Nestle bottled water donation to Flint has reached 1.6 million bottles.
The Snyder administration has conceded Flint should have peace of mind when it comes to water pipe excavation. Mayor Karen Weaver ended the hydro-excavation in June because it did not provide safe removal of the water service lines. It currently appears Flint’s local government will have the final say about the excavation.
Friday, August 17, 2018
Stinky Zinke got it wrong again.
Zinke from Interior and Trump are playing politics with American lives. They want Americans to believe good forest management is all that is necessary in ending California wildfires. That is a lie.
Good forest management has been the practice of federal and state foresters (silvaculturalists) since the 1960s. There isn’t enough funding for it because of the very difficult wildfires that demand the biggest allotment for the US Forest Service. That was supposed to be solved after the deadly Yarnell, Nevada fire that took the lives of 19 firefighters. Congress was suppose to fund fire fighting separately from the US Forest Service. That still hasn’t happened.
But, as to Stinky Zinke and his crony politics; the best forest management in history could not have prevented the Carr Fire.
The Carr Fire began with a spark from a flat tire on a car when the rim hit the pavement and sparked. Now, a simple spark from metal hitting rock alone would never result in such a fire, but, the spark was met with a perfect storm resulting from 105 F degree heat and 20 percent humidity. It is called the Climate Crisis and it is directly responsible for the Carr Fire, the burned acreage, the lost homes and loss of human life as well as wildlife.
Zinke thinks it is okay to distract from the facts. That should be no surprise, he is a loyalist to Trump.
The USA needs to officially recognize the Climate Crisis and legislate prevention like moratoriums on fossil fuel exports. Trump is too scared to take a real stand on climate, because, his base is currently engaged in reaping wealth from exploitation of fossil fuels. It takes a President with real political courage ready to accept facts and act on them. In the meantime, the truth is there is no effective leadership for California except Governor Jerry Brown. At least California has one seat of power where facts matter.
Good forest management has been the practice of federal and state foresters (silvaculturalists) since the 1960s. There isn’t enough funding for it because of the very difficult wildfires that demand the biggest allotment for the US Forest Service. That was supposed to be solved after the deadly Yarnell, Nevada fire that took the lives of 19 firefighters. Congress was suppose to fund fire fighting separately from the US Forest Service. That still hasn’t happened.
But, as to Stinky Zinke and his crony politics; the best forest management in history could not have prevented the Carr Fire.
The Carr Fire began with a spark from a flat tire on a car when the rim hit the pavement and sparked. Now, a simple spark from metal hitting rock alone would never result in such a fire, but, the spark was met with a perfect storm resulting from 105 F degree heat and 20 percent humidity. It is called the Climate Crisis and it is directly responsible for the Carr Fire, the burned acreage, the lost homes and loss of human life as well as wildlife.
Zinke thinks it is okay to distract from the facts. That should be no surprise, he is a loyalist to Trump.
The USA needs to officially recognize the Climate Crisis and legislate prevention like moratoriums on fossil fuel exports. Trump is too scared to take a real stand on climate, because, his base is currently engaged in reaping wealth from exploitation of fossil fuels. It takes a President with real political courage ready to accept facts and act on them. In the meantime, the truth is there is no effective leadership for California except Governor Jerry Brown. At least California has one seat of power where facts matter.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Omarosa
Omarosa claims her paycheck is hush money. There was no sexual relationship or a lawyer so how can she claim her salary is hush money?
Trump used a similar scheme with Karen McDougal. The Playboy model received a salary from the National Enquirer. So, while Omarosa’s story is different, her statement is realistic. It wasn’t immediately apparent to Ms. Dougal the monies paid to her from the National Enquirer was hush money.
The way Trump treats women is really diabolical. I think paying through employment for hush money is more threatening than a straight forward payment, unless someone approached a woman in a parking lot with death threats.
I find Trump’s schemes very worrisome. But, employment is extremely important and rewarding. A job supports a family. I do believe to have hush money in such a scheme is very alarming. I don’t like the way he regards women.
His press secretary is hostage as well. Supposedly she does nothing but puppet Trump. That is controlling and abusive. There are some things simply wrong in this world and Trump’s “handling of women” is just wrong.
By the way, I thought we already dealt with media stenography with Judith Miller.
I find Omarosa as well prepared to defend herself and her book. I wish her well.
Trump used a similar scheme with Karen McDougal. The Playboy model received a salary from the National Enquirer. So, while Omarosa’s story is different, her statement is realistic. It wasn’t immediately apparent to Ms. Dougal the monies paid to her from the National Enquirer was hush money.
The way Trump treats women is really diabolical. I think paying through employment for hush money is more threatening than a straight forward payment, unless someone approached a woman in a parking lot with death threats.
