What I find interesting about this trending graph is the increased number of days greater than 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Scot Pruitt doesn't care what happens to Americans. PLEASE understand, Scott Pruitt does not care at all about the well being and health of Americans.

Scott Pruitt does not recognize the climate crisis as a legitimate threat to human life, because, his cronies are the petroleum companies.

Scott Pruitt will not enforce any regulation that exists to protect American lives.

SCOTT PRUITT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT AMERICAN LIVES.

He is flagrant in his duties while he smoozes citizens with his love of baseball. I would ask Scott Pruitt if he played his best baseball when the air was white?

Find a way not to die. Every American is going to need that strategy under Trump's Executive Branch.

Mark my words. Increasing air temperatures propagates ground ozone. Illness will increase for this reason adn Americans most vulnerable will no longer have health insurance.

Ozone can: (click here)

Make it more difficult to breathe deeply and vigorously.

Cause shortness of breath, and pain when taking a deep breath.

Cause coughing and sore or scratchy throat.

Inflame and damage the airways.

Aggravate lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.

Increase the frequency of asthma attacks.

Make the lungs more susceptible to infection.

Continue to damage the lungs even when the symptoms have disappeared.

Cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

It doesn't matter how often the corrupt Republican Party shuffles the deck at the FBI.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

Careers and reputations SCREWED with, while Former DIRECTOR Robert Mueller is investigating a concern that is directly related to the sovereign of the USA; DOESN'T MATTER!

EXCEPT. THAT it will end be the political career of those screwing with the FBI!

The truth is the truth.

I love the USA. It is by far the most incredible country the world has ever witnessed, EVEN WITH a citizen like Trump. He is scum. He has always been scum. Some Americans are scum. More are not!

Everyone who sincerely loves the USA and VALUES it beyond imagination will be standing in the breach. I think there are great Americans already standing in the breach. Right? 

Fly the flag. Not out of faux nationalism, but, for the reason, it feels good to be an American standing in the breach.

End of discussion!

Unsung hero from Flint, Michigan.

December 22, 2017

Flint (WJRT) - A retired Flint auto worker (click here) is using his talents to lift spirits in Hurricane Maria's aftermath in Puerto Rico.

Armando Fernandez has completed murals in different parts of the city of Flint over the years, including many works of art at the Hispanic Technology & Community Center in Flint back in the early 2000s.

Now three months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving destruction and death, Fernandez is using his gift of art to inspire.

Fernandez spent dozens of hours painting a six-foot canvas of Nin. Nin is a 96-year-old woman who lives in the Puerto Rican city of Moca....

...He's been lifting spirits now for more than a month. Armando and his son left Flint to help his elderly parents who also live in Moca.

"At one point my dad -- everything was going out -- and getting in line to possibly get water," Fernandez said. "One time he waited in line, I'm not exaggerating, 15 hours."

He said it was difficult to know his dad experienced that, but his parents are doing better now. Their electricity is restored although they still experience outages here and there. Others are still in bad shape.

"Still areas that they can't reach that people are in dire need of help. The roads are -- it's more inland and up in the hills -- and there's people that don't have any water and need medical assistance," Fernandez said....

Flint's educator honored.

December 22, 2017

By Maria Burns

Flint, MI — Marquis Who's Who, (click here) the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Robert Randolph Simmons, EdD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. (click here) An accomplished listee, Dr. Simmons celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Now retired as an emeritus elementary principal, Dr. Simmons served the Flint Community Schools for more than 45 years, dating back to when he first taught as a classroom teacher in 1962. Moving into educational administration six years later, he continued to gain great strides in his profession, and was recognized as the first African American elementary school principal in Flint Community Schools in 1970, as well as the first African American elementary assistant principal in Flint Community Schools between 1968 and 1970. He was an elementary principal from 1970 until his retirement in 2007...     

Joe: What Nikki Haley Did At The UN Was An Embarrassment | Morning Joe |... (click here)

This is nothing but coercion. This speech proves Haley has no independent practice, she is Trump's puppet. It is completely obvious. Haley was a peacemaker when standing up for African Americans in the removal of the Confederate flag. This level of hate for the entire membership of the United Nations is new and out of character. 

The United Nations is a powerful organization of which the world of countries and nations of people have gratitude. The payment by the United States to the United Nations is our membership assessment. It is in no way generous. Those are MEMBERSHIP DUES. I am quite sure Donald Trump understands membership dues.

The USA has been very successful over the DECADES to bring about morality and justice to the global community through the United Nations. An excellent example of the incredible power of the UN, is the new sanctions upon North Korea, including China, to bring about peace on the Korean Peninsula.

December 22, 2017

The U.N. Security Council (click here) imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea in response to latest ballistic missile it says can reach the U.S.

"It sends the unambiguous message to Pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishment and isolation," U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said of the new resolution after the vote Friday.

The resolution adopted by all 15 council members Thursday doesn't go as far as the toughest-ever sanctions that have been sought by the Trump administration, such as prohibiting all oil imports and freezing international assets of North Korea's government and its leader, Kim Jong Un. 

But it is a sign that China has come around to ratcheting up of pressure on Pyongyang, CBS News' Pamela Falk reports from the U.N. The unanimous passage shows that Beijing is working with Washington to increase economic pressure on the North Korean regime in response to its nuclear program.

The resolution caps North Korea's crude oil imports at 4 million barrels a year and limits its imports of refined oil products, including diesel and kerosene, to 500,000 barrels a year. That would be a nearly 90 percent cut in imported fuels that are key to North Korea's economy....

The United States could never achieve gains toward peace and morality of the quality of life of other countries without the help of the United Nations. In the recent decades, Republican Leaders from the USA have little to know compassion, loyalty or WORRY to the quality of life of others in allowing continued emissions of greenhouse gases and ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARD LARGER EMISSIONS BY THE PETROLEUM COMPANIES.

The USA has been served very well by the United Nations, I just wish the United Nations would feel well served by the USA in protecting human life on Earth from the climate crisis.

Chain of Custody.

I find the circumstances surrounding this victory disconcerting.

My understanding of a hearing regarding this very close race is that the Republican attorney brought a ballot that was questionable. The judge didn't think it was questionable, the ballot went to a Republican. Okay. That is one ballot. Where are the other 11,606 that voted for a Republican/

The entire circus by Republicans has violated several laws. A lawyer can't simply walk into a courtroom demanding a judge decide an election based on questionable evidence. There needed to be an election official in control of the ballot the lawyer wanted as evidence.

There are far too many violations of the law and ethical issues with the Republican attorney to allow any challenge to go forward. If this hideous challenge by Republicans is to go forward, then  Virginia House Representative Elect Shelly Simonds should be raising money for her defense. The Democrats need to help represent her in court.

This is ridiculous.

December 19. 2018

This proves it: Your vote really does count. (click here)

Democrats edged out Republicans by one vote in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday after a rollercoaster recount flipped a red seat to blue and created a 50-50 tie between the two parties.

Democrat Shelly Simonds is the apparent winner in the race for the 94th District, beating incumbent Republican David Yancey.

She won, 11,608 to 11,607, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.

This is the first time Republicans have not been in control of the Virginia House in nearly two decades.

Democrats celebrated the win as an indication of the party's strength ahead of the 2018 midterms....