The Republican Tax Bill needs to be written into regulations. Normally, that does not happen overnight, UNLESS, Mnuchin already has them written and the law was then written to fit the regulations.
That is the only way a substantial tax law can go into effect January 1, 2018 or sooner.
If there are regulations waiting for a law, the Democrats need to investigate that fact.
In regard to Director Mueller; there is no grounds for the political complaints of Republicans.
The GOP's complaints are laying down the reason for Trump's pardons of his family and allies. It has nothing to do with Mueller. Trump even said he is not removing Mueller from the investigation. Trump is demanding his party lay down the ground cover for his pardons.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Dah.
That is funny. Scot Pruitt is paranoid.
I see it a little different. Pruitt can't believe the people he has hated all these many decades know what they know.
See, if a person actually knows little about his job and practice and simply wants to turn his cronies loose as promised, he would think his office is bugged. Scot Pruitt knows nothing about environmental protection. He assumes everyone else doesn't either. He thinks when he is attacked by the well positioned and strong environmental and conservation organizations it is because they are getting covert information.
It's like the fifth grader trying to figure out how the teacher knows the answers on the test were wrong. If the fifth-grader thinks the teacher is an equal, then how the heck does the teacher know the answers are wrong?
Saying Pruitt is paranoid, is a compliment.
I see it a little different. Pruitt can't believe the people he has hated all these many decades know what they know.
See, if a person actually knows little about his job and practice and simply wants to turn his cronies loose as promised, he would think his office is bugged. Scot Pruitt knows nothing about environmental protection. He assumes everyone else doesn't either. He thinks when he is attacked by the well positioned and strong environmental and conservation organizations it is because they are getting covert information.
It's like the fifth grader trying to figure out how the teacher knows the answers on the test were wrong. If the fifth-grader thinks the teacher is an equal, then how the heck does the teacher know the answers are wrong?
Saying Pruitt is paranoid, is a compliment.
Haley is a puppet
Haley is no different than the Cabinet and Congress; tangled in their puppet strings.
I can't believe this was even breached. There was no way any resolution escalating the tensions between Israel and Palestine was going to become an international policy. It is a darn shame, but, maybe Ambassador Haley isn't qualified for the position. Anger and fomenting hatred is not the characteristics of an ambassador.
December 19, 2017
By Noa Landau
The U.S. vetoed a UN resolution (click here) seeking to reaffirm Jerusalem's status as unresolved, after 14 UN Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution Monday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize it as Israel’s capital.
This was the first time the United States exercised its veto power at the UN Security Council since Trump took office.
Following the vote, Haley said called the vote "an insult" and said that it won't be forgotten. She further said about the U.S. veto: “We do it with no joy, but we do it with no reluctance," and that "The United States will not be told by any country where we can put our embassy."...
As if insulting the entire United Nations over Jerusalem wasn't enough, she was screaming about the Iran Resolution as being a fraud because it didn't include a hundred different other issues.
Sorry, she just doesn't get it. Politico had a hissy fit on Obama over Hezbollah, too. Anyone know the concept of history?
By Josh Meyer
In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, (click here) the Obama administration derailed an ambitious law enforcement campaign targeting drug trafficking by the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, even as it was funneling cocaine into the United States, according to a POLITICO investigation....
When I first read, from more than one source, about Hezbollah's expansion I realized they didn't answer to Iran anymore. I had to read more than one source, because, it didn't make sense. Hezbollah has always depended on Iran for arms and direction for their militia. Hezbollah is Shi'ite and they are firmly anchored in the Crescent.
Iran no longer has influence with Hezbollah. I think it was during the Daesh attacks in the region. Syria. Hezbollah was cut off. Hezbollah was in Lebanon to protect the Alawites. Israel has very tight surveillance of the militias in the region, not just Hezbollah. Israel would bomb munition movements from Iran to Hezbollah, but, now with an international reach, Hezbollah is self-supporting.
Ambassador Haley needs to read newspapers. Not every aspect of the world comes out of Trump's mouth.
The world, she is a changing. The Lebanese army and Hezbollah. Huh? What? These organizations are pledged to hate each other. What happened? Peace? A common need to survive a hideous regime? I am impressed. Is it safe to call them brothers?
August 19, 2017
The Lebanese army (click here) launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side of the frontier.
The Lebanese army operation got underway at 5 a.m., targeting Islamic State positions near the town of Ras Baalbek with rockets, artillery and helicopters, a Lebanese security source said. The area is the last part of the Lebanese-Syrian frontier under insurgent control.
The operation by Hezbollah and the Syrian army targeted the area across the border in the western Qalamoun region of Syria.
A Hezbollah statement said the group was meeting its pledge to “remove the terrorist threat at the borders of the nation” and was fighting “side by side” with the Syrian army.
I don't believe The West knows the extent the Middle East has come together to end the violence and protect their faith. Don't get me "W"rong, I don't appreciate the militias turn drug kingpins, but, once they have their territory staked out, Mexico will finally have it's sovereignty back. The drug cartels are no match to Hezbollah.
October 1, 2017
Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah (click here) accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Sunday of pushing the region to war in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and said nowhere in Israel would be safe if such a conflict were to erupt.
Tensions have risen this year between Hezbollah and Israel, which last fought a major conflict in 2006. Israel has said it would use all its strength from the start in any new war with Hezbollah.
In a speech to followers, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Israeli government did not have “a correct assessment of where this war will lead if they ignite it”, and did not know how it would end.
“They do not have a correct picture about what is awaiting them if they go to the idiocy of this war,” Nasrallah said....'
I think I agree with Nasrahhal. The Trump administration doesn't have a clue. There has been a paradigm change. Probably a major paradigm shift. Russia probably had a hand in it. I can't say what occurred with Hezbollah is wrong. They were fighting for their lives. I congratulate the leaders in the Middle East. They did it. They found the strength within their people to fight a war that would bring about the end of the most deadly regime in centuries. I don't think any other dictator can claim the death rate of Daesh.
