42 dead in Florida is the first count by Ian.

September 30, 2022
By Tim Renaud

Hurricane Ian (click here) officially made landfall at 2:05 p.m. near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. This is Ian’s second landfall in the United States. It first made landfall in Cuba before taking on Florida’s west coast, making landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm at Cayo Costa near Fort Myers.

Ian collapsed a bridge and isolated two islands in Florida. That is where two of the deaths occurred.

September 30, 2022
By Amy Simonson, Christina Maxouris, Paul P. Murphy, Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone

Hurricane Ian has left at least two people dead on Sanibel Island (click here) and ripped away several parts of the causeway that was the island’s only access to Florida’s mainland.

On Thursday night, dozens of people remained stranded, according to Sanibel Mayor Holly Smith. At least five sections of the Sanibel Causeway – which connects the barrier islands, including Sanibel and Captiva, to the mainland – were washed away by the storm, Lee County officials said. (Lee County includes Fort Myers in addition to Sanibel and Captiva islands and Cape Coral.)

Twelve people were rescued off Sanibel Island with injuries and about 40 people were rescued without injuries, the mayor told CNN on Thursday. Sanibel City Manager Dana Souza reported the two fatalities....

The world is witnessing the rebirth of Hitler…

 …in Vladimir Putin and his military. Hitler never had nukes. If he did he wouldn’t be as reckless as Putin.

Literally, Putin commits genocide in the name of Russian speaking people and then takes their land for his own purposes. 

He wants to end NATO by repeating the same process over and over. He wants to reconstitute the USSR in the name of Russian speaking people. He is coming. He needs to be stopped now while the people he is supposed to be protecting run from him.

Lavrov is just as bad in trying to defend him and make excuses. The communists of Russia will use every method of propaganda and aggression and death to maintain Putin in power as their puppet president.

Putin and his communists are Hitler and the Third Reich all over again only worse. His annexation is at the cost of genocide and is completely illegitimate. All of it is a war crime.

Evacuate Florida

Begin to open southbound lanes to north bound. 

Ian may very well cross Florida and then scour the entire eastern seaboard of the USA. People need to prepare and move to safety. 

NOW!

The Gulf is not immune. Ian has nearly entered the Gulf waters and is a Cat 3. If it continues to increase in velocity it will increase in size to support those lower central pressures while churning very, very warm waters.

The DIAMETER is as important as the “eye.” Pay attention.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/refresh/MIATCPAT4+html/MIATCPAT4_261456.html

WDSU is reporting hurricane recon plane central pressures of 947 millibars. That is a dangerous storm. Katrina was a Cat 5 at 902 millibars.

North Ossetia?

 https://www.kyivpost.com/world/fsb-at-georgia-border-to-stop-russians-trying-to-flee-mobilization.html

Ossetia was taken as a possession years ago because of the mobilization of tanks by Poland. Now, they want to come to Poland because they are going to be drafted into military service. This is an interesting development. They need to make up their minds about what kind of governance is best.

It is a civil uprising in Russia.

https://www.kyivpost.com/russia/russian-military-registration-and-enlistment-offices-on-fire.html

They are rebelling against Putin’s plans for them.

The Post Soviet states need refugee assistance for Russians as well as Ukrainians. Putin’s generals need to stop this insanity. A neutral delegation needs to travel to Moscow and present all available information to Putin and demand he live with reality.

Putin has been defeated in his special military exercise and now he wants a war. It isn’t going to happen and he needs to stop his brinkmanship. It isn’t working and the world is fully disgusted with him!

Putin should go on permanent vacation in Sochi. He has been president of Russia since 2012. Lenin was president of the USSR for 7 and 1/2 years. Enough of Putin’s mourning for the good ole days. He is up for re-election in 2024. No one will be living in Russia by then. Instead, the Russian speaking people will be living anywhere but Russia.

There is no land left in Europe or the border countries with Russia for entire nations of people to gladly leave their homeland for a chance to stay alive with their families. This cannot continue. 

The people leaving from Ossetia want to be Polish again.

Ian is now a killer storm…

 …as soon as the storms outer bans reached the Gulf of Mexico. From subtropical to category 3 hurricane in less than 24 hours.

It is a strong storm. Basically, it crossed Cuba without a pause. 

In six weeks,…

 Vote!

Charging Stations

All major truck stops for both car and tractor-trailers. Owners of the truck stops profit.

Drive-in Movie Theaters so charging can take place while watching movies. The Drive-In owners profit.

State Rest Areas should have charging stations for autos as well as tractor-trailers. The state profits.

Door to Door

It is said Russian soldiers are going door to door to bring people to vote. There are doors to knock on? But, that is not proof of citizenship. The entire infrastructure of the region near the Russian border is destroyed. Who exactly is voting?

