I think part of the trend with Caucasian males dying before their time has to do with working several jobs. They don't get good rest.

I wish the media would listen to their own words. "Super Tuesday in the Republican primaries will see a majority of white voters." I hope they do vote and find a path out of the dilemma they are caught up in. It isn't right and it isn't fair. The USA has been turned on it's head domestically and this is only one of the groups where it shows the most.

November 2, 2015
By Lenny Bernstein and Joel Achenbach

A large segment of white middle-aged Americans (click here) has suffered a startling rise in its death rate since 1999, according to a review of statistics published Monday that shows a sharp reversal in decades of progress toward longer lives.

The mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 with less than a college education increased markedly between 1999 and 2013, most likely because of problems with legal and illegal drugs, alcohol and suicide, the researchers concluded. Before then, death rates for that group dropped steadily, and at a faster pace.

An increase in the mortality rate for any large demographic group in an advanced nation has been virtually unheard of in recent decades, with the exception of Russian men after the collapse of the Soviet Union....

I hope someone is doing a follow up study to pinpoint the mystery. These working poor men sometimes find enjoyment in bad health habits as well. 

Is Duke a PhD? Of what? He was once a Congressman, but, what is this?

David Duke.com (click here)

He has a PhD in history. That makes sense. The White Supremacists count on history in many ways, including, the issue of demographics and land. I am not surprised he is involved with history. He doesn't accept the fact there are growing influence by minorities with the White folks losing in numbers. 

Basically, David Duke does not accept the fact the USA is a country of immigrants. David Duke's claim to his preferred "White America" ends with European migration through Ellis Island. There was no policy or law or regulation that ended migration into the USA. His premise is wrong. He sees it differently. 

He does have an influence, but, I wish he would reflect on the violence within his preference of White Supremacy. His folks are lining jails and prison. Some are vicious killers. It's unfortunate with his growth in education it has not translated into the acceptance of diversity. That word diversity protects Caucasian as well as others. He should think about the lives ruined and the broken families because of hate. 

"The Juice is just not worth the squeeze."

David Duke needs to realize even though he may have disavowed the KKK for the past forty years, the country doesn't see it that way. There are many who never disconnected his identity from hate. He is still an ideological personality. He really needs to speak to Americans that believe White Supremacy is real. He really does have a role in ending some of the worst violence that is still bred by hate in the USA.

He is correct about the criminality that has visited people and families in the USA by illegals. Not the Undocumented. The illegals that are involved with law enforcement are not undocumented, they are documented plenty. It is that aspect Donald Trump has identified. It is that aspect that invites fear of illegals by Americans that are not necessarily from south of the border. It is that aspect of the illegal immigration community that is completely ignored by Democrats to prevent tainting of the Undocumented. It is the fact the Democrats want to prevent overshadowing of the Undocumented to promote immigration reform and it is illegitimate. The Democrats have to discuss and make it obvious, immigration reform includes deporting those that are law breakers. 

There is no way the Undocumented are going to be removed to their country of origin. It is simply not possible. They are valuable to our economy and they bring a strong work ethic with them. There is no reason to turn them away as if they are worthless. We have already invested in the Dreamers and their families. It would be nonsense to think they are not a part of this country.

Immigration reform in the USA reaches beyond the Undocumented. The immigration courts are backlogs for years. The immigration standards and courts need to be strengthened. That strengthening includes providing a place for the Undocumented within the borders of the USA, otherwise, as soon as immigration reform passes the courts will become backlogged all over again. It is impossible to pass immigration reform without solving the place for the Undocumented. 

From Slate:

(An Exalted Cyclops) (click here)...presides over the Council of the Centaurs and writes quarterly reports to the Grand Giant. In the Klan hierarchy, each local chapter, or Klavern, is led by an Exalted Cyclops. This member is typically elected by his fellow Klansmen and serves a one-year term. According to the original 1867 Prescript of the Ku Klux Klan, the Exalted Cyclops reports to a Grand Giant, or provincial leader; a Grand Dragon, or state director; and the Grand Wizard, or national chair. Below the Cyclops on the org chart were the Grand Magi, the Grand Monk, the Grand Exchequer, the Grand Turk, and, finally, the rank-and-file members known as Ghouls or Knights.  (Many of these titles have changed over time, and most of the sub-Cyclops ranks have been eliminated.) The Exalted Cyclops' responsibilities include presiding over Klavern meetings, initiating new members, and appointing Councils of Centaurs—that's Klan-speak for a jury—to try and punish wayward Ghouls....

