Norway is ranked fourth in the world in "GDP per capita" at $58,834 US.

Norway rededicated itself to it's children in the early 1990s. (click here) It increased spending in education from 13.54 percent of the national budget to 16.58 percent. That is not that much of an increase in considering the expenditure, the children and it's brain trust. The return on investment has been incredible for the country. Norway has remained at that level of spending on educating their young people and today spends about 17.4 percent on education.

Norway finished 2016 ranked number 16 but has moved up 10 spots in the first quarter rankings for 2017. Norway’s teacher to student ratio for Primary age students is second in the world (one teacher for every student), and ranks fifth in the world for Secondary students (one teacher for every ten students). Like most countries, their international test score results will determine how high they finish in the final poll in December. Power Ranking Score of 82.

GDP per capita (click here)

Norway's climate targets are ambitious, but, it has experienced a success rate of reductions consistently since 2011. It is a matter of investment. When a country protects forests, builds alternative energy sources, it builds on itself exponentially. The culture changes with each generation and the entire idea of being carbon emission free then is an expectation and not a goal. 

In 2016, (click here) co2 emissions per capita for Norway was 8.28 metric tons. Though Norway CO2 emissions per capita fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1997 - 2016 period ending at 8.28 metric tons in 2016.

In 2012 it was a pretty big deal (click here), at least in the country, when Norway broke the 5 million mark on inhabitants.

The numbers have continued to grow and in the 2016 census, the population was counted at about 5.25 million....

With Trump's hideous commitment to ignore the Climate Crisis; they will find the street view is very different.

This is a letter from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:

October 14, 2018

Climate change, (click here) scientists say, is responsible for the recent extreme weather in Pennsylvania — heat waves, torrential rain and flooding. These weather changes are not merely inconvenient, as demonstrated by a natural gas pipeline rupture that caused a terrifying explosion and fire, destroying a house, several garages and vehicles. The cause: a landslide brought about by heavy rain the previous four days.

In my neighborhood, the South Side Slopes, we’ve lost several streets to landslides, streets we’re told there is no money to repair. As hillsides continue to slide, several of my neighbors worry about losing their houses, consulting engineers and building expensive retaining walls. If action isn’t taken, we will surely see more weather-related calamities in the future.

We can’t count on politicians in Washington, D.C., to combat climate change as the Trump administration’s announced rollbacks of carbon and methane gas emission limits make clear. And so far, state policymakers in both parties have shown little inclination to enact policies that would make a difference in this fight.

The problem of climate change and the underlying causes can no longer be ignored. Fortunately, a statewide coalition has developed the PA Common Conservation Agenda. Among its recommendations: increasing investment in clean energy sources; restoring funding to the state agencies responsible for permitting and monitoring pipeline construction; and encouraging more energy-efficient green construction practices.

With a pivotal election on Nov. 6, it is time take our demands for action on climate change directly to the candidates running for governor and the general assembly.

Jessica Benham
South Side

Norway is dedicating more national assets toward the goals of 2030.

...First off (click here) we see that emissions have basically been flat since the mid-1990s. A few ups and downs, but basically flat at around 50-55 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2-equivalent (CO2e) emissions per year. (CO2e is a measure used to combine different gases together as to the equivalent amount of CO2.)...

Norway has also had an incredible response from it's industries that have risen to become one of the main drivers of GHG reductions.

The Storting (Norwegian Parliament) (click here) passed a Climate Law on 16 June 2017 that establishes legally binding emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2050. The law came into effect on 1 January 2018 and aims for Norway to achieve “carbon neutrality” by 2050, in quantitative terms - defined as a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 80–95% below 1990 emission levels (UNFCCC, 2018). This law has been complemented by an increased budget allocation to the Ministry of Climate and Environment of NOK 10.5 billion, an increase from 2017 of NOK 0.7 billion. Currently implemented policies are projected to decrease emissions by 6% in 2030 below 1990 levels – a far cry from Norway’s 2030 target of “at least 40%” and “Highly insufficient” , meaning currently implemented policies are not consistent with the Paris Agreement, and are instead consistent with warming between 3°C and 4°C:

Norway signed and ratified the Paris Agreement on 20 June 2016. Norway’s NDC includes a target of reducing GHG emissions by “at least 40%” below 1990 levels in 2030, thus aligning itself with the European Union’s target. The inclusion of emissions and removals from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector was made dependent on the EU’s approach to this issue....

