October 5, 2018
By Fiona Kelliher
Tesla's billionaire CEO Elon Musk (click here) will reportedly pay for new water stations and water filtration for the entire Flint Community Schools district.
On Thursday night, the school district tweeted its effusive thanks to Musk and the Musk Foundation, which the tech entrepreneur founded in 2002 with his brother, Kimbal.
The district serves more than 4,500 students K-12.
"You're most welcome," Musk replied. "Hope to do more in the future."
October 4, 2018
By Ron Fonger
Flint - Four years after the Flint water crisis started, (click here) environmental journalists from around the country have come to the city for a firsthand look.
The Society of Environmental Journalists' 28th annual conference kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 3, with forums, panel discussions and field trips tied to issues including Flint water, the Great Lakes, climate change and urban renewal.
Programs continue through Sunday, Oct. 7.
"We believe it is a historic conference," said Emillia Askari, co-chair of the event. "The national journalism community was negligent in looking at (the water crisis) for too long ... We were one of the institutions that let Flint down."
Bringing the SEJ conference here and estimated 600 participants is "one of the positive things we've done - bringing economic activity to Flint and raising its profile," she said....
October 3, 2018
By Virginia Gordon
Several Flint commmunity leaders (click here) said Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette has a record of ignoring the people of Flint.
They spoke at a press conference Wednesday organized by the Michigan Democratic Party.
According to Chris Martin, pastor of the Cathedral of Faith Church in Flint, Schuette ignored 15 complaints in 2015 from residents reporting bad water quality in Flint.
Martin said complaints about bad water and health problems had fallen on deaf ears in Flint.
"So people went, of course, to our number one law enforcement officer, and nothing was done," said Martin.
"Schuette should have been more proactive than just last year going on a head hunting mission because he's running for governor," said Martin.
Five of the 15 complaints sent by Flint residents to the Attorney General's Office were from January 2015. Schuette announced an investigation into the Flint water crisis one year later. He filed charges against various government officials in 2016 and 2017....
Friday, October 05, 2018
The inability of the US Senate to address sexual ASSAULT is not acceptable.
Dr, Ford in her testimony represents a very important group in the USA, young college women.
Dr. Ford stated the assault by Kavanaugh caused her issues in her academics when she was an aspiring coed.
This is our brain trust and there are more women in college and entering college than men. If this trend continues, there will be significant numbers of women unable or finding it difficult to achieve their maximum ability. That is almost a social sabotage of our nation's best interest. Sorry, but, if supporting male egos mean sacrificing what is best for women and their future, then count me out.
Dr. Ford is a very important population of women that can speak out and should speak out to end the violence against women. Our country needs these women and we need them achieving and must end the sexual assault that disarms them into their highest achievements. These incidents have a painful longevity and carry personal costs as well. That is not acceptable when one considers the men that are the attackers walk away from such assaults as fulfilled and not suffering from emotional damage that will last a life time.
Any sexual act directed against another person forcibly and/or against that person's will. (click here)
Forcible sexual acts have surpassed motor vehicle thefts on campus and are now approaching the level that will exceed burglary in the total type of campus crime. This is not a minor issue and Dr. Ford knew it was important to address this in a way that would make a difference for all women. She is empowering the women that are now hiding in corners. Considering the number of women that do not report, the sexual violence statistic is far higher than is reported here.
Kavanaugh continued his sexual assaults into 1998 and we need to continue to seek the truth. The truth will make certain he is unable to qualify for any case regarding sexual violence against men or women on any court where he sits.
The US Senate Republicans now creating their own truths and out right lying to justify a political victory need to be held accountable for their deceptions and complete disregard of women.
May 16, 2017
By Lizzie Crocker
Reports of sexual assault on college campuses have surged (click here) dramatically in the past 15 years, according to a new federal study, while all other reported on-campus crimes have decreased.
But the 205 percent increase in reports of sexual assault—from 2,200 in 2001 to 6,700 in 2014—does not necessarily confirm the campus rape epidemic narrative perpetuated by high profile cases like that of convicted rapist Brock Turner and Alec Cook, who was recently expelled from the University of Wisconsin after being charged with sexually assaulting multiple women. (Cook will be tried in criminal court on June 5.
