I have friends and family in places that were affected by Dorian. I will be traveling this week and next to visit them. If I can I will be reviewing the events of the day, it is silly to say I will be commenting anyway because it is a joke a minute with Trump's administration.
BUT, I intend to continue the reading of the report by the Special Counsel to completion when I return regardless of the events of the day. I think it is very important to record it on this blog.
Until then I wish everyone well.
Later.
Monday, September 09, 2019
Enough is enough.
The USA Army Corp is needed in Grand Bahamas and the Abaco Islands to at the very least setup storage facilities for food and water or UN Straws for clean water and hospital facilities.
No doubt there are overwhelming numbers of dead. I am sure the governments involved will decide after a time how best to handle that, but, THE LIVING NEED HELP NOW.
The UN has to move against Trump in some way. Start writing letters that will ultimately be carried to the Hague. He has to know the international conventions, treaties and laws he is breaking and the peril he faces as an individual. The USA governing bodies in the House and Senate needs to be put on notice as well, especially, Mr. McConnell.
I might point out this is more than human rights abuses. These islanders have no place to go with a storm bearing down on them. There are unique people, both genetic and cultures. The world is losing people in ways that should never be allowed. These are small populations of people, large losses of lives could bring about genetic catastrophe.
The USA is in the same hemisphere and has ways of helping no other country can match, even allies.
In the USA, advocay groups and individuals can begin or continue a process within the United Nations regarding human rights violations and issues of genocide.
Laurel Krause (click here), the sister of Allison, successfully carried out a tribunal about the Kent State Shootings. The tribunal was registered with the United Nations. It can be done. An organization I founded helped fund her endeavors. For the curious, it is a PRIVATE non-profit. There is no 501(c or d). I in no way accept money for any of my interests. There are people that want to see justice in the face of THE TRUTH. Non-violent justice. Is there any other kind?
I cannot imagine Laural, who founded a non-profit in her sister's name would turn away anyone that wants to know how such tribunals can be conducted SUCCESSFULLY. She is an amazing person.
Trumpism is costing a lot of money to local economies.
I was out doing errands for about two hours. Every time I got in the car to drive, there was a police officer, in different vehicles somewhere nearby either in front or behind me or coming and going in the opposite lane. I live in small town America. The cities and towns are stepping up police patrols because of the frequent and violent killings and the costs will result in the postponement of schools to be built and other projects slated for improvement.
Former Representative and Governor Mark Sanford can run rings around Trump. He understands governance and the priorities that secure the USA.
I think anyone running against Donald Trump is smarter and better.
William "Bill" Weld was a great Governor for Massachusetts for six years. His education credentials are very impressive; University of Oxford, Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Middlesex School, Harvard College, University College.
The cities and small towns of this country can't continue to do this. It will destroy their financial integrity and for those already in financial trouble, it will compromise their ability to serve the people in all aspects except essential services.
People are scared and have every right to be. There are too many guns on the street.
Former Representative and Governor Mark Sanford can run rings around Trump. He understands governance and the priorities that secure the USA.
I think anyone running against Donald Trump is smarter and better.
William "Bill" Weld was a great Governor for Massachusetts for six years. His education credentials are very impressive; University of Oxford, Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Middlesex School, Harvard College, University College.
The cities and small towns of this country can't continue to do this. It will destroy their financial integrity and for those already in financial trouble, it will compromise their ability to serve the people in all aspects except essential services.
People are scared and have every right to be. There are too many guns on the street.
This is what a Republican dictatorship looks like. It is very dangerous.
It is sheer stupidity to oppress the facts of science. The agency should sue the president for dictating processes that do not serve the people. The dangers of this administration cannot be understated.
September 8, 2019
By Kevin Fitzpatrick
Donald Trump’s sharpie-gate refuses to blow over. (click here) In addition to the president’s seeming determination to keep his Alabama gaffe in the news cycle, another wrinkle emerged Saturday: the same National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that publicly chastised the National Weather Service in Birmingham for refuting President Trump apparently ordered its own employees not to contradict him.