From the government of Norway:

...Norway will exceed its Kyoto commitment by 10 percentage points in the first commitment period. (click here)

Until 2020, Norway will make a commitment to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by an amount corresponding to 30 per cent of Norway's emissions in 1990.

Norway will be carbon neutral in 2050.

As part of a global and ambitious climate agreement where other industrialised countries also make major commitments, Norway will have a binding target of carbon neutrality by 2030 at the latest. It means that Norway will ensure for reductions in emissions that are equivalent to Norwegian emissions in 2030....

The commitment by the Norwegian government reflects longevity in it's identification of goals.

2015-02-04

The Norwegian government (click here) suggests that Norway by 2030 reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 per cent compared to the 1990 level. The EU is leading the way in the efforts to combat anthropogenic climate change. The Norwegian government aims for Norway to join the EU 2030 framework for climate policies in order for Norway and the EU to jointly fulfil their climate targets.

There is a need to transform the Norwegian society. An important reason is the need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid dangerous, anthropogenic climate change. At the climate change negotiations in Paris in December, Norway and the world needs to take brave new steps towards a low-carbon economy, says Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

Under the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, Norway is committed to reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases equivalent to 30 per cent of Norwegian emissions by 2020 compared to 1990. Norway will now submit to the UN its 2030 climate targets. In the White Paper about a New Norwegian Commitment for the Period After 2020, the Government will suggest a commitment that will increase the level of ambition in Norwegian climate policies....

It is unfortunate as US Senator Jeff Flake turns to mainstream issues with mainstream ideas, he is rejected by voters in Arizona as unpopular.

October 14, 2018
By Tim Marcan

Arizona's current and worsening drought (click here) Abnormal dryness or drought are currently affecting approximately 6,393,000 people in Arizona, which is about 100% of the state's population.

Population in drought numbers are as of 10-09-2018. These numbers update Thursdays at approximately 9am EDT.

Senator Jeff Flake (Republican - Arizona) (click here) urged his GOP colleagues to work to combat climate change. He made his remarks appearing on ABC's This Week on Sunday.

ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Flake if Republicans were heading in the wrong direction regarding climate change amid recent comments from White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow downplaying the United Nations report that warned of catastrophic consequences.

"I think so," Flake answered. "I think that we've got to—there's been more recognition among Republicans, the administration hasn't taken the view of some of us that this is something we really need to deal with. I hope that we can move along with the rest of the world and address this. It's going to be challenging, obviously. That report that came out is pretty dire. But there are things that we can do and should do. And I think Republicans need to be at the forefront if we want to keep our place and keep our seats."...

9 May 2018

A flood predicted by weather experts in Norway (click here) is now increasingly likely to affect eastern areas of the country.

Potential flooding has been compared to famous July 1995 floods in Eastern Norway, which itself was the worst flood in the region since the 18th century.

Sudden melting of snow during warmer weather caused the 1995 flood, which is estimated to have cost Norway two billion kroner.

Similar conditions in 2018 were predicted by meteorologists as early as March this year, NRK reports.

“There is every reason to be wary of the situation, which is like that of 1995 with a lot of snow in the mountains and a long cold spell. If it suddenly gets warm with a lot of rain, conditions are optimal for a similar spring flood,” climate researcher Øyvind Paasche of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research told the broadcaster.

Water levels in several rivers in Eastern Norway are now reported to be on the rise as a result of warm spring weather.

Professor Atle Nesje of the University of Bergen’s Department of Earth Science told NRK that water levels were likely to rise in coming days...

Golf isn't the first thing one thinks of in Norway.

It's Sunday Night

Suzanne Pettersen was born in Oslo, Norway. Both her parents, Axel and Mona, participated in sports. She has two brothers, Stefan and Gunerius. Suzann Pettersen is a distant relative of merchant Gunerius Pettersen (1826–1892).

Ladies European Tour (click here)

Still Europe's pre-eminent female golfer, thirteen years after she turned pro, with a powerful 250-yeard drive, the 32-year-old Suzann Pettersen last year showed she led the field in other ways, when she posed naked in a tasteful beachside setting for ESPN Magazine's Body issue.

10 August 2018
By Jennifer Meyer

Suzann Pettersen (click here) and her husband Christian welcomed the newest member of the family on August 8th.