I find Trump’s schemes very worrisome. But, employment is extremely important and rewarding. A job supports a family. I do believe to have hush money in such a scheme is very alarming. I don’t like the way he regards women.
His press secretary is hostage as well. Supposedly she does nothing but puppet Trump. That is controlling and abusive. There are some things simply wrong in this world and Trump’s “handling of women” is just wrong.
By the way, I thought we already dealt with media stenography with Judith Miller.
I find Omarosa as well prepared to defend herself and her book. I wish her well.
If Trump is willing to punish critics, what occurs in any reward for speaking in advocacy of Trump's policies?
This action is part of a broader effort by Mr. Trump (click here) to suppress freedom of speech & punish critics. It should gravely worry all Americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. My principles are worth far more than clearances. I will not relent.
This is a two edged sword regarding freedom of speech and punishment to suppress it. We know Trump seeks punishment, as if the country's Daddy, to those he does not like and speech he is not pleased with, BUT, what occurs in the opposite realm?
I think we see that a lot with FOX and Trump's best friend, Hannity. There is definitely an understanding between the FOX News outlet and it's commentators that Trump can do nothing wrong.
I think he stated during his election that if Russia found the 30 thousand emails he believed necessary for his victory, "...you would be rewarded mightily by our press." So, Trump has this concept down when it comes to favorable and unfavorable press dialogues with the country. Trump is attempting to silence critics because he already has FOX News as a lap dog and he is still receiving criticism.
I think the concept of rewards and punishments are all part of his strategy to manage HIS REWARDS OF POWER. It is vital people, like former CIA Directors and others. be part of the national dialogue. It is important to critique the White House policies. That critique can be very harsh and rightfully so. This President has brought this on himself. I sincerely believes he thrives on hate and this is all part of his dysfunctional personality.
I might add it is the right of any American such as former CIA Directors and others to participate in their democracy and to MAINTAIN that democracy and PROTECT that democracy.
The media of the USA has an obligation to bring the truth forward to the people, especially when there has been such a concerted effort to end the truth in reporting by Trump for some time now; ie: The Birther issue, etc. Truth is a premium and finding GENUINE AMERICAN TRUTH has value. I still think Americans need to subscribe to local and national news media and stay abreast of THE TRUTH. The USA is a democracy that runs on choices by the people and Russia has found a way to harness that to it's benefit. We have to end it. The truth is vital to our democracy and those that carry the truth to the people are great Americans.
One aspect of the investigations and trials taking place is a growing awareness of the ability of countries like Russia to use the USA free market to launder money. How widespread is it? Both domestically and abroad. The Steele Dossier (click here) is a wake up call. I think Americans and their allies need to begin the process of eliminating the money laundering of communist leaders and business persons/oligarchs. I think the money laundering is a sincere problem, occurs under the radar and needs to end for the sake of our democracy.
-Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting TRUMP for at least 5 years. Aim, endorsed by PUTIN, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance
I think it was a heck of a lot longer than 5 years and became an intricate method of conducting business.
This is a two edged sword regarding freedom of speech and punishment to suppress it. We know Trump seeks punishment, as if the country's Daddy, to those he does not like and speech he is not pleased with, BUT, what occurs in the opposite realm?
I think we see that a lot with FOX and Trump's best friend, Hannity. There is definitely an understanding between the FOX News outlet and it's commentators that Trump can do nothing wrong.
I think he stated during his election that if Russia found the 30 thousand emails he believed necessary for his victory, "...you would be rewarded mightily by our press." So, Trump has this concept down when it comes to favorable and unfavorable press dialogues with the country. Trump is attempting to silence critics because he already has FOX News as a lap dog and he is still receiving criticism.
I think the concept of rewards and punishments are all part of his strategy to manage HIS REWARDS OF POWER. It is vital people, like former CIA Directors and others. be part of the national dialogue. It is important to critique the White House policies. That critique can be very harsh and rightfully so. This President has brought this on himself. I sincerely believes he thrives on hate and this is all part of his dysfunctional personality.
I might add it is the right of any American such as former CIA Directors and others to participate in their democracy and to MAINTAIN that democracy and PROTECT that democracy.
The media of the USA has an obligation to bring the truth forward to the people, especially when there has been such a concerted effort to end the truth in reporting by Trump for some time now; ie: The Birther issue, etc. Truth is a premium and finding GENUINE AMERICAN TRUTH has value. I still think Americans need to subscribe to local and national news media and stay abreast of THE TRUTH. The USA is a democracy that runs on choices by the people and Russia has found a way to harness that to it's benefit. We have to end it. The truth is vital to our democracy and those that carry the truth to the people are great Americans.
