This time Los Angeles. What kind of bicycle violation results in a shooting? A bicycle violation? Like, what?

September 1, 2020

...The cyclist, 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, (click here) was shot more than 20 times in the back on Monday afternoon after two sheriff's deputies tried to stop him for a bicycle code violation, said Benjamin Crump, who said he is representing Kizzee's family.

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said Kizzee, whose identity was confirmed by the county medical examiner-coroner, was shot fewer than 20 times after dropping a handgun he had been carrying and punching one of the deputies.

The killing renewed protests in the city by demonstrators angered at deadly violence against Black people by police. Such protests have become a near daily occurrence around the country after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer in May.

"You don't kill any race but us, and it don't make any sense," Fletcher Fair, Dijon Kizzee's aunt, told reporters at the site of the shooting on Tuesday where activists called for an independent investigation by California's attorney general. "Why us?"...

The shooting is not justified. The gun was on the ground and Dijon was not firing the gun at police. Was the gun loaded? He could have been carrying an empty gun.

What impresses me is the number of bullets Dijon was shot with, since when do police carry a high capacity magazines with 20 bullets?

Whether it is Mr. Blake or Dijon Kizzee, the police are emptying their magazines? That, to me, spells a profound lack of skills in using the gun. I can empty a gun magazine without training or practice, although the recoil might be worrisome in AIMING the gun. Emptying a gun of it's bullets is not good police work.

..."Our suspect (click here) was holding some items of clothing in his hands, punched one of the officers in the face and then dropped the items in his hands," Lt. Brandon Dean said. "The deputies noticed that inside the clothing items that he dropped was a black semiautomatic handgun, at which time a deputy-involved shooting occurred."...

Punching a police officer is serious, but, it seems as though they are losing their perspective when it comes to firing their guns. Seriously. I don't think they are emotionally stable if they are emptying their magazines into a person. Where are they getting the permission to simply unload their magazines into a person? How is it a 17 year old with a military style weapon walk through the streets with impunity while a black bicyclist is deemed a threat while owning a gun so police are motivated to the point of killing him?

It doesn't make sense anymore. Where is the sincere fear of a black man come from that unleashes this degree of fury?

It was the Russians. They are inside the perimeter!

 

fps in paintball is feet per second - Protesters do not have body armor to protect them from paintguns.

Link to picture (click here)

...Public (click here)

Many laws have been put into place limiting where a paintball gun can and cannot be used. It is prohibited to discharge a paintball gun by a street or road, sidewalk, highway, and in public land except for a target range....

An 18-year old boy suffered a liver rupture after playing paintball (click here)

Shooting plastic pellets (click here) at speeds of up to 200mph while traversing all sorts of obstacles and muddy terrain doesn’t sound like the safest of pursuits - so how safe is paintball?

There’s no denying those paintballs can sting, and may even leave a bruise if they hit any exposed skin, but in reality, you’re no more likely to pick up an injury paintballing as you are playing football, rugby or any other sport that can result in scrapes and bruises....

...While knee pads, elbow pads, and chest protectors can all help protect against injury, a pair of goggles is the only essential piece of paintball safety equipment that must be worn at all times...

...The speed of a paintball (click here) is measured in feet per second (fps) because of the short range of the markers. Most guns are measured in fps. The average paintball marker can shoot 300 fps, or slightly below this. Most paintball playing fields require a maximum of 280 fps for safety purposes.

With an effective range of 80 to 100 feet for the average 280-fps marker, a paintball can reach its target in about one-third of a second....

None of this is unexpected insight. The best place to survive COVID-19 is home.

May 26, 2020
By Roxana Baiceanu

Jonathan Woloshin, Head of U.S. Real Estate, UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office. Image courtesy of UBS

...Woloshin: (click here) So far, May rent collections are running ahead of April, although the month is not over yet. I believe it is explainable by several factors including:

• the direct funds from the CARES Act.
• the significant increase in unemployment benefits that the federal government added to state-level benefits.
• the willingness of landlords to work out payment plans with renters who have demonstrated their hardship arising from COVID-19.
• the desire for tenants to maintain good standing with their landlord and credit ratings.