If Daesh brought the Middle East together and Isreal still lives by it's political hubris, that is a darn shame. Evidently, the Middle East is in step with the lives of their people and Israel let a huge paradigm shift simply slip past their intelligence. Or, at least, realized it and knew it would not promote Israel's political agenda. I am sure Israel could write a very interesting history of what occurred with Daesh. But, it won't admit it.
Look. The USA has been looking the other way with Afghanistan's Poppy Culture. EVEN TODAY, under Trump the poppies are growing like weeds. Don't start the high and mighty stuff in the United Nations. The USA Republicans are pathetic.
HELLO! HALEY! The Middle East just fought a war. You know, guns, bombs and all that stuff. There are frequently paradigm shifts after such events. It wasn't a world war, OBVIOUSLY, but, it was a darn deadly war. They worked together and saved their people. That is not a small achievement. Honestly.
I can't believe this was even breached. There was no way any resolution escalating the tensions between Israel and Palestine was going to become an international policy. It is a darn shame, but, maybe Ambassador Haley isn't qualified for the position. Anger and fomenting hatred is not the characteristics of an ambassador.
December 19, 2017
By Noa Landau
The U.S. vetoed a UN resolution (click here) seeking to reaffirm Jerusalem's status as unresolved, after 14 UN Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution Monday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize it as Israel’s capital.
This was the first time the United States exercised its veto power at the UN Security Council since Trump took office.
Following the vote, Haley said called the vote "an insult" and said that it won't be forgotten. She further said about the U.S. veto: “We do it with no joy, but we do it with no reluctance," and that "The United States will not be told by any country where we can put our embassy."...
As if insulting the entire United Nations over Jerusalem wasn't enough, she was screaming about the Iran Resolution as being a fraud because it didn't include a hundred different other issues.
Sorry, she just doesn't get it. Politico had a hissy fit on Obama over Hezbollah, too. Anyone know the concept of history?
By Josh Meyer
In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, (click here) the Obama administration derailed an ambitious law enforcement campaign targeting drug trafficking by the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, even as it was funneling cocaine into the United States, according to a POLITICO investigation....
When I first read, from more than one source, about Hezbollah's expansion I realized they didn't answer to Iran anymore. I had to read more than one source, because, it didn't make sense. Hezbollah has always depended on Iran for arms and direction for their militia. Hezbollah is Shi'ite and they are firmly anchored in the Crescent.
Iran no longer has influence with Hezbollah. I think it was during the Daesh attacks in the region. Syria. Hezbollah was cut off. Hezbollah was in Lebanon to protect the Alawites. Israel has very tight surveillance of the militias in the region, not just Hezbollah. Israel would bomb munition movements from Iran to Hezbollah, but, now with an international reach, Hezbollah is self-supporting.
Ambassador Haley needs to read newspapers. Not every aspect of the world comes out of Trump's mouth.
The world, she is a changing. The Lebanese army and Hezbollah. Huh? What? These organizations are pledged to hate each other. What happened? Peace? A common need to survive a hideous regime? I am impressed. Is it safe to call them brothers?
August 19, 2017
The Lebanese army (click here) launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side of the frontier.
The Lebanese army operation got underway at 5 a.m., targeting Islamic State positions near the town of Ras Baalbek with rockets, artillery and helicopters, a Lebanese security source said. The area is the last part of the Lebanese-Syrian frontier under insurgent control.
The operation by Hezbollah and the Syrian army targeted the area across the border in the western Qalamoun region of Syria.
A Hezbollah statement said the group was meeting its pledge to “remove the terrorist threat at the borders of the nation” and was fighting “side by side” with the Syrian army.
I don't believe The West knows the extent the Middle East has come together to end the violence and protect their faith. Don't get me "W"rong, I don't appreciate the militias turn drug kingpins, but, once they have their territory staked out, Mexico will finally have it's sovereignty back. The drug cartels are no match to Hezbollah.
October 1, 2017
Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah (click here) accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Sunday of pushing the region to war in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and said nowhere in Israel would be safe if such a conflict were to erupt.
Tensions have risen this year between Hezbollah and Israel, which last fought a major conflict in 2006. Israel has said it would use all its strength from the start in any new war with Hezbollah.
In a speech to followers, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Israeli government did not have “a correct assessment of where this war will lead if they ignite it”, and did not know how it would end.
“They do not have a correct picture about what is awaiting them if they go to the idiocy of this war,” Nasrallah said....'
I think I agree with Nasrahhal. The Trump administration doesn't have a clue. There has been a paradigm change. Probably a major paradigm shift. Russia probably had a hand in it. I can't say what occurred with Hezbollah is wrong. They were fighting for their lives. I congratulate the leaders in the Middle East. They did it. They found the strength within their people to fight a war that would bring about the end of the most deadly regime in centuries. I don't think any other dictator can claim the death rate of Daesh.
If Daesh brought the Middle East together and Isreal still lives by it's political hubris, that is a darn shame. Evidently, the Middle East is in step with the lives of their people and Israel let a huge paradigm shift simply slip past their intelligence. Or, at least, realized it and knew it would not promote Israel's political agenda. I am sure Israel could write a very interesting history of what occurred with Daesh. But, it won't admit it.
Look. The USA has been looking the other way with Afghanistan's Poppy Culture. EVEN TODAY, under Trump the poppies are growing like weeds. Don't start the high and mighty stuff in the United Nations. The USA Republicans are pathetic.
HELLO! HALEY! The Middle East just fought a war. You know, guns, bombs and all that stuff. There are frequently paradigm shifts after such events. It wasn't a world war, OBVIOUSLY, but, it was a darn deadly war. They worked together and saved their people. That is not a small achievement. Honestly.
Republican Senators Celebrate Tax Vote (click here). Pure hubris. No substance, simply political hubris.
Now is the time to be more vigilant than ever to increases in homelessness.
