killer Cop" off the street and behind bars, NOW! Before he does it again!
I want him off the street. He is a danger to the community. Place him on the "Most Wanted" list locally. He is to be off the street immediately.
Philando Castile was a school cafeteria supervisor
A black man (click here) has been shot dead by police in the US state of Minnesota as protests continued over the police killing of a black man in Louisiana.
Philando Castile's girlfriend live-streamed the St Paul incident's aftermath, showing him covered in blood as an officer pointed his gun at him.
He was shot as he reached for his driving licence, she said.
It follows the death of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police during an incident in Baton Rouge on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people have protested for two nights over Mr Sterling's killing.
The deaths follow a long line of high-profile incidents involving African-Americans at the hands of the police, igniting a national debate about the use of lethal force....
Paul "No Clue" Ryan is carrying out politics at the expense of the American taxpayer.
Jason "Hasn't run a productive committee yet" Chafez is lying already.
President Obama's administration is the first to use an electronic administration. This is all cutting edge for the White House. The real rub here is that the communication devices are commercial devices. The White House does not have a exclusive design that cannot be duplicated in private industry. That requires research and funding. That is part of the problem. There is no secure DESIGN for a US White House.
Asking President Obama to change to a dysfunctional government web was hideous. Why bother in the first place? It was time for the US government to run on the same basis as the rest of the world and that required new in roads to establish FUNCTION of an electronic White House.
Initially, the Secret Service wanted President Obama to give up his Blackberry and his response basically was "You mean to tell me the US Government can't secure my Blackberry? Well, then I suggest you all work on that STAT because I am not giving up my Blackberry."
January 22, 2009
By Jeff Zeleny
Washington — There is one addiction President Obama (click here) will not have to kick: his BlackBerry.
For more than two months, Mr. Obama has been waging a vigorous battle with his handlers to keep his BlackBerry, which like millions of other Americans he has relied upon for years to stay connected with friends and advisers. (And, of course, to get Chicago White Sox scores.)
He won the fight, aides disclosed Thursday, but the privilege of becoming the nation’s first e-mailing president comes with a specific set of rules.
“The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends,” said Robert Gibbs, his spokesman, “in a way that use will be limited and that the security is enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate.”...
The BEST approach to any emails within the Executive Branch is to realize the Secret Service and the FBI are housed within the US Cabinet under Homeland Security.
Hm? Homeland Security can't protect Blackberries within the Executive Branch? That is interesting because 'what's his name,' the guy who lied to Congress and rolls of the lips of Paul "No Clue" Ryan as if the lying never happened? ???? Oh, yeah, Clapper has a huge and incredibly expensive building dedicated to electronic communication for national security.
That fact begs an explanation as to why the Obama Administration has had to do back flips to even begin to use Blackberries. I would think Clapper would be running to the rescue in any confusion regard securing the White House with cutting edge answers to empower the President and his Cabinet. It almost looks as though Mr. Clapper not only lies, but, is incompetent to his abilities in electronic communication at all.
I want to know how much it cost for the FBI to run a hideous investigation into a private server within a former President's residence guarded by US Secret Service body guards. It was a waste of time and money for the FBI to go on a witch hunt. It is blatantly another political runaway priority of the Republican Party with it's beginning at FOX News.
Enough. Any moron knows after the demonstrated incompetency of the US Government in it's ability to build a state of the art government web that the problem begins with infrastructure that the US Congress will never fund.
Get a clue, Ryan!
President Obama's administration is the first to use an electronic administration. This is all cutting edge for the White House. The real rub here is that the communication devices are commercial devices. The White House does not have a exclusive design that cannot be duplicated in private industry. That requires research and funding. That is part of the problem. There is no secure DESIGN for a US White House.
Asking President Obama to change to a dysfunctional government web was hideous. Why bother in the first place? It was time for the US government to run on the same basis as the rest of the world and that required new in roads to establish FUNCTION of an electronic White House.
Initially, the Secret Service wanted President Obama to give up his Blackberry and his response basically was "You mean to tell me the US Government can't secure my Blackberry? Well, then I suggest you all work on that STAT because I am not giving up my Blackberry."
January 22, 2009
By Jeff Zeleny
Washington — There is one addiction President Obama (click here) will not have to kick: his BlackBerry.
For more than two months, Mr. Obama has been waging a vigorous battle with his handlers to keep his BlackBerry, which like millions of other Americans he has relied upon for years to stay connected with friends and advisers. (And, of course, to get Chicago White Sox scores.)
He won the fight, aides disclosed Thursday, but the privilege of becoming the nation’s first e-mailing president comes with a specific set of rules.
“The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends,” said Robert Gibbs, his spokesman, “in a way that use will be limited and that the security is enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate.”...
The BEST approach to any emails within the Executive Branch is to realize the Secret Service and the FBI are housed within the US Cabinet under Homeland Security.
Hm? Homeland Security can't protect Blackberries within the Executive Branch? That is interesting because 'what's his name,' the guy who lied to Congress and rolls of the lips of Paul "No Clue" Ryan as if the lying never happened? ???? Oh, yeah, Clapper has a huge and incredibly expensive building dedicated to electronic communication for national security.
That fact begs an explanation as to why the Obama Administration has had to do back flips to even begin to use Blackberries. I would think Clapper would be running to the rescue in any confusion regard securing the White House with cutting edge answers to empower the President and his Cabinet. It almost looks as though Mr. Clapper not only lies, but, is incompetent to his abilities in electronic communication at all.
I want to know how much it cost for the FBI to run a hideous investigation into a private server within a former President's residence guarded by US Secret Service body guards. It was a waste of time and money for the FBI to go on a witch hunt. It is blatantly another political runaway priority of the Republican Party with it's beginning at FOX News.
Enough. Any moron knows after the demonstrated incompetency of the US Government in it's ability to build a state of the art government web that the problem begins with infrastructure that the US Congress will never fund.
Get a clue, Ryan!
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