David Duke openly states he does not support any aspect of supremacists regardless the ethnicity. He needs to be more involved with the people that still identify with him. They are doing so without insight. I think he has a responsibility to himself and those that value him to clear up the record in a method that ends this hatred that exists.

Under Governor Kasich: He is as much a wacko as any other Republican in the field.

There is nothing any Republican can say that sets themselves apart as a good legislator or good, fair and decent leader. The Republican presidential race really is about popularity and what candidate will dedicate themselves to the goals needed to improve the quality of life in the USA. There is not one Republican candidate any more qualified or ready to be President to the people of the USA.

So, knock it off. Right now it is the eve of Super Tuesday and everyone is piling on the front runner. 

Ohio is the sixth state in infant mortality at 7.3 per 1000 live births. (click here)

Ohio is third in the country for black infant morality at 13.6 per 1000 live births (click here)

In a speech in New Hampshire he stated recipients of government health care were lazy and get used to the system.

Female Breast Cancer Rates (click here)

February 21, 2016
By Kailani Koenig

Republican presidential hopeful (click here) and Ohio Governor John Kasich on Sunday signed a bill that aims to strip funding from Planned Parenthood in the state.
It's a long-expected but controversial move that ignites a debate that seeped into his presidential campaign. Kasich faced a number of protesters this week while campaigning in South Carolina who challenged him on the issue during his events.
After Kasich came in a strong second place in the New Hampshire primary, the Republican assembly in Ohio passed legislation that targets about $1.3 million in funding for Planned Parenthood in the state....
Ohio ranks 11th in Sexually Active High School Students using contraception (click here), 88 percent.

Ohio falls to 18th with only 30.8 percent sexually active high school students.

Ohio spends $340 million per year on teen child bearing.

When looking at (all) women in Ohio overall, not just teens, 55% of all pregnancies are described by women themselves as unplanned. In 2010, public spending for unplanned pregnancies in Ohio totaled an estimated $825 million.

February 29, 2016

By Jacob Bogage

Lumber Liquidators, (click here) the largest U.S. hardwood-flooring specialty retailer, reported another rough quarter of financial results Monday as it seeks to recover from claims it sold Chinese-made laminates containing possibly dangerous levels of formaldehyde.

A week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had revised its earlier analysis of the suspect flooring and found a heightened risk of cancer. The CDC said its models suggested the formaldehyde could cause respiratory issues for people with asthma and could cause anyone eye, nose and throat irritation.

A “60 Minutes” investigation a year ago took aim at the makeup of the flooring and spurred regulators to dig deeper. Lumber Liquidators suspended its sale of Chinese-made laminates after the investigation aired, and the chief executive at the time, Robert M. Lynch, stepped down in May....

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011

By Paul Pestano, Research Analyst

After decades of debate, (click here) the Obama administration last week classified formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen, a label that is likely to advance regulatory steps to restrict this widely used hazardous chemical. The move came as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the long-awaited 12th Report on Carcinogens, a Congressionally mandated report assembled by the National Toxicology Program of the National Institutes of Health.

The new report highlights animal and human studies that have produced evidence associating formaldehyde with an increased risk of nasopharyngeal and sinonasal cancers and myeloid leukemia. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, classified formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen in 2006.

The Environmental Protection Agency has expressed concern about formaldehyde's cancer-causing potential for many years but is still embroiled in a lengthy review process to determine whether EPA should declare categorically that the chemical causes cancer in humans.

That may change now that the federal government's scientific community has taken a definitive position with the publication of the 12th Report on Carcinogens....         

Apple wants a thoughtful moment with Congress. Yeah, right.

February 29, 2016
By Neil Hughes

Apple's chief attorney, Bruce Sewell, (click here) will testify before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, where he will argue that any decisions on mobile encryption should be decided by representatives of the people, not a warrant request based on a 220-year-old statute....

The USA is the best joke going. The people are suppose to decide if the law can work or not. That's a new one.

Why not dissolve government and figure anarchy is the only reality.

Does the arrest have to be the CEO or will Bruce Sewell do?

Romeny today, "At least the world will know we are not bigoted."