According to The Washington Post, an agency-wide NOAA directive made the rounds on September 1, hours after President Trump included Alabama in a tweet warning states in the path of Hurricane Dorian. After the NWS office in Birmingham corrected Trump’s warning to specify that “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian,” not only did the NOAA release a public statement that the “Birmingham National Weather Service’s Sunday morning tweet spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time,” but behind the scenes staff were reportedly directed to “only stick with official National Hurricane Center forecasts if questions arise from some national level social media posts which hit the news this afternoon,” as well not to “provide any opinion.”...
I demand the agency live up to it's mission. NOAA better not substitute "Trump Bullshit" over the facts. The Agency will be sued if it submits to Trump's dictatorship of it's mission and it's facts!
It will be amazing to see cruise ships crashing against the rocks and sinking due to turbulent seas when Trump dictates his political priorities to the message of agencies assigned the safety of the people.
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. (click here) Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment around them.
From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it....
September 8, 2019
By Kevin Fitzpatrick
Donald Trump’s sharpie-gate refuses to blow over. (click here) In addition to the president’s seeming determination to keep his Alabama gaffe in the news cycle, another wrinkle emerged Saturday: the same National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that publicly chastised the National Weather Service in Birmingham for refuting President Trump apparently ordered its own employees not to contradict him.
According to The Washington Post, an agency-wide NOAA directive made the rounds on September 1, hours after President Trump included Alabama in a tweet warning states in the path of Hurricane Dorian. After the NWS office in Birmingham corrected Trump’s warning to specify that “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian,” not only did the NOAA release a public statement that the “Birmingham National Weather Service’s Sunday morning tweet spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time,” but behind the scenes staff were reportedly directed to “only stick with official National Hurricane Center forecasts if questions arise from some national level social media posts which hit the news this afternoon,” as well not to “provide any opinion.”...
I demand the agency live up to it's mission. NOAA better not substitute "Trump Bullshit" over the facts. The Agency will be sued if it submits to Trump's dictatorship of it's mission and it's facts!
It will be amazing to see cruise ships crashing against the rocks and sinking due to turbulent seas when Trump dictates his political priorities to the message of agencies assigned the safety of the people.
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. (click here) Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment around them.From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it....
Dan McCready has the moral high ground. He treats every voter with high regard and understands the esteem of a democracy that values "The Vote."
By John Henderson
Ninth District congressional candidate Dan McCready (click here) is not letting President Donald Trump’s visit to Fayetteville on Monday go unanswered.
Hours before Trump is expected to make a campaign stop at the Crown Expo Center to rally for McCready’s opponent, Dan Bishop, the Democratic candidate has planned a campaign event downtown.
On Monday, from noon to 1 p.m., McCready, a Marine Corps veteran, will join veterans and military families to conduct a canvass of downtown in “Operation Get Out the Vote.”
The group will meet at the N.C. Veterans Park before breaking into small groups to walk along Hay Street, as well as go door-to-door to meet potential voters, a press release from the campaign said.
McCready, the owner of a solar energy business, is in a tight race for District 9 seat. Bishop, a Republican, is a lawyer and former Mecklenburg county commissioner from Charlotte. The district runs along the state line from Charlotte in the western half of the state to Fayetteville and Bladen County in the east....
August 21, 2019
By Alisa Wiersema
Nearly a year (click here) after her husband's death, Cindy McCain said the current Republican Party is "not the party of Abraham Lincoln ... nor the party of Ronald Reagan."
In an interview with ABC's Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, McCain spoke about the legacy her late husband, Sen. John McCain, left in American politics, and focused on his willingness to work across the aisle. A year later, McCain said she doesn't see anyone picking up and carrying the mantle of staunch bipartisanship the way her husband did.