One aspect of the investigations and trials taking place is a growing awareness of the ability of countries like Russia to use the USA free market to launder money. How widespread is it? Both domestically and abroad. The Steele Dossier (click here) is a wake up call. I think Americans and their allies need to begin the process of eliminating the money laundering of communist leaders and business persons/oligarchs. I think the money laundering is a sincere problem, occurs under the radar and needs to end for the sake of our democracy.
-Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting TRUMP for at least 5 years. Aim, endorsed by PUTIN, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance
I think it was a heck of a lot longer than 5 years and became an intricate method of conducting business.
Tariffs supported the USA's federal government when there was no income tax. Not since the Sixteenth Amendment (click here) has the USA relied on tariffs. The purpose for tariffs to as they are used by the Trump Administration is to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy.
The Sixteenth Amendment was passed in 1913. World War I began in 1914. The 16th amendment facilitated a strong military for the USA. WW I was the war where the USA took it's place as a world power. It can be said if the Sixteenth Amendment was repealed the USA would never be able to carry the cost of it's military, yet the political right wing, including Trump, wants to repeal the 16th amendment.
Tariffs will never earn the USA enough DEPENDABLE income to support it's military. Think about it. If tariffs supported the USA military how quickly would the tariffs end to weaken the USA? The entire tariff issue is significant because countries that suffer because of the tariffs will move away from them.
Fearing the end of the income tax is a wise decision. Take for example Harley Davidson motorcycles. It will be better for Germany, currently an ally I think, to have Harley within it's borders. In a way that is the real method the USA should be providing stronger economies for out allies. Germany will receive an uptick in national income, jobs and exports at least to the rest of Europe of a classic American icon. It will be a good idea for Germany. It is a good deal for Harley.
When Harley moves to Germany it will still have a manufacturing base in the USA, maybe. If Harley has production plants in the USA and Europe that increases it's viability and customer base. It is a win-win, but, the USA needs to be sure the classic motorcycle isn't then replaced by a Chinese or Russian Oligarch within the USA. That would not be good, because, the profits are exported to it's home country and makes the USA economy weaker.
US Treasuries (click here)
August 16, 2018
By Alexandra Gibbs
The Sixteenth Amendment was passed in 1913. World War I began in 1914. The 16th amendment facilitated a strong military for the USA. WW I was the war where the USA took it's place as a world power. It can be said if the Sixteenth Amendment was repealed the USA would never be able to carry the cost of it's military, yet the political right wing, including Trump, wants to repeal the 16th amendment.
Tariffs will never earn the USA enough DEPENDABLE income to support it's military. Think about it. If tariffs supported the USA military how quickly would the tariffs end to weaken the USA? The entire tariff issue is significant because countries that suffer because of the tariffs will move away from them.
Fearing the end of the income tax is a wise decision. Take for example Harley Davidson motorcycles. It will be better for Germany, currently an ally I think, to have Harley within it's borders. In a way that is the real method the USA should be providing stronger economies for out allies. Germany will receive an uptick in national income, jobs and exports at least to the rest of Europe of a classic American icon. It will be a good idea for Germany. It is a good deal for Harley.
When Harley moves to Germany it will still have a manufacturing base in the USA, maybe. If Harley has production plants in the USA and Europe that increases it's viability and customer base. It is a win-win, but, the USA needs to be sure the classic motorcycle isn't then replaced by a Chinese or Russian Oligarch within the USA. That would not be good, because, the profits are exported to it's home country and makes the USA economy weaker.
US Treasuries (click here)
August 16, 2018
By Alexandra Gibbs
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was higher at around 2.875 percent at 5:45 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was in the black at 3.044 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.
The cost of USA Deficit and Debt are increasing. The US housing market is still deteriorating. I thought Trump knew real estate to make the American Dream come true for every American.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Never make a martyr out of a person dedicated to the country and the lives within it.
I feel very bad for everyone today. They don't deserve the "slight" issues by Trump. I want to remind all the great Americans in this country, this is not over. Right?
I remember and this goes back a few years, when I think it was President Clinton in the White House, the defeated party of Republicans didn't take their defeat lying down. They organized a non-profit group of SPEAKERS and hit the road. They toured the country like rock stars. The result was protections of their policies in the hearts and minds of the people. Their tour mattered. It made a lasting impression. They would speak in large amphitheaters and small auditoriums.
One of those speakers was former Secretary of State Powell.
The point is, don't allow this level of disrespect take hold in the hearts of great Americans. Know the path forward to keep the values we all love alive and come up with a tour whereby there are speakers every month visiting the Homeland.
The country needs your continued dedication. Think about it. Perhaps, candidates running for office would love to have one or all on the podium when making bus stops along the way. Who knows, superstars may be in the tea leaves.