July 26, 2012
By Adele M. Stan 
Since we published this list, (click here) Romney used a speaking opportunity in Israel to do a bit of Palestinian-bashing, which complements the anti-Muslim campaign of Romney endorser Michele Bachmann (see item #12), and generally feeds the Romney bigotry strategy. Appearing before a gathering of donors, Romney attributed the economic disparity between Israel and the Palestinian territories as being due to "culture" and "divine provenance".

Mitt Romney's named campaign advisers want you to know that they had nothing, nada -- oops, didn't mean to use a foreign word -- to do with the assertion of an unnamed campaign adviser last week that Barack Obama just doesn't get that special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States on account of his father being from Kenya....

It is the wild west in the USA today. What do right wing extremists expect when the Supreme Court is taking a case to return rights to people that pledge guilty to abusing their wives? 

It is the third day of the Syrian ceasefire with minimal conflicts.

February 29, 2016
By The AP

Beirut — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (click here) as a fragile cease-fire enters its third day (all times local):

8:45 p.m.

The secretary-general of NATO says the cease-fire in Syria is "largely holding," though he remains concerned about the Russian military buildup in the country.

Jens Stoltenberg made the comments on a visit to Kuwait on Monday.

Responding to a journalist's question, Stoltenberg said: "We are concerned about the significant Russian military buildup we have seen in Syria, with the ground troops, with the naval forces in the eastern Mediterranean and with air forces conducting airstrikes and so far they have mainly targeted not ISIL but other opposition groups." He made the comment using an alternate acronym for the Islamic State group.

He also stressed that "there are no plans about NATO providing ground troops for the military operations in Syria."...

That is absolutely correct. The US Congress has no interest in writing another AUMF. 

Iraq should have the ceasefire that Syria has now. 

But, the lack of an AUMF never stops Obama.

February 29, 2016

Washington (CNN) 

The U.S. Army's elite Delta Force operations to target, (click here) capture or kill top ISIS operatives have begun in Iraq, after several weeks of covert preparation, an administration official with direct knowledge of the force's activities told CNN.

The official said the group has spent the last several weeks preparing, including setting up safe houses, establishing informant networks and coordinating operations with Iraqi and Peshmerga units. It's the same strategy that Special Operations forces have used in previous deployments to combat zones....

Mr. Beyer is 36 years old.

February 26, 2016
By Corey Dickstein

Washington – It was react or die. (click here)

That’s how Navy SEAL Edward C. Byers Jr. described the night of Dec. 8, 2012, when his unit rescued Dr. Dilip Joseph from the Taliban deep in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

Byers was the second SEAL through the door of a tiny, one-room building where Joseph was held hostage. As bullets zipped across the room, Byers leaped on top the doctor, using his own body armor to shield the captive as his fellow SEALs exchanged gun fire with enemy fighters.

“Anyone who has been in combat knows that in those moments you either react or you get killed,” Byers said in a Navy video released Friday.

As Byers protected Joseph, he spotted an AK-47-wielding Taliban guard just inches away. He continued to shield Joseph with his body as he grabbed the gunman by the throat, pinning him to a wall long enough for another SEAL to shoot him dead....

The country has a major problem with guns. When does this end?

February 29, 2016
The AP

Madison Township, Ohio — The Latest on the school shooting (click here) in Madison Township, Ohio. (all times local):
2 p.m.
A sheriff says a 14-year-old student pulled out a gun in a southwestern Ohio school cafeteria and opened fire, hitting two students.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says two other students were injured at Madison Local Schools either as they tried to get away or from shrapnel from the shooting.
Jones says the suspect ran from the school, threw the gun down and was apprehended nearby.
Jones says the 14-year-old was a student and there was a motive to the shooting which he did not identify....

What about this danger to the country? It doesn't matter so long as Wall Street has it's influence broker in the White House?
        

Women legislators need to find the words to protect women by law.

February 29, 2016
By Laura Wagner

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (click here) drew gasps on Monday when he asked several questions during oral arguments.
Thomas, who hadn't asked a question since Feb. 22, 2006, broke 10 years of near silence during a case, Voisine v. U.S., involving a federal law preventing people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from owning firearms.
The justices were hearing appeals from two Maine men who say their guilty pleas for hitting their partners should not disqualify them from gun ownership. The hour-long session was coming to a close when Thomas leaned forward and spoke into the microphone to ask Justice Department lawyer Ilana Eisenstein whether a misdemeanor conviction of any other law "suspends a constitutional right," The Associated Press reports....