In early March the golfing world learned that Petttersen was expecting her first child.  The 15-time LPGA Tour winner made her last start at the 2017 CME Group Tour Championship.

Congratulations to Suzann and Christian on the birth of your son.

The National Anthem of Norway - A Capella (click here for the people's website - thank you)

Norway's National Anthem

Ja, vi elsker dette landet

Yes, we love this country

Ja, vi elsker dette landet,
som det stiger frem,
furet, værbitt over vannet,
med de tusen hjem, —
elsker, elsker det og tenker
på vår far og mor
og den saganatt som senker
drømmer på vår jord.

Og den saganatt som senker,
senker drømmer på vår jord.

Yes, we love this country
as it rises forth,
rugged, weathered, over the water,
with the thousands of homes, —
love, love it and think
of our father and mother
and the saga-night that lays
dreams upon our earth.
And the saga-night that lays,
lays dreams upon our earth.

Dette landet Harald berget
med sin kjemperad,
dette landet Håkon verget,
medens Øyvind kvad;
Olav på det landet malet
korset med sitt blod,
fra dets høye Sverre talet
Roma midt imot.

This country Harald united
with his army of heroes,
this country Håkon protected
whilst Øyvind sung;
upon the country Olav painted
with his blood the cross,
from its heights Sverre spoke
up against Rome.

Bønder sine økser brynte
hvor en hær dro frem;
Tordenskjold langs kysten lynte,
så den lystes hjem.
Kvinner selv stod opp og strede
som de vare menn;
andre kunne bare grede,
men det kom igjen!

Farmers their axes sharpened
wherever an army advanced,
Tordenskjold along the coastline thundered
so that we could see it back home.
Even women stood up and fought
as if they were men;
others could only cry
but that soon would end!

Visstnok var vi ikke mange,
men vi strakk dog til,
da vi prøvdes noen gange,
og det stod på spill;
ti vi heller landet brente
enn det kom til fall;
husker bare hva som hendte
ned på Fredrikshald!

Sure, we were not many
but we were enough,
when we were tested sometimes,
and it was at stake;
we would rather burn our land
than to declare defeat;
just remember what happened
down at Fredrikshald!

Hårde tider har vi døyet,
ble til sist forstøtt;
men i verste nød blåøyet
frihet ble oss født.
Det gav faderkraft å bære
hungersnød og krig,
det gav døden selv sin ære —
og det gav forlik.

Hard times we have coped with,
were at last disowned;
but in the worst distress, blue-eyed
freedom was to us born.
It gave (us) father's strength to carry
famine and war,
it gave death itself its honour -
and it gave reconciliation.

Fienden sitt våpen kastet,
opp visiret fór,
vi med undren mot ham hastet,
ti han var vår bror.
Drevne frem på stand av skammen,
gikk vi søderpå;
nå står vi tre brødre sammen,
og skal sådan stå!

The enemy threw away his weapon,
up the visor went,
we, in wonder, to him hastened,
because he was our brother.
Driven forth to a stand by shame
we went to the south;
now we three brothers stand united,
and shall stand like that!

Norske mann i hus og hytte,
takk din store Gud!
Landet ville han beskytte,
skjønt det mørkt så ut.
Alt, hva fedrene har kjempet,
mødrene har grett,
har den Herre stille lempet,
så vi vant vår rett.

Norwegian man in house and cabin,
thank your great God!
The country he wanted to protect,
although things looked dark.
All the fights fathers have fought,
and the mothers have wept,
the Lord has quietly moved
so we won our rights.

Ja, vi elsker dette landet,
som det stiger frem,
furet, værbitt over vannet,
med de tusen hjem.
Og som fedres kamp har hevet
det av nød til seir,
også vi, når det blir krevet,
for dets fred slår leir.

Yes, we love this country
as it rises forth,
rugged, weathered, above the sea,
with those thousand homes.
And as the fathers' struggle has raised
it from need to victory,
even we, when it is demanded,
for its peace will encamp (for defence).

The rule of law vs. the rule of men.

Jamal Khashoggi is dead because he was perceived as a threat and not because of his actions or words. While his journalism brought him attention by the authorities of Saudi Arabia, the urgency for his death increased because the engagement built on the idea of Jamal being a threat. The engagement increased the interest in ending his life before he could be married and have a family, especially the birth of a son.