All this could have been done differently and discretely, but, Trump loves the show of power regardless the person involved. These men and women don't deserve to be dragged into a public forum and shamed. It just wasn't necessary.
I remember and this goes back a few years, when I think it was President Clinton in the White House, the defeated party of Republicans didn't take their defeat lying down. They organized a non-profit group of SPEAKERS and hit the road. They toured the country like rock stars. The result was protections of their policies in the hearts and minds of the people. Their tour mattered. It made a lasting impression. They would speak in large amphitheaters and small auditoriums.
One of those speakers was former Secretary of State Powell.
The point is, don't allow this level of disrespect take hold in the hearts of great Americans. Know the path forward to keep the values we all love alive and come up with a tour whereby there are speakers every month visiting the Homeland.
The country needs your continued dedication. Think about it. Perhaps, candidates running for office would love to have one or all on the podium when making bus stops along the way. Who knows, superstars may be in the tea leaves.
All this could have been done differently and discretely, but, Trump loves the show of power regardless the person involved. These men and women don't deserve to be dragged into a public forum and shamed. It just wasn't necessary.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
There is speculation there is a mysterious Russian satellite?
Knock it out of the sky. It could easily be a lazar.
The United Nations will back such actions. Russia knows it is acting illegally when there are current talks regarding weaponizing space.
It is not that difficult to dismantle a weapon circulating Earth. Send it spiraling. That would be interesting having a Russian lazar spiraling through orbit out of control while malfunctioning and firing it’s lazar. So much for AI.
“Warning, Will Robinson, Warning. What do you mean you can’t get the self-destruct button to work? Who is Hal?”
And another thing, about those white reflective surfaces in cities. Multi- tasking. Just sayin’.
I heard a rumor that Pence is the trial run of AI, truth or dare?
The United Nations will back such actions. Russia knows it is acting illegally when there are current talks regarding weaponizing space.
It is not that difficult to dismantle a weapon circulating Earth. Send it spiraling. That would be interesting having a Russian lazar spiraling through orbit out of control while malfunctioning and firing it’s lazar. So much for AI.
“Warning, Will Robinson, Warning. What do you mean you can’t get the self-destruct button to work? Who is Hal?”
And another thing, about those white reflective surfaces in cities. Multi- tasking. Just sayin’.
I heard a rumor that Pence is the trial run of AI, truth or dare?
Officially there is no death penalty in Russia.
However, in 2013, while Russia was still a member of the G8, there were more than 4200 inmate deaths in it’s prisons with more than ten percent being suicides. Currently, the World Health Organization is monitoring an outbreak of tuberculosis in Russian prisons. Tuberculosis is treatable with a long established regime of medications. The treatment takes place over months and up to a year depending on the individual and supportive measures such as good nutrition.
Currently, as of July 2018, there are 408 Russian prisoners per 100,000 population. Of that 17.7 percent are detainees, 0.2 percent are children and 4.3 percent are foreign. Those numbers have been in steady decline over a ten year period.
The statistics for the USA are worse with the most incarcerated deaths occurring in state prisons with more than 3300 per year. The local jails are responsible for less than 1000 per year. Oddly the number of children incarcerated in the USA are the same as Russia. Russia does not have the gun death statistics as does the USA. The USA incarnation statistics were steadily growing until the US Justice Department reviewed non-violent offenders under President Obama.
Currently, as of July 2018, there are 408 Russian prisoners per 100,000 population. Of that 17.7 percent are detainees, 0.2 percent are children and 4.3 percent are foreign. Those numbers have been in steady decline over a ten year period.
The statistics for the USA are worse with the most incarcerated deaths occurring in state prisons with more than 3300 per year. The local jails are responsible for less than 1000 per year. Oddly the number of children incarcerated in the USA are the same as Russia. Russia does not have the gun death statistics as does the USA. The USA incarnation statistics were steadily growing until the US Justice Department reviewed non-violent offenders under President Obama.
The PR campaign by Trump to justify his corruption continues.