I can't believe the accepted this case. It isn't as though the men leave and don't carry anger when they are either forced to leave or simply leave because the relationship was dissolved. These men come back to kill. I can understand how a single man with no connection to his ex-spouse or girlfriend might think he has a right to have guns again, but, the statistics prove there is sincere danger even when the couple no longer is together.

Either background searches mean something or not. 

January 1, 2012

Guns increase the probability of death (click here) in incidents of domestic violence.
Firearms were used to kill more than two-thirds of spouse and ex-spouse homicide victims between 1990 and 2005.
Domestic violence assaults involving a firearm are 12 times more likely to result in death than those involving other weapons or bodily force.
Abused women are five times more likely to be killed by their abuser if the abuser owns a firearm.
A recent survey of female domestic violence shelter residents in California found that more than one third (36.7%) reported having been threatened or harmed with a firearm. In nearly two thirds (64.5%) of the households that contained a firearm, the intimate partner had used the firearm against the victim, usually threatening to shoot or kill the victim.
Laws that prohibit the purchase of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence restraining order are associated with a reduction in the number of intimate partner homicides^.
Between 1990 and 2005, individuals killed by current dating partners made up almost half of all spouse and current dating partner homicides..

Ted Cruz is not going to get votes in a the general election, except, Texas perhaps.

Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday was absolutely astounded by Cruz yesterday. Cruz was lying and wasn't going to come away from those lies no matter how Mr. Wallace engaged him into a reasonable dialogue.

I was as astounded if not more at what I heard and saw.

Ted Cruz even accused Mr. Wallace of playing media Ops on him. Everyone listening to that knew it wasn't true. Mr. Wallace even made a polite goodbye and Cruz didn't respond. The camera just cut away to continue the program. 

I guess all the candidates are rattled at the success of Donald Trump. It was there the entire time. Now that this is becoming a reality the Republicans are completely disconnected from reality.

The media is not covering the people in the USA in a real way that portrays their condition and their quality of life. The Republican states have the Working Poor dying from lack of health insurance. No one even cares except for some of the left that react because they hope exposure will do something, but, nothing results in any reality check by the right. 

Americans are tired of being toys to a political machine that does not care about them. FOX should be exposing all the problems people calling themselves Conservatives are facing and I am not talking about Supreme Court decisions. That is not at all the issue. 

If anyone on the Right is sinking down into the mud, it is FOX News when they lost any form of morality.

The more FOX News slanders Donald Trump the less successful they will be. 

That is media corruption, but, that is FOX and Talk Radio, right? Infotainment. The people don't want that level of harassment by the media. But, I guess the frustration of Donald Trump's success is more than the FOX mediators can handle.

Have a better day.

In New Zealand there is an understanding the minimum wage is not a living wage. The living wage is New Zealand is nearly $20.00 per hour.

The importance of recognizing a living wage is a reality check to the minimum wage legislated by government. I thought is a very good idea. It proves the government is reasonable in it's decisions.

February 29, 2016

By Simon Collins

The minimum wage is going up faster than the average wage but unions are still unimpressed. (click here)

Workplace Relations Minister Michael Woodhouse has announced that the minimum wage will go up on April 1 from $14.75 to $15.25 an hour, a 3.4 per cent rise which compares with a 2.1 per cent rise in the average wage in the past year.

But Council of Trade Unions president Richard Wagstaff said the increase was just "treading water".

"Increasing the minimum wage by $0.50 to $15.25 an hour, or $610 a week (which is what a 40 hour week gross earnings would be), is simply not enough to sustain a family on," he said.

"The minimum wage should be enough to take your family to the doctor, buy nutritious groceries, replace your washing machine if it breaks down. The minimum wage should be a wage you can live on, not just exist on.

"In 2009 working people were campaigning for a minimum wage of $15. It's taken seven years to get to $15.25. $15 was a fair minimum wage in 2009, it's not a fair wage in 2016."...

I am sure the Airbnb guests didn't count on being part of a murder investigation.