Recruiting people to vote is also pressing them to act. A vote not cast is the same as a no vote.

This is Putin’s strategy. Be it war or voting he kills off people opposed to his point of view and then carries out a so-called democratic process and states it is the will of the people. Really? Who is voting for the dead?

Tax Credits

$5.49 and 9/10 per gallon is damaging the Transportation Industry including Independents. The cost of diesel effects truckers (ie: truck demonstrations), bus companies (including casinos that provide transportation to older citizens) AND, AND Farmers. The USA cannot over look the vital part farmers are playing globally. The cost of diesel is exploitive and a money grab.

The alternative to diesel is biodiesel and it should be made a priority along with a sizable diesel tax credit for commercial and agricultural use.

Any energy bill MUST include a hefty tax credit to bring the cost in line with AFFORDABILITY.

Tax credits for the purchase of electrical vehicles is a must. Going forward Americans will be energy independent with electric vehicles from cars, to pickup trucks, to semis. The tax credit should be consistent going forward year after year. Even when one electric vehicle is traded in for a new electric vehicle a tax credit should apply.

FIRST time homeowners need a huge tax incentive beginning now to purchase their new home. This must occur as the edu at credit is provided. All this is exploitation and greed. We need a User Friendly Senate majority that loves Americans and America to being about the end of greed.

US Senate Warnock should address the issue of Football Concussion that does not put the NFL out of business. Also concussion prevention at the educational level, including the youngest age levels of the sport, high school, colleges and universities. His opposition is a sympathetic figure.

US Senator Warnock should have a clear reason why abortion is between a woman and her doctor of which the best reason is the health of the mother. Physicians always try to protect life. Always. That is what they do. In the case of danger to a woman’s health the decision between the baby or woman is not best decided by government.

Liz Cheney…

 …is spot on. Going forward Americas need to vote for the US Constitution and not bizarre values that will bring anarchy and danger. Voting for an unknown future is just plain dangerous. There is a right way to change ruling laws and a wrong way. Denying an obvious danger to the US Constitution in voting for Republican extremists is wrong. 

Liz Cheney is absolutely correct in her message to the American people. It is obvious Liz Cheney loves the country, the people, and the US Constitution.

I will not be blogging…

 …tonight but a little later. I am traveling and having trouble with WiFi for my laptop. I am not going to spend hours blogging on my phone.

I can’t even use the phone as a hot pot because of heavy cloud cover. I will be home by Wednesday afternoon and will pursue this then.

The elections being held in Ukraine’s occupied provinces are fraudulent and an act of genocide.

Part of the problem in Iran is that the Kurds are oppressed and that is putting it mildly. The Kurds need a homeland. The problem is that no one will provide it for them. They have fought and died for their right to exist in the region, but, they are never provided the land they deserve. They were safe under Clinton’s no fly zone, but, not since. 

The Kurds need a homeland. Turkey has to stop displacing them. It would be a good start.

There have been at least 30 million Kurds spread throughout the region of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey and nowhere are they safe. I blogged this issue before and it was probably a decade or more ago. This is a chronic problem and it needs to be resolved.

I have a limited view of Ian but it appears to be moving northeast. I realize the current conditions have it coming up the west side of Florida. That’s fine, but, given the heat in the Gulf it will spin up over open waters. I think at this point it is wise for the entire Gulf Coast to pay attention.

People along the Gulf don’t react well to surprises. That is one of the reasons there were so many deaths with Katrina. There needs to be awareness that this could be a killer storm with a larger than average degree of uncertainty in its path. Just the size of the storm indicates a large land area of involvement. I would be very surprised to see this storm diminish when it hits the Gulf. That is not a reality expectation. The Gulf needs to be on alert at this point.

Rosh Hashanah is tomorrow, September 26, 2022.

If the Jewish people are ever to be recognized and endeared their holy days must be a part of the American conscience, especially now when White Supremacy is not only sought, but, given equal standing. Hate is on the rise and it must be confronted on all fronts.

Rosh Hashanah will end sundown, Tuesday, September 27, 2922.

Thank you for your interest.

Good night for now. 

More genocide by Putin

Voting held during war is a war crime. Both sides of the war have not held peace talks that have resulted in a joint agreement to allow such a vote. A vote such as this has to be consented to by all sovereign powers and demands a ceasefire.

Holding unilateral votes is nothing short of genocide as land is removed from a sovereign country for its people. Under such conditions people lose the homeland and benevolent government. It is nothing short of a hostile act that increases the danger to the people.

These were the same tactics Putin used in Crimea. The reason there was no resistance then was because Ukraine’s national military was disarmed by Yanukovych. This time the Ukraine national military has regained their sovereign strength and can fight back at Russia’s aggression.

