There have been 23 deaths of horses at Santa Anita Park. The deaths aren't investigated and it is more than obvious something is happening. Senator Feinstein has done the right thing in asking for suspension of racing to investigate the causes of these deaths.
April 3, 2019
Arcadia— In a letter to the state’s horse racing board, (click here) Sen. Dianne Feinstein called for racing to be suspended at Santa Anita Park after the deaths of 23 horses since late December.
Feinstein asked for racing to be suspended until the cause or causes of the horse deaths can be fully investigated in her letter sent Tuesday to the California Horse Racing Board, which hours later scheduled a special meeting to consider relocating races to other tracks.
“The death of a single horse is a tragedy, but as a lifelong lover of horses, I’m appalled that almost two dozen horses have died in just four months,” Feinstein wrote in her letter.
Nearly two dozen horses have died at the Arcadia racetrack, most recently on Sunday – just two days after Santa Anita Park reopened after a nearly month-long hiatus. Racetrack officials have not been able to pinpoint any one factor causing the deaths, investigating everything from the effect of unusually heavy rain this winter on the track to race-day medication....
A cluster of equine deaths is not a minor issue. This is not a public perception problem.
April 2, 2019
By Tim Sullivan
Horse racing is running scared. (click here) Fearful of the fallout from a spate of equine fatalities, industry leaders are lobbying for reform with growing urgency and increasing anxiety.
“In horse racing, we say we have a public perception problem,” Claiborne Farm president Walker Hancock said Monday. “But we kind of bring some changes to the table and it’s ‘You can’t do that.’ I’m worried if we keep going down this road, how far do we have to go before significant changes are made?
“... If we’re not going to change now, I don’t know what it has to take.”
Though the Jockey Club’s Equine Injury Database shows North American racing suffered more than 6,000 fatal injuries during the last decade, the recent carnage at Santa Anita has created a crisis atmosphere within the sport. When Arms Runner, a 5-year-old gelding, was euthanized Sunday following the San Simeon Stakes, it was the 23rd fatality at the California track since Dec. 26....
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Trump also seeks to confuse to create an opportunity for mockery.
During his ramblings yesterday, Trump made a reference to GPP rather than GDP. No one listens to that closely necessarily and sure enough, a journalist making comment after the president's words used the abbreviation GDP.
Trump will use that subtle difference to state it is fake news and if in debate and the fact comes up he made an observation during his NATO photo-op GDP, Trump will be able to embarrass, humiliate and make a mockery of someone who misquoted him.
There is a difference between GPP and GDP. GPP is not used that widely except in Liberal political circles. However, when Trump strays from the mainstay of language to these obscure and rarely used words, he does it with a purpose and it isn't to have the most correct meaning or measure of a country's value. In this instance, Trump is using GPP because it is legitimate and rarely used so he can later leverage that moment of misunderstanding.
GDP (click here)
Gross domestic product is the total value of everything produced in the country. It doesn't matter if it's produced by are citizens or foreigners. If they are located within the country's boundaries, their production is included in GDP....
PPP (click here) and GPP is a spin off of that.
Macroeconomic analysis relies on several different metrics to compare economic productivity and standards of living between countries and across time. One popular metric is purchasing power parity (PPP)....
I just think it is important to clarify his use/mistakes of language when it happens rather than to allow it to grow and become a leverage point to unwitting people. Thank you.
Trump will use that subtle difference to state it is fake news and if in debate and the fact comes up he made an observation during his NATO photo-op GDP, Trump will be able to embarrass, humiliate and make a mockery of someone who misquoted him.
There is a difference between GPP and GDP. GPP is not used that widely except in Liberal political circles. However, when Trump strays from the mainstay of language to these obscure and rarely used words, he does it with a purpose and it isn't to have the most correct meaning or measure of a country's value. In this instance, Trump is using GPP because it is legitimate and rarely used so he can later leverage that moment of misunderstanding.
GDP (click here)
Gross domestic product is the total value of everything produced in the country. It doesn't matter if it's produced by are citizens or foreigners. If they are located within the country's boundaries, their production is included in GDP....
PPP (click here) and GPP is a spin off of that.
Macroeconomic analysis relies on several different metrics to compare economic productivity and standards of living between countries and across time. One popular metric is purchasing power parity (PPP)....
I just think it is important to clarify his use/mistakes of language when it happens rather than to allow it to grow and become a leverage point to unwitting people. Thank you.
Removing the right to vote is still a Republican priority.