February 29, 2016

A group of friends (click here) who rented a house on Airbnb for a party weekend in a French town discovered the decomposing body of a woman in the garden.
"Her body was found at the bottom of the property which opens out into a woods," a police source said, adding that foul play was suspected.
The house in the town of Palaiseau, 17 kilometres (10 miles) south of Paris, was rented on popular home-sharing website Airbnb by a group of friends who made the grisly find on Saturday.
The woman was found "hunched in a dug-out area, her head against the ground, covered in branches and surrounded by wood stumps", said the source.
She was dressed, but was not wearing shoes and had a "ring with a large stone" on her finger. No documents which could allow her to be identified were found.
The body's advanced state of decomposition meant it was not possible to determine cause of death, and an autopsy will be carried out, said the source.
The Airbnb renters were being questioned by police.

More earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. The government must develop a plan to relocate the people.

The New Zealand government needs to develop a relocation plan if these earthquacks continue.

USGS has the earthquake at 43.584 °S 172.803 °E depth=10.0 km (6.2 mi) (click here)


February 29, 2016
The traffic signal fault (click here) in Christchurch which caused significant delays this morning in the CBD has now been fixed.
Originally thought to have been caused by this morning's earthquake, the actual cause of the fault is still not known.
It began around 10 last night.
Christchurch Transport Operations Centre says congestion is now expected to ease.
It says the signals team is working with the Christchurch City Council's IT department to find an exact cause.
Earlier this morning the strong quake woke up most of Christchurch....

"Drug Testing" is the new jargon for illegal drug addiction.

February 29, 2016
By Lisa Visentin

Large-scale civil disobedience (click here) and mass arrests are being factored into a plan to rollout the first ever pill testing at NSW festivals before the end of the year, as the NSW Deputy Premier flagged organisers could be charged with drug supply and manslaughter.

The pilot program – the first of its kind to provide mobile laboratory-grade drug testing in Australia – will be carried out inside a van staffed with toxicologists, and shielded from police by barriers of supporters willing to risk arrest to protect others from prosecution, drug law reform advocates said.

Will Tregoning, the founder of drug law reform agency Unharm, said the civil disobedience model was necessary after the NSW government reaffirmed its staunch opposition to pill testing on Monday....

New South Wales of Australia is openly concerned about manslaughter. 

There is an oppressive gay community campaign in Australia.

In many instances where there is hateful dissension there are extremist Christian behind it, Australia is no different.

I don't recall an anti-gay standard where extremist Christians are not involved. I am sure there at least one somewhere in the world. 

February 29, 2016

By Matthew Knott

Leaked pamphlets, (click here) to feature in an upcoming campaign against same-sex marriage, suggest children of gay and lesbian parents are more prone to "abuse and neglect" and more likely to be unemployed, abuse drugs and suffer depression.

The pamphlets, which have been authorised by a former parliamentary secretary to John Howard, indicate the potential lines of attack for the "no" campaign at a national plebiscite on same-sex marriage.

Labor and marriage equality campaigners have argued against a plebiscite, saying it will unleash divisive attacks on the gay and lesbian community. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he has faith Australians will participate in a plebiscite in a civil and sensible manner. 

The government is finalising the mechanism for the plebiscite to be held after the next election.

The pamphlets, obtained by Fairfax Media, have been prepared and funded by Chris Miles, a former Liberal MP and member of the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Mr Miles served as the Member for the Tasmanian electorate of Braddon from 1984 until 1998. He co-founded the Lyons Forum, a now disbanded group of conservative Christian MPs including Kevin Andrews and Eric Abetz.

The pamphlets, which have not yet been distributed, seek to sow doubts about the social impact of legalising same-sex marriage, which they describe as "same-sex mirage".

The pamphlet reads: "Married biological parents have a better record for providing safety and development of healthy, well-adjusted adult children....

Former Prime Minister John Howard wanted the Parliament to vote on gay marriage rather than putting it before the public. (click here)

It isn't going to get better unless Earth's atmospheres are in balance again.

February 29, 2016
By Peter Hannam

Sydney's late-summer spell of unusual warmth (click here) shows little sign of making way for autumn with another week of mild to hot weather ahead.

The city has notched a record run of 25 days of above 26 degrees in a row, including Monday. On current forecasts, that tally could stretch to 33 days or more, said Rob Sharpe, a meteorologist with Weatherzone. The previous longest streak was 19 in 2014. 

Monday may be one of the coolest of the days of the coming week, with the forecast top of 27 degrees exceeded and a few showers tipped. February's long-run average is 25.8 degrees....