Any voting held will be illegal as a large number of people in the occupied land are dead or refugees. This is very different than the illegitimate vote taken in Crimea. Additionally, Russia has reminded bed a large number of civilians from these regions and relocated them within Russia. Any returning people will be at the choice of Russia. Russia will weigh the outcome of any voting and completely corrupt any voting process.

The voting that Russia is trying to manipulate to change the language in regard to sovereignty is absolutely genocide and an international act of war. Putin in demanding this is the leader of a rouge country and has lost legitimacy to his purposes. Even before the vote occurs, the proposal is genocide by definition and Ukraine remains the sovereign power fighting for its homeland.

This is communist aggression. It can happen to other countries. If the information is correct that I read there is a build up of military aggression along Poland’s borders. Occupying these lands is only a military strategy to carry out greater war against NATO. 

This communist aggression is quickly turning into a regional challenge of sovereignty. Putin is attempting to recreate the failed Soviet Union to advance war against the Free World to attempt world domination by the communists. The entire dreamscape has no basis in international law or even practicality to even attempt it. 

All this aggression has no chance and is nothing but empty brinkmanship and people will die and remain displaced because the communists can’t admit defeat. Russians do not have to die to defend their country because no one is attacking Russia. If Putin continues his genocidal agenda NATO will be forced into it. NATO is not interested in a greater war. That is obvious. 

It was a great speech at the United Nations.

Classic Joe Biden. 

No frills, no deceptions, the truth. 

The world has a problem in Vladimir Putin. He thinks nothing of genocide for his political benefit. He has engaged in a ridiculous paradigm in calling up reservists. How many actually will fight will be a good question. The idea of releasing nuclear radiation into the atmosphere is crazy. There is no other word for Putin but desperate and it is time the Russian people have their way and end this hideous war. It is genocide, the Russian people don't consent to it!

I think I need to read the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on line (click here). I think there is a lot of politics that overshadows a very important issue.

It is all in the definitions. The truth can be manipulated.

It all depends who is heading up HUD at the White House. It reminds me of the housing crisis during the Reagan years. Chicago is not alone. The entire country is experiencing an increase in homelessness and these are not drunks or druggies, these are people that work in many instances and have children with them.

September 20, 2022
By Maddie Ellis

In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (click here) identified 5,390 people experiencing homelessness in Chicago.

But in a new report released Tuesday, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless put forth a different count: 65,611.

The difference is largely due to the difficulty of counting the fluid homeless population and the definitions of homelessness used by federal agencies, definitions that some advocates say keep resources from some of the most vulnerable populations — children and families living doubled up, or temporarily staying with others.

HUD defines homelessness generally to mean staying in a shelter or a place not meant for human habitation, which excludes those living doubled up from its estimate. The agency conducts a point-in-time count of the number of individuals living in sheltered or unsheltered locations, usually occurring in January....

In the case below, Sarah Davis and her daughters are environmental refugees within the borders of the USA.

Children's Defense Fund, State of America's Children 2020 (see link below).

More than a decade (click here) after she and her two daughters were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Sarah Davis returned to New Orleans. Sarah found a job answering phones for a hotel chain, but she didn’t make enough to cover a security deposit to rent a home. She and her teenage daughters were homeless, only able to rent a small house after a local charity chipped in to cover the initial costs. The family now has a home, but half of Sarah’s wages still go toward housing. To make the rent every month, Sarah and her daughters have to make sacrifices: no vacations, no trips to the movies, no new school uniforms. “I have a lot of guilt because I can’t provide for them the way that I want to,” Sarah said.

Sarah and her children are far from alone. Millions of American families like Sarah’s do not have access to affordable housing. The 2008 financial crisis set off a chain reaction that sparked a nationwide affordable housing crisis. The decimated housing market and subsequent foreclosures pushed millions of homeowners into the rental market; nine million new households entered the rental marketplace over the past decade. As more families sought rental housing, construction failed to keep pace with demand and what new units were built were mostly luxury units in big cities. Rents rose and fewer and fewer families could find adequate housing for a reasonable price. The problem of rising rents was exacerbated by the problem of stagnant working-class wages....

I would like to compare colonialism under democracy and communism.

There is a lot of talk about the United Kingdom Commonwealth and ending colonialism.

13 September 2022
By Afua Hirsch

This will be remembered as a watershed moment in British history (click here) for two reasons. First, for the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Second, for what happened next: the voices of those colonised in the name of the British crown being heard, not as a fringe, exceptional view, but as a clamouring chorus of global trauma.