Today, the Trump rant is back to Jeff Sessions and lamenting for an Attorneys General that throws the USA Constitution out the window and does what Trump demands. It isn’t bad enough there is a completely incompetent Assistant Attorney General from the Russian Alpha Bank, Brian Benczkowski, now, Trump wants him center stage in hopes that Manafort is acquitted. Sessions who has stood up to Trump on occasion and backed Rod Rosenstein is Trump’s choice to start the carnage in the US Justice Department. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
First, Sessions, then Rosenstein and finally the most feared, a competent Mueller. Imagine, the mass confusion with US Justice as leadership is replaced by incompetency. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
I have to wonder how dedicated Trump is to communism. He is forcing a long lived American motorcycle company out of Wisconsin to replace it with a Chinese company. That is outrageous. Are all the died in the wool American iconic companies going to receive the same treatment? Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
Trump’s ranting is far more than suspicious when one realizes a former Russian Alpha Bank executive will have a real place at the top of US Justice with incompetent handling of Russian Sanction violations. That is Trump’s plan. It always has been as Americans still wonder what Putin is blackmailing Trump with. Or is he? Is Trump so far gone that he actually embraces communism as “The New American Government Reform?” Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
We know as President of the USA, Trump is incompetent. His megaphone has some clout left, I guess. He is obviously a puppet to the communists. So where does this end? Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
I believe regardless of the verdict with Manafort both sides of the prosecution have grounds for appeal. Count on it. So, an irreverent judge is going to be the spring board to widespread US Justice carnage? First one has to ask if the judge knew he was a willing partner to facilitating communism. Then, a question as to Giuliani’s involvement and how deep the Oval Office corruption goes. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
Today, Paul Manafort’s case will be provided a defense and with little defense except to dispute the prosecution and the jury may receive the case for a verdict. Eventually, a verdict will be decided and knowing how well Trump likes his gamesmanship of pitting one person against another and never accepting responsibility for doing so, the political spin of defaming US Justice will begin. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
Peter Strzok was wrongfully fired. Yet another career employee that defended the US Constitution gone. His political dialogue on the job was permitted by policy. Has the policy changed or Strzok simply a political scapegoat? I hope he was protected by a union. He and the others that are part of the Trump’s political agenda are prime examples of why government employees are union. They do a job that can be ended with the next election. Those jobs are not political, they take care of our country. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background ?
In reflection of all the federal employees that have left or were fired under Trump there can actually be a democratic shadow government developing. There is no smell of Vladimir Putin in that background.
I hear Trump is eating paper (pica) as a diet when under stress. The Fat Man in the White House needs a nutritional review and a tox screen for eating ink along with the paper. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
I look forward to the jury’s decisions. The question remains will it smell of Vladimir Putin in the background? There was that three hour meeting in Helsinki yet to be disclosed after all. That definitely smells of Vladimir Putin in the background.
First, Sessions, then Rosenstein and finally the most feared, a competent Mueller. Imagine, the mass confusion with US Justice as leadership is replaced by incompetency. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
I have to wonder how dedicated Trump is to communism. He is forcing a long lived American motorcycle company out of Wisconsin to replace it with a Chinese company. That is outrageous. Are all the died in the wool American iconic companies going to receive the same treatment? Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
Trump’s ranting is far more than suspicious when one realizes a former Russian Alpha Bank executive will have a real place at the top of US Justice with incompetent handling of Russian Sanction violations. That is Trump’s plan. It always has been as Americans still wonder what Putin is blackmailing Trump with. Or is he? Is Trump so far gone that he actually embraces communism as “The New American Government Reform?” Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
We know as President of the USA, Trump is incompetent. His megaphone has some clout left, I guess. He is obviously a puppet to the communists. So where does this end? Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
I believe regardless of the verdict with Manafort both sides of the prosecution have grounds for appeal. Count on it. So, an irreverent judge is going to be the spring board to widespread US Justice carnage? First one has to ask if the judge knew he was a willing partner to facilitating communism. Then, a question as to Giuliani’s involvement and how deep the Oval Office corruption goes. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
Today, Paul Manafort’s case will be provided a defense and with little defense except to dispute the prosecution and the jury may receive the case for a verdict. Eventually, a verdict will be decided and knowing how well Trump likes his gamesmanship of pitting one person against another and never accepting responsibility for doing so, the political spin of defaming US Justice will begin. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
Peter Strzok was wrongfully fired. Yet another career employee that defended the US Constitution gone. His political dialogue on the job was permitted by policy. Has the policy changed or Strzok simply a political scapegoat? I hope he was protected by a union. He and the others that are part of the Trump’s political agenda are prime examples of why government employees are union. They do a job that can be ended with the next election. Those jobs are not political, they take care of our country. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background ?
In reflection of all the federal employees that have left or were fired under Trump there can actually be a democratic shadow government developing. There is no smell of Vladimir Putin in that background.
I hear Trump is eating paper (pica) as a diet when under stress. The Fat Man in the White House needs a nutritional review and a tox screen for eating ink along with the paper. Do I smell Vladimir Putin in the background?
I look forward to the jury’s decisions. The question remains will it smell of Vladimir Putin in the background? There was that three hour meeting in Helsinki yet to be disclosed after all. That definitely smells of Vladimir Putin in the background.
Monday, August 13, 2018
The Mueller Investigation is in excellent legal standing.
