The problem, Attorney General Nessel, is that the man most responsible gets the least of the charges.

Our justice system needs to change to realize the most responsible at the top of the crime are supposed to be receiving the longest sentence and the highest fines. That isn't happening here. That is simply wrong. Snyder needs to be held to the highest possible crime. There are people dead. There are children damaged and he is getting away with it. That is not okay.

April 7, 2021
By Hank Winchester

Flint - The Flint water case (click here) is moving forward even as former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his team continue to insist the case should be dropped.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel hasn’t said much about the case, the investigation, or Snyder himself -- but in a new interview, she is shedding light on those topics.

She spoke with Local 4′s consumer investigator Hank Winchester. She was very cautious about talking about the criminal case.

Nessel said she’s focused on Flint and getting the settlement money to those who need it most. More than $600 million will go directly to those impacted by the water crisis, especially the children.

My sincerest sympathies to the British Royal Family.

Especially, Queen Elizabeth II. I am quite certain he was special to the people of Great Britain.
 

The USA does not need sexually abusive men that also practice pedophilia in office.

Every woman in the country should be angry and demanding Matt Gaetz resignation from office. This is not a partisan issue. Powerful men are used to getting their way and demanding the public in general to look the other way.

Gaetz is stating he is a victim of extortion. Really? He was human trafficking a 17 year old female and he was extorted. Right. Why didn't he go to the FBI? If he is a target of political rhetoric why isn't he fighting back in court? Nothing Gaetz has any validity in the truth. He is trying to use public and political opinion to get away with crime. This has to stop and stop now.

 

I don't want to see a war among Democrats, the country needs them. But, this is ridiculous.

West Virginia is the state of Robert C. Byrd, the USA Senator that voted against the Iraq War. I don't understand Mansion at all. What kind of kickbacks is he getting from his cronies?

I believe his seat is up in 2022. Who do the Democrats have to run against him in the primary? The people of West Virginia, no different than Kentucky, are lied to on a continuous basis about the coal industry. It is time an honest candidate for US Senate in West Virginia picks up the Byrd mantle and tells the people of West Virginia the truth.

To oppose the broad changes this country needs after an insurrection is Un-American. Just that simple. I don't know what Manchin's gig is, but, it isn't the protection of our democracy if he is handing power to Mitch McConnell. He needs to get his priorities straight or GET OUT!

March 31, 2021
By Perry Bacon, Jr.

Joe Manchin (click here) thinks President Donald Trump abused his power and voted to remove him from office. But he also thinks Trump can still be a “tremendous president” and is eager to reconcile.

Senate Democrats need all 50 members of their caucus (click here) to band together to pass bills that don’t have any GOP support. So, in theory at least, any senator could constantly force the party to bend to their will.

In reality, though, only Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is using that power. He’s already blocked President Biden’s nominee to run the White House Office of Management and Budget, and he forced congressional Democrats to make changes to the economic stimulus bill before he would provide his needed “yea” vote. Manchin is also opposing proposals embraced by the Biden administration and most congressional Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and to mandate background checks for nearly all gun sales....

American schools, both private and public, need to test honestly at years end.

April 6, 2021
By Jennifer Chambers

Federal education officials (click here) have denied Michigan's request to cancel state assessments this school year, clearing the way for the year-end tests to begin next week and leaving some districts scrambling to figure out logistics for giving the exams amid COVID-related building closures.

The U.S. Department of Education issued its decision Tuesday, refusing to waive the federal requirement to administer the state summative assessments like the M-STEP....

The US Department of Education, under the Biden presidency, needs to receive HONEST end of year scores. We have to know where we are in order to move forward. This was a national emergency in our schools and the first time the USA public school system was shut down nationwide.

In addition to year of end scores the US Department of Education should demand a reporting of when the school reopened, the number of students and teachers that contracted the virus after reopening and any and all deaths affiliated with the school system, including janitors, that occurred this past year.