I wasn't specific about "oranges." Florida has brought former inmates back into the opportunity to vote. When Trump makes these "coded" messages, then look toward the message and follow any indication that would effect his "win." As Trump said, winning is everything.
From the "Miami Herald."
March 19, 2019
By Lawrence Mower
A Florida House committee (click here) approved a bill addressing the rollout of Amendment 4 despite the likelihood it would undermine the ballot measure’s intent by limiting the number of former felons who could have their voting rights restored.
Voting along party lines, Republicans advanced the bill, which would require felons to pay back all court fees and costs before being eligible to vote, even if those costs are not handed down by a judge as part of the person’s sentence.
That standard goes beyond the restoration system before Amendment 4 passed in November, which only required someone pay back restitution to a victim before applying to have their civil rights restored. After the bill passed the House’s criminal justice committee Tuesday, Democratic representatives blasted it.
“It’s blatantly unconstitutional as a poll tax,” said Rep. Adam Hattersley, D-Riverview.
I believe Trump would like to see an expansion of this POLL TAX into all voting precincts across the country and why not apply it to all people that owe money to the government? In other words, don't owe the court a parking fee otherwise your vote won't happen until it is paid. Do you know the bureaucracy this will create? Once a person loses their vote to unpaid fines, etc., they will never vote again.
This is somewhat an expansion of the idea that criminals live among us and they are committing voting fraud. An unpaid parking ticket could label a person as a criminal if such extremes are allowed to propagate.
Aren't all the people crossing the southern border criminals? The ideology is already there.
This right wing fringe is real. They are extremists. Recently, there have been releases of closed circuit cameras in convenience stores of older adults calling the people behind the counter anti-American because there is Spanish language somewhere on a sign above the cashier regarding cigarette prices and the like. They are angry about the public use of Spanish as an indication the country is being lost to Mexicans crossing the border. They are weird, but, they also vote.
There should be a sign in large letters next to these public displays of Spanish language stating it is important that people know their world because it saves lives and keeps others safe as well. The Spanish language used in public places brings ordinary awareness to public health issues and promotes well being. It is vital to the wellness of all Americans that foreign language in a diverse country is incorporated into public displays. It promotes well being in many ways, including perhaps as a deterrent to smoking cigarettes.
From the "Miami Herald."
March 19, 2019
By Lawrence Mower
A Florida House committee (click here) approved a bill addressing the rollout of Amendment 4 despite the likelihood it would undermine the ballot measure’s intent by limiting the number of former felons who could have their voting rights restored.
Voting along party lines, Republicans advanced the bill, which would require felons to pay back all court fees and costs before being eligible to vote, even if those costs are not handed down by a judge as part of the person’s sentence.
That standard goes beyond the restoration system before Amendment 4 passed in November, which only required someone pay back restitution to a victim before applying to have their civil rights restored. After the bill passed the House’s criminal justice committee Tuesday, Democratic representatives blasted it.
“It’s blatantly unconstitutional as a poll tax,” said Rep. Adam Hattersley, D-Riverview.
I believe Trump would like to see an expansion of this POLL TAX into all voting precincts across the country and why not apply it to all people that owe money to the government? In other words, don't owe the court a parking fee otherwise your vote won't happen until it is paid. Do you know the bureaucracy this will create? Once a person loses their vote to unpaid fines, etc., they will never vote again.
This is somewhat an expansion of the idea that criminals live among us and they are committing voting fraud. An unpaid parking ticket could label a person as a criminal if such extremes are allowed to propagate.
Aren't all the people crossing the southern border criminals? The ideology is already there.
This right wing fringe is real. They are extremists. Recently, there have been releases of closed circuit cameras in convenience stores of older adults calling the people behind the counter anti-American because there is Spanish language somewhere on a sign above the cashier regarding cigarette prices and the like. They are angry about the public use of Spanish as an indication the country is being lost to Mexicans crossing the border. They are weird, but, they also vote.
There should be a sign in large letters next to these public displays of Spanish language stating it is important that people know their world because it saves lives and keeps others safe as well. The Spanish language used in public places brings ordinary awareness to public health issues and promotes well being. It is vital to the wellness of all Americans that foreign language in a diverse country is incorporated into public displays. It promotes well being in many ways, including perhaps as a deterrent to smoking cigarettes.
Trump uses dog whistles to inspire White Nationalists/Supremacists. His "orange" is about Florida.
Michael Cohen stated openly and freely that Trump speaks in code. He does. There is not a moment in his day when he is not selling himself to people for his 2020 run. All these statements are dog whistles. It is nearly impossible to listen to Trump without realizing he is campaigning 24/7.