It is the 29th day in February 2016, leap year.

Google has a rather sweet announcement of the leap year. (click here)

February 29, 2016
By Kayleigh Lewis

...Here's why:
The Gregorian calendar, (click here) the most widely used across the globe, measures a year to be 365 days following the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
However, the Earth's orbit takes 365.24 days to complete its solar orbit and an extra day every four years is added to keep calendar seasons synchronised with solar seasons.
If we didn’t do this the seasons would shift around the calendar, and in 750 years’ time June would find itself in the middle of winter....

"I made the worse mistake of my life."

Mr. Warmbler is a student and is obviously American. He has the habits of Americans in bringing about awareness of issues. It is one thing to bring about an understanding of the North Korean culture to the young man; of which he didn't obviously didn't understand; and quite another to render detainment of which he never expected. He acted light heartedly and foolishly, but, he did not attempt any harm to anyone or the North Korean government.

I am quite confident his apology is sincere and let me add mine on his behalf. He needs to come home to his family for proper instruction of behavior.

February 29, 2016

By Choe Sang Hun

Seoul, South Korea — An American student (click here) detained in North Korea appeared in a government-arranged news conference in Pyongyang, the capital, on Monday, apologizing for what the country called an antistate crime: trying to steal a political banner.

The student, Otto F. Warmbier, an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, was detained in North Korea in January while visiting the country on a tourist visa. While announcing his arrest, the state news media reported last month that Mr. Warmbier entered the country with the intent of “bringing down the foundation of its single-minded unity.”

“I made the worst mistake of my life,” said Mr. Warmbier, sobbing and pleading for his release, according to Associated Press video of the news conference, which was held at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang....         

Sexual assault is real and it effects real people for the rest of their lives.

Lady GaGa was amazing in her message regarding sexual assault. It was very much noticed and all the victims on the state. It is not their fault. 

Vice President Biden received a standing and prolonged ovation when he came to the stage. He went on to introduce Lady GaGa and told about the website regarding sexual assault.

itsonus.org (click here)

February 28, 2016
By Tre'Vall Anderson

..."Tonight’s performance (click here) is about giving a voice to the many victims of sexual assault and their families around the world," said Warren in a statement released after the performance. "We are honored to represent so many survivors and hope. 'Til It Happens To You' empowers those watching to get involved and become part of a solution.”

The stories of sexual assault survivors took center stage in multiple ways on Oscars Sunday. In addition to being the subject of "The Hunting Ground" and the Gaga-Warren track, it is also examined in "Room," which won Brie Larson the lead actress Oscar, and"Spotlight," which took home the night's biggest award for best picture....

Today rather than a resounding rally of the words by Leonardo DiCapro's about Earth, Donald Trump and his disavowing of David Duke OCCUPIES the media. It is an incredibly irresponsible media the USA. There basically is no ethics. There is nothing but sandal for ratings. The media is money based..

Congratulations to Leonardo DiCapro. It was a long time coming.

His dedication to his craft only illustrates his dedication of all his interests in his life. Leonardo DiCapro has been one of the strongest voices when it comes to Earth's climate. I appreciate all his words, I just wish the media did as well. He encouraged those that are not heard because of the money in a political system. 

It doesn't take much to keep the responsible people of the correct and factual message about Earth to be encouraged, so I appreciate all he said last night. A night which should have been his sole recognition he made it clear while he is recognized by his craft there is an Earth with equal importance.

February 29, 2016
By Mike Miller

...Most of all, (click here) Leo said, he was happy to take the chance to talk about his other passion, the environment and climate change, urging viewers "let us not take our planet for granted" in his acceptance speech, adding: "This whole thing has been an amazing experience and for me to be able to sit there and not only talk about the film but to talk about something that I am duly as obsessed with besides cinema, and that’s our environment and climate change....

Donald Trump three days ago in a formal setting he disvowed David Duke for the second time. (click here)

The other time was at a rally in answering a question from a supporter.

He may be tired of answering a stupid question. I don't blame him, it speaks to the media and not the candidate. I don't know much about David Duke either. It is a legitimate answer.

The media just can't let it go. Scandalous. That is all they understand. No one is talking about the upset at the DNC? Who is getting all the attention?