This is a very big endorsement of Rod Rosenstein as Deputy AG.
August 13, 2018
By Katelyn Polantz
A federal district judge (click here) who was appointed by President Donald Trump has upheld Robert Mueller's appointment and constitutional authority in the special counsel's case against Russian social media propagandists.
Judge Dabney Friedrich, who serves at the trial-court level in DC federal court, said Concord Management and Consulting could not have its case tossed on constitutional grounds. The Russian company accused of backing a social media effort to sway voters against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed Mueller didn't have power to bring the case because he was not appointment by the President and confirmed by Congress. Mueller was appointed under the authority of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has broad power as the acting head of the Justice Department for the 2016 election probe."
The appointment does not violate core separation-of-powers principles. Nor has the Special Counsel exceeded his authority under the appointment order by investigating and prosecuting Concord," Friedrich wrote in an opinion published Monday morning. She was one of the first judges Trump placed into a federal court position.
Friedrich cited opinions by three other federal judges -- Amy Berman Jackson, who oversees Paul Manafort's criminal foreign lobbying case; T.S. Ellis, who oversees Manafort's financial fraud case; and DC District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell -- to back up her decision.
All three judges also denied requests to invalidate Mueller's authority, with Howell writing as recently as late July that a witness subpoenaed to turn over documents and to testify before the grand jury about Roger Stone would have to. That witness, Andrew Miller, has been held in contempt of the court and now may appeal.
By Katelyn Polantz
A federal district judge (click here) who was appointed by President Donald Trump has upheld Robert Mueller's appointment and constitutional authority in the special counsel's case against Russian social media propagandists.
Judge Dabney Friedrich, who serves at the trial-court level in DC federal court, said Concord Management and Consulting could not have its case tossed on constitutional grounds. The Russian company accused of backing a social media effort to sway voters against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed Mueller didn't have power to bring the case because he was not appointment by the President and confirmed by Congress. Mueller was appointed under the authority of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has broad power as the acting head of the Justice Department for the 2016 election probe."
The appointment does not violate core separation-of-powers principles. Nor has the Special Counsel exceeded his authority under the appointment order by investigating and prosecuting Concord," Friedrich wrote in an opinion published Monday morning. She was one of the first judges Trump placed into a federal court position.
Friedrich cited opinions by three other federal judges -- Amy Berman Jackson, who oversees Paul Manafort's criminal foreign lobbying case; T.S. Ellis, who oversees Manafort's financial fraud case; and DC District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell -- to back up her decision.
All three judges also denied requests to invalidate Mueller's authority, with Howell writing as recently as late July that a witness subpoenaed to turn over documents and to testify before the grand jury about Roger Stone would have to. That witness, Andrew Miller, has been held in contempt of the court and now may appeal.
Michael Moore’s FAHRENHEIT 11/9 : OFFICIAL TRAILER - In Theaters 9/21 (click here for website)
The events in Michael Moore's life are uncanny. Whoever expected the next US President would be settled (at least as Americans understood it) on November 9, 2016.
The law governing when federal presidential elections take place was written in 1845. Most folks think it is the first Tuesday in November. Not so. The statute reads, "Presidential Elections must take place on the Tuesday next after the first Money in the month of November."
So, as if it were his next calling the date November 11, 2016 made a mark on Michael Moore's conscience. His next documentary is "Fahrenheit 11/9."
Everyone who participates in USA elections needs to see this picture. Just do it.
The film makes it's debut as the first documentary film shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Even as Michael Moore is putting the finishing touches on "Fahrenheit 11/9" there is wide acclaim for the film.
August 9. 2018
By Patrick Hipes
The 2018 Toronto Film Festival (click here) has unveiled lineups for its key TIFF Docs and Midnight sidebars, which features a host of strong world premieres including for Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9,...
Fahrenheit 11/9 (opening night film)
Michael Moore | USA
World Premiere
The law governing when federal presidential elections take place was written in 1845. Most folks think it is the first Tuesday in November. Not so. The statute reads, "Presidential Elections must take place on the Tuesday next after the first Money in the month of November."
So, as if it were his next calling the date November 11, 2016 made a mark on Michael Moore's conscience. His next documentary is "Fahrenheit 11/9."
Everyone who participates in USA elections needs to see this picture. Just do it.
The film makes it's debut as the first documentary film shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Even as Michael Moore is putting the finishing touches on "Fahrenheit 11/9" there is wide acclaim for the film.
August 9. 2018
By Patrick Hipes
The 2018 Toronto Film Festival (click here) has unveiled lineups for its key TIFF Docs and Midnight sidebars, which features a host of strong world premieres including for Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9,...