May 23, 2017
By Douglas Rice
President Trump’s 2018 budget (click here) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) proposes deep cuts in rental assistance for families and other aid for the nation’s poorest urban and rural communities, which would shrink the supply of affordable housing and increase homelessness and other hardships across the country.
Overall, the President requests $40.7 billion for HUD programs in 2018, $7.4 billion (15 percent) below what policymakers recently approved for 2017.....
It is a dangerous time for the poor, homeless, children, disabled and the elderly.
March 16, 2017
By Alastair Gee
While much of the attention (click here) given to Donald Trump’s budget proposal has focused on dramatic cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency and the state department, amid the many cuts in the plan is the elimination of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (Usich).
In addition, Trump’s budget would cut billions of dollars of funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which helps provide low-income housing.
Diane Yentel, president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, warned in a statement that the proposal contained some of the deepest housing cuts since “President Reagan dramatically reduced funding in the early 1980s. Reagan’s deep spending cuts ushered in a new age of homelessness.”
In an interview, she said the reductions might result in 200,000 low-income people no longer receiving rental assistance, putting them at risk of losing the roofs over their heads. About 550,000 people were experiencing homelessness on one night in 2016....
It is Putin's Revenge. The Republicans proudly state their tax scam removes the federal government from the states. Well, it should be interesting to find out what Post-USA looks like when the federal government implodes of it's own budget and national debt.
Putin would love to see the fifty states floating alone. Post-Soviet Russia may come to pass with the Post-USA.
May 23, 2017
By Douglas Rice
President Trump’s 2018 budget (click here) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) proposes deep cuts in rental assistance for families and other aid for the nation’s poorest urban and rural communities, which would shrink the supply of affordable housing and increase homelessness and other hardships across the country.
Overall, the President requests $40.7 billion for HUD programs in 2018, $7.4 billion (15 percent) below what policymakers recently approved for 2017.....
It is a dangerous time for the poor, homeless, children, disabled and the elderly.
March 16, 2017
By Alastair Gee
While much of the attention (click here) given to Donald Trump’s budget proposal has focused on dramatic cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency and the state department, amid the many cuts in the plan is the elimination of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (Usich).
In addition, Trump’s budget would cut billions of dollars of funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which helps provide low-income housing.
Diane Yentel, president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, warned in a statement that the proposal contained some of the deepest housing cuts since “President Reagan dramatically reduced funding in the early 1980s. Reagan’s deep spending cuts ushered in a new age of homelessness.”
In an interview, she said the reductions might result in 200,000 low-income people no longer receiving rental assistance, putting them at risk of losing the roofs over their heads. About 550,000 people were experiencing homelessness on one night in 2016....
It is Putin's Revenge. The Republicans proudly state their tax scam removes the federal government from the states. Well, it should be interesting to find out what Post-USA looks like when the federal government implodes of it's own budget and national debt.
Putin would love to see the fifty states floating alone. Post-Soviet Russia may come to pass with the Post-USA.
This is the difference between a "Plutocratic Regime" and a government of, by and FOR the people.
20 December 2017
By Julian Robinson
The EU's top court (click here) has ruled Uber is a taxi service and should be regulated like a taxi company rather than an app.
Uber and the rest, including AirBNB, are devastating to any society. It CHANGES language. Uber is not a RIDE SHARING SERVICE. It is a taxi service disseminated among any person in the land. There is absolutely no quality control or accountability. Lawsuits and class action lawsuits abound in the land of Uber, but, the consumer has sacrificed a great deal, especially when it comes to consumer safety.
Uber also breaks the law and races forward taking profits from taxi services only to change when a judge finally passes a sentence.
I will never use Uber, Lyft or AirBNB. They are dangerous and counterproductive to the American economy. We have seen law enforcement haul the mentally ill and now murderers into the prison system after committing crime, compliments of Uber. Uber and the rest are a Wall Street assault against 'the commons' and places a very dangerous element among the people.
In the name of what seems like an answer to organized taxi services that may be expensive; a computer took over. It is the attack of the machines to harness whatever wealth exists among the citizens of the USA. Ready for this? North Carolina lists Uber as an antidote to unemployment. NC has put innumerable independent taxis out of business. So, while NC believes it is cutting the cost of state unemployment recommending Uber to solve all ills, it creates unemployment and bankruptcy among it's existing economy. Ever wonder why the south has such impoverishment? It is because the computer is king and people be damned.
The North Carolina legislature has to be voted out of office.
January 26, 2017
By Adi Gaskell
Oxford Martin School’s Carl Benedikt Frey (click here) burst onto the public stage back in 2013 with a paper highlighting the risks various professions faced of automation in the coming years.
He has returned this week with a new paper that is no less contentious. It examines the impact Uber has had on the income of taxi drivers in a range of U.S. cities.
Despite widespread protests against the sharing economy platform, the analysis revealed that the impact was muted. For instance, whilst it typically resulted in a fall in income of around 10% among salaried drivers, it resulted in a 50% rise in the number of self-employed drivers in a city.
The authors believe their study represents the first serious look at the impact of sharing economy platforms such as Uber on jobs.
“Uber is the flagship of the sharing economy,” Frey says. “But what our study shows is that even in one of the sharing economy’s most exposed industries, traditional jobs have not been displaced.
"The effects are complex; while some have seen a loss in income, Uber has created more jobs than it has destroyed, demonstrated by the staggering expansion of self-employment following its introduction.”...
Uber is not sharing squat. Do Uber drivers receive stipends to improve the safety of their vehicles? No. Does Uber have an allowance for depreciation so it's drivers can replace their aged vehicles? No.
The PROPER use of Uber is to sell the technologies to Taxi Services to provide an automatic link to a licensed taxi service and move transportation quicker. But, to turn a computer application loose among the people is nothing but exploitation. Uber has no costs, except, to support the app. The idea of a computer application replacing an entire aspect of an economy is nothing short of moronity.
By Julian Robinson
The EU's top court (click here) has ruled Uber is a taxi service and should be regulated like a taxi company rather than an app.