Within the orthodox practice of the Muslim faith, sons can seek justice, albeit acts of murder, for the death of a father. If a man is perceived as a threat that threat increases with the birth of children, especially boys. I sometimes wonder if the son of Anwar al-Awlaki (click here) was conducted for that reason or was it because the cell phone number had many repeated connections with Awlaki?

At any rate, the children or in this case anticipated children of a person, mostly men, are almost more of a worry than the man himself. Jamal Khashoggi is not the only man to be targeted because of an engagement. However, in at least one other case I read in the foreign press, the man relinquished his engagement and was spared his life. It was reported in the media within the past month. I feel certain about this as a factor to Jamal Khashoggi's attack and possible death.

It is noteworthy as to the fall in value to Saudi Arabian stocks and the confrontation of Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance. Investors get nervous when uncertainty enters a market. The deaths that have occurred in Saudi Arabia are a concern to investors because they have reassurances about the stability of their investments. Investors also don't like to think of themselves as targets to whims of authoritarians.

The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi must be solved and the US Congress acts to resolve such violence against journalists. It may be indecision by US authorities/Congress may limit the investment into Saudi Arabia regardless of signed documents between Trump and the Crowned Prince. All those companies that Trump values over human life are run and invested in by people that make decisions outside the influence of Trump's authoritarian regime.

Any type of misogyny goes in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Mr. Barber on Facebook on October 8th stated, “Can’t believe Joe is getting on the right track,” Barber wrote, “Better get you’re (sic) coathangers ready liberals.” In case LADIES don't recognize the barbaric reference, it is about self-inducing abortion. Barber is a disgusting man that obviously hates women.  I take it he is a Trump supporter. Facebook should remove his page and prohibit him from developing another.

Anti-abortion is not necessarily Pro-life, it is anti-woman. Anti-abortion agendas are misogyny.


October 10, 2018

A Parkersburg city councilman (click here) now faces a lawsuit, over yet another comment made on social media.

A Parkersburg man has filed suit against Eric Barber, claiming the district #4 councilman made defamatory statements against him.

Douglas Evans claims Barber posted a comment in response to a Evans' comment on a Facebook video.

Evans believes Barber implied he was a pedophile.

Barber has come under fire this week after a Facebook post aimed at opponents of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Saturday.

The incident has led some to call for Barber's resignation or removal from city council, something council leadership and the city's attorney say can be done only by petition.

City council Tuesday night issued a statement announcing its disagreement with Barber's comments.

Barber was present at the meeting, but did not comment on council's statement or on the controversy.

Judge Orders New Investigation Into Kavanaugh (click here for 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver - thank you)

Kavanaugh became unglued. He was angry, abusive and not at all contrite. He said nothing of his behavior as a young man from a family of privilege. He never recognized anyone involved with Dr. Ford's sexual assault while stating he believes she was assaulted, it just wasn't him. Then who?

He failed in exhibiting judicial temperament when speaking to the US Senate Judicial Committee about the allegations before him. He disrespected members of the US Senate Judicial Committee, primarily women, by assuming he had the right to ask personal questions regarding alcohol consumption. That is harassment.

He did not call for a full investigation to all those that accused him and pretended any further investigation was to reveal witnesses to Dr. Ford's sexual assault. That was the right wing media line and he simply allowed it to exist as an excuse for his appointment to proceed.

The FBI was to interview more accusers, not witnesses to Dr. Ford's sexual assault. The accusers were familiar with Kavanaugh's behavior and were both men and women. In the repeated reporting of his behavior, there is an underlying truth that upholds Dr. Ford's experience with Kavanaugh.

Witness after witness was coming forward to state they wanted to be heard as well as speak to the FBI in regard to Kavanaugh's nomination and he ignored all of them as if they did not exist. The entire episode with Kavanaugh flies in the face of expectations Americans demand of their Supreme Court.

What is very worrisome is the fact there is a known background with Kavanaugh that exposes him professionally and creates an opportunity for coercion of his power. I and many other Americans that know him and that don't; do not feel comfortable with him on the Supreme Court. There are too many loose ends that spell trouble for the country.

Dr. Eden Wells should not be receiving any awards.

It seems to me since the Presidential election of 2000 America’s moral compass has been turned upside down. The entry about Fint this week is an exact example of that.