I love movies. Tonight is the Academy of Arts and Science awards for the Oscars. I am taking the evening off.

Until later, there is this, a very big shake up at the DNC.

February 28, 2016
10:45 AM

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii (click here) endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in his bid to become President of the United States this morning on "Meet the Press." She also resigned as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Just last month, she said she couldn't take sides due to her position with the DNC....

..."As a veteran, as a soldier, I've seen firsthand the true cost of war. … As we look at our choices as to who our next Commander-in-chief will be is to recognize the necessity to have a Commander-in-chief who has foresight. Who exercises good judgment. Who looks beyond the consequences -- who looks at the consequences of the actions that they are willing to take before they take those actions. So that we don't continue to find ourselves in these failures that have resulted in chaos in the Middle East and so much loss of life," Gabbard said....

I'll return to reading the climate documents next week.

The Western influence in Benghazi's history has been a thorn in the side of religious extremists.

With names (click here) like the Cafe Venizia, Mundo, and Hot Hot Hot Coffee, the espresso bars on seemingly every block of Benghazi are a pleasant legacy of Italy's otherwise largely brutal occupation of Libya in the 1930's. Another is the string of neo-baroque municipal buildings, art-deco cinemas and shopping arcades that the Italian city planners linked up to the old Ottoman-era town with a series of avenues and squares. Independence in 1951 and the oil boom in the 1970's left their own marks on Benghazi, in the form of surprisingly stylish renditions of the architectural fads of the day, Brutalist banks and International Style hotels. And though most of this huge country is desert, Benghazi is surrounded by green hills, white beaches, and blue waters. Under the influence of a few too many cappuccini — alcohol is banned in Libya — it's easy to imagine some glossy travel magazine of the era branding this stretch of North Africa as the Libyan Riviera.

But the sober reality is that Benghazi, now a symbol of resistance to the rule of Colonel Mummar Gaddafi, is also a symbol of that dictator's abuse, megalomania, and incompetence. The once beautiful downtown is a skeleton of its former self, with monuments surrounded by scaffolding that never comes down, empty office buildings, and decrepit apartment blocks. Outside of downtown, the pavement stops just off the highway, and dirt streets fill with rotting garbage. The city of one million has one sewage treatment plant, built more than 40 years ago. Waste is just flushed into the ground or the sea, and when the water table rises in winter, the streets become open cesspools. Benghazi, the second largest city in a country with vast oil wealth and a tiny population, is rotting in its own fifth. "Why do we have to live like this?" says, Rafiq Marrakis, a professor of architecture and urban planning at Benghazi's Garyounis University, Libya's oldest, who took TIME on a tour of Benghazi's sad decline. "There's no planning, no infrastructure, no society. Gaddafi has billions and billions in banks all over the world. But he's left us here with nothing."...

Gaddafi was attempting genocide in Beghanzi when the USA military intervened to end it. The UN was acting and Gaddafi knew it. He wasn't about to do less than destroy the city and it's people.

Gaddafi learned his lessons well. He took example of an American administration that warned UN Inspectors to get out of Iraq.

The attack on Benghazi was underway when the USA and French jets arrived. The French acted before the USA. The French probably saved lives.

March 17, 2011
By David D. Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim
Tripoli, Libya — Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi (click here) warned Benghazi residents on Thursday that an attack was imminent, as the United Nations Security Council seemed headed for a vote Thursday on a resolution authorizing not just a no-flight zone but additional steps to halt the movement of Colonel Qaddafi’s forces.
“We are coming tonight,” Colonel Qaddafi said. “You will come out from inside. Prepare yourselves from tonight. We will find you in your closets.”
Speaking on a call-in radio show, he promised amnesty for those “who throw their weapons away” but “no mercy or compassion” for those who fight.
Rebel leaders doubted that the loyalist forces could mount an assault tonight, in that they were still fighting for control of Ajdabiya, 100 miles to the south of Benghazi, Thursday morning. But witnesses said there were skirmishes on the road to Benghazi in the afternoon, about 30 miles from Ajdabiya.
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations,Susan E. Rice, said she has been working furiously on language for the resolution and hoped to bring the measure to a vote by Thursday afternoon....

Was Gaddafi a religious extremist? Absolutely. He was a Bedouin. He would not conduct diplomatic meetings, except, in his tent. That tent would do everywhere with him along with his many women. He lead terrorists to down a jet over Scotland. It cost over two people their lives. He was definitely a religious extremist. His extremism, no more than Daesh today, was baseless and did not adhere to proper teachings. He made up his own rules.