His dog whistles are real and are causing populations of people to hate and kill.
This is a bit of a side story, but, "AlterNet" has linked Trump to real ideology that victimizes freedom and human rights.
...McCarthy’s chief aide was attorney Roy Cohn, (click here) who zealously attacked innocent people who were accused of being Communists (Reds), or soft on Communism (Pinkos). Many believed he lacked any sense of ethics or honor and he was much feared. Even after McCarthy fell from favor and then died in 1957, Cohn’s prominence continued and spent his remaining career as an attorney who often chose to represent reprehensible elements of society, including Organized Crime. He was also known for his wild social life.
Then, Roy Cohn met a young real estate entrepreneur named Donald Trump. The two men became close friends and Cohn impressed upon Trump how to exploit and play “hard ball” to gain ever more wealth and public influence....
Now, I normally would blow this off as a strange coincidence, but, the ideology is long standing with Trump. The link to METHODOLOGY to bring about victimization is all to obvious.
Trump wants to undermine Social Security and Medicare. I believe he means it. He is taking a stand against socialism because he best can then victimize those receiving entitlements as enemies of freedom and democracy. His use of language has a far different purpose than any normal use of language. He uses language as an assault to support his ideologies.
Trump cannot deny he is courting White Supremacists/Nationalists. He also cannot deny there is real violence in the world conducted by people that see him as a reason to act.
April 3, 2019
By Adam K. Raymond
President Trump met with NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg (click here) in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. Then he forced the poor guy to sit there while he vomited words all over reporters who shouted questions at him. It’s a thing Trump likes to do.
Two moments in particular stood out today, and they’re both the kind of thing that’ll have you breaking out your pocket Constitution and rereading the text of the 25th Amendment....
...While declaring his love for Germany, Trump said he’s proud that his father was born in the country. “Born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany,” Trump said. Fred Trump was born in the Bronx....
There is one more odd thing. I have to find it....
Derek Black was interviewed by NPR. I found his ideas about White Nationalism and White Supremacy somewhat troubling as if one is exempt from hate.
September 24, 2018
By Terry Gross
Derek Black: (click here) My dad popularized the term "white nationalism" ... when he founded Stormfront and called it a white nationalist community, and he saw the distinction between white nationalism and white supremacy as being one that he didn't want anything bad for anyone else — he just wanted everybody to be forcibly put in different spaces, and that that was not about superiority, it was just about the well-being of everybody. ... Looking back on it, that is totally irrational. How exactly do you think you're going to forcibly separate everybody and that that's not supremacy?...
Perhaps the difference between White Nationalism and White Supremacy screams out loud to their members, but, I don't see it.
There is this nexus between Trump and White Nationalism/Supremacy and it cannot nor should it be igorned. He has developed a very toxic ideology all his life and now he is breeding it.
His dog whistles are real and are causing populations of people to hate and kill.
This is a bit of a side story, but, "AlterNet" has linked Trump to real ideology that victimizes freedom and human rights.
...McCarthy’s chief aide was attorney Roy Cohn, (click here) who zealously attacked innocent people who were accused of being Communists (Reds), or soft on Communism (Pinkos). Many believed he lacked any sense of ethics or honor and he was much feared. Even after McCarthy fell from favor and then died in 1957, Cohn’s prominence continued and spent his remaining career as an attorney who often chose to represent reprehensible elements of society, including Organized Crime. He was also known for his wild social life.
Then, Roy Cohn met a young real estate entrepreneur named Donald Trump. The two men became close friends and Cohn impressed upon Trump how to exploit and play “hard ball” to gain ever more wealth and public influence....
Now, I normally would blow this off as a strange coincidence, but, the ideology is long standing with Trump. The link to METHODOLOGY to bring about victimization is all to obvious.
Trump wants to undermine Social Security and Medicare. I believe he means it. He is taking a stand against socialism because he best can then victimize those receiving entitlements as enemies of freedom and democracy. His use of language has a far different purpose than any normal use of language. He uses language as an assault to support his ideologies.
Trump cannot deny he is courting White Supremacists/Nationalists. He also cannot deny there is real violence in the world conducted by people that see him as a reason to act.
April 3, 2019
By Adam K. Raymond
President Trump met with NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg (click here) in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. Then he forced the poor guy to sit there while he vomited words all over reporters who shouted questions at him. It’s a thing Trump likes to do.