The case, heard in Luxembourg's European Court of Justice, is yet another blow for Uber, which has drawn the fury of taxi drivers and officials around the world for flouting local regulations.
But the US-based company has insisted that the ruling, issued after a case brought by a taxi drivers' association in the Spanish city of Barcelona, will not affect its UK operation.
It comes the same week as one of its drivers admitted to the murder of a British embassy worker coming home from a night out in Beirut, Lebanon....
But the US-based company has insisted that the ruling, issued after a case brought by a taxi drivers' association in the Spanish city of Barcelona, will not affect its UK operation.
It comes the same week as one of its drivers admitted to the murder of a British embassy worker coming home from a night out in Beirut, Lebanon....
Uber and the rest, including AirBNB, are devastating to any society. It CHANGES language. Uber is not a RIDE SHARING SERVICE. It is a taxi service disseminated among any person in the land. There is absolutely no quality control or accountability. Lawsuits and class action lawsuits abound in the land of Uber, but, the consumer has sacrificed a great deal, especially when it comes to consumer safety.
Uber also breaks the law and races forward taking profits from taxi services only to change when a judge finally passes a sentence.
I will never use Uber, Lyft or AirBNB. They are dangerous and counterproductive to the American economy. We have seen law enforcement haul the mentally ill and now murderers into the prison system after committing crime, compliments of Uber. Uber and the rest are a Wall Street assault against 'the commons' and places a very dangerous element among the people.
In the name of what seems like an answer to organized taxi services that may be expensive; a computer took over. It is the attack of the machines to harness whatever wealth exists among the citizens of the USA. Ready for this? North Carolina lists Uber as an antidote to unemployment. NC has put innumerable independent taxis out of business. So, while NC believes it is cutting the cost of state unemployment recommending Uber to solve all ills, it creates unemployment and bankruptcy among it's existing economy. Ever wonder why the south has such impoverishment? It is because the computer is king and people be damned.
The North Carolina legislature has to be voted out of office.
January 26, 2017
By Adi Gaskell
Oxford Martin School’s Carl Benedikt Frey (click here) burst onto the public stage back in 2013 with a paper highlighting the risks various professions faced of automation in the coming years.
He has returned this week with a new paper that is no less contentious. It examines the impact Uber has had on the income of taxi drivers in a range of U.S. cities.
Despite widespread protests against the sharing economy platform, the analysis revealed that the impact was muted. For instance, whilst it typically resulted in a fall in income of around 10% among salaried drivers, it resulted in a 50% rise in the number of self-employed drivers in a city.
The authors believe their study represents the first serious look at the impact of sharing economy platforms such as Uber on jobs.
“Uber is the flagship of the sharing economy,” Frey says. “But what our study shows is that even in one of the sharing economy’s most exposed industries, traditional jobs have not been displaced.
"The effects are complex; while some have seen a loss in income, Uber has created more jobs than it has destroyed, demonstrated by the staggering expansion of self-employment following its introduction.”...
Uber is not sharing squat. Do Uber drivers receive stipends to improve the safety of their vehicles? No. Does Uber have an allowance for depreciation so it's drivers can replace their aged vehicles? No.
The PROPER use of Uber is to sell the technologies to Taxi Services to provide an automatic link to a licensed taxi service and move transportation quicker. But, to turn a computer application loose among the people is nothing but exploitation. Uber has no costs, except, to support the app. The idea of a computer application replacing an entire aspect of an economy is nothing short of moronity.
For as long as I can remember, including childhood, I was captivated by the constellation "The Seven Sisters."
The Pleiades, (click here) also known as the Seven Sisters, is the nearest star cluster to Earth situated between 434 and 446 light years away. The cluster is the source of the names of each of the sisters in The Seven Sisters series.
There are thought to be as many as 1000 stars in the cluster, the core of which spans 8 light years in diameter. The cluster is dominated by ‘hot blue stars’ which have formed within the past 100million years and astronomers believe that the cluster will survive for another 250million years.
The Seven Sisters is a B Type star cluster. It is helium based and blue. It has a short lifetime as suns go.
Sol, our sun, is a Type G star.
...Compared (click here) to hotter and brighter OBAF type stars, G type stars radiate more light towards the infrared end of the spectrum. For G-type stars, the spectral lines are characterized by the presence of many neutral and ionized metallic lines (iron, calcium II, and sodium) and weak hydrogen lines. Main-sequence G stars have surface temperatures of 5,250 to 5,950 K and around 66 to 150 percent of Sol's luminosity. G-type dwarf stars appear to have between 0.85 to 1.1 Solar-masses, which indicates in theory that these stars may spend from 15 to as few as seven billion years in the main sequence fusing core hydrogen (more from CSIRO Australia)....
The real task of those seeking a new home planet is to find one with the characteristics of Earth. Then find a path to that planet that will not burn human beings to a crisp.
The idea human beings are becoming Martians serves what purpose? The expense in developing a life support system that will last on the Martian environment while attempting to pollute Mars with an Earth climate doesn't have an end game. There is no new permanent home for Earthlings.
Mars shares the same sun as Earth. When the light goes out on Earth, the same happens on Mars. All that adventure to Mars seems silly to me. There is no advancement of the species to survive and bring it's Noah's Arch. There needs to be a real purpose to achieving space travel and not simply 'we done it.'
The Seven Sisters is a B Type star cluster. It is helium based and blue. It has a short lifetime as suns go.
Sol, our sun, is a Type G star.
...Compared (click here) to hotter and brighter OBAF type stars, G type stars radiate more light towards the infrared end of the spectrum. For G-type stars, the spectral lines are characterized by the presence of many neutral and ionized metallic lines (iron, calcium II, and sodium) and weak hydrogen lines. Main-sequence G stars have surface temperatures of 5,250 to 5,950 K and around 66 to 150 percent of Sol's luminosity. G-type dwarf stars appear to have between 0.85 to 1.1 Solar-masses, which indicates in theory that these stars may spend from 15 to as few as seven billion years in the main sequence fusing core hydrogen (more from CSIRO Australia)....The real task of those seeking a new home planet is to find one with the characteristics of Earth. Then find a path to that planet that will not burn human beings to a crisp.