Fahrenheit 11/9 (opening night film)
Michael Moore | USA
World Premiere
"Good Night, Moon"
1.8 day old moon
3.5 percent lit
I wish them well. New technology for space usually finds a market in the country, too.
August 9. 2018
By Mike Well
New and improved moon-landing sensors, (click here) systems that can capture reusable space vehicles in midair, and a host of other developing technologies are about to get an infusion of NASA cash.
The space agency will award an estimated $44 million to six U.S. companies to help along 10 "tipping point technologies" that could spur further exploration of the final frontier, NASA officials announced Wednesday (Aug. 8).
"These awards focus on technology collaborations with the commercial space sector that leverage emerging markets and capabilities to meet NASA's exploration goals," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement....
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Latvia needs to develop romance, including the charm of it's old world.
Every one of these Post Soviet Countries has incredible potential. Their people are very talented, some exceptionally educated, but, for the Old World values; they can't be beaten.
Latvia has ambitions to move forward with a society that may be more sophisticated. I can't believe when a young person leaves the country and the population falls just that much more, Latvia's leaders seek to change the face of the country, bring it to the modern era and embrace the values all the wholesomeness younger generations embrace.
There is every indication the GDP is improving, but, the one real deficit Latvia may be missing is a capital city that seeks to become more romantic and a fascination for it's young adults. Latvia has achieved a great deal in their years of freedom, but, it needs to look to it's charm and build at least one city tourists and young people like to frequent.
Latvia has ambitions to move forward with a society that may be more sophisticated. I can't believe when a young person leaves the country and the population falls just that much more, Latvia's leaders seek to change the face of the country, bring it to the modern era and embrace the values all the wholesomeness younger generations embrace.
There is every indication the GDP is improving, but, the one real deficit Latvia may be missing is a capital city that seeks to become more romantic and a fascination for it's young adults. Latvia has achieved a great deal in their years of freedom, but, it needs to look to it's charm and build at least one city tourists and young people like to frequent.
By far, the biggest ambition in Latvia is electronics
The trade fair takes up two pavilions – Hall I (6700 m²) and Hall II (9300 m²) – offering 16,000 m² of total exhibition area....
The EU is getting serious about quantifying the carbon sink of land based forests.
The European Union (EU) (click here) has adopted a carbon-based accounting system for measuring how forest management practices can help mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The EU will use the approach as the scientific basis for integrating the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector in its climate strategy.
The new accounting system calculates the effect of forests on GHG mitigation by using factual evidence rather than forecasts of projected future policy impacts, an approach implemented under the Kyoto Protocol. This change addresses challenges with previous reporting systems, which used forest reference levels that included assumed effects of future policy impacts, resulting in unverifiable estimates based on counterfactual scenarios. The EU’s new system uses a fact-based carbon accounting system that sets reference levels based on documented historical forest management practices rather than projected future policy impacts....
Latvia has really nice forests.
Frequently, countries will site their forests as part of their carbon sinks; Latvia is no different.
This chart is from 2011. If this level of protection is still exerted, then they are doing well. At about this time more than 49 percent of the forest is exploited for lumber and wood products. Protecting over 50% of Latvian forests is a fantastic value for the country.
"Latvia's Forest After 20 Years of Independence" (click here)
Aussie scientists seek ideas in how to protect and preserve a large macadamia nut.
By Julie Power
Scientists at the Australian PlantBank have yet to work out how to preserve these large black bean seeds.
Why is one nut different from another? (click here)
Why does the palm-sized seed of the hairy walnut hate being dried, making it a tough nut to preserve? How can the macadamia withstand being frozen at minus 192 degrees celsius, and still revive to produce new seedlings – as new research discovered a few weeks ago – but other oily nuts won't survive in these conditions?
Far from questions leading to a punchline, these are the challenges facing scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney and Mt Annan who are racing to develop effective ways of preserving seeds from rainforest plants (like the macadamia) before they become extinct.
New research has called for urgent measures to conserve the diversity of plants found in rainforests. It looked at how rainforest plants in the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand, could be preserved for the future if their remaining habitats were destroyed....
Four cornerstones of the Latvian economy are agriculture, chemicals, logistics and woodworking. Other prominent sectors include textiles, food processing, machinery production and green technologies.
31 percent of Latvia's agriculture is General Field Crops. That is good. Some is used for feed stock for it's domestic animals, but, there may be some surplus that can be exported to countries that might be experiencing a short fall.
Organic farming in general require labor and daily involvement in harvesting and processing products. Latvia is a perfect economy where small farms could easily entertain a shift into organic farming.
Latvia conducts an agricultural inventory every 10 years, the next due 2022.
