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Ukraine is at war with Russia. The article below is from February. I think it was posted here already or something similar to it. The cannon in this picture is what stands between Russia and the people of Ukraine. What if this was an American unit in Afghanistan and the same thing happened? Does that bring any brevity to the weight of what Trump did? TRUMP WANTS UKRAINE TO SETTLE THINGS WITH RUSSIA. Got that? Why not choke off their supply of military equipment to make it happen no matter what the people of Ukraine want? Why not? He has secret files and all sorts of lame yes men surrounding him, so why not? Why not give Russia exactly what Russia wants, they gave him the presidency, it is the least he can do, right? Ukraine has been followed closely in Western Media for I don't know how long. I don't know how many times I read the goings-on in Ukraine, but, I do know for all that reading Ukraine was never settled and they wanted more for their people than Russia could ever offer. Donald J. Trump HAS NO RIGHT to interfere in the wars or ambitions of a nation of people demanding their freedom from communism and tyranny. He is a problem of monumental dynamics. REMEMBER THAT WORD, DYNAMICS. Because freedom is dynamic and so is tyranny. What kind of dynamic do you want in your life, your children's lives, their children's lives and the lives of all those surrounding your life. What do you want? What are you willing to fight for? Ukraine clearly has stated 'the idea' of returning to Russian communism is not an acceptable way of life. And Trump cut off their supply of anti-tank weapons. War is not just a faraway problem that occurs for stupid reasons. It is not a fire to be extinguished. It is a line in the sand to what a nation of people are willing to state is their claim to quality of life. War is real. War has to be respected. The way out of war is peace and Ukraine has already tried to settle a peace with Russia and Putin's "Russian People in Eastern Ukraine" broke two treaties. What is Ukraine supposed to believe, the war will end with reasonable treaties? That hasn't happened yet and MAYBE it never will because Trump is still pulling strings for Russia because he defaulted on loans backed by oligarchs in Russia. Now. How serious is this?
February 26, 2019 The estimated death toll also includes 4,000 members of Ukrainian forces Kyiv - Some 13,000 people have been killed, (click here) a quarter of them civilians, and as many as 30,000 wounded in the war in eastern Ukraine since it broke out in April 2014, the United Nations says. The estimated toll includes more than 3,300 civilian deaths, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a document dated February 25 and provided to RFE/RL the same day. It comes as the simmering conflict between Russia-backed separatists and government forces approaches its sixth year, with little progress toward the implementation of a Western-brokered cease-fire and political-settlement deal known as the Minsk Accords. "OHCHR estimates the total number of conflict-related casualties in Ukraine...at 40,000-43,000" from April 14, 2014 to January 31, 2019, the statement said, including "12,800-13,000 killed." The estimated death toll includes 3,321 civilians, among them the 298 passengers and crew members who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down on July 17, 2014 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.... continued...
A willingness to be corrupt with disregard for life is not allowed. The Flint Water Crisis started out of neglect, cruelty and a complete disregard for life. September 24, 2019 By Ron Fonger Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards smirks during a hearing about the Flint water crisis in front of the U.S. House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform at the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Washington D.C. Flint - The Virginia Tech professor (click here) who helped expose the Flint water crisis, says people with their own agendas are perpetuating a false narrative that the city still doesn’t have clean water. Appearing on the podcast “In Depth With Dr. Bob Leonard,” Marc Edwards said Flint’s water has been comparable in quality to community water supplies across the country for years but “many people have an agenda to make it appear the water is not better when it is." Edwards has made similar comments previously, putting him at odds with Mayor Karen Weaver and others who have suggested he downplayed the fallout of elevated lead in Flint water in 2014 and 2015 -- when the city used the Flint River as its source of drinking water. The professor’s work with citizens helped show the river water was never properly treated to make it less corrosive to transmission pipes and home plumbing, causing lead to leach into the water system.... It seems to me there has been a lot of mishandling of the Flint water and the people affected by it. I think it is time to get rid of the people that are still not capable of caring for people and find those that can. September 9, 2019 By Patricia Taddonio As summer approached, (click here) Shawn McElmurry, Dr. Paul Kilgore and Dr. Marcus Zervos were growing increasingly concerned. The three men sat on a scientific panel that was formed to look into the source of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Flint, Michigan. The spread of the disease coincided with the state switching the city’s drinking water supply to the Flint River — and it had gone on for more than a year before the public was notified. Now, it was May 2016, four months since Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced both the existence of the outbreak and the creation of the panel, and the state health department still hadn’t officially authorized the panel to begin working, its members say. The group knew how Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia caused by the waterborne legionella bacteria, operates: once the weather heated up, more people could die. So in May, they met with state health director Nick Lyon to warn him that it was urgent to step up monitoring for Legionnaires’ cases.