The idea human beings are becoming Martians serves what purpose? The expense in developing a life support system that will last on the Martian environment while attempting to pollute Mars with an Earth climate doesn't have an end game. There is no new permanent home for Earthlings.
Mars shares the same sun as Earth. When the light goes out on Earth, the same happens on Mars. All that adventure to Mars seems silly to me. There is no advancement of the species to survive and bring it's Noah's Arch. There needs to be a real purpose to achieving space travel and not simply 'we done it.'
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
I don't really pay close attention to the space missions. I think they are basically flawed.
The idea governments should be looking for another place for human beings to migrate is interesting, but, places like Mars is nonsense. By the time humans are able to migrate to deep space, the mission is obsolete. If humans migrate into deep space it should be to a younger galaxy where there is promise of a planet similar to Earth. Why is simply 'making it to Mars' such a great idea?
I was impressed by "SpaceX" and it's recycled space machines. Interesting. Nothing deteriorates in space.
But, when I was looking through old files I ran across a supposed puzzle about the six-sided ocean found by Cassini.
September 15, 2017
By Brian Resnick
...The probe (click here) finally saw what was at the center of the hexagon: a hurricane very much similar to the Earth’s, but with an eye about 50 times wider than your average storm. It even found a second hurricane-like vortex swirling closer to the edge of the jet stream. Researchers later figured out that Saturn’s distance from the Sun and its atmospheric composition allow jet streams to form in geometric shapes, but the hexagon is still somewhat of a mystery: it’s unclear why the south pole doesn’t have a hexagon either, or what allows the jet stream to last so long....
To begin with there is an organic chemical structure on Earth called a benzene ring; C6H6. Why wouldn't a circulating mass of benzene look like it's innate shape? But, beyond that what NASA needs is a hydrologist specialized in river processes. Everyone knows that when a river of water hits the bank of a river, it turns.
The image to the right shows exactly what happens with water flowing in a river. The primary flow runs into a river bank and it is deflected.
In the case of the hexagon ocean seen by Cassini, the area is lighter in viscosity than the next area at lower latitudes. The flow of the hexagon is easily realized in the color enhanced picture.
The image below shows a gradually rounded edge to the hexagon. Those are inflexions from a denser molecular that surrounds the hexagon ocean. I am sure NASA already knows the chemical composition of the variety of latitudes of composition.
Just as a note to probabilities, C6H6 is a carbon-hydrogen structure. It fits with methane found within the flight of Cassini. The figure above shows a double bonded benzene ring with a resonating second bond. That resonating bond would provide enough molecular energy to translate into movement of a fluid in a void, especially if it was trapped by a more viscous layer of the celestial body.
There are only a limited number of naturally occurring elements in the Milky Way. That may be different with other galaxies, but, with suns similar to Sol, that is not likely. NASA is looking for suns similar to Sol, right? For human life to survive. I don't know if galaxies very different from Sol will provide a strategy for life.
The trite phrase "the 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements" is often seen, but is incorrect. (click here) There are only 88 naturally-occurring chemical elements. The elements 43, 61, 85 and 87 have no stable isotopes, and none of long half-life, so they are not naturally present. Small amounts are made in nuclear reactions induced by cosmic rays and nuclear tests, but these soon disappear. If you protest that these should be included, then so should Np and Pu, which are produced by the absorption of neutrons arising from spontaneous fission of uranium and thorium, and then there would be 94 naturally-occurring elements. If you wait long enough, there will only be 81 naturally-occurring elements, since everything beyond lead has only unstable isotopes, though some are of very long half-life, and have survived since the beginning, fathering their radioactive series. Any way you look at it, there are not just 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements.
Realizing there are a limited number of elements in nature, the idea there can be a large variety of sources of movement spawned by molecular spin is not realistic. As a matter of fact, finding a place for human life can be limited by those factors alone.
Earth is located at a distance from the center of it's universe. That is probably important for Sol's existence and it's habitable zone. Getting too close to the center of the universe will prove far too hostile to any possible habitable zone.
This was fun.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.
I was impressed by "SpaceX" and it's recycled space machines. Interesting. Nothing deteriorates in space.
But, when I was looking through old files I ran across a supposed puzzle about the six-sided ocean found by Cassini.
By Brian Resnick
...The probe (click here) finally saw what was at the center of the hexagon: a hurricane very much similar to the Earth’s, but with an eye about 50 times wider than your average storm. It even found a second hurricane-like vortex swirling closer to the edge of the jet stream. Researchers later figured out that Saturn’s distance from the Sun and its atmospheric composition allow jet streams to form in geometric shapes, but the hexagon is still somewhat of a mystery: it’s unclear why the south pole doesn’t have a hexagon either, or what allows the jet stream to last so long....
To begin with there is an organic chemical structure on Earth called a benzene ring; C6H6. Why wouldn't a circulating mass of benzene look like it's innate shape? But, beyond that what NASA needs is a hydrologist specialized in river processes. Everyone knows that when a river of water hits the bank of a river, it turns.
In the case of the hexagon ocean seen by Cassini, the area is lighter in viscosity than the next area at lower latitudes. The flow of the hexagon is easily realized in the color enhanced picture.
The image below shows a gradually rounded edge to the hexagon. Those are inflexions from a denser molecular that surrounds the hexagon ocean. I am sure NASA already knows the chemical composition of the variety of latitudes of composition.
Just as a note to probabilities, C6H6 is a carbon-hydrogen structure. It fits with methane found within the flight of Cassini. The figure above shows a double bonded benzene ring with a resonating second bond. That resonating bond would provide enough molecular energy to translate into movement of a fluid in a void, especially if it was trapped by a more viscous layer of the celestial body.
There are only a limited number of naturally occurring elements in the Milky Way. That may be different with other galaxies, but, with suns similar to Sol, that is not likely. NASA is looking for suns similar to Sol, right? For human life to survive. I don't know if galaxies very different from Sol will provide a strategy for life.