Woloshin: The longer the lockdown is in place, the greater the risk of nonpayment. The federal unemployment benefits expire at the end of July. In addition, several states have extended eviction moratoriums, and California is debating a bill that would allow tenants to have a year to pay their rent with no penalties or eviction. The longer this crisis goes on, the more political pressure there will be at the state and local levels to protect tenants. In addition, the growing calls for rent strikes cannot be ignored....

The consumer credit available to Americans is being used to pay bills, not improve quality of life.

All Americans, according to this RAND study, have lost income during this period of COVID-19. The higher the income the less income lost. 

With government SUBSIDIES, lowest-income Americans did improve their outcomes. Working with percentages in this instance can be tricky because 4 percent of higher-income households may actually be the same amount of monies received by the lowest incomes receiving 12 percent.

...Households' methods of coping (click here) with these difficulties vary across the income spectrum. A widely cited survey question from the Federal Reserve asks how respondents would pay an emergency expense. To take into account the widespread, unexpected job losses and financial downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, we modified this question to ask people who are in the midst of an emergency—those who reported difficulty in paying their bills—how they are dealing with expenses.

Among households that are struggling to make ends meet, we found that approaches vary significantly across the income spectrum (Table 1). Unsurprisingly, low-income households have few options. They report borrowing from friends and family, selling possessions, and simply being unable to meet expenses. Consistent with these findings, evidence from other surveys reveals rising food insecurity among low-income households.

Middle-income households report using formal credit: putting expenses on credit cards with the hopes of paying the debt off over time, using bank loans and lines of credit, and, in some cases, taking on payday loans. We found fewer reports of payday loans among the low-income group than among the middle-income group. Although this difference was not statistically significant, it might reflect the higher rates of job loss among low-income workers, as documented in other surveys; without a job, a payday loan is not an option....

In Table 1 of this RAND study, it is very obvious all levels of income in the USA are using credit to pay their bills. So, while the Fed is creating a better financial environment for the use of credit in the USA, the consumers of credit are using it at this time to pay bills and not to improve their quality of life. That is a concern for the future. If there is significant credit building up with consumers that means they may be using bankruptcy to protect their financial position in times to come. That SURVIVAL STATUS will effect their spending behavior now.

After Wall Street panicked and crashed, they realized COVID-19 is a new economy with new opportunity.

January 31, 2020

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II (click here) declared a public health emergency for the entire United States to aid the nation’s healthcare community in responding to 2019 novel coronavirus....

The stock price of Apple, the computer company, feel to a low on March 23, 2020 of $224.36 US. 

As of August the stock price of Apple, Inc. to $500.04 US. There is only one reason for the increase and that is the application of IT across the business and public venues due to COVID-19.

If Trump is bragging about this being his Wall Street, then is he bragging about the fear in the country and rising numbers of victims in the USA to the virus? A reactive Wall Street is supposed to happen, but, the real question is should this have happened at all. If the strategy of closing down for 2 weeks to end the spread of the virus and contain it worked rather than squandered this dynamic would not be so stark.

The current stock markets are definitely reacting to the fact the USA has an active COVID-19 economy and is the largest such economy in the world. I don't really think that is something to brag about, but, Trump is mostly disconnected from reality and simply plays with propaganda.

There are seismic changes at the Federal Reserve. The Fed is now monitoring small amounts of inflation rather than simply inflation that can cause major economic damage. It is a significant change that reacts to a stronger labor market while controlling inflation in the face of GOOD WAGES. The change is to benefit consumers and keeps their interest rates lower. The less interest consumers pay, the more money in their pockets which improves their ability to improve their quality of life and ultimately purchase a home and enter into the American Dream.

Such good news to the markets means there will be less turbulence to stocks and more stability to long term outcomes. The COVID-19 market is likely temporary as the virus is conquered. Let's hope the USA will find it important to end the rampage of the virus under Trump and can join the rest of the world to return to normal. There is every reason for the American people to elect a new administration that is capable of ending the impact of COVID-19 on their lives so they can enjoy the new policies of the Federal Reserve and a more hopeful future.