I had prepared for this moment as a time when I would not be free. I have no idea how I actually feel about the passing of Queen Elizabeth – the only British monarch I have known in my lifetime – because for all my life deference and admiration have been drilled into me as mandatory....

Besides the past year demonstrations where the Royal Family traveled in recognition of the Queens Platinum Jubilee (click here). There is also a reflection of history with her death.

September 13, 2022
By Caroline Houck

Queen Elizabeth II’s death (click here) last week has prompted both an outpouring of grief and complicated reactions across the globe — in large part because during her 70 years on the throne, she ruled over the twilight of the British Empire.

At the height of that empire after the First World War, the United Kingdom had colonies on every continent save Antarctica, ruling one out of every five people in the world. Over the centuries, Britain extracted wealth from those colonized lands — by one estimate, $45 trillion in today’s dollars from India alone.

“All empires were violent,” said Caroline Elkins, whose second book, Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire, came out earlier this year. “And the British Empire was no exception to that.”

And decoupling the monarchy from that legacy is in some ways impossible....

There are still real monarchies in the world and the UK is one of them. When Brexit hit, it was more than about the Sterling, it was about being absorbed as a colony to Europe. While the Euro is a strong currency, Brexit was more than economic security. The UK membership brought a lot with it than simply the island country.

Over the years to come the break-up of the Commonwealth will be making front page headlines. The Queen's death isn't destabilizing so much as an opportunity for change.

September 19, 2022
By Lauren Frayer

Mumbai - As world leaders gather in London (click here) today for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi – head of the Commonwealth's most populous country – is absent.

Seventy-five years after it cast off British colonial rule, India sent its ceremonial president – a woman from one of the country's indigenous tribes – to its former monarch's funeral. As head of state, Indian President Droupadi Murmu's presence adheres to protocol, even though a mix of other prime ministers (heads of government) and presidents and royals (heads of state) are in attendance. Murmu also paid her respects to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace separately, before the service.

Modi's absence could be seen as a sign of his political priorities. Last week, he attended a security summit in Uzbekistan with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. But he's skipping a chance to meet President Biden and others at the queen's funeral, as well as the United Nations General Assembly in New York....

Some of these countries that are colonies to the United Kingdom have been well served and protected. It won't be simple for some to sever their relationships with the UK. The issue of national security and/or economics really is a formula these countries have to meet. I think for the UK, Belize is an interesting example of independence.

21 September 2020
Written by Nicole D. Ramsey

...Becoming an independent nation on September 21, 1981, (click here) Belize is the last country in Central America to do so. Belize’s long road to self-rule is marred with conflicts pertaining to enslavement, land dispossession, and territorial disputes. For example, Guatemala claimed the Belizean territory although Belize was formally declared a British crown colony in 1862. Guatemala’s claim prolonged the nation’s ability to seek independence until the early 1980s. In 1992, Guatemala finally recognized Belize as a sovereign state, although recent developments have led both Belize and Guatemala to take their cases to the International Court of Justice in 2019.

British colonization in Belize, like many places throughout the Caribbean, was invasive and omnipresent. It touched all facets of life in Belize and its Diaspora through culture, politics, education, and memorialization. Antiquated depictions of slavery in Belize have often been represented as benign and less violent than other places across Latin America and the Caribbean, an argument which many Belizean scholars and historians have challenged.

Belizean slavery, although not related to plantations, was still violent and allowed for particular forms of resistance and identity-making to take place....

Separation into a sovereign country is possible and conducted with a coup so much as agreements. When Belize left the British Commonwealth it owned a great deal of money. It isn't as simple as paying off the UK, there are also individuals involved with these small countries and they have certain rights. In the case of Belize it is Michael Ashcroft a former member of the House of Lords.

(Michael) Ashcroft (click here) is also a major investor in Belize and previously served as the Belizean Ambassador to the United Nations from 1998 to 2000.

They are not necessarily draconian folks that take all the wealth and abandon the country they are involved.

A press release has been issued by the Belize Bank, (click here) today Wednesday, March 25, 2020, stating that Lord Ashcroft has spoken to the Prime Minister of Belize and advised him of his donation of BZ$10 Million in efforts to combat COVID-19.

April 10, 2021
By Zoila Palma

...Тhе соuntrіеѕ оwе ‘ѕtаggеrіng’ аmоuntѕ оf mоnеу tо ѕеvеrаl fоrеіgn lеаdеrѕ (click here) аnd аrе аlѕо fасіng сlіmаtе rіѕkѕ аnd thе СОVІD-19 раndеmіс соntіnuеѕ tо hаvе ѕеvеrе есоnоmіс іmрасtѕ оn thеm.