The trite phrase "the 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements" is often seen, but is incorrect. (click here) There are only 88 naturally-occurring chemical elements. The elements 43, 61, 85 and 87 have no stable isotopes, and none of long half-life, so they are not naturally present. Small amounts are made in nuclear reactions induced by cosmic rays and nuclear tests, but these soon disappear. If you protest that these should be included, then so should Np and Pu, which are produced by the absorption of neutrons arising from spontaneous fission of uranium and thorium, and then there would be 94 naturally-occurring elements. If you wait long enough, there will only be 81 naturally-occurring elements, since everything beyond lead has only unstable isotopes, though some are of very long half-life, and have survived since the beginning, fathering their radioactive series. Any way you look at it, there are not just 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements.
Realizing there are a limited number of elements in nature, the idea there can be a large variety of sources of movement spawned by molecular spin is not realistic. As a matter of fact, finding a place for human life can be limited by those factors alone.
Earth is located at a distance from the center of it's universe. That is probably important for Sol's existence and it's habitable zone. Getting too close to the center of the universe will prove far too hostile to any possible habitable zone.
This was fun.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.
Monday, December 18, 2017
There is a huge gap in the bridge at the place where the rail car is dangling.
My assessment:
The train could not take that corner at 81 mph. The fact both engines made it over the bridge intact tells me the engines were braking. The rest of the cars piled up on top of the two engines. This break in the concrete was either a factor in causing the derailment with some structural integrity gone from the rails or was caused from the pile up.
This is just an off the cuff assessment. I have no special information to tell me what might have caused this disaster with so many deaths.
Where is the NTSB?
...A local mayor, from Lakewood, appeared to have predicted a fatal accident two weeks ago.
At a meeting on December 5, Mayor Don Anderson said it was just a matter of time before the high speed trains killed someone.
He claimed that grade separations – such as the overpass involved in this crash - should be included in new route plans to keep trains away from roads.
Komo News reports he asked Deprtment of Transport officials to “do better”.
He added: “Come back when there is that accident, and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements, or you can go back now and advocate for the money to do it, because this project was never needed and endangers our citizens.”
The NTSB needs to interview the mayor and find out what he suspected and why his concerns were not answered before this tragedy?
If any elected official at any level has concerns about any aspect of public travel they need to be heard. Those at the local level are closer to the people than others. They should never be overlooked as some of the most serious skeptics with the most insight to issues regarding safety. They are the representatives of the people and they are trusted.
There still needs to be a thorough investigation, but, from what I can see, I think it was the speed that is the issue of this derailment. No way to know for sure. I don't see where anything was on the tracks.
I find it curious the cars weren't breaking in unison with the two engines if that is what occurred. It appears they weren't breaking at all.
The train was sabotaged?
The line was carrying passengers for the first time today
At least 'six people' have been killed (click here) after a high-speed train derailed off a bridge and onto a packed highway in Washington.
Authorities confirmed there have been a 'number of fatalities' after the train crashed in Dupont as it travelled between Seattle and Portland in rush hour, at around 7.45am local time (3.45pm UK time).
US media reports suggest that the majority of travellers - more than 70 of 77 passengers and five crew on board - have been transferred to hospital with "major injuries".
Emergency services battled to rescue several trapped on carriages.
Dramatic pictures from the scene show part of the train hanging from a bridge onto Interstate 5 where it struck vehicles - but no motorists were killed in the crash, it's reported.
Train 501 which crashed is now known to have been travelling the route for the first time when it crashed about 40 miles south of Seattle.
It's since emerged there were warnings that there would a fatal accident involving high-speed trains by the local mayor just a fortnight ago.
It's still unclear what caused the derailment - but there is speculation that the train 'hit something at 81mph'.
For live updates see below:
At least 70 people were sent to St Joseph Hospital, according to CHI Franciscan Health. 20 were sent to the Madigan Army Medical Center emergency center... [Real-time updates:
kiro.tv/TrainDerailsI5 ]....out of 78 passengers and five crew who were on board the train when it derailed off a bridge....
...“The City of Seattle has offered our assistance and aid to Pierce and Thurston counties, and is ready to work with Amtrak, local, state, and federal officials as they manage the response and deal with the aftermath of this tragic incident.”...
Only in the game of "Monopoly."
Valuable in Washington, DC and Moscow.
Anyone who thought Trump was actually interested in democracy and justice drank the Cool-Aide, along with a few virgins.
What does a Russian Plutocrat look like?
Panama Papers (click here)
He is the Karl Rove and Steve Bannon of Russia. Or, did Rove and "W" do a Putin?
He looked at the path to peace Russia was on, but, he didn't have the clout to be elected President so he reached out to the discarded aspects of Russian society, the Communists, and became their man of the hour. Just that simple.
If the truth be known, Rove and "W"s inside track of harnessing the people with the most hatred is an old Putin strategy that has kept him in politics and President, but, caused the Russian people a great deal of hardship. He may not have "The Apprentice" as a booster rocket, but, corruption in Moscow is thick as pea soup and Putin sits at the top.
While on the subject of Putin, it really is a shame the politics in Russia is so nationalistic. Putin is in hero worship and when he dies he can lay in permanent biofreeze along side Lenin. But, as to the well being of Russia, Putin is failing immensely.
First he estranges The West, his best trading partner, by breaking every treaty under the sun and invading Ukraine. At the time Ukraine threw out Yanukovych, Russia was in a perfect position to engage the democracy the Ukraine people wanted and build a trade organization that would include the post Soviet states while allowing them to build trade relations with The West.
It would have worked. Putin would have been hailed a peacemaker beyond peacemaker and looking at a Nobel Prize. Not only that, but, it would have placed Russia in the position to be an ally with the post-Soviet states to stabilize the Asian continent in relation to the European continent. It is called "The Balance of Power."
