Volunteering this evening. Then planning to travel until Friday.
Until later.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
This is from "YouGov." It is a global consensus.
"YouGov" also concentrated on the Republicans to understand the opinion of President Trump.
The Republican Congress needs to think clearly about their choices in understanding their own party.
October 10, 2017
Donald Trump’s approval rating in Economist/YouGov polls has been hovering just below 40% since the summer. This week marks the latest low for this President: just 36% approve. More than half do not..
More than twice as many say they “strongly disapprove” (42%) as “strongly approve” (19%).
The President continues to receive support from his party’s rank and file – 81% of Republicans approve, while 16% do not. And just over half of Republicans approve strongly.
Last week, Republican Senator Bob Corker, the chair of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, suggested that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly “help separate our country from chaos.” In this week’s poll, all three men are seen favorably by the public....
...Two other very prominent advisors to the President – his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner – do not reach the same level of public support as Tillerson, Mattis, and Kelly. Only 38% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the President’s daughter, her lowest percentage this year. Kushner received mixed reviews earlier in the administration, but now opinion is clearly negative.
...Two other very prominent advisors to the President – his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner – do not reach the same level of public support as Tillerson, Mattis, and Kelly. Only 38% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the President’s daughter, her lowest percentage this year. Kushner received mixed reviews earlier in the administration, but now opinion is clearly negative.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is extensive across the P5 (Permanent Five Members) + 1 (Germany) countries and does not exist because the USA is a member. It's scope is beyond that.
Short Title
Ex. Ord. 13716 (click here) Revocation of Executive Orders 13574, (click here) 13590 (click here), 13622 (click here), and 13645 (click here) With Respect to Iran, Amendment of Executive Order 13628 (click here) With Respect to Iran, and Provision of Implementation Authorities for Aspects of Certain Statutory Sanctions Outside the Scope of U.S. Commitments Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015
October 18, 2015
Presidential Memorandum (click here)
Preparing for Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015 (JCPOA)
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
SUBJECT: Preparing for Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015 (JCPOA)
Today, October 18, 2015, marks Adoption Day under the JCPOA, the day on which the JCPOA comes into effect and all JCPOA participants, including the United States, are to make the necessary arrangements and preparations for implementation of their respective JCPOA commitments.
Consistent with section 11 of Annex V of the JCPOA, the Secretary of State, acting under previously delegated authority, is taking action with respect to waivers of relevant statutory sanctions, to take effect upon confirmation by the Secretary of State that Iran has implemented the nuclear-related measures specified in sections 15.1-15.11 of Annex V of the JCPOA, as verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
I hereby direct you to take all appropriate additional measures to ensure the prompt and effective implementation of the U.S. commitments set forth in the JCPOA, in accordance with U.S. law. In particular, subject to the requirements of applicable U.S. law, I hereby direct you to take all necessary steps to give effect to the U.S. commitments with respect to sanctions described in section 17 of Annex V of the JCPOA, including preparation for the termination of Executive Orders as specified in section 17.4 and the licensing of activities as set forth in section 17.5, to take effect upon confirmation by the Secretary of State that Iran has implemented the nuclear-related measures specified in sections 15.1-15.11 of Annex V of the JCPOA, as verified by the IAEA.
In discharging these responsibilities, you are directed to consult with the heads of other executive departments and agencies as may be appropriate.
The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
...11. The United States, acting pursuant to Presidential authorities, will issue waivers, to take effect upon Implementation Day, ceasing the application of the statutory nuclear-related sanctions as specified in Sections 17.1 to 17.2 of this Annex. The President will also take action to direct that all appropriate additional measures be taken to implement the cessation of application of sanctions as specified in Sections 17.1 to 17.4 of this Annex, including the termination of Executive orders as specified in Section 17.4, and the licensing of activities as specified in Section17.5....