All those statistics are important because it will give a picture of what actions mattered and what compromised the safety of our children.

And let's not forget spring break and the mass spreader event that brought disease to communities and universities.

DON'T FUDGE THE NUMBERS.

This is a DOJ doing the work that needs to be done.

April 7, 2021
By Robert Snell and Jennifer Chambers

Detroit — Federal corruption prosecutors (click here) Wednesday charged a former assistant superintendent of West Bloomfield schools with obstructing a grand jury investigation for allegedly lying to investigators and deleting emails.

The case against Deanna Barash, 46, is the latest case filed by public corruption prosecutors against a public school official since 14 school administrators and a contractor were convicted in a $2.7 million bribery and kickback scheme involving Detroit Public Schools several years ago.

A federal court filing provides minimal details of the corruption investigation but accuses the assistant superintendent of obstructing an unspecified investigation from May 2018 through Dec. 9, 2019.

The Detroit News learned the probe involves Barash's prior tenure at Northville Public Schools, where she worked as an assistant superintendent before being hired in West Bloomfield in 2017....

Corruption costs tax payers money, not only in prosecution when the governmetn officals are caught, but, in misdirected monies that belongs to taxpayers. The misdirected monies COST the people the real purpose of the money. They lose their achievements for the budgets they fund. Corruption must be stopped.

Case in point.

April 7, 2021
By John Haltiwanger

President Joe Biden (click here) in an impassioned speech on Wednesday framed infrastructure as a matter of national security, saying that China was outpacing the US as he excoriated Republicans who opposed his $2 trillion plan.

After months of Republicans saying Biden is too soft on Beijing, the president is flipping the script. Biden has effectively accused the GOP of aiding China by pushing against his infrastructure proposal, which Republicans have dismissed as too costly.

"My Republican friends ... many of them say it's too big ... They say, 'Why not just focus on traditional infrastructure?'" Biden said of the GOP response to his plan. "We are America. We don't just fix for today; we build for tomorrow."...

Oops. What was that? "Why not just focus on traditional infrastruture?" Really? That is called obstructionism. Where have we heard it before and for nearly two decades? Why are these bills coming from President Biden and the US House so outragiously high by imagination alone? Because for two decades, the GOP focused on TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

One question. Just one. Will traditional infrastructure end the climate crisis? To me it hasn't at all. Let's get on with the promise of the leadership of President Biden and some of the brave members of the US House and build back better so our children and grandchildren have their lives and hertiage secured.

There is every reason to mistrust the GOP. They earned that mistrust.

April 7, 2021
By Katie Edmondson and Luke Broadwater

Washington - When a Republican lawmaker (click here) approached Representative Veronica Escobar, a Democrat, on the House floor recently with a routine request that she sign on to a resolution he was introducing, she initially refused.

Ms. Escobar personally liked the man, a fellow Texan, and she supported his bill. But she held the Republican, who had voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election just hours after rioters stormed the Capitol, partly responsible for the deadly attack and questioned whether she could work with him.

Moments after declining, however, Ms. Escobar had second thoughts.

“Go ahead and count me in,” Ms. Escobar recalled telling the man, whom she declined to identify in an interview. “But I just want you to know that what you all did — I haven’t gotten past it. And it was wrong, and it was terrible. And it’s not something that I think we should gloss over.”...

Start at the leadership and their embrace of extremism. That is simply bad for the country. Since when do we let Republicans get away with backing White Supremacy.

The extremism of the GOP to begin is completely unethical and that is where the GOP began to lose the country. There was a time in the USA when ethics meant something. The GOP DECIDED since ethics is not a legal problem it was unworthy of noticing. Ethics is where neighborhoods around the USA value their quality of life. "Hello, Neighbor," is a greeting not required by law. But, it makes inroads to people that live in each other, share property values, share public schools and work many times at the same place. "Hello, Neighbor," goes a long way and creates the idea of community. 