Ассоrdіng tо а nеw аѕѕеѕѕmеnt bу thе Wоrld Ваnk аnd Іntеrnаtіоnаl Моnеtаrу Fund (ІМF), thе соmbіnаtіоn оf dеbt, сlіmаtе сhаngе, аnd еnvіrоnmеntаl dеgrаdаtіоn “rерrеѕеntѕ а ѕуѕtеmіс rіѕk tо thе glоbаl есоnоmу thаt mау trіggеr а сусlе thаt dерrеѕѕеѕ rеvеnuеѕ, іnсrеаѕеѕ ѕреndіng, аnd ехасеrbаtеѕ сlіmаtе аnd nаturе vulnеrаbіlіtіеѕ.”

Тhе ІМF аnd thе Wоrld Ваnk wіll mееt аnd dіѕсuѕѕ wіth dеbtоr соuntrіеѕ, сrеdіtоrѕ, аdvосаtеѕ, аnd rаtіng аgеnсіеѕ tо fіgurе оut hоw tо mаkе nеw mоnеу аvаіlаblе fоr whаt thеу саll а grееn есоnоmіс rесоvеrу.

“Оnе оf thе соuntrіеѕ аt thе сrоѕѕrоаdѕ оf thе сlіmаtе аnd dеbt сrіѕеѕ іѕ Веlіzе, а mіddlе-іnсоmе соuntrу оn thе Саrіbbеаn соаѕt оf Сеntrаl Аmеrіса. Іtѕ fоrеіgn dеbt hаd bееn ѕtеаdіlу rіѕіng fоr thе lаѕt fеw уеаrѕ. Іt wаѕ аlѕо fееlіng ѕоmе оf thе mоѕt асutе еffесtѕ оf сlіmаtе сhаngе: ѕеа-lеvеl rіѕе, blеасhеd соrаlѕ, соаѕtаl еrоѕіоn. Тhе раndеmіс drіеd uр tоurіѕm, а mаіnѕtау оf іtѕ есоnоmу. Тhеn, аftеr twо hurrісаnеѕ, Еtа аnd Іоtа, hіt nеіghbоrіng Guаtеmаlа, flооdѕ ѕwерt аwау fаrmѕ аnd rоаdѕ dоwnѕtrеаm іn Веlіzе,” thе аrtісlе ехрlаіnеd.

Тhе dеbt thаt Веlіzе оwеѕ tо fоrеіgn сrеdіtоrѕ іѕ еquаl tо 85 реrсеnt оf іtѕ еntіrе nаtіоnаl есоnоmу аnd thе ІМF hаѕ саllеd іt “unѕuѕtаіnаblе.”

Dоmеѕtісаllу, thе Веlіzе Gоvеrnmеnt оwеѕ $1.323 bіllіоn іn dеbt, thе mајоrіtу оf whісh аrе іn Тrеаѕurу Воndѕ аnd Тrеаѕurу Nоtеѕ.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its recently concluded Article Four consultation with Belize advised the government to work toward reducing the debt to GDP ratio, currently above 130 percent....

So, with those examples in place, the comparison to colonialism by communists is very different. Once colonies of the UK are showing their ability to move forward to independence the relationship actually dissolves, but, business interests remain to help mitigate the problems of the people. 

The easiest example of communism in regard to colonialism is China. Hong Kong and Taiwan are prime examples of how China sees no business interests so much as communist control. Yes, the issue is obvious with Russia and Ukraine, but, it is not so much existing colonialism so much as the desired achievement of the return of colonialism of a Post-Soviet state.

18 September 2022
By Kate Mayberry

Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen was at mass in Hong Kong hours after being charged over a fund that helped pay the legal costs of those arrested in the 2019 protests 

Political activist Alex Chow (click here) has not forgotten the kindness of Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the retired head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, who came to visit him when he was behind bars five years ago.

Cardinal Zen has long been known for his work as a prison chaplain. On the day Chow met him at the Pik Uk correctional centre, a maximum security jail in Hong Kong’s New Territories, the elderly priest had taken a public minibus to the prison, some 40 minutes ride into the hills from the densely-packed city....

...For Chow, jailed for his role in the peaceful 2014 Occupy Hong Kong protests, the cardinal was a source of comfort and reassurance and a much-needed connection to the outside world.

“It meant a lot to me,” Chow, who was later released on bail ahead of the appeal he eventually won, told Al Jazeera. “I could see his genuine concern for others and staunch opposition to injustice. I felt like I was genuinely in his prayers and one of the people he cared about.”

The 90-year-old former head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong now faces a trial of his own....

Hong Kong is not simply a city as many Americans think of it, it is a country.