...13. The EU, its Member States and the United States will begin consultation as appropriate with Iran regarding relevant guidelines and publicly accessible
statements on the details of sanctions or restrictive measures to be lifted under
this JCPOA....
17. The United States will:2
17.1. Cease the application of the sanctions set forth in Sections 4.1 - 4.5 and 4.7 of Annex II, with the exception of Section 211(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (TRA) (click here);
17.2. Cease the application of the sanctions set forth in Section 4.6 of Annex II (click here), in connection with activities consistent with this JCPOA, including trade with individuals and entities set forth in Attachment 3 to Annex II;
17.3. Remove individuals and entities set forth in Attachment 3 to Annex II from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List), the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List (FSE List), and/or the Non-SDN Iran Sanctions Act List as set forth in Section 4.8.1 of Annex II;
17.4. Terminate Executive Orders 13574 (click here), 13590 (click here), 13622 (click here), 13645 (click here) and Sections 5-7 and 15 of Executive Order 13628 (click here) as set forth in Section 4 of Annex II; and
17.5. License activities as set forth in Section 5 of Annex II....
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Ex. Ord. No. 13716, Jan. 16, 2016, 81 F.R. 3693, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) (NEA), the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172 ) (50 U.S.C. 1701 note ), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195 ) (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq. ), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–158 ), the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (subtitle D of title XII of Public Law 112–239 ) (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq. ) (IFCA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) ), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code ,...
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (
A rare occurrence or a new pattern?
By Leigh Morgan
Hurricane Ophelia (click here) strengthened into a rare Category 3 hurricane Saturday as it continued on a path that will take it near the Azores.
The National Hurricane Center said Ophelia, the sixth major hurricane in the Atlantic so far this year, will then track toward Ireland and the U.K., which could have to deal with hurricane conditions by Monday....
Zinke is practicing "Personal Sovereignty."
...In the 21st century Personal Sovereignty (click here) will replace national citizenship as the status of the ordinary person within society. At the same time a network relationship between individual sovereigns, sometimes called a Network Society, will replace republican democracy as the primary political system within advanced nations. The Network Society and the personal sovereignty movement represent a natural maturation and evolution of representative democracy from a majority rule system to a system based on the rule of the majority of one.
The Centre for Personal Sovereignty is a non-profit, educational, non-membership effort of the Better Future Institute which seeks to foster the healthy and peaceful growth of the personal sovereignty movement. Individuals may support our work by direct contributions.
Go ahead and tell me this is not so. Tell me billionaires are not changing the understanding of freedom and causing national hardship in their practices to achieve greater and greater wealth. The only difference between the wealthy and Zinke is his personal flag is also raised over a government building.
October 12, 2017By Lisa Rein
At the Interior Department’s headquarters (click here) in downtown Washington, Secretary Ryan Zinke has revived an arcane military ritual that no one can remember ever happening in the federal government.
A security staffer takes the elevator to the seventh floor, climbs the stairs to the roof and hoists a special secretarial flag whenever Zinke enters the building. When the secretary goes home for the day or travels, the flag — a blue banner emblazoned with the agency’s bison seal flanked by seven white stars representing the Interior bureaus — comes down.
In Zinke’s absence, the ritual is repeated to raise an equally obscure flag for Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt.
Responding this week to questions from The Washington Post, a spokeswoman for Zinke, a former Navy SEAL commander, defended the Navy flag-flying tradition as “a major sign of transparency.”
“Ryan Zinke is proud and honored to lead the Department of the Interior, and is restoring honor and tradition to the department, whether it’s flying the flag when he is in garrison or restoring traditional access to public lands,” press secretary Heather Swift said in an email....
22 USC Ch. 95: IRAN FREEDOM AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION
b) Determinations of significance
For purposes of this chapter, in determining if financial transactions or financial services are significant, the President may consider the totality of the facts and circumstances, including factors similar to the factors set forth in section 561.404 of title 31, (click here) Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, §1242, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2004 .) (click here)
A general definition that allows the President power to conduct sanctions according to the governments understanding of financial resources.