The GOP decided quite some time ago that breaking the ethic rules in society. The idea military style weapons were allowed by the constitution, in general, began to take away the sense of "ethics" in communities. All of a sudden, "A good guy with a gun" was the way to go. To secure communities? No. To sell guns. "A good guy with a gun" is primarily a myth. We have seen good guys with guns stop some bad guys with a gun that went a killing spree, but, for the most part that is a myth and now the country is awash in dangerous weapons.

Look at the other wayward values of the GOP. The latest, "See if the government really cares about you," was the of the Trump White House. The Republican went right along with his idea of dismantlling government and empowering enemies to create a level playing field. Our deepest kept military secrets were an open book under Trump and why? Because he was scared skinny of war. He believed if every major power on the planet had the same information and weapons everything would negate themselves. WRONG!

China and Russia were absolutely gigling over the fact Trump was an idiot about national security as long as you blew sunshine up his butt. And where was the GOP? Were they seeing the infractions in Trump's activity as impeachable. Heck, no. They were out fund raising because the Democrats were playing dirty politics.

Trump was impeached not once, but, twice. TWICE. And where was the GOP, manipulating the public interest so they could keep votes in their column. Remember? The US House under Speaker Pelosi handed down "Article of Impeachment" and rather than grabbing the chance to reverse Trump's hold on any sort of power, and try him to remove him from office; Moscow Mitch withheld the Senate hearing. Why? Why would a US Senate majority leader that just witnessed an  insurrection of the US Capitol throw the impeachment trial to the next group of Senators? Why? 

I will tell you why, because, Trump was guilty. Everyone knew it and people died. We witnessed his speeches and if anyone paid attention to Trump's relationship with the right wing vogters it was toxic and inspired violence against government. Moscow Mitch decided if the GOP waited until after Trump was out of office they could honestly say there was no way an ousted president could be impeached. It wasn't reasonable to do so and it was down right Un-American. 

THAT IS THE ONLY REASON MOSCOW MITCH decided to postpone the US Senate trial of Trump, because it was AN EXCUSE to vote to leave Trump alone. McConnell did that. The leader of the US Senate majority at the time strategized to relieve Trump of any wrong doing to "save the party."

The GOP is "Party First, Country Second or Third depending what crony money is on the line."

They can't be trusted. The GOP has some of the most toxic members of the entire Congress. They hate. They hate others in Congress and they hate people that believe in justice rather than corruption. There are exceptions, but, they are becoming fewer and fewer.

The American people want their country back and they want the country they believe is the most benevolent and true to it's values of decency and honesty. You know, "Truth, Justice and the American Way." Only the truth can't be grown out of lies, the Justice is for all and the DOJ cannot be corrupt at all and do the president's bidding, especially among political opponents. And the American Way. Yeah. The American Way is about young people slinging guns into school? Children dying in their classrooms? Is the American Way about throwing ridiculous tax cuts at corporations so they can downsize and replace workers with mechanization and technology? Is the American Way incorporating racism as a norm in society?

That is the part that stops most Americans in their path. They remember a good wage. They remember hospitals with charity care without one doubt. They know that cutting edge education is the way of the future so long as it serves a good and moral purpose. The American Way allows different relgions to exist on opposite street corners where communities cross the street to say hello and attend festivals together. The American Way dispels fear and incorporates honesty and compassion. The American Way leaves a legacy of environmental safety, the beauty of nature and plenty of open spaces to the next generation and the generation after that. Nowhere in the American Dream does it say, throw greenhouse gases in the troposphere with abandon because everything scientists say is a lie.

The USA cares for each other and ensures every person has a fair shot and every child is valued. Sure that takes money, but, those values apply to everyone. If being a strong, independent person in this society sees a downfall as with the SARS-CoV-2 virus; that standard of compassion and belonging is vitally important.

Where are the real values in the USA? With the GOP? Or with Democrats that have kept the faith, unheld the USA Constitution and provided strength under a president that wanted to end the democracy and make himself king. 