September 1, 2020

By Jacob Passy

...The Fed (click here) is now officially less concerned about high inflation. Moving forward, central bankers will target inflation that averages 2% over time. This means that following a stretch with low inflation, the Fed might allow inflation to run above 2% for a period of time.

Along these lines, the Fed will concern itself less with the strength of the labor market. “A tight labor market is no longer correlated to inflation,” said Dan Geller, a behavioral economist and founder of consulting firm Analyticom.

In the past, the Fed’s official view was that a strong labor market could cause inflation to jump — as a result, the central bank would move to raise rates even if higher levels of inflation had yet to materialize when the job market was especially strong.

The new policy will allow the Fed to keep rates low even if the job market rebounds and inflation picks up. As a result, some have suggested that it may be many, many years before the central bank hikes rates again....

I took the flu shot 3 days ago. Sore arm, but, now soreness gone and I feel fine.

Everyone, especially health care workers, needs to take the flu shot so long as they are not allergic to it's components. Health care workers need to protect their health this season because they are desperately needed by their country when and if SARS-CoV-2 spikes with more and more indoor activity by Americans.

Real simple.

Florida, under DeSantis, is a super spreader economy. People contract the virus in Florida and bring it back home to contaminate local economies and spawn hot spots all over again.

It is a human rights violation.

Don't listen to what they say, judge them on what they do.

Atlas is another Trump liar. He is as much a human rights violater as DeSantis is by encouraging children to return to schools. Children are at risk BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE and lack of sophistication in understanding what COVID-19 does to their bodies. Asking a Kindergartener to wear a mask will only last as long as their attention span.

The Washington Post is correct in stating Atlas is pandering to Trump and campaigning for herd immunity. Atlas's actual words push for denying herd immunity is an attempt to engage Trump's demands and not a valid public policy. The Trump administration has not cared about the American people from the beginning of this administration.

Lying to the public is a favored Trump political strategy. Atlas is no different. In visiting Florida to promote airline travel and tourism is recognizing the fact most visitors are in the state for less than two weeks which is the normal quarantine duration.

Basically, Atlas is a trick on the public and another idea that the Deep State is wrong about a very dangerous virus. SARS-CoV-2 will have immediate impacts on an American, but, also in the future as they age and have incurred microscopic injuries from the initial infection. SARS-CoV-2 attacks LONGEVITY, be it immediate or in the long view.

Atlas is nothing more than a "Trump Clown" in the Trump Circus.

August 31, 2020

By Arek Sarkissian and Andrew Atterbury

Tallahassee - President Donald Trump’s newest Covid-19 adviser (click here) on Monday traveled to the swing state of Florida, where he said there is no need to test healthy people for infection and urged the state not to fear the virus, which has killed more than 182,000 people nationwide and infected more than 6 million.

Scott Atlas, who Trump named to the White House coronavirus task force this month, said people who are asymptomatic don’t require testing for Covid-19. Backing the Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis at a briefing in Tallahassee, Atlas said schools should be open to classroom instruction and college athletes should take the field....

Trump doesn't seem interested in protecting Hispanic soldiers.

These murders have been occurring all year. This is not a mass murder that surprised the authorities in the White House. This is a serial killer and no one is interested in ending it.

August 31, 2020

By ShaCamree Gowdy

In an undated image provided by the U.S. Army, Army Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, 20, who had been missing from her unit since April 22, 2020. Months after Guillen was last seen, a lawyer for the family said her remains had been found, and the Army announced updates on the case.

At least nine Fort Hood soldiers (click here) have been found dead since the beginning of the year, and a dozen Texas senators are now calling for a congressional investigation into the military base.

In a letter sent to Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, members of the Texas Congressional Delegation, Liaison to the Secretary Scott Mras and Gov. Greg Abbott, the 12 Texas senators who are part of the Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus said they acknowledge the Army is taking steps to examine the base, but the review is being conducted by the Army itself.

"Anything other than a thorough transparent investigation into the processes, discipline, and the United State's Army handling of the matters in their aftermath would be a disservice to the Guillen, Morales, Morta and now Fernandes families," they said, respectively citing the names of the most recent victims....