Donald Trump made the USA less safe. That is all he did. When he set a dividing line between the USA and NATO it opened up the possibility Europe was alone in it's national defense departments. Measuring USA involvement through the lens of a businessman is a horrid and a disaster. Billionaires, as evidence by Trump, have the wrong focus to USA policy.
Trump thinks he can make a political speech and all will be right with the world. He is very wrong and never bothered to look at allies to their concerns when the USA would pull out of an international agreement. He broke the agreement, hence, international law.
October 14, 2017
Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan (click here) underlined willingness of his country's companies to increase investment and cooperation with Iran in different arenas.
Padoan made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Massoud Karbasiyan on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington on Friday.
During the meeting, he also stressed the necessity for the expansion of financial cooperation between the two countries to develop mutual technical ties and cooperation.
Karbasiyan, for his part, referred to the increased volume of exchanges between the two countries in the first half of 2017, and underscored the need for the further broadening of bilateral economic relations....
Under Trump the USA is turning into an isolationist state.
Iran's Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi (click here) blasted US President for his remarks against Iran and the nuclear deal, stressing that Washington has grown more isolated by opposition to an internationally-endorsed agreement.
"Donald Trump's remarks further isolated the US and such cheap behavior will leave no impact on the Iranian people's tranquility and trust in the Islamic Republic," Alavi said on Saturday.
He added that Trump's remarks will further increase unity and convergence among the Iranian people and lead them to further support for the country's defensive bodies, specially the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
His remarks came after US President Donald Trump delivered a speech on Friday, outlining Washington's strategy on Iran.
The US president refused to certify the 2015 international nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, and warned that he might ultimately terminate it, in defiance of other world powers and undermining a landmark victory of multilateral diplomacy.
Trump said he would choose not to certify that Tehran is complying with the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)....
The JCPOA does not need the USA to keep the agreement alive. As a matter of fact, Iran now has reason to act against the USA in courts of law. Iran is in compliance and the USA IS NOT.
So, if Trump thinks he is saving money by freezing monies for the USA Treasury owed to Iran, he is not. As a matter of fact, monies belonging to Iran that the USA may still be in possession of will begin to build interest and the USA will owe Iran all that much more.
Trump can't declare Chapter 11 on behalf of the USA. It doesn't work that way. The USA deficit will continue to grow with greater amounts of interest owed to Iran until the IMF steps in and then the USA economy will suffer. Trump is such a joke on this country. Money and wealth should never be the icon of the USA, but, it is quickly taking on that image. It is a darn shame what is happening to the USA with the past elections. Trump is following the Russian plan for the USA.
When no ally can trust the outcomes of a USA treaty and agreement and the country has taken on the image of a Banana Republic, there will be less and less value of America. Europe has no choice today, but, to take stock of it's alliance with the USA and reassess it's singular standing in the world.
October 14, 2017
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (click here) rapped the US administration for a probable decertifying of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers, and underlined the necessity for the EU to play a more active role to keep the agreement alive.
"I hope that all EU member states, including Norway, would play their constructive role in maintaining this agreement and using opportunities for cooperation," Rouhani said in a meeting with the new Norwegian ambassador to Tehran on Saturday.
Also in a separate meeting with the new Swiss envoy to Iran, President Rouhani stressed the need for strengthening the path of talks as a basis for resolving the problems in the world, and said, "No doubt history, the world and the American people will make better a judgment in the future and realize that the path chosen by the current statesmen has been fruitless and wrong."
"Today, we are in highly sensitive and important conditions and these conditions are not sensitive just for Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany), but its impacts are felt in the entire region and the world because the nuclear deal created more tranquility in the world and the region," he added.
He said Iran will continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and vowed that Tehran will comply with the agreement as long as the other side remains committed to their undertakings.
