I am not going to honor something this corrupt. It is a unilateral move to create political intrigue. Go straight to hell.
The typical Republican partisanship. They don't get it. This is not a dictatorship whereby people are not allowed to think. The USA is SUPPOSED TO BE a democracy where citizens are well informed and decide what the BREVITY of the facts are.
I am not a prized bull being lead around by the nose sniffing out the next political screw up.
January 29, 2018
By Erin Kelly
...The Republican majority (click here) voted to declassify and release its four-page memo, while all Democrats on the panel voted against it. Republicans, who hold the majority in Congress, also blocked the release of a counter memo written by Democrats, said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the panel's senior Democrat....
...Schiff said he believes the White House will allow its release, despite objections from the Department of Justice that it contains classified information that could harm U.S. intelligence-gathering....
Dah. The memo needs to be presented to the Mueller investigation and US Justice which will provide the brevity of the documents AND information. This is nothing short of corruption for a political circus.
...Schiff said the committee's vote effectively puts the FBI and Department of Justice under investigation by the panel's GOP majority....
That is exactly correct AND the GOP majority does not have the right to prosecute. How perfect is that? So, this only amount to political bargaining. The facts are the facts and they cannot be created by some star chamber in the GOP majority.
With the retirement of FBI Deputy Director McCabe what does that say about the sovereignty of the USA. This is becoming dangerous, not just ridiculous. The Republicans are dissolving the brain trust for the sake of this politics. It is more worrisome.
Considering Russia showed up at the White House the very next day after Comey was fired, I really think Trump is taking directions from Putin. This is all a little too methodical to ignore.
January 29, 2018
Kevin Johnson and David Jackson
Washingon – FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, (click here) who has been a target of unrelenting criticism from President Trump and some Republican lawmakers, abruptly announced his resignation Monday, according to two government officials who were not authorized to comment publicly on personnel matters.
McCabe was expected to resign in March when he was eligible for retirement. But the bureau's second-in-command submitted his resignation more than a month early, one official said, adding that his accumulated leave time would allow him to qualify for full retirement benefits.
Prior to McCabe's announcement, the official said, FBI Director Christopher Wray raised the prospect of moving McCabe to another post within the bureau – out of the line of fire from the White House – but the deputy director ultimately decided to leave.
McCabe, who rose through the counter-terrorism and national security ranks, served as the agency's acting director this summer after Trump fired former director James Comey in May....
It is time for McConnell and Ryan to put their big boy pants on and conduct an impeachment. Trump, Jr. is right in the middle of all this mess.
Monday, January 29, 2018
The people of Africa are quite used to walking long distances for water. That is useful, but, should not be the answer here.
Public projects to build desalination plants should be supported by lending institutions. They are a plus-plus in return on investment. The desalination plant provides water, adds water content to allow farming which increases water content in the air to return rainfall and it provides a perfectly healthy form of salt for sale. The salt can be iodized as well.
South Africa should consult with NOAA and NASA to determine the permanence of the weather pattern, but, it has been droughted for some time now and why not have the back up for any future issues, too. The World Bank should consider such plants as a healthy way of returning water to people and adding water content to air that is droughted to reverse it.
Returning water to droughted land through irrigation works. That is a guarantee. Irrigation has it's limits and drawbacks, but, not so much as drought. Expertise about irrigation's problems are available and The World Bank should have consultants within their expertise.
Irrigation for forests endangered by drought is possible as well. Such efforts need to take into account the steepness of the land in applying water recovery to land. We have witnessed in California, USA the sad reality of adding water to droughted lands. In places where the angle of the land is significant, there will result in landslides. Returning water vapor to droughted lands is more important than can be said when done properly.
I'll put it this way, the Syrian War would not have happened if the drought were addressed.
Returning water to droughted land through irrigation works. That is a guarantee. Irrigation has it's limits and drawbacks, but, not so much as drought. Expertise about irrigation's problems are available and The World Bank should have consultants within their expertise.
Irrigation for forests endangered by drought is possible as well. Such efforts need to take into account the steepness of the land in applying water recovery to land. We have witnessed in California, USA the sad reality of adding water to droughted lands. In places where the angle of the land is significant, there will result in landslides. Returning water vapor to droughted lands is more important than can be said when done properly.
I'll put it this way, the Syrian War would not have happened if the drought were addressed.
29 January 2018
Cape Town - Moody’s Investors Service (click here) published a research report on the water supply crisis in South Africa.
Daniel Mazibuko, a Moody’s Associate Analyst who is the author of the report made note that the water supply crisis will result in a credit negative for Cape Town. Moody’s rates the debt Baa3, the lowest investment level and which is equivalent with South Africa’s sovereign rating.
The report states that the Municipal water revenue contributed about 10 % ( R3.9bn) of Cape Town’s operating income in 2017. However, The City revenue will reduce when the city has to use spending to ensure supplies.
This will lead an increase expenditure on crisis management and water supply projects, Mazibuko said in the report. Mazkibuko added that two main industries that will be effected the most out of this crisis will be tourism and agriculture....