COUNTRY PARKS 

Although Hong Kong is one of the world’s metropolises, (click here) out of the total 1 108 square kilometres of land, about three quarters is countryside. Scenically, Hong Kong has a great deal to offer — a landscape rising from sandy beaches and rocky foreshores to heights of almost 1 000 metres, woodlands and mountain ranges covered by open grassland and a variety of scenic vistas rarely, if ever, matched in so small a territorial unit.

The Country Parks Ordinance provides a legal framework for the designation, development and management of country parks and special areas. It provides for the establishment of a Country and Marine Parks Board to advise the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation on all matters related to country parks and special areas.

A total of 24 country parks have been designated for the purposes of nature conservation, countryside recreation and outdoor education. There are 22 special areas created mainly for the purpose of nature conservation....

Communist China is not that old, while the history of the Chinese people is ancient. The current Communist government of China began 101 years ago.

On July 23, 1921, (click here) thirteen members held their first national congress of the Communist Party of China here, marking the birth of the Party.

The people of Hong Kong have an independent identity from China.

Destination Hong Kong, (click here) a Nations Online profile of the territory, also known as Xianggang, the "Fragrant Harbor."

For more than 150 years, Hong Kong was a colony of the British Crown. In 1997 the British returned the city. Since then, it has been a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China, a type of provincial administrative unit.

Hong Kong is located on the Pearl River Delta south of the Chinese province of Guangdong and the Chinese city of Shenzhen, surrounded by the South China Sea....

Hong Kong is viewed by Communist China as a threat of which can be invaded by Free World interests with military consequences. Hong Kong was never coveted by the Free World as a military instillation similar to Cuba has been to the USA in the past. The Communists of China have no interest in Hong Kong enjoying self-governance. The Communists of China rather hate the people of Hong Kong and confine their freedoms and rule over them to control all their outcomes. There is no real legal bond on the timeline of history to China by Hong Kong so much as a set of treaties after WWII granting land to China which the Free World had no right to make.

When peace agreements with Japan were made after WWII, China demanded those territories. They were granted to break up any potential of Japan to return to power. The same ideology can be seen when Berlin was divided in four quadrants only to have Russia be the last hold out and the Berlin Wall came down. The Berlin Wall came down because the free people of Germany wanted their entire city and country returned to them. This is a matter of human nature and not of governance. People will fight for freedom because it is their desire and not simply because Communists occupy land near them.

What the Free World witnessed with the violent takeover of Hong Kong is also playing out with Taiwan. Here again, history places no long ties to Communist China of the Taiwanese. It is Communist China that wants possession of the land that is Taiwan based in old treaties that have nothing to do with the modern day world. Today, Taiwan has experienced a strong and devastating earthquake. 

September 18, 2022

This photo provided by Hualien County fire department show firefighters in the search for trapped victims in a collapsed residential building following earthquake in Yuli township in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.

Taipei - A strong earthquake (click here) shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.

Most of the damage appeared to be north of the epicenter, which Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of 7 kilometers (4 miles)....

There are humanitarian issues now and the question is will China be benevolent or continue a hostile relationship with the people of Taiwan. I am certain the Free World will respond to this earthquake and will China stand down and allow the help to flow in or will there be issues of ideology that gets in the way of people that should maintain their freedom today and in the future?

In comparing colonialism within the Free World and that of Communists there is no doubt to the benevolence of the Free World going forward to these small nations of people. Quite the contrary, the Communists do not view these vulnerable people as having the right to self-governance.

Besides the humanitarian aspect needed for these small nations, they contribute to the global economy. In the case of Taiwan it is the global supply of microchips. I know the Free World can produce microchips, but, will they meet Taiwan's quality or will the change to a different environment in Texas be equivalent?

If there is to be peace in the world it needs participation of all nations of people. When war breaks out it is an interesting time on Wall Street, but, it distributes wealth differently than if the world was at peace. People suffer not just in the war zone but across the globe as the countries involved dedicate a lot of assets to the war effort to protect freedom and democracy. Those assets could be used differently in a world at peace whereby economic ties produce benevolence between countries.

There is also a caution globally now due to the radical measures of Russia with Ukraine. The Free World made contracts and concessions in the past with Russia to attain relationships that encouraged benevolence. Russia threw all that in the garbage dump when it decided to celebrate a day in the Five Year Plan with death of Ukrainians and an invasion to teach every other country in the world a lesson. Russia is still attempting to teach the world a lesson when it is obvious their war is over and the death count is becoming clear. A death count that also includes Russians killed by it's own government.