...The body of 23-year-old Sgt. Elder Fernandes "was found hanging in a tree" on Tuesday in Temple, about a week after he went missing. Fernandes reported being a victim of sexual assault in May, and had recently learned his claims were deemed unsubstantiated, according to the Washington Post....

..."The purpose of this independent review is to determine whether the command climate and culture at Fort Hood, and the surrounding military community, reflects the Army’s values, including safety, respect, inclusiveness, and a commitment to diversity, and workplaces and communities free from sexual harassment," the Army said on its website.

The lack of the military to end this violence against our soldiers brings to mind the readiness of the military, too.

Scott Atlas is an idiot.

He is Trump politics at its worst. Where is Mr. Atlas going to find the hospital capacity to handle “herd immunity.” Another Trump advisor too dangerous to me taken seriously.

The Pro-Trump supported in Portland...

 ...are vigilantes that came from other areas of the country to increase the violence in Portland. They remind me of al Qaeda. That is how Middle East terrorists deliver death and bombs to city streets, by pick-up truck.

The vigilante truck processions are breaking the law with their illegal protests.

The Courts

Flynn’s case is not dismissed. In an 8 - 2 decision, a federal appeals court upholds the charges against the disgraced former USA General Michael Flynn. The American people are not alone in upholding the Rule of Law.

"Good Night, Moon"

Waxing gibbous

12.8 day old moon

95.5 percent lit

August 27, 2020

By Marcus Schneck

The next full moon, (click here) the Full Corn Moon, will shine the night of Tuesday, September 1, into the morning of September 2.

With a lunar cycle averaging 29.5 days, that will place the subsequent full moon, the Harvest Moon, on October 1, allowing for a second full moon in October, a Blue Moon, on Halloween, October 31.

“A Blue Moon is a fairly infrequent phenomenon involving the appearance of an additional full moon within a given period,” according to Space.com. “But which period? It turns out there are two definitions of the term, and one was borne out of a misunderstanding of the other....

Demoralized

The USA has been demoralized on all fronts by Trump and his entourage of lying politicians. There is even reason to disbelieve the CDC and other cabinet level agencies. There needs to be a change of administration in Washington, DC to return expertise to those that serve the people of this country. There is no speculation about that. There are many qualified people that really do care about the USA willing to stand up for the country, democracy, freedom, and liberty.

August 20, 2020
By Tim Reid

Los Angeles - Over 70 former Republican national security officials (click here) including ex-CIA and FBI chiefs will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday while launching a scathing indictment of President Donald Trump, calling him corrupt and unfit to serve.

The group, called Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden, includes some of the most senior Republican members of the U.S. defense and intelligence establishment to have served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump.

The 73-strong group includes retired General Michael Hayden, who served as national security director and head of the CIA; William Webster, the only man to serve as both head of the CIA and FBI; John Negroponte, the first director of National Intelligence; Michael Leiter, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center; and Mike Donley, former Air Force secretary.

Their full-throated condemnation of Trump and backing of Biden will come three days before Trump’s nominating convention opens on Monday and underscores how the Republican president has alienated some members of his own party, especially among intelligence and foreign policy veterans....

The country has sincere problems that are directly related to national security and it doesn't stop with COVID-19, it begins there.

I recently was tested for SARS-CoV-2. The test took two days to get the results and it was negative. There is no room for thinking herd immunity by contracting the virus is the best way forward, that is simply surrending. There is no place for surrender to contract COVID-19 anywhere in this paradigm. The FATIGUE the USA feels is due to a failed administration in Washington, DC. The people are not the problem, their leadership is the problem. 

Americans need to resolve to change the administration in Washington, DC and while they are at it, give the new administration majorities in the US House, Senate, and Statehouses. I could not be more serious. I am not surrending. I have no plans to contract a deadly virus in HOPES that MAYBE everything will be okay after I come off the ventilator. That entire idea is insane. No one waves the white flag and plan as their survival strategy to make it off the ventilator. That is nothing more than demoralized people. Entertaining that sort of idea is insane. It is absolutely an image straight out of depression and fatigue.