The GOP has earned mistrust and this Democratic Congress, in order to make all the necessary changes for the USA to recapture itself, just might have to go it alone. I have no problem with the Democrats taking a hard look at their peers. There is a lot to see.

Moscow Mitch is an enemy to Wall Street?

I can’t thank companies that are backing democracy over oppression enough for their stance in leading Americans to a fair election culture.

It is a welcome relief to know their is not a domestic enemy among American companies when it comes to freedom. While freedom of speech is intact we have found out lies can become the truth through media seeking political power. The fight for our rights in the USA is difficult at best, but, to realize major companies value the freedoms all citizens value is a welcome sign of unity.

The companies standing with citizens to make the vote a safe guarantee should receive praise. Perhaps the best praise is to buy their products and services in appreciation. This entire support by Wall Street has come as a pleasant surprise. Now, when people everywhere think of the USA it will include flag waving companies that can be trusted.

Hey America. Wall Street’s loyalty to the USA constitution cannot be bought. And, now, it can’t be taken likely.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It means a lot to ease the burden of the fight for equality of all American people.

Thank you, Justice Thomas

Every Justice comes away with accomplishments that are uniquely a statement of their service, Justice Thomas has found his footing with the decision to mitigate IT. 

The lawsuit was ridiculous. Twitter is not a government entity. The idea a company could compel communications means no obsolescence. One of the greatest values of our country is privacy. If a person cannot regulate the people that come to their personal website then what good is privacy?

Justice Thomas made the best decision for all of us. Today, privacy rights has taken a leap forward with this decision. You 

Thank you, Governor Hutchinson.

Congratulations to Governor Asa Hutchinson fir vetoing the anti-transgender health care bill. He was absolutely right to fit it. The bill was a human rights violation. I was extremely surprised to realize Arkansas legislature was so biased and discriminatory in their laws. My goodness. It is a lot to be concerned about.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is a genius.

Secretary Yellen is proposing a minimum tax globally on corporations. Companies play with countries’ borders a lot. Allies literally compete for businesses no different than states have to compete for PPE. The entire corporate structure is disincentivized to promote sovereign stability. 

One of the places Secretary Yellen will meet with agreement is Wall Street transaction taxes. It is a minuscule tax who’s time has come. But, promoting sovereign economic stability also means corporate stability follows. 

I think the United Nations has a place in a convention that stabilizes countries with companies that employ, pay good wages and provide for a consistent treasury income. 

It is time the global community take on this challenge.

The Trump Tax Cut to Wall Street slowed job creation.

This was before COVID-19. After Wall Street received huge amounts of tax cuts and even refunds for taxes paid in 2017, they downsized. The cash provided for change, not new jobs.

Give me a break. How many CEOs looked at the Trump Tax Cuts and said, "Oh, joy, there is going to be more jobs created with the expansion of the business." WRONG! Wall Street always CUTS costs. Labor is costs and one that Wall Street doesn't like. 

The Trump Tax Cuts hurt this country as companies downsized their labor force and instituted more computer and mechanized production of their products.

A seven percent tax increase on corporations in the USA will mean they will actually pay into the US Treasury and not have a ZERO TAX RATE. Honestly!

May 2018

In 2017, (click here) total nonfarm payroll employment as measured by the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey rose by 2.2 million, or 1.5 percent, slightly slowing its advance from 2016. Job growth accelerated in goods-producing industries, while growth in most service-providing industries decelerated.

The employment gains in 2017 occurred while many economic indicators of the U.S. economy signaled strength. However, there were still some headwinds resulting from a tight labor market and two major hurricanes. The slight easing of job growth also occurred in the fourth year of the current employment expansion, which is now longer than the expansion from January 2005 to January 2008. This article provides an overview of these labor market developments....

Moscow Mitch always talks about the coal industry. Yes? It is his big claim that Republicans protect those coal companies. WRONG! Moscow Mitch is not a protection for any industry. His vote for the Trump Tax Cuts increased mechanization of industry, not jobs.