Dr. Eden Wells has been awarded Michigan’s top honor for exemplary service in a career in Public Health. The Roy R. Manty Distinguished Service Award is going this year to a State of Michigan cabinet level health officer.

Roy R. Manty worked for 30 years in Michigan rehabilitation of the disabled, he worked with those afflicted with tuberculosis and lung disease. Fifteen of those years were exclusively in public health. The award was named in his honor. 

Dr. Wells has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for over a year in the deaths of Fint residents that succumbed to Legionnaires Disease. There is something wrong with a state government that awards some of it’s highest honors to someone who blatantly ignored the pleadings of Flint residents for over a year. Over a year until a pediatrician and a Virginia college professor and his students published irrefutable evidence of poisons in the water Flint residents drank and suffered from and died.

There is something extremely wrong with a cabinet level official to Governor Snyder being handed a coveted award when she did not act to save lives so much as look the other way in a cruel economic strategy handed down to Flint, Michigan.

There is evil at work in the USA and this is another example of it. The American people need to reclaim their moral compass and now.

I can’t believe there are US jets lying on their backs in Florida. The good news is there are F35s that need a new home and mechanics. Can’t think of a better place.

Funny thing about jets, they have wings and when high velocity air is forced under the wings they lift off the ground. Did anyone in the US Air Force actually give that a thought or were they in some high level meeting trying to ponder whether Saudi Arabia is an ally in the same neighborhood as Israel. Not that production and sale of military armaments should be curtailed until we know the region is safe from a madman. No, I am not talking about Trump.

An incoming hurricane is too much for the US Air Force to handle, huh? There was Pearl Harbor. Just because it was the US Navy doesn’t mean it doesn’t apply.

Where are the personnel and families, under debris?

Don’t send more aircraft until the Air Force knows there’s a viable and clear landing field. Large helicopters with support personnel to begin the clean up and restore land access.

Some men are simply moral to the core.

I am quite certain there are scholars in the UK that can bring light to the fact Jamal Khashoggi was killed as he was planning to marry. It is cultural and adds incentive to these activities.

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee should come to The West.

October 11, 2018
By Joe Tacopino

Billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group Ltd.

Virgin Group founder (click here) Richard Branson has suspended a $1 billion investment project with Saudi Arabia due to the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Branson made the announcement Thursday as U.S. senators sparked an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mystery of the missing U.S. resident and Saudi critic.

“What has reportedly happened in Turkey around the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, if proved true, would clearly change the ability of any of us in the West to do business with the Saudi Government,” Branson said in a statement....

October 11, 2018
By Meghan Bartels

A Russian Soyuz rocket (click here) carrying a new U.S.-Russian crew to the International Space Station failed during its ascent Thursday (Oct. 11) , sending its crew capsule falling back toward Earth in a ballistic re-entry, NASA officials said.

A search-and-rescue team has reached the landing site, both crewmembers are in good condition and have left the Soyuz capsule as of 6:10 a.m. EDT, NASA spokesperson Brandi Dean said during live television commentary.

The Soyuz rocket and its Soyuz MS-10 space capsule lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 4:47 a.m. EDT (0847 GMT) with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin aboard. The pair were due to join the three-person Expedition 57 crew already aboard the International Space Station. But something went wrong minutes after liftoff, sending the Soyuz capsule into a ballistic re-entry, NASA officials said....

Surprise, surprise, surprise. After reinfusing the F-35 in the Republican defense spending, guess what?

After spending tens of billions of US defense taxpayer dollars, the lousy computer laden jet sprung a leak.

Well, at least the USA gives good customer service in warning the global fleet they got jipped out of a real jet fighter.

The Republican Congress has no scruples only cronies and THROW GODO TAXPAYER DOLLARS AFTER BAD.

October 11, 2018
By Yaniv Kubovich

Israel (click here) followed the Pentagon and announced on Thursday it has grounded all of its F-35 stealth fighter jets due to the faulty engine fuel tubes found in the U.S. fleets, and would conduct a fleet-wide inspection.

IDF Spokesperson's Unit said, "Israel Air Force commander, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, decided to take extra precautions and test all the planes, even though Israel does not have the model that crashed and although there have been no failures reported. The test will take several days. After all checks are complete, the planes will return to full operation."...

What the heck happened to Hurricane Michael? It was a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea. I mean, what the heck?

The illustration (click here) is the Gulf of Mexico and the current temperatures of the water. The illustration is in Celcius.