I believe the world is at an impasse when it comes to peace and war. World War II was fought from September 1, 1939 until September 2, 1945. The world is vastly different now. These ideological territorial wars are getting in the way of civilization. These disputes over islands for the sake of expanding legal boundaries as with China or preserving a form of governance in the way of dictatorship or communism as with Russia is in the way of quality of life on Earth. It is futile to continue to decide the fate of people through war. It is time to recognize history and genetics to be viewed as liberators and an end to war. WWII is causing conflict even today through the limited view of the victors back then and their assumed rights to land that was never theirs. We need to end the World War against peace and bring clear benevolent understandings to all countries and all people. We are capable of placing faith in a strong United Nations, IAEA through proof of truth telling in treaties, and an end to war.

Wow.

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin (click here) is transported to Westminster Abbey on the day of her funeral....

May she rest in peace.

MAGA Personality Disorder

The radicalization of Trump is predictable. I am fairly convinced he entered office with the agenda witnessed at the end of his term in office. I would like to focus on the people that support Trump and his extremism. I think it is safe to say most of his supporters are among white men. The women may be spouses, but, they are mostly aggrieved by life in the USA after military service.

Let's say a person is a Caucasian man that has served in the USA military, some even in higher ranking and elite units. Sitting in the lounge chair at home with a past of a good paying job and retirement currently and/or permanent disability from the service or not, the issues presented on the internet or on cable television are disturbing. Every military person likes to have purpose in their lives no matter the time or difficulty of their lives. 

"DON'T YA WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?!"

That is the MAGA American.

Every CAUSE of the unspoken is the follower of Trump. He is and has been willing to sell his soul to anyone that will lend him a vote and carry him into permanent power in the USA. There is no doubt Trump wants permanent occupation of the White House. He is probably convinced he is the only one that can do it, whatever it is. So, the nightmare is true. If Trump were put back into power in the USA he would carry forward every "cure" his followers demand.

Imagine being a Shaman all you life and you are still in your thirty somethings, wouldn't you want to be propelled into power and have a mega-church all your own where money can be stuffed into mattresses and walls for safe keeping? Sure. Absolutely. So, why not attach oneself as a Shaman to an extremist campaign that adheres to ANY belief system so long as it garners more supporters and can elect candidates friendly to "the cause?"

The one extremist problem within the MAGA movement is that they will seek to achieve every nightmare scenario no matter the outcomes. They have no intelligence regarding the issues in the files in Maralago and they have no real solutions, except, they know money and plenty of it will solve their so called problems. So, with Trump in the White House and access to all the best information while hosting the constituency, he is the only one that can do it, no matter what it is. That is why the knowledge he had was not shared with his constituency and is the only reason he has value. He is the only one that will be able to link the intelligence of the USA government to anyone else, hence value.

The communists should be taking notes right now because whatever their plans were after accessing USA intelligence via Trump, it isn't working. That should tell USA enemies Americans think on their feet and not out of files. It is not to diminish the value of the files, it isn't as though the Maralago files are meaningless, it is just that those in power within the USA structure know how to protect the most powerful country on Earth. I didn't say the most virtuous, but, it is the most powerful.

So, I think that explains why Americans are willing to follow Trump. They do believe he is an answer of sorts.

I think QAnon is a problem in our society because there is no doctrine. When one looks to established religions there are doctrines of the church that can be understood. QAnon is a make it up as you go kinda religion. So, in the case of QAnon, there are a lot of emotional components that make it work. Emotionally, this is God. No different than the Robert's Court putting religion before country, that is the type of power within QAnon. If the leader of an established religion states a qualifying requirement, the membership will follow to the best of their ability. That is QAnon to the Trump extremist. Additionally, QAnon is not solidly defined in it's doctrine. So, as an example, if a Catholic goes into a confessional and receives a sentence to absolve the sins before God, that is fairly predictable. Any Catholic knows that after confessing sins to a priest they will be on their knees for awhile after leaving the Confessional. That is not the case with QAnon.

QAnon runs the universe. Not just politics, not just economics, but, the entire universe. So, when it comes to the followers of the faith a lot of abstract ideas can be drawn on to propel the belief systems. QAnon in small populations is fairly benign, but, when attracting large populations while answering all the questions in that population of people with whatever the "here after" says, is very powerful. Basically, QAnon is a national security issue for the Free World. That is not a problem for communists, they simply eliminate the problem, even with legalized euthanasia. 

So, when it comes to MAGA politics, QAnon is willing to be "the spiritual" component to the questionable. Additionally, there is a Shaman in prison right now (click here). What a perfect icon for Trump and his run up to power again. As soon as Trump is in power he can free the Shaman and all will be right with the universe. There are such understandings in the world as political prisoners. I don't identify the shaman in prison as a political prisoner, he is an insurgent to a dangerous mind set for Americans. But as to the QAnon followers and the Trumpies, they want that power. They want to be able not just to be spiritually satisfied, but, also to break every law on the books that gets in the way of "creating" their own perfect outcomes. NOT A PERFECT WORLD, their own perfect outcomes.