Governors such as Ron DeSantis is in violation of human rights. All of us are violated by Ron DeSantis. We don't know who has been to Florida on a lark and returned with a virus residing in their being waiting for an opportunity to spread. 

Americans cannot look the other way out of pure fatigue of the Trumpiside path. We need to be Americans, strong, and resolved. We need to return pride and function in our society and that isn't going to happen without Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

I hesitate to state the latest statistics because I have no confidence in the CDC reporting about COVID-19 at this point. But, here it is.

The map to the left is where positive results are found. The darker the blue the higher the positive result. The southern governors have completely failed their people.

83,521,898 tests reported (click here)

7,218,515 positive results which mean there are that many cases, repeat infection or not.

182,149 people dead

Add to the COVID-19 economic losses, the natural disasters throughout the country, and the USA's economy is more than worrisome.

August 27, 2020

The U.S. Small Business Administration (click here) granted Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for a disaster declaration for small businesses and homeowners facing damage from a tornado that struck as Hurricane Isaias passed through the state on Aug. 4.

“With a tornado on top of a pandemic, this SBA approval will provide much-needed help to our small businesses and homeowners,” said Cooper.

The declaration authorizes low-interest disaster loans to residents and businesses who suffered losses in Bertie County and the contiguous counties of Chowan, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton and Washington. SBA disaster loans provide up to $200,000 to homeowners and up to $2 million to businesses to repair and/or replace damaged property. Homeowners and renters would also be eligible for loans up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged personal property....

The economic impact by Trump's failed strategy with COVID-19 is enormous and growing.

August 28, 2020

By Davide Scigliuzzo, Josh Saul, Shannon D. Harrington, Claire Boston and Demetrios Pogkas

Retailers, airlines, restaurants. (click here)  But also oil producers, a chain of donut shops in Portland, Oregon, and one of the largest crane services companies in North America. These are some of the more than 200 companies that declared bankruptcy in the U.S. this year and blamed Covid-19 in part for their demise.

Many were in deep financial trouble even before governors ordered non-essential businesses shut to help contain the spread of the virus. Most will try to reorganize and emerge from court smaller and less-indebted. The hardest hit, however, are selling off prized assets and some are closing for good.

They include plenty of big, iconic names. California Pizza Kitchen and Brooks brothers and now Stein Mart, the discount retailer that’s weighing shutting all its locations. The vast bulk, though, are small and medium-sized businesses scattered across the country. Their downfall might not normally garner much attention, but it does underscore the full extent of the damage Covid-19 has inflicted on the economy.

The list compiled for this story is based on court records, statements or interviews in which business owners explicitly linked the virus to their filing. It is only a snapshot of the thousands of corporate entities that have landed in bankruptcy court since the pandemic took hold in March. And it doesn’t capture the countless businesses that closed shop permanently without seeking protection in court....

This is not the flu. The question is the heart injured or diseased.

If injured the damage is isolated, but, if diseased then it is a life long medical condition. This virus is very dangerous to the future of any society. It has the capacity to disable an entire society.

July 27, 2020
By Elizabeth Cooney

Two new studies from Germany (click here) paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes on the heart, raising the specter of long-term damage after people recover, even if their illness was not severe enough to require hospitalization.

One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them to heart images from 100 people who were similar but not infected with the virus. Their average age was 49 and two-thirds of the patients had recovered at home. More than two months later, infected patients were more likely to have troubling cardiac signs than people in the control group: 78 patients showed structural changes to their hearts, 76 had evidence of a biomarker signaling cardiac injury typically found after a heart attack, and 60 had signs of inflammation.

These were relatively young, healthy patients who fell ill in the spring, Valentina Puntmann, who led the MRI study, pointed out in an interview. Many of them had just returned from ski vacations. None of them thought they had anything wrong with their hearts....

April 6, 2020

By Markian Hawryluk

...In addition to lung damage, (click here) many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest.

As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to believe the COVID-19 virus can infect the heart muscle. An initial study found cardiac damage in as many as 1 in 5 patients, leading to heart failure and death even among those who show no signs of respiratory distress.