"That was a tough torch to carry and, as John said, there were many lonely days because he always said what was on his mind," she told Karl....
The all too familiar message of "No Hate." She is great.
The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
Afghan roosters have a hard life, they have to fight other roosters to stay alive. These animal fights are very popular with men in Afghanistan.
Bolton is wrong. There is no path to peace without the Taliban. The alternative is to turn Afghanistan into Iraq and put 100's of thousands of USA troops into the country and fight for regime change.
Don't forget, Bush abandoned Afghanistan for Iraq. That is why the USA is still there. The Taliban reconstituted in Pakistan during the years of the Iraq war. The difference in the theater in Afghanistan is the defeat of Al Qaeda, the new presence of a Daesh minority, the lack of alliance support, a democratic political party, a National Assembly of the People and greater tensions with Iran. Those tensions with Iran because of Trump's desire for a Middle East war, complicates the possibility for peace in Afghanistan.
Before the retaliation of the attacks of September 11, 2001, Afghanistan was ruled by the Taliban. It was a military dictatorship. It wasn't really a centralized dictatorship, the control over the people was local, more or less Taliban militias and oppression of the people into a national religious regime. That is also a valid point, the geography and weather of Afghanistan itself dictate local control. There were a lot of corrupt militias, including Haqqani that controlled and still control the Poppy Culture.
The current National Assembly is liked by the people and is successful in passing laws and carrying some degree of enforcement. Afghanistan is better today for the sacrifice of the USA, but, it is time for peace in the region. The region certainly doesn't need Iran at war either.
It has been the priority of every Afghanistan leader to bring the USA and Iran to a peace of some sorts to insure democratic survival. Bush turned down the offer, Obama gathered with other Western countries to seek and pass the Iran Deal, but, Trump blew it. There has to be peaceful cooperation with Iran to insure the region doesn't launch into complete chaos AGAIN.
As a matter of fact, peaceful cooperation with Iran is a very important national security issue, unless, Trump and Netanyahu want Daesh back again.
By Michael Safi
The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, watches as an army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt 1st Class Elis Barreto Ortiz at Dover air force base, Delaware.
Donald Trump says he has cancelled secret peace talks (click here) on Afghanistan scheduled for Sunday that would have brought him face to face with Taliban leaders at Camp David, the presidential retreat in the hills of Maryland state – with the Islamist militant group warning on Sunday that the snub meant more American lives would be lost.
The US president made the remarkable claim in a series of tweets on Saturday evening declaring he had “called off” the negotiations after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a blast in Kabul that killed 12 people including a US soldier on Thursday.
“What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position?” Trump wrote, accusing Taliban leaders of trying to build leverage ahead of Sunday’s talks.
“If they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, then they probably don’t have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway.”...
"Good Night, Moon"
Waxing Gibbous10,2 days old
78.5 percent lit
August 19, 2019
by Thomas Kika
In discussing the benefits of agency’s forthcoming Space Launch System (SLS), (click here) NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine affirmed that the same technology being developed to return humanity to the moon will also allow for a mission to Mars. The SLS technology is being developed at facilities in Louisiana and Alabama, where Bridenstine recently visited to meet with workers.
“This rocket will send astronauts aboard our Orion spacecraft to the Gateway under the Artemis program,” Bridenstine said of SLS. “Our new deep space transportation system is the backbone for lunar surface exploration and will pave the way for human exploration of Mars.”
Bridenstine claims that the SLS would represent that most powerful rocket in the world once completed. The SLS is part of NASA’s ongoing “Artemis” project, which aims to put astronauts on the Moon for the first time since 1972 and establish a permanent presence on the lunar surface. Part of this presence will be the “Lunar Gateway,” a refueling and docking station, which will serve as a waypoint for a future mission to Mars. The station will also include a habitation module, which NASA will develop with commercial partners.
The plan for Artemis is to demonstrate launch capabilities by 2022 and to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
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