This is a familiar attack line among Republicans.

To illustrate the difference between Republicans and Democrats; the Democrats would be proud of the employment.

October 11, 2011
By Emily Freedman 

The Romney campaign (click here) dubbed Texas. Gov. Rick Perry’s accusations that the former Massachusetts governor employed illegal immigrants as a “personal, cheap shot,” that came from someone who came to tonight’s debate “angry” and “out to get Mitt Romney.”

Perry accused Romney of hiring illegal immigrants at his Massachusetts home during tonight’s CNN debate in Las Vegas, recalling a story first reported by The Boston Globe in 2007 when it discovered that lawn workers at the Romney’s Belmont home were not in the country legally.

“Mitt, you lose all of your standing, from my perspective, because you hired illegals in your home and you knew about it for a year,” said Perry. “And the idea that you stand here before us and [say] that you’re strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy.”

The issue of illegal immigration has pitted Perry and Romney against one another again and again this campaign cycle. While Perry has said he does not support a fence across the border between the U.S. and Mexico, Romney has advocated for one, arguing that employers in America are acting as “magnets” to illegal immigrants who are looking for work and whose legality is never properly checked....

Hillary Clinton gave the best speech I ever heard from her last night. She was far more genuine than ever before. She set out on a campaign learning about the American people. She is definitely seeking to be their champion. 

There is nothing wrong with learning and achieving to be the champion of the people. It's okay because her heart is sincere.

It is on the blog.

I stated when Donald Trump announced his run for the presidency to take him seriously. The Republicans laughed him off.

Donald Trump knows what he is doing. I'd like to think I know what he is doing and it is all politics as defined by the Republican's electorate.

He has openly stated he loves the Tea Party PEOPLE. He has stated that over and over and over through the years and he takes their part to be their spokensman. He didn't do it for politics. He did it because, "...they are good people that love this country."

Gained insight was factual and disturbing. I was fine until I started to be educated and learned the sincere dangers to people by a warming planet.

Why don't I always put identities/names to descriptions?

I don't like nausea.

I'd far rather say "Voltimort" than some names that literally sicken me to their lies and use of American power. At least Voltimort was obvious about his wish list.

I am dead serious. I've been doing this a long time and the level of corruption, danger and denial to the real problems of the American people has it's cost. I don't intend to stop while my stomach and it's contents wishes I would.

It is called burnout. I prefer Pepto-Bismol. 

I started this long before this blog. As I attained credentials I became worried about my young adult sons and their inheritance of Earth. This is real. I made that clear in my testimony, both written and verbal, to the "New Source Review" in 2003. Real law comes out of all those citizen initiatives. I wouldn't waste my time otherwise.

I don't ask a dime for what I do. I think money raises questions. Earth doesn't need questions, it needs people to love it more than money.

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I started this blog because a single man who heard me speak asked me to do it. Honest. I would not mislead anyone into a world contrived for profit. Never. I would not lie to my children.

I never knew Google's Blogger.com existed before he introduced it to me to carry the message. True. 

Let me just state how I don't practice politics to my children SIMPLY because there is this 'idea' about once a Democrat always a Democrat. That is not the case.

My eldest son has wealth. He and his spouse are vastly successful. They are both Libertarian. My youngest son is a small businessman with his spouse and his five children. He has business expenses that provides a living, but, not a great deal of wealth. He does not what great wealth at the cost of quality of life with his children. He feels he is good at what he does and he is a happy man. He loves those children more than life itself. He is an Independent. 

I am a Democrat and have been for a long time. So were my parents. My mother is still alive and votes with every opportunity. 

Both of my parents were employees to Wall Street firms. I understand how Wall Street can provide a lifetime of income and well being. But, that was two generations ago. Both my father and I were happily union members. We both lead opposition movements because of the CONTRACT. My Dad was asked to resign along with the five other officers after a ninty day wildcat strike over working conditions. The community was behind the strike. They extended credit for groceries and medical bills while demand for better working conditions existed.

My Dad found a new job in a different state. We were fine. All the employees went back to work as agreed and the union elected a new slate of officers. 

I'd like to think my heritage gave me a backbone as well as dedication to the truth.