It would end the tensions between the Post-Soviet states and Russia preventing outbreaks of violence such as occurred between Poland, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Putin chose islationism rather than alliance, alienating every Post - Soviet State and causing a border war with Ukraine. A BORDER WAR. Like, what? What leader would choose to have a border war with any other country? I guess only Vladimir Putin.
As a result of the broken treaties there are sanctions set up to encoursage Russia to rethink it's strategy. There is no future for Russia in the strategy of isolationism. NONE. A country can only sustain it's isolationism with a border war for so long.
The Russia people are in peril and I tell you what is brilliant, cutting off the internet into Russia. Also brilliant, nationism to bring about a false sense of well being. Russia currently sits in STATIC EQUALIBRIUM within it's own borders because The West doesn't want to kill Russians or spark a potential war with China. Just think about that. If the USA and it's allies positioned themselves for war rather than profits; what would that look like?
Now, Putin comes out of Russian isolationism after his Trump victory in the USA to THANK Trump for sending him information which prevented a domestic Russian terror bombing. Really, Vladimir? Where is the evidence since it should be public information rather than propaganda. So, where are the communications stating Trump prevented the deaths of Russians. I am really curious.
And that brings me to my next point and validates my point of view about Russia and it's "Hero President."
Vladimir Putin actually had to rely on the USA for information in preventing a terrorist attack? Really? What kind of an admission is that? Putin, the King of Swing in Russia, has to rely on the USA to prevent deaths of Russians. No wonder he was so invested in having Trump win the election.
Putin was right; if Hillary Clinton won the presidential election as she could and should have, where would Russia be? It's only strategy would be to enter into a nuclear war, because, it can't protect itself otherwise!
I can't believe Vladimir Putin won't see the reality of Russia in relation to it's future and simply retire from politics with his pretty mistress-wife.
The only defense the Russian government has to protect Russian people is propaganda and it's global distribution.
The communists are the wrong path for Russia.
That is good advise and it is free. No one had to pay Paul Manafort a dime.
Now.
Who really loves Russia and it's people?
It would end the tensions between the Post-Soviet states and Russia preventing outbreaks of violence such as occurred between Poland, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Putin chose islationism rather than alliance, alienating every Post - Soviet State and causing a border war with Ukraine. A BORDER WAR. Like, what? What leader would choose to have a border war with any other country? I guess only Vladimir Putin.
As a result of the broken treaties there are sanctions set up to encoursage Russia to rethink it's strategy. There is no future for Russia in the strategy of isolationism. NONE. A country can only sustain it's isolationism with a border war for so long.
The Russia people are in peril and I tell you what is brilliant, cutting off the internet into Russia. Also brilliant, nationism to bring about a false sense of well being. Russia currently sits in STATIC EQUALIBRIUM within it's own borders because The West doesn't want to kill Russians or spark a potential war with China. Just think about that. If the USA and it's allies positioned themselves for war rather than profits; what would that look like?
Now, Putin comes out of Russian isolationism after his Trump victory in the USA to THANK Trump for sending him information which prevented a domestic Russian terror bombing. Really, Vladimir? Where is the evidence since it should be public information rather than propaganda. So, where are the communications stating Trump prevented the deaths of Russians. I am really curious.
And that brings me to my next point and validates my point of view about Russia and it's "Hero President."
Vladimir Putin actually had to rely on the USA for information in preventing a terrorist attack? Really? What kind of an admission is that? Putin, the King of Swing in Russia, has to rely on the USA to prevent deaths of Russians. No wonder he was so invested in having Trump win the election.
Putin was right; if Hillary Clinton won the presidential election as she could and should have, where would Russia be? It's only strategy would be to enter into a nuclear war, because, it can't protect itself otherwise!
I can't believe Vladimir Putin won't see the reality of Russia in relation to it's future and simply retire from politics with his pretty mistress-wife.
The only defense the Russian government has to protect Russian people is propaganda and it's global distribution.
The communists are the wrong path for Russia.
That is good advise and it is free. No one had to pay Paul Manafort a dime.
Now.
Who really loves Russia and it's people?
This blank area on the UNISYS hemispheric satellite is at least a week old.
1130:42z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the west and north hemisphere of Earth (click here)
Russia has no right to block the scientific information collected about the troposphere for decades. Unless, it is just stupid Trump thinking he has a right to do exactly what he wants to do from the Oval Office.
I thought Republicans liked private enterprise. What this appears to be to me is the Trump administration lined with private industry CEOs are using the government to defeat competition of their companies.
The USA government is not supposed to put it's thumb on the scale to defeat one company over the other. The Republicans have put their thumb on the scale for decades when it comes to the petroleum industry, but, some is amiss and there are only one group of morons that quality in being this stupid. Correction, two groups, Trump and his best buddy Putin.
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Having a few students of my own, I realize this is a special time of year.
Students will begin their winter break this week. Perhaps everyone should be enjoying a break to prepare for a happy couple of weeks.
I will write some opinions tomorrow.
This was a year of revisiting Kyoto. I will review what is left of Appendix A. I am fairly certain it is time to move on to Appendix B. That being the case; after the New Year seems right. Why cloud the holidays with new material. Togetherness and reaffirming our love of family and values is a good union of friends and neighbors.
So, until later.
The CDC has turned to pablum and stupidity.
"vulnerable" - synonyms, pick one - helpless, defenseless, powerless, impotent, weak and susceptible
"entitlement" - synonyms - Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
"diversity" - racist
"transgender" - bigotry
"fetus" - synonym - embryo, unborn baby or child - hatred of science
"evidence-based" - bigoted against practices of law
"science-based" - "C.D.C. bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes.’
...With community standards and wishes is a Russian principle.
Here's the Russian translation:
научный - C.D.C. основывает свои рекомендации на науке с учетом стандартов и пожеланий сообщества ».
Matt Lloyd - “H.H.S. will continue to use the best scientific evidence available to improve the health of all Americans. H.H.S. also strongly encourages the use of outcome and evidence data in program evaluations and budget decisions.”