That could change the way doctors and hospitals need to think about patients, particularly in the early stages of illness. It also could open up a second front in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, with a need for new precautions in people with preexisting heart problems, new demands for equipment and, ultimately, new treatment plans for damaged hearts among those who survive.

“It’s extremely important to answer the question: Is their heart being affected by the virus and can we do something about it?” said Dr. Ukrucg Jorde, the head of heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support for the Montefiore Health System in New York City. “This may save many lives in the end.”...

Drinking alcohol in a social setting during the pandemic can minimally decrease awareness of social distancing.

Alcohol consumption is a safety concern during the global pandemic.

June 4, 2020

By Carrie MacMillan

From Zoom happy hours to “wine o’clock” memes (click here) floating around on social media, the pressure to grab a drink to take an edge off your pandemic anxiety can sometimes feel strong. Not being able to visit friends or enjoy many out-of-home activities leaves some people feeling like they don’t have much else to do, so why not enjoy a glass of wine—or two or three?

Indeed, data from Nielsen indicates people are drinking more. For the week ending May 2, total alcohol sales in the U.S. were up by more than 32% compared to the same week one year ago. These figures have some medical experts worried.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) have issued communications warning people to avoid excessive drinking, saying it may increase COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. Beyond that, alcohol consumption is already a major public health problem in the U.S., the NIAAA says. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2006 to 2010, "excessive alcohol use “ was responsible for an annual average of 88,000 death, including 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 20 to 64 years.” And studies have linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of breast and other cancers....

From "The Lancet;"

August 20, 2020

By Jin Un Kim, Amir Majid.Rebekah Judge, Peter Crook, Rooshi Nathwani, Nowlan Selvapatt, James Lovendoski. Pinelopi Manousou, Mark Thursz, Ameet Dhar. Heather Lewis, Nikhil Vergis and Maud Lemoine

...69 (38%) patients were classified as abstinent before lockdown, (click here) with a mean abstinence period of 19·5 months (SD 22). Of this subgroup, 12 (17%) relapsed during lockdown. Mean AUDIT score within the relapse group at the time of our survey was 15·7 (SD 9·6), representing a 226% mean increase from before lockdown, with a mean weekly consumption of 48·8 units (SD 63) during lockdown. Of the 113 individuals who were previously drinking before the lockdown, 14 (12%) became newly abstinent since the beginning of lockdown.

Among all participants, 55 (30%) had either a virtual or face-to-face contact with the clinic during lockdown;...

Native American teenagers, especially the boys, are far more susceptible to depression and suicide in Native American communities.

Many Native/Indigenous tribes (click here) embrace a worldview that encompasses the notions of connectedness (with the past and with others), strong family bonds, adaptability, oneness with nature, wisdom of elders, meaningful traditions and strong spirit that may serve as protective factors when it comes to mental health.

- Native/Indigenous people in America report experiencing serious psychological distress 2.5 times more than the general population over a month’s time.

- Although overall suicide rates are similar to those of whites, there are significant differences among certain age groups. The suicide death rate for Native/Indigenous people in America between the ages of 15-19 is more than double that of non-Hispanic whites.

- Native/Indigenous people in America start to use and abuse alcohol and other drugs at younger ages, and at higher rates, than all other ethnic groups.

...The failure of the U.S. government to fulfill its treaty agreements (click here) with Alaskan and Native American people has led to disparities in income and education, the pervasiveness of poverty; and access to care issues. These domains help to set the stage for health disparities that frequently catapult native people to early death. Many of these mental and physical health conditions are preventable. 

I have Native American blood running through my veins, as do millions of other Caucasians. My ancestors were the Blackfeet who live in Northwestern Montana. It is one of the largest tribes in the nation. My sensitivity to the plight of Native Americans with mental illness is especially grave.

One Native American community leader said, “I am dealing with people who have been disenfranchised and their mental illness originates in the system around them, the environment, the surrounding historical trauma. They are not crazy; they are people responding to trauma in their life.”

The Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller said, “In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.” May our generation consider the past and future regarding mental health care for all minorities, as we should for all other Americans....