Stop the political rhetoric by Moscow Mitch and know the facts. Tell a friend, they are not the friends of the American people.

January 25, 2017

By Dayashree Saha and Sifan Liu

President Trump has made empty promises (click here) to make the coal industry great again, vowing to reverse decades of the industry’s downward employment trajectory. In previous blog posts, we have shown how his promises to put coal miners back to work will be a tall order. Here, we introduce another reason why coal will face an uphill battle: automation.

The problem facing the coal industry is not unique: Automation is rapidly reducing employment in mining and manufacturing. Across a wide range of industries, from car manufacturing to computing, robots or artificial intelligence are increasingly taking over roles traditionally performed by humans. The same is true for coal mining....

President Biden said we need jobs now. Well. Guess what?

April 2, 2021
By Jeff Cox

Job growth boomed in March (click here) at the fastest pace since last summer, as stronger economic growth and an aggressive vaccination effort contributed to a surge in hospitality and construction jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 916,000 for the month while the unemployment rate fell to 6%.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for an increase of 675,000 and an unemployment rate of 6%. The total was the highest since the 1.58 million added in August 2020.

“It shows that the economy is healing, that those who lost their jobs are coming back into the workforce as the recovery continues and restrictions are lifted,” said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial. “The only concern here is if we have another wave of Covid that leads to another round of closures.”...

Get vaccinated. End the health emergency. The Biden Presidency has put forward incredible numbers of vaccines and we need to continue to be safe from the virus and it's variants. 

Masks work.

Social distancing works. 

Hand hygiene works and no face touching until after hand hygiene.

GET VACCINATED.

The Big Biden Bill is necesssary.

The past two decades, yes decades, have been nothing but a rollback of maintenance and modernizing the USA infrastructure. This spending now is to CATCH UP over the lack of modernization of the USA infrastructure under Republican governance. They cut taxes and turn their back on the people and the future of this planet.

And, I think US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is absolutely correct in the amount of money the USA needs to move the country to vastly lower GHG emissions. We are the leader of the Free World and we must set the standard. In obtaining a high standard of GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission reduction we can then ask for other countries to meet the same standard. We must do this and the time is now. 

2030 is less than nine years away. We cannot afford to miss that target. We must continue past 2030 to be carbon neutral by 2050. This is REALITY. This is not some weird political game that brings money to cronies. This is real and the danger is real. The stratosphere must remain intact without increased mixing as we have seen. The mixing between the troposphere and the stratosphere is record-setting. Enough of gambling with our planet to protect the petroleum industry. There are better ways.

April 4, 2021
By Emily Czachor

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (click here) on Sunday defended the breadth of President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan, a $2.2 trillion bill that aims to improve U.S. infrastructure and revitalize the economy as it works to recover from COVID-19.

The proposal, which Biden unveiled last week, was met with criticism from Republican and some Democratic lawmakers over its size. While conservatives, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, argued against the plan because of its spending goals, progressives, such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, suggested that additional funds are necessary to truly realize the bill's intended impacts.

Speaking to ABC News host George Stephanopoulos during an appearance on the network's This Week program, Buttigieg acknowledged the emerging partisan divide. A Democrat and former presidential candidate, Buttigieg served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, for eight years before assuming his leadership role at the Department of Transportation under Biden's administration....

US Senator Joe Manchin believes he can find 10 Republicans to vote for this bill that will change the USA forever leading into the future. I hope he is right and if he is successful, the partisan divide is a myth. I would love to see that as a myth sooner than later. If Senator Machin hopes for bipartisan support is not realized, then the Democrats must do what is best for the country as a leader and for the generation of Americans growing up now. Our time is now.

This is Donald John Trump's best friend and he wants to kill us.

April 5, 2021
By Nick Paton Walsh

Russia is amassing unprecedented military might (click here) in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe.