Michael while in the Caribbean Sea had a bit of a northeast path, so whether the storm crossed Cuba or went into the Gulf of Mexico, Florida was going to be hit.

The difference between crossing Cuba or entering the Gulf of Mexico was THE LENGTH OF TIME the storm was exposed to Gulf waters. If the storm crossed Cuba it would have hit land far sooner, but, it scooted into the Gulf of Mexico and immediately hit water that provided fuel from a very warm body of water. The temperature the storm ran into was 82 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit. It is not boiling hot, but, to a water storm that lives because of OCEAN TEMPERATURES/SEA TEMPERATURES, 83 degrees Fahrenheit is huge.

As Hurricane Michael began to increase it's velocity/speed the danger to life and limb grew exponentially. The storm grew in strength from Tropical Storm (TS) to Category 2 in no time. Then it was three and then as it's exposure to 84 degrees Fahrenheit it found the velocity of four and nearly a category five. The only reason it did not reach a category five was that it ran into the land that was cooler than 84 degrees and land that placed a drag on the velocity of the storm.

While bathtub temperatures feel good to tourists wading into the Gulf of Mexico waters, it is a feast of HEAT ENERGY to storms that live in ocean temperatures. Heat is energy. Earth is a highly efficient user of that energy and the storms that become hurricanes are exceptionally efficient in that Earth process.

When people are dealing with these storms crossing the Gulf of Mexico, there are huge amounts of fuel for these storms and there should never be a moment of hesitation by any citizen to MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, because, the storm has no conscience, it has efficient Earth energy.

There are two deaths from Hurricane Michael. Steve Rattner (click here) of MSNBC has incredible charts about the modern day hurricane which is radically different than the past. 2011 and 2017 costs from the modern day hurricane are enormous. The worst HURRICANE SEASONS in history have occurred since 2008. Steve Rattner is a statistician in assembling a class of numbers and assessing their relationship with each other. 

The modern day hurricane is much worse because of the climate crisis. The storms are far stronger because the heat is there to increase the geophysics of Earth. The "stationary storm," in the past has been a rare occurrence and in the modern day hurricane season we are seeing these "stationary storms" occur now two years in succession.

Trump and DeVos are subverting the civil rights of sexual assault victims.

It may be that women will be safer living off campus and relying on state and federal laws to protect them. Women will need to organize "safety clubs" to recognize their rights on campus and seek student government laws to protect both men and women from becoming victims to wayward Trump insensitivity. Basically, women will be on their own and they always have better outcomes when they organize to be safe and happy.

The changes the Trump administration is enacting are micromanaging THE MOMENT there is sexual assault, it is an assault on civil rights and will not stand the test of the legal system until perhaps it gets to the Supreme Court.

This is the face of the US Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. She is the face used to delegitimize the claims of women for a safer world.

October 11, 2018
By Anne Flaherty

The Trump administration (click here) is finalizing its plan for schools to deal with sexual assault allegations, according to advocacy groups and college officials who have met privately with senior government officials.

The proposal, known as rules for Title IX -- the civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination in a person's education -- is widely expected to limit the scope of inquiries by colleges and universities and make it easier for students accused of misconduct to push back.

Drafted by the Department of Education and under review by President Donald Trump's budget office, the proposal is likely to spark heated debate. It follows the bruising confirmation fight for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault at a house party when he was in high school three decades ago. Two other women made similar accusations. Kavanaugh vehemently denied all of them....

BrettKavanaugh.com (click here)

October 10, 2018
By Christal Hayes

Washington – If you were looking (click here) for the website for newly minted Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, you might be in for a surprise. 

The domain BrettKavanaugh.com is now a dedicated forum for helping sexual assault victims and ending rape. The website, titled "We believe survivors," was purchased by Fix The Court, which advocates for judicial transparency.

Kavanaugh, who was accused by three women of sexual assault when he was in high school and college, was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Saturday and his first day on the courtwas Tuesday. He has denied all of the allegations against him.

Kavanaugh's confirmation drew intense scrutiny after Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, testified before Congress about Kavanaugh's alleged assault on her when they were teens. The allegations and resulting debate around the country over Kavanaugh's future was viewed as a major test of the #MeToo movement....

Kavanaugh's freshman roommate witnessed a drunk and not a roommate. This was his behavior and any other statement by him is a lie.

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