In fact, the Education Department’s new study may indicate progress in combating the stigma of silence around sexual assault on college campuses.
“We cannot say whether the increases are a result of an increase in actual assaults, or as a result of more individuals coming forward to report assaults when they occur,” study co-author Lauren Musu-Gillette wrote in an email to the Daily Beast.
Conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Justice Department, the new study looked at data collected under the Clery Act, a law which requires colleges and universities to report to the federal government all sex crimes on or adjacent to campus that are reported to school authorities.
Because sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, some advocates say that these figures likely underestimate the prevalence of sexual assault on campus....
Dr. Ford stated the assault by Kavanaugh caused her issues in her academics when she was an aspiring coed.
This is our brain trust and there are more women in college and entering college than men. If this trend continues, there will be significant numbers of women unable or finding it difficult to achieve their maximum ability. That is almost a social sabotage of our nation's best interest. Sorry, but, if supporting male egos mean sacrificing what is best for women and their future, then count me out.
Dr. Ford is a very important population of women that can speak out and should speak out to end the violence against women. Our country needs these women and we need them achieving and must end the sexual assault that disarms them into their highest achievements. These incidents have a painful longevity and carry personal costs as well. That is not acceptable when one considers the men that are the attackers walk away from such assaults as fulfilled and not suffering from emotional damage that will last a life time.
Any sexual act directed against another person forcibly and/or against that person's will. (click here)
Forcible sexual acts have surpassed motor vehicle thefts on campus and are now approaching the level that will exceed burglary in the total type of campus crime. This is not a minor issue and Dr. Ford knew it was important to address this in a way that would make a difference for all women. She is empowering the women that are now hiding in corners. Considering the number of women that do not report, the sexual violence statistic is far higher than is reported here.
Kavanaugh continued his sexual assaults into 1998 and we need to continue to seek the truth. The truth will make certain he is unable to qualify for any case regarding sexual violence against men or women on any court where he sits.
The US Senate Republicans now creating their own truths and out right lying to justify a political victory need to be held accountable for their deceptions and complete disregard of women.
May 16, 2017
By Lizzie Crocker
Reports of sexual assault on college campuses have surged (click here) dramatically in the past 15 years, according to a new federal study, while all other reported on-campus crimes have decreased.
But the 205 percent increase in reports of sexual assault—from 2,200 in 2001 to 6,700 in 2014—does not necessarily confirm the campus rape epidemic narrative perpetuated by high profile cases like that of convicted rapist Brock Turner and Alec Cook, who was recently expelled from the University of Wisconsin after being charged with sexually assaulting multiple women. (Cook will be tried in criminal court on June 5.
In fact, the Education Department’s new study may indicate progress in combating the stigma of silence around sexual assault on college campuses.
“We cannot say whether the increases are a result of an increase in actual assaults, or as a result of more individuals coming forward to report assaults when they occur,” study co-author Lauren Musu-Gillette wrote in an email to the Daily Beast.
Conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Justice Department, the new study looked at data collected under the Clery Act, a law which requires colleges and universities to report to the federal government all sex crimes on or adjacent to campus that are reported to school authorities.
Because sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, some advocates say that these figures likely underestimate the prevalence of sexual assault on campus....
Senator Grassley obviously doesn't listen to women. Senator Ernst isn't any different. She is obviously not a clue about the nomination process, these are investigative hearings and not criminal hearings.
Dr. Ford has no witnesses and the idea there would be witnesses is a false assessment by Republicans. The other women were reporting their own nightmare caused by Kavanaugh.
The denial of the Climate Crisis in Iowa is not helping the very farmers suffering under the Trump tariffs.
October 1, 2018
Soggy conditions (click here) persisted for yet another week leaving Iowa farmers just 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending September 30, 2018, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included seeding cover crops and harvesting corn, soybeans and hay when weather permitted....
Why is that important?