Weapons experts and Western officials have expressed particular concern about one Russian 'super-weapon,' the Poseidon 2M39 torpedo. Development of the torpedo is moving fast with Russian President Vladimir Putin requesting an update on a "key stage" of the tests in February from his defense minister Sergei Shoigu, with further tests planned this year, according to multiple reports in state media....

This is a first-strike weapon and it is stealth, probably our technology, too. If this is our technology military research should be able to decode it and detect it, but, we don't know that for sure.

Look, Putin wins elections but he is not the choice of the Russian people. I doubt anyone but the hardline communists are in favor of escalating the nuclear war with The West. 

Last summer there was a nuclear accident in Russia that killed 5 or 6 of their nuclear scientists. Now we know why. Russia wants war and this is one of the weapons they are intending to use. There is no doubt with parking nuclear capacity jets in Venezuela, Putin is outlining his strategy. This is serious and it won't go away. Why? Because Putin is on a timeline to regime change in Russia. The Russian people and in coveted satellites like Belarus, the people want a different government. They want free and open and fair elections that are not corrupt. They want representation in the Duma and other bodies in other countries to represent the values of the people and not a strong man that insists on being in power forever.

June 29, 2020

By Kyle Mizkoami

Radiation detectors (click here) across northern Europe have picked up a short-lived, non-dangerous release of radioactivity experts believe came from Russia. Authorities believe the leak, which was first detected in early June, is coming from western Russia. One possibility is that the test is in some way related to a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, which caused an accident in 2019 and several deaths.

The Associated Press reports that officials in Finland, Norway, and Sweden detected man-made radionuclides—that is, radionuclides that do not naturally occur in nature. According to the Barents Observer, Iodine 131 was detected by air monitoring stations at Svanhovd and Viksjøfjell, Norway, as well as a nuclear weapons monitoring facility at Svalbard. Analysis by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health indicates the source of the radiation is western Russia.

Iodine 131 is a radioisotope created as a result of nuclear fission, which is why scientists believe the radiation release is the result of an accident at a nuclear facility. According to the CDC, exposure to large amounts of Iodine 131 can cause burns to the eyes and skin. Iodine 131 ingested into the human body accumulates in the thyroid gland, causing thyroid cancer. Iodine 131 has a half-life of eight days, meaning it can disappear from the environment relatively quickly....

The Russian submarine fleet has always been it's "go to" capacity with nuclear bombs ready for launch off the shore of the USA and allies. But, it would seem as though Putin has opted for smaller ships more laden with bombs. I believe this is a European strategy more so than North America. I have to wonder if these ships are capable in the Black Sea.

April 1, 2021

By Benjamine Brimelow

The Russian Navy has been busy. (click here)

It's stepping up operations in the Arctic, expanding its presence in Africa and the Middle East, and keeping a close eye on NATO around Europe.

It's also making progress on a number of high-profile shipbuilding projects. It plans to commission or receive six new submarines — three of them nuclear-powered — by the end of this year and expects to receive a fully modernized Kirov-class nuclear battlecruiser and to begin sea trials for its only aircraft carrier by the end of 2022.

These are impressive advances for a force that largely fell into disrepair after the Cold War. While the Russian Navy isn't as big as its Soviet forebear, the work shows that the Kremlin is committing to its modernization....

I never once believed the Russian military was incapacitated, even after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The hope for the world was always with new leadership with a vision to be part of greater global peace. Within that peace was economic prosperity, then came the Russian invasion into Ukraine. Yes, Crimea, regardless of Putin's rantings is part of Ukraine and the border war is still an issue. If one recalls Donald John Trump was going to withhold the necessary munitions from the USA that would hopefully end the conflict with Russia taking over the country. That was the Trump strategy, with a yellow streak up his back, he would hand over anything to Russia, including top secret information so long as he could be king.

But, these two new weapons are definitely a part of a global strategy for nuclear war. Putin has a problem though. If he deploys all this explosion in the world, there won't be a postage size stamp of land capable of occupying. 