In Latvia, (click here) organic farming is a rather new agricultural practice; it has been gradually introduced since 1999, when the first certificates on organic farming were issued. It must be noted that the 2000 and 2010 data on organic farms are not comparable because different definitions were employed in the two reference years: for this reason information on 2000 is excluded from Table 9. Indeed, within the framework of the Agricultural Census 2000, the term ‘organic farm’ covered all agricultural holdings producing agricultural goods with no use of chemical protection products and fertilisers, regardless whether they had received the organic farming certificate or not. Thus, in compliance with the data of the certification institutions, in 2000 there were only 28 certified organic holdings, 17 of which had received certificates meeting the EU requirements. After the EU accession, organic farming has rapidly developed in Latvia and, starting from 2007, a stable increase in the area has been observed. Moreover, in 2006 Latvia introduced the Organic Farming Register. Until then there had only been a database managed by the certification institutions, and this database included only information on enterprises that had received organic farming certificate.
31 percent of Latvia's agriculture is General Field Crops. That is good. Some is used for feed stock for it's domestic animals, but, there may be some surplus that can be exported to countries that might be experiencing a short fall.
Latvia conducts an agricultural inventory every 10 years, the next due 2022.
In Latvia, (click here) organic farming is a rather new agricultural practice; it has been gradually introduced since 1999, when the first certificates on organic farming were issued. It must be noted that the 2000 and 2010 data on organic farms are not comparable because different definitions were employed in the two reference years: for this reason information on 2000 is excluded from Table 9. Indeed, within the framework of the Agricultural Census 2000, the term ‘organic farm’ covered all agricultural holdings producing agricultural goods with no use of chemical protection products and fertilisers, regardless whether they had received the organic farming certificate or not. Thus, in compliance with the data of the certification institutions, in 2000 there were only 28 certified organic holdings, 17 of which had received certificates meeting the EU requirements. After the EU accession, organic farming has rapidly developed in Latvia and, starting from 2007, a stable increase in the area has been observed. Moreover, in 2006 Latvia introduced the Organic Farming Register. Until then there had only been a database managed by the certification institutions, and this database included only information on enterprises that had received organic farming certificate.
No one can deny, Koko was real.
Why would an animal choose to bond with human beings and learn language? Quite possibly, a better and richer quality of life?
June 21, 2018
By Bill Chappell
Koko, the gorilla who became an ambassador to the human world through her ability to communicate, has died. She's seen here at age 4, telling psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson (left) that she is hungry. In the center is June Monroe, an interpreter for the deaf at St. Luke's Church, who helped teach Koko.
"The Gorilla Foundation (click here) is sad to announce the passing of our beloved Koko," the research center says, informing the world about the death of a gorilla who fascinated and elated millions of people with her facility for language.
Koko, who was 46, died in her sleep Tuesday morning, the Gorilla Foundation said. At birth, she was named Hanabi-ko — Japanese for "fireworks child," because she was born at the San Francisco Zoo on the Fourth of July in 1971. She was a western lowland gorilla.
"Her impact has been profound and what she has taught us about the emotional capacity of gorillas and their cognitive abilities will continue to shape the world," the Gorilla Foundation said.
Throughout her life, Koko's abilities made headlines. After she began communicating with humans through American Sign Language, she was featured by National Geographic — and she took her own picture (in a mirror) for the magazine's cover.
That cover came out in 1978, seven years after Koko was chosen as an infant to work on a language research project with the psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson. In 1985, the magazine profiled the affectionate relationship between the gorilla and her kitten: Koko and All Ball....
June 21, 2018By Bill Chappell
Koko, the gorilla who became an ambassador to the human world through her ability to communicate, has died. She's seen here at age 4, telling psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson (left) that she is hungry. In the center is June Monroe, an interpreter for the deaf at St. Luke's Church, who helped teach Koko.
"The Gorilla Foundation (click here) is sad to announce the passing of our beloved Koko," the research center says, informing the world about the death of a gorilla who fascinated and elated millions of people with her facility for language.
Koko, who was 46, died in her sleep Tuesday morning, the Gorilla Foundation said. At birth, she was named Hanabi-ko — Japanese for "fireworks child," because she was born at the San Francisco Zoo on the Fourth of July in 1971. She was a western lowland gorilla.
"Her impact has been profound and what she has taught us about the emotional capacity of gorillas and their cognitive abilities will continue to shape the world," the Gorilla Foundation said.
Throughout her life, Koko's abilities made headlines. After she began communicating with humans through American Sign Language, she was featured by National Geographic — and she took her own picture (in a mirror) for the magazine's cover.
That cover came out in 1978, seven years after Koko was chosen as an infant to work on a language research project with the psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson. In 1985, the magazine profiled the affectionate relationship between the gorilla and her kitten: Koko and All Ball....
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