...Eighty-eight percent of the corn crop was mature, just over a week ahead of average. Eleven percent of the State’s corn for grain crop has been harvested, 5 days ahead of average. Farmers in southeast Iowa continue to lead the way with 29 percent of their corn for grain harvested. Moisture content of field corn being harvested was at 21 percent. Corn condition rated 75 percent good to excellent. Nearly all of the soybean crop was coloring with 88 percent dropping leaves, 9 days ahead of average. Fifteen percent of the soybean crop has been harvested, 1 day ahead of average. Soybean condition rated 74 percent good to excellent....
Because the crops are maturing faster under a hot climate and the fields are too wet to be able to harvest them.
Dr. Ford has no witnesses and the idea there would be witnesses is a false assessment by Republicans. The other women were reporting their own nightmare caused by Kavanaugh.
The denial of the Climate Crisis in Iowa is not helping the very farmers suffering under the Trump tariffs.
October 1, 2018
Soggy conditions (click here) persisted for yet another week leaving Iowa farmers just 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending September 30, 2018, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included seeding cover crops and harvesting corn, soybeans and hay when weather permitted....
Why is that important?
...Eighty-eight percent of the corn crop was mature, just over a week ahead of average. Eleven percent of the State’s corn for grain crop has been harvested, 5 days ahead of average. Farmers in southeast Iowa continue to lead the way with 29 percent of their corn for grain harvested. Moisture content of field corn being harvested was at 21 percent. Corn condition rated 75 percent good to excellent. Nearly all of the soybean crop was coloring with 88 percent dropping leaves, 9 days ahead of average. Fifteen percent of the soybean crop has been harvested, 1 day ahead of average. Soybean condition rated 74 percent good to excellent....
Because the crops are maturing faster under a hot climate and the fields are too wet to be able to harvest them.
Pence on China. You’ve got to be joking. Pence is Trump’s puppet. You can’t see the strings?
Pence is deflecting from the Mueller investigation of Russia. I haven’t noticed charges or arrests of Chinese intelligence. If Pence can build a faux reality of China the firing of Rosenstein and Mueller will have momentum.
The challenge by China is most notable in the South China Sea.
Pence is deflecting from the Mueller investigation of Russia. I haven’t noticed charges or arrests of Chinese intelligence. If Pence can build a faux reality of China the firing of Rosenstein and Mueller will have momentum.
The challenge by China is most notable in the South China Sea.
I can read.
The rebuttal of the “be happy ass press” is that there were 136,000 jobs added in September. That in the face of over 800,000 new unemployment filings. That is not a jobs report that is more of a worry in realizing under Trump no cares about the truth so much as placating a monster.
I will do my own analysis, thanks just the same. The truth is probably worse than I thought.
I will do my own analysis, thanks just the same. The truth is probably worse than I thought.
Senator John Kennedy is justifying his wayward vote for Kavanaugh by creating his own scenarios.
To begin Dr. Ford was not sexually harassed, she was sexually assaulted. John Kennedy is substituting his own definition for sexual assault. Dr. Ford was physically removed from her exit from the bathroom to a bedroom by Kavanaugh and Judge. That is an abuction and the sexual assault began when the music was loud enough and the door was closed with Judge standing guard while Kavanaugh had his turn with a 15 year old they didn’t know. She was depersonalized by Kavanaugh and Judge in order for them to treat her as an sexual object.
US Senator Kennedy is not interested in Dr. Ford’s accounting because it does not fit his political goals or that of the Federalist Society. Lying comes easy to men who don’t listen to women, but, seeks to control to place their own purposes in place instead.
To begin Dr. Ford was not sexually harassed, she was sexually assaulted. John Kennedy is substituting his own definition for sexual assault. Dr. Ford was physically removed from her exit from the bathroom to a bedroom by Kavanaugh and Judge. That is an abuction and the sexual assault began when the music was loud enough and the door was closed with Judge standing guard while Kavanaugh had his turn with a 15 year old they didn’t know. She was depersonalized by Kavanaugh and Judge in order for them to treat her as an sexual object.
US Senator Kennedy is not interested in Dr. Ford’s accounting because it does not fit his political goals or that of the Federalist Society. Lying comes easy to men who don’t listen to women, but, seeks to control to place their own purposes in place instead.
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