I demand the firing of Matt Lloyd on Monday because he said, "Best Scientific Evidence. Outcome. Evidence data. None of those are allowed. Budget decisions. Hm. What does that sound like in Russia?
бюджетные решения
"entitlement" - synonyms - Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
"diversity" - racist
"transgender" - bigotry
"fetus" - synonym - embryo, unborn baby or child - hatred of science
"evidence-based" - bigoted against practices of law
"science-based" - "C.D.C. bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes.’
...With community standards and wishes is a Russian principle.
Here's the Russian translation:
научный - C.D.C. основывает свои рекомендации на науке с учетом стандартов и пожеланий сообщества ».
Matt Lloyd - “H.H.S. will continue to use the best scientific evidence available to improve the health of all Americans. H.H.S. also strongly encourages the use of outcome and evidence data in program evaluations and budget decisions.”
I demand the firing of Matt Lloyd on Monday because he said, "Best Scientific Evidence. Outcome. Evidence data. None of those are allowed. Budget decisions. Hm. What does that sound like in Russia?
бюджетные решения
Horrors, there are leaks from the Trump White House. This is news?
Leaks (if you can call them that) coming from the Trump White House is common knowledge. It happens all the time and continuously since Trump took office.
December 15, 2017
By Natasha Bertrand
The Department of Justice (click here) acknowledged in a statement on Thursday night that copies of private text messages exchanged between two former special-counsel investigators were disclosed to certain members of the media before they were given to Congress, even though those disclosures "were not authorized."
Sarah Isgur Flores, a DOJ spokeswoman, told Politico that the text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were given to key members of the House Judiciary Committee the night before Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's public testimony on Wednesday.
The DOJ's Public Affairs division shared the same messages with a group of reporters after they were shared with the lawmakers, Flores said. But some members of the media "had already received copies."
December 15, 2017
By Natasha Bertrand
The Department of Justice (click here) acknowledged in a statement on Thursday night that copies of private text messages exchanged between two former special-counsel investigators were disclosed to certain members of the media before they were given to Congress, even though those disclosures "were not authorized."
Sarah Isgur Flores, a DOJ spokeswoman, told Politico that the text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were given to key members of the House Judiciary Committee the night before Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's public testimony on Wednesday.
The DOJ's Public Affairs division shared the same messages with a group of reporters after they were shared with the lawmakers, Flores said. But some members of the media "had already received copies."
"As we understand now, some members of the media had already received copies of the texts before that — but those disclosures were not authorized by the department," she said....
May 31, 2017
By Brent Budowsky
While President Trump (click here) seems to suggest that a conspiracy of deep-state opponents exists throughout the national security establishment, an astounding tweet revealed who he really believes is the source of leaks that continue to plague him.
On May 28, Trump tweeted, "It is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media."...
...It is no secret that from the moment Trump was first elected, there has been a virtual civil war among his inside advisors. It is commonly assumed that the internal White House battle involves the "Kushner wing" versus the "Bannon wing." However, there are also leaks from individuals wise to the ways of Washington, who know that if they leak derogatory information about Trump, they will be portrayed by reporters as "moderating influences”....
May 31, 2017
By Brent Budowsky
While President Trump (click here) seems to suggest that a conspiracy of deep-state opponents exists throughout the national security establishment, an astounding tweet revealed who he really believes is the source of leaks that continue to plague him.
On May 28, Trump tweeted, "It is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media."...
...It is no secret that from the moment Trump was first elected, there has been a virtual civil war among his inside advisors. It is commonly assumed that the internal White House battle involves the "Kushner wing" versus the "Bannon wing." However, there are also leaks from individuals wise to the ways of Washington, who know that if they leak derogatory information about Trump, they will be portrayed by reporters as "moderating influences”....
Saturday, December 16, 2017
First delay, can be reasonable considering a new administration.
Second delay is negligence and there needs to be lawsuits filed against the Trump EPA. There is no excuse for this.
By Suzy Khimm
Washington — The Trump administration (click here) is moving forward to update regulations to reduce lead in drinking water, but says the effort will take months longer than planned.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it would delay its publication of proposed changes to federal regulation of lead and copper in drinking water until August 2018, having previously set out to have them released by January 2018. It similarly pushed back the timeline for finalizing the changes to February 2020, seven months after its previous deadline....
Hi,
Sorry I am a little late (8:40 pm). I was talking to some Russian truck drivers. It would seem President Putin needs to conduct some infrastructure projects. That is why Russia is an economically emerging country. Or, was an economically emerging country. It is why invading Ukraine is viewed as a gross misjudgement due to ineffective politics.
President Putin is convinced men such as Donald Trump can correct the course of Russia. It is why a Russian President would be so desperate in attempting to sabotage an American election for President.
There is always this lack of motive when the Mueller investigation is discussed. The reason Russia would want to sabotage an election rather than a confrontation. Well, here it is.
In my estimation, one of the reasons President Putin withdrew from Syria is because it cannot fight two wars at once.
Russia needs to return to a better state of mind that will provide growth and economic strength so there can be infrastructure projects and the lives of Russians aren't in peril, in order to cross a very cold river.
These guys were so awesome, I just had to connect.
Sorry I am a little late (8:40 pm). I was talking to some Russian truck drivers. It would seem President Putin needs to conduct some infrastructure projects. That is why Russia is an economically emerging country. Or, was an economically emerging country. It is why invading Ukraine is viewed as a gross misjudgement due to ineffective politics.
President Putin is convinced men such as Donald Trump can correct the course of Russia. It is why a Russian President would be so desperate in attempting to sabotage an American election for President.
There is always this lack of motive when the Mueller investigation is discussed. The reason Russia would want to sabotage an election rather than a confrontation. Well, here it is.
In my estimation, one of the reasons President Putin withdrew from Syria is because it cannot fight two wars at once.
Russia needs to return to a better state of mind that will provide growth and economic strength so there can be infrastructure projects and the lives of Russians aren't in peril, in order to cross a very cold river.
These guys were so awesome, I just had to connect.
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