THIS ARMS RACE is old and dangerous and it has to stop. The Non-Proliferation Agreements must take precedent and end this madness. Putin as king is nothing the Russian people wanted. They probably don't like the arms race either, IF THEY KNEW ABOUT IT.

End this mess and get serious about the GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS that is now assaulting the mixing between the troposphere and stratosphere. That mixing is deadly and it has to come to an end. That is the real challenge of the world and this esclation in any arms race is stupid.

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Okay everyone we need to get vaccinated. Time to kick this virus to the curb. We are over with this mess. Still yet another variant, this time out of India. It is time the world is vaccinated, but, the worst-case numbers has been the USA. We MUST be vaccinated to end the OPPORTUNITY for these variants to develop.

April 4, 2021
By Kelli Dugan

Santa Clara County - A new variant (click here) of the coronavirus, first detected in India, has been diagnosed in the San Francisco Bay Area and is believed to be the first of its kind discovered in the United States.

The variant, believed to be responsible for a recent surge in India’s COVID-19 cases, is classified as a double mutation, KNTV reported.

To date, Stanford University experts have confirmed only one case involving the new variant countywide, but more are expected, the TV station reported....

Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter. 

Kindly remember Pope Francis made children and the crosses they bear a focus this Easter.

Thank you and good night.

This is RADIOACTIVE WASTE. How long does DeSantis PLAN to have Manatee County a dead zone?

No one can afford to sit by and let physics and gravity have it's way. That is the CHEAP Republican answer. The Governor of Florida needs to PUMP THE LOUSY WASTE POND DRY and transport the radioactive liquid to a safe deposit area. That all has to be coordinated through the President of the USA and the US Army Corps.

I also want to know how many violations this place has accumulated and why under Trump NOTHING WAS DONE about it? 

What does the Florida EPA have on record and why weren't they screaming at the top of their lungs. The US EPA needs to have it's offices throughout the country report in on more of these "death pools," including and especially in coal country.

There have been and are crimes being committed here. It did not get this bad because people were doing their jobs and the right thing for the people.

April 4, 2021
By Ryan Callahan and Ryan Ballogg

Manatee County remained under a state of emergency (click here) Sunday as federal, state and local leaders worked to contain a leak at a former phosphate processing plant that threatens to contaminate the area with millions of gallons of polluted water.

A worst-case scenario could send 20 feet of contaminated water flooding from the site, Acting Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes said Sunday during a news briefing with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. A total breach that spurts out uncontrolled water could also destabilize gypsum stacks containing radioactive material.

Crews on Friday found a breach in the site’s largest pond, which originally contained about 480 million gallons of water. Because of potential flooding, an emergency evacuation order was ordered in the area, and it has been expanded to more than 300 homes. U.S. 41 remains closed to traffic to Moccasin Wallow Road.

“The models for less than an hour could be a 20-foot wall of water,” Hopes said. “If you’re in an evacuation area and you have not heeded that, you need to think twice.”...

Noah Green is a home grown terrorist.

His methods of killing are straight out of the playbook in the UK. Trapping police between a car and some kind of barrier and then wielding a knife. If he had a gun he would have done far more damage than he did. 

My complete sympathies to the family of the dead officer, but, this guy is a homegrown terrorist.

April 2, 2021

To the left Noah Green. Great American kid until he gets pissed off. Now, how much is Farrakhan involved in the anger that set this guy off?

Washington D.C. —The suspect who killed a Capitol Police officer (click here) and injured another has been identified as Noah Green—a self-proclaimed “Follower of Farrakhan”—and not “a White male” as MSNBC falsely reported, or a “white supremacist” as many mistakenly presumed.

Green, who posted several Facebook posts as a proud follower of the Nation of Islam, rammed a car into the barricade at the U.S. Capitol, striking two Capitol Police officers. Green then got out of the car and attempted to attack other officers with a knife before he was shot and killed during the rampage.

Within the past few weeks, Green posted several concerning social media posts—before Facebook took down Green’s profile, as the NY Post reported....