His remarks came after US President Donald Trump delivered a speech on Friday, outlining US strategy on Iran.
The US president refused to certify the 2015 international nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, and warned that he might ultimately terminate it, in defiance of other world powers and undermining a landmark victory of multilateral diplomacy....
Donald Trump has just wasted billions of diplomatic efforts. He simply threw away enormous amounts of work and MONEY in making a glib decision to play politics with global security.
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this subtitle", meaning subtitle D (§§1241–1255) of title XII of div. A ofPub. L. 112–239, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2004 , known as the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, (click here) referred to in subsec. (a)(6), is title II ofPub. L. 95–223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626 , which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§1701 et seq.) of Title 50 , War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 50 and Tables.
Under Trump the USA is turning into an isolationist state.
"Donald Trump's remarks further isolated the US and such cheap behavior will leave no impact on the Iranian people's tranquility and trust in the Islamic Republic," Alavi said on Saturday.
He added that Trump's remarks will further increase unity and convergence among the Iranian people and lead them to further support for the country's defensive bodies, specially the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
His remarks came after US President Donald Trump delivered a speech on Friday, outlining Washington's strategy on Iran.
The US president refused to certify the 2015 international nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, and warned that he might ultimately terminate it, in defiance of other world powers and undermining a landmark victory of multilateral diplomacy.
Trump said he would choose not to certify that Tehran is complying with the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)....
The JCPOA does not need the USA to keep the agreement alive. As a matter of fact, Iran now has reason to act against the USA in courts of law. Iran is in compliance and the USA IS NOT.
So, if Trump thinks he is saving money by freezing monies for the USA Treasury owed to Iran, he is not. As a matter of fact, monies belonging to Iran that the USA may still be in possession of will begin to build interest and the USA will owe Iran all that much more.
Trump can't declare Chapter 11 on behalf of the USA. It doesn't work that way. The USA deficit will continue to grow with greater amounts of interest owed to Iran until the IMF steps in and then the USA economy will suffer. Trump is such a joke on this country. Money and wealth should never be the icon of the USA, but, it is quickly taking on that image. It is a darn shame what is happening to the USA with the past elections. Trump is following the Russian plan for the USA.
When no ally can trust the outcomes of a USA treaty and agreement and the country has taken on the image of a Banana Republic, there will be less and less value of America. Europe has no choice today, but, to take stock of it's alliance with the USA and reassess it's singular standing in the world.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (click here) rapped the US administration for a probable decertifying of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers, and underlined the necessity for the EU to play a more active role to keep the agreement alive.
"I hope that all EU member states, including Norway, would play their constructive role in maintaining this agreement and using opportunities for cooperation," Rouhani said in a meeting with the new Norwegian ambassador to Tehran on Saturday.
Also in a separate meeting with the new Swiss envoy to Iran, President Rouhani stressed the need for strengthening the path of talks as a basis for resolving the problems in the world, and said, "No doubt history, the world and the American people will make better a judgment in the future and realize that the path chosen by the current statesmen has been fruitless and wrong."
"Today, we are in highly sensitive and important conditions and these conditions are not sensitive just for Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany), but its impacts are felt in the entire region and the world because the nuclear deal created more tranquility in the world and the region," he added.
He said Iran will continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and vowed that Tehran will comply with the agreement as long as the other side remains committed to their undertakings.
His remarks came after US President Donald Trump delivered a speech on Friday, outlining US strategy on Iran.
The US president refused to certify the 2015 international nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, and warned that he might ultimately terminate it, in defiance of other world powers and undermining a landmark victory of multilateral diplomacy....
Donald Trump has just wasted billions of diplomatic efforts. He simply threw away enormous amounts of work and MONEY in making a glib decision to play politics with global security.
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this subtitle", meaning subtitle D (§§1241–1255) of title XII of div. A of
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, (click here) referred to in subsec. (a)(6), is title II of
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