Two moments in particular stood out today, and they’re both the kind of thing that’ll have you breaking out your pocket Constitution and rereading the text of the 25th Amendment....
...While declaring his love for Germany, Trump said he’s proud that his father was born in the country. “Born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany,” Trump said. Fred Trump was born in the Bronx....
There is one more odd thing. I have to find it....
Derek Black was interviewed by NPR. I found his ideas about White Nationalism and White Supremacy somewhat troubling as if one is exempt from hate.
September 24, 2018
By Terry Gross
Derek Black: (click here) My dad popularized the term "white nationalism" ... when he founded Stormfront and called it a white nationalist community, and he saw the distinction between white nationalism and white supremacy as being one that he didn't want anything bad for anyone else — he just wanted everybody to be forcibly put in different spaces, and that that was not about superiority, it was just about the well-being of everybody. ... Looking back on it, that is totally irrational. How exactly do you think you're going to forcibly separate everybody and that that's not supremacy?...
Perhaps the difference between White Nationalism and White Supremacy screams out loud to their members, but, I don't see it.
There is this nexus between Trump and White Nationalism/Supremacy and it cannot nor should it be igorned. He has developed a very toxic ideology all his life and now he is breeding it.
The White Supremacy thread to the Mosque massacre in New Zealand continues.
Artemly Vldmirovich Dubovskly (click here) was a former Russian special forces soldier. The thread of violence in the world being linked to Russia continues.
3 April 2019
By Kurt Bayer
The Russian gun and Nazi "fanatic" )(click here) who died after a police stand-off in Christchurch "supported the actions" of the alleged mosque terror attacker, according to police.
Armed police raided the home of 54-year-old Artemiy Vldimirovich Dubovskiy, also known as Troy Dubovskiy, last Tuesday after a tip-off from the public.
Officers found a cache of firearms, including a modified semi-automatic weapon,
ammunition, "violent extremist content", along with Nazi uniforms, helmets and clothing.
Dubovskiy, who had spent time in jail for a violent home invasion where he put a replica German WW2 Luger pistol to a man's head, died after a three-hour stand-off with police last Wednesday.
Today, police confirmed that Dubovskiy first landed on the police radar after "some concerning emails" that he sent and included reference to the Christchurch terror attacks.
"Based on the nature of the items located during the search warrant, the nature of what he said to police during the negotiation and subsequent inquiries, police are of the view that Mr Dubovskiy did pose a significant threat to the community," Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said this afternoon.
"This remains an ongoing investigation. Based on inquiries to date it is clear that Mr Dubovskiy supported the actions of the man charged with murder in relation to the Christchurch terror attacks, however no connection has been established between the two."...
The link between Donald Trump and White Supremacy violence is growing.
February 8, 2019
By Dan Bilefsky
Alexandre Bissonnette, (click here) a 29-year-old former politics student fixated on President Trump, the far right and Muslims, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 40 years for shooting six people dead in an attack on a mosque in Quebec City in January 2017....
3 April 2019
By Kurt Bayer
The Russian gun and Nazi "fanatic" )(click here) who died after a police stand-off in Christchurch "supported the actions" of the alleged mosque terror attacker, according to police.
Armed police raided the home of 54-year-old Artemiy Vldimirovich Dubovskiy, also known as Troy Dubovskiy, last Tuesday after a tip-off from the public.
Officers found a cache of firearms, including a modified semi-automatic weapon,
ammunition, "violent extremist content", along with Nazi uniforms, helmets and clothing.
Dubovskiy, who had spent time in jail for a violent home invasion where he put a replica German WW2 Luger pistol to a man's head, died after a three-hour stand-off with police last Wednesday.
Today, police confirmed that Dubovskiy first landed on the police radar after "some concerning emails" that he sent and included reference to the Christchurch terror attacks.
"Based on the nature of the items located during the search warrant, the nature of what he said to police during the negotiation and subsequent inquiries, police are of the view that Mr Dubovskiy did pose a significant threat to the community," Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said this afternoon.
"This remains an ongoing investigation. Based on inquiries to date it is clear that Mr Dubovskiy supported the actions of the man charged with murder in relation to the Christchurch terror attacks, however no connection has been established between the two."...
The link between Donald Trump and White Supremacy violence is growing.
February 8, 2019
By Dan Bilefsky
Alexandre Bissonnette, (click here) a 29-year-old former politics student fixated on President Trump, the far right and Muslims, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 40 years for shooting six people dead in an attack on a mosque in Quebec City in January 2017....
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