On left, Professor Shawn McElmurry of Wayne State University “I remember, at one point, my colleague telling him that if he didn’t do that, people could die,” McElmurry, (click here) an engineering professor and the chair of the panel, told FRONTLINE. “Unfortunately,” McElmurry said, “Nick Lyon’s response was that ‘They’ll have to die of something.’” That’s just one of the troubling alleged incidents reported in new detail — or for the first time — inFlint’s Deadly Water. Based on two years of reporting, the FRONTLINE documentary premiering Sept. 10 reveals how a public health disaster that’s become known for the lead poisoning of thousands of children also spawned one of the largest outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in U.S. history....
He was a hero to me. He was a great American. Real tears at this end.
When the USA investigates in other countries it is the purview of the FBI or CIA, not Rudy Guiliani who characterizes himself as "an old country lawyer." The fact of the matter is the conversation between Trump and the Ukraine President took place. In that conversation, the idea of having the USA Attorney General and a private "friend" of Trump's, namely Guiliani, would be in touch with him or someone on his staff to investigate Joe Biden and his Son Hunter Biden. A month went by and nothing satisfied Trump and the military aid, Javelins, were canceled to Ukraine. The Javelins were asked by the Ukraine president in the conversation where Trump demanded a favor in investigating the Bidens. THE PROBLEM TRUMP AND HIS COHORTS FACE TODAY ISN'T ABOUT THE BIDENS AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS WRONGDOING BASED IN USA LAW WHILE HUNTER BIDEN SERVED ON A UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY; THE PROBLEM TRUMP IS FACING IS THE VERY FACT HE CANCELLED MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO AN ALLY CURRENTLY FIGHTING A WAR WITH RUSSIA. THE JOE AND HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION IS SECOND TO THE FACT TRUMP VIOLATED LEGISLATION AND COMPROMISED AN ALLY CURRENTLY AT WAR. Blackmail is illegal. Trump and his cohorts held military equipment to coerce Ukraine's president. End of discussion. The guilt or innocence of the Bidens doesn't matter. IT IS TRUMP'S ACTIONS THAT ARE ILLEGAL. September 23, 2019 By Tim Hains The president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, (click here) alleged Monday on FBN's "Mornings With Maria" that there is a connection between the Hunter Biden/Ukraine corruption allegations and George Soros.
"There’s an FBI agent involved. The FBI agent who is investigating the allegations about dirt on the Trump campaign, she’s now working for George Soros,"... Now, George Soros is involved. Guiliani is a political hack that cannot accept reality. Everything is because of a "Deep State." September 26, 2019 By Michael Burnham and David L. Stern Kiev - A former top Ukrainian prosecutor, (click here) whose allegations were at the heart of the dirt-digging effort by Rudy Giuliani, said Thursday he believed that Hunter Biden did not run afoul of any laws in Ukraine. “From the perspective of Ukrainian legislation, he did not violate anything,” former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko told The Washington Post in his first interview since the disclosure of a whistleblower complaint alleging pressure by Trump on Ukraine’s president, Volodymr Zelensky. Lutsenko’s comments about Hunter Biden – which echo what he told Bloomberg News in May – were significant because President Trump and his personal attorney Giuliani have sought to stir up suspicions about both Hunter and former vice president Joe Biden’s conduct in Ukraine in recent weeks. Joe Biden is leading Trump in many opinion polls ahead of the 2020 election.... If Joe and/or Hunter Biden are found to be conducting themselves illegally that STILL doesn't excuse Trump for withholding military and/or humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The fact Ukraine found no wrongdoing by the Bidens takes this off their plate. Therefore, it is not their problem. There should have never been an interruption in the LEGISLATED AID TO UKRAINE. There is no legitimate reason other than blackmail that carries brevity in Trump's actions. I can understand a conversation stating, "Do me a favor, I have a couple of people that are coming to Ukraine to investigate any wrongdoing by Joe and Hunter Biden. One will be the USA Attorney General and the other is my personal attorney Rudy Guiliani. Let them investigate the activities of the Biden's in Ukraine and I will appreciate it." THAT ITSELF is illegitimate, but, it does not entangle USA munitions in order to MANUFACTURE information on the Bidens. No matter how one looks at this, Trump is guilty, the question is what exactly is he guilty of besides blackmail of a president of an ally and sovereign country. The issue with George Soros and an FBI agent is another issue. George Soros, the FBI agent has NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUMP'S GUILT. They are just another inflammatory distraction manufactured by Guiliani's imagination. Guiliani should work for Disney, he missed his calling.