There are some computer programs that need to be declared illegal for security issues.
Programs such as "Strava" are too dangerous. Why are suicide bombers killing and maiming so many? Are there computer plans in the works that look for densely populated areas in order to carry out attacks? Any idiot could use this information for intelligence as well as "emotional support" in maintaining an exercise plan.
I see nothing wrong with a program such as "Peloton" which captures exercise enthusiasm in a stationary bike. There is nothing wrong with "Google Maps" when seeking directions that would normally be found on a paper map (which I keep in the car anyway in case there is a problem with the mobile tower). But, "Strava" takes things to a level that endangers the public as well as any military installation.
The program needs to be removed from the public domain. NOW!
Military instillations are mostly permanent. It doesn't matter if the running trails are from two years or less; the danger is still there. I suppose Paparazzi are some of it's best customers, but, this program is too dangerous.
The makers of the program have no moral values to protect people. They just don't. They only care about money and more and more of it. This is ridiculous. "Just agree to terms and conditions." No more.
"Strava" (click here)
I see nothing wrong with a program such as "Peloton" which captures exercise enthusiasm in a stationary bike. There is nothing wrong with "Google Maps" when seeking directions that would normally be found on a paper map (which I keep in the car anyway in case there is a problem with the mobile tower). But, "Strava" takes things to a level that endangers the public as well as any military installation.
The program needs to be removed from the public domain. NOW!
Military instillations are mostly permanent. It doesn't matter if the running trails are from two years or less; the danger is still there. I suppose Paparazzi are some of it's best customers, but, this program is too dangerous.
The makers of the program have no moral values to protect people. They just don't. They only care about money and more and more of it. This is ridiculous. "Just agree to terms and conditions." No more.
"Strava" (click here)
...He said (click here) he came across the map while browsing a cartography blog last week.
"I thought the best way to deal with it is to make the vulnerabilities known so they can be fixed. Someone would have noticed it at some point. I just happened to be the person who made the connection."...
It occurred to him that a large number of military personnel on active service had been publicly sharing their location data and realised that the highlighting of such exercises as regular jogging routes could be dangerous.
"I just looked at it and thought, 'oh hell, this should not be here - this is not good,'" he told the BBC.
"I thought the best way to deal with it is to make the vulnerabilities known so they can be fixed. Someone would have noticed it at some point. I just happened to be the person who made the connection."...
Hillary Clinton is amazing. The most important appearance she ever made.
January 28, 2018
By Brent D. Griffiths
"He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald's — nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely premade," the former Democratic presidential candidate read from the book, before Grammy host James Corden told her she had the award "in the bag."
Along with Clinton, Corden's bit of searching for the best narrator of Wolff's book included Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, DJ Khaled and other stars.
"If Trump was not having his 6:30 dinner with Steve Bannon, then more to his liking he was in bed by that time with cheeseburger," "Bodak Yellow" singer Cardi B read. "Whaa, why am I reading this sh--. I can't believe this. I believe ... really this is he how lives his life?"...
Some people aren't afraid of their own IQ.
"Morning Papers"
The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
January 27, 2018
London: A 10-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK (click here) has become the youngest applicant in a decade to achieve the highest score in the Mensa IQ test, (click here) beating geniuses like Albert Einstein, Hawking.
Mehul Garg, also known by his nickname Mahi, decided to take the test to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, 13-year-old Dhruv Garg, who had also scored the highest score of 162 last year.
“Mahi is fiercely competitive. His older brother had achieved the same score last year so he really wanted to prove that he is no less intelligent than his brother,” said his mother Divya Garg.
The pupil of Reading Boys Grammar School in Reading, southern England, scored the maximum score of 162 to become a member of Mensa, the High IQ Society.
His score is two points higher than Einstein and Hawking and places him in the top one per cent of people in the world who achieve this distinction.
“Mehul said the paper challenged his language skills, including analogies and definitions, and his sense of logic,” said his mother....
"Good Night, Moon"
12.0 day old moon
91.9 percent full
I thought this was a really cute article in anticipation of The Super Bowl. Dont' forget the Blue Moon eclipse (click here) and the some are calling it a cosmic trifecta (super blue blood moon - click here). It is that time of year and this year there is a lot going on.
January 27, 2018
By Chris Vaughan
Constellations (click here) have long been used to organize the night sky and capture our imaginations with their myths and legends. But only a limited number of constellations resemble their name, and the stars making up their dimmer elements are increasingly hard to see under light-polluted skies. Asterisms, on the other hand, are easy-to-see star patterns that add an element of fun to skywatching because they are so accessible to beginners. And you're free to imagine your own!
Just in time for next week's big game, one of the largest asterisms in the night sky, called the Winter Football, is perfectly positioned for viewing by just stepping outside and looking up.
In this edition of Mobile Stargazing, we'll tell you how to see the Winter Football and highlight a few other asterisms that are visible with unaided eyes, in binoculars and in small telescopes with the help of mobile astronomy apps.
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