Attaching oneself to a belief system that is highly dangerous and destructive is nothing short of a personality disorder. Substance abuse of any kind is not a true life in the sense of purpose or happiness. A human being becomes a slave to nothing that cares about him or her, but, only saps resources that satisfy the addiction. That is why the Free World wants to cure all ills.

The quality of life of any obsessed person is unattainable. Quality of life is not defined as wealth that successfully fulfills an addiction and hence it is not an addiction so much as a habit. That is not a habit, it is being wealthy while suffering from a personality disorder. Does one argue that a personality disorder that allows financial success is a good one to have? Sure. That argument is made everyday somewhere in the USA, but, it is an invalid value system. There are examples of people willing to attach themselves to someone that "will deliver" their own outcomes whether or not it is good for the country.

Eager to offset a Democratic advantage (click here) among so-called dark money groups, wealthy pro-Trump conservatives like Peter Thiel are involved in efforts to wield greater influence outside the traditional party machinery.

Trump is an opportunity. These donors and his followers may see Trump's blind ambition for power as a real solution for their wealth.

One has to look at the million/billionaires and decide when is enough, enough? When do these people hit the billion dollar mark and decide that is plenty for me and then benefit charities trying to solve problems such as United Nations NGOs or the Salvation Army or a non-profit trying to end child poverty or a conservation organization with a handle on the climate crisis with real solutions? The fact of the matter is that the wealthy are in need of the most control they can have in order to keep every penny earned through investment and/or invention. Not that they don't donate. That would never be the truth, but, they donate to satisfy negating their tax balance in any certain year. Also, we know that donations by individuals such as billionaires aren't necessarily making it to those that need that level of help, that is why the tax structure of the government must be insisted upon to bring equity to disenfranchised Americans.

The question is not whether Trump is the answer to all the outcomes backing him, the question is do Americans understand what quality of life is and how to achieve it. In the USA where capitalism exists, the problems such as health care and prescription drugs can be a hurdle for more than a handful of Americans, therefore, government at the federal level has to legislate to bring about the best outcome for all Americans. These common issues are not just solved at the state level, but, at the federal level.

So, are we finally finished with the extremist Republican movement called MAGA? No. MAGA Republicans are not exactly a movement so much as a corrupt aspect of our society that is harmful to the country in general. MAGAs have a problem. Their mindset is dangerous to freedom and democracy. The former Republican Party allowed it, rather than ostracizing it. There are MAGA Republicans today who are just as extreme as even and they do no favor to their constituencies for allowing the lies rather than the truth. Truth telling is a virtue that should be demanded by all Americans. Lies will destroy freedom and democracy.

ONLY TRUTH TELLING RESULTS IN A GREAT COUNTRY WHERE ANSWERS ARE SOUGHT IN REWARD FOR THE TRUTH.

This is a difficult time for all the Free World and not just the USA. We will conquer it. The only question is how long will it take and how much damage is done along the way? 

September 19, 2022
By Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman

Former President Donald J. Trump (click here) appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.

While speaking in Youngstown in support of J.D. Vance, whom he has endorsed as Ohio’s Republican nominee for the Senate, Mr. Trump delivered a dark address about the decline of America over music that was all but identical to a song called “Wwg1wga” — an abbreviation for the QAnon slogan, “Where we go one, we go all.”

As Mr. Trump spoke, scores of people in the crowd raised fingers in the air in an apparent reference to the “1” in what they thought was the song’s title. It was the first time in the memory of some Trump aides that such a display had occurred at one of his rallies.

Aides to Mr. Trump said the song played at the rally was called “Mirrors,” and it was selected for use in a video that Mr. Trump played at the conservative meeting CPAC and posted on his social media site, Truth Social. But it sounds strikingly like the QAnon theme song....

"Morning Papers"

The Rooster

"Okeydokey"

There are some nights a person just has to be a friend. Sleep deprived parents aren't always helpful. The circumstances involves a child and I don't feel at ease writing about the particulars here. She is resting. Thank you for any concerns.

I apologize…

 …for what may appear as a lack of interest. There is a lot going on personally that does not lend itself well to blogging. I will be blogging tomorrow.

Right now, someone dear has a 9 year old daughter in the hospital and they are talking kidney failure. It is a difficult situation.

Acute pyelonephritis in children can be turned around with antibiotics if an infection is the cause. At this very moment it seems to be the etiology of the kidney failure. It is a matter of wait and see. But, it is difficult as a parent to accept any of her circumstances.

So that is where I am this evening.

Thank you for your interest and good night.  

MIA/POW

Every September 16th is national recognition of the missing from war and those held prisoner.

https://www.dpaa.mil/

Good night.