September 27, 2019 By Daniel Strauss The Federal Reserve (click here) continued its ongoing effort to stabilize shaky money markets on Friday with another round of capital injections totaling roughly $72 billion. The central bank sold $22.7 billion in overnight repurchase agreements, or repos. It also offloaded $49 billion worth of repos scheduled to expire in 14 days. The latest operation was undersubscribed, meaning banks placed fewer bids for repos than the Fed offered. The slump in demand comes after the central bank doubled the size of its repo operations on Thursday. Both Wednesday and Thursday's offerings were oversubscribed as banks showed a willingness to buy more repos than the Fed was selling....
September 26, 2019 By Rebecca Ellis Gov. Kate Brown (click here) is advising Oregonians to stop vaping immediately after the state’s health authority announced a second vaping-related death Thursday. Brown said she has sought advice from the Oregon Department of Justice on legal remedies, possibly including a temporary ban on all vaping products. Brown called the death a tragedy and “absolutely unacceptable.” The governor has also asked the Oregon Health Authority to make recommendations within 24 hours on how “to protect Oregonians and public health.” The authority has, so far, identified five reports of severe lung injuries that it’s linked to a national outbreak of vaping-related illness. All five individuals had vaped or used e-cigarettes, and were hospitalized after experiencing respiratory issues, resulting in shortness of breath, coughing or chest pain. Two of the cases resulted in a death with the first fatality announced on Sept. 3. The other three individuals are “recovering,” according to state health officer Dean Sidelinger....
This is more of their upside-down illogic. An unnamed offical is not good enough and the fact Ukrainian officials weren't officially notified for a month only goes to prove the incredible danger instilled by Trump and his selfish needs in the form the USA power. FOX News needs to be held responsible for propaganda and an assault against the USA Constitution. Official notice to Ukraine is damning! ...the U.S. suspended security funds... End of discussion! September 27, 2019 By Edmund DeMarche and Gregg Re
An unnamed Ukrainian official (click here)said that Kiev was not made aware that the U.S. suspended security funds until a month after President Trump's call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, which calls into question the whistleblower's account and Democrats' arguments that there was a quid pro quo for the aid. The official told The New York Times that Zelensky's government was unaware about the aid issue until a month after Trump's July 25 phone call in which he discussed Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The whistleblower complaint – citing U.S. officials – claimed that officials in Kiev knew that the military aid could be in jeopardy in early August, but the whistleblower admitted to not knowing "how or when they learned of it."...
Where was the Consumer Protection of this device and it's fluid? This is a national shame.
September 26, 2019 By Jean Lotus Twelve people have died (click here) and the number of confirmed and probable cases of lung disease linked to vaping use has risen to 805, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The ailment now has been found in46 states, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands, the agency said. Deaths from the mysterious illness have been reported in 10 states, with two each reported in California and Kansas and other deaths in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi and Oregon, the agency said. The CDC published sex and age data for 373 of the cases. Almost three-fourths, or 72 percent, of the patients were male, and 67 percent were between ages 18 and 34. Another 16 percent of patients were under 18.... The Food and Drug Agency maintained their vigilance of these products after their broader use became evident. They focused on teens because adults were stated to know better and understand the danger. If the FDA hadn't kept their focus on teens this danger may have been completely lost. Where was the testing results regarding this danger? Where are the LD50s? LD50s are standard to any consumer product, why wasn't this known before put into commercial use? This product needs to be pulled from the market place until far more is known about it's dangers. The people effected by this product will be permanently damaged and/or disabled the rest of their lives. The body does not replace lung tissue. I fear for this country while watching the numbers effected and dead growing.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is absolutely magnificent. Unfortunately, the Republicans are becoming more rouge themselves by attempting to disassemble overwhelming evidence. One opposition commentator stating, "This is just the way he talks," referring to "Do me a favor...",. It is ridiculous, those four words are not the evidence, but, rouge Republicans and their rouge administration will try to make that a defense. Moscow Mitch needs to bring his Republicans into the era of "the truth," and respect the USA Constitution for once. For god sake, the Republicans don't see or want to see the truth in the lawless foreign policy of Trump. Speaker Pelosi understands completely the brevity of this time in our history and I trust her implicitly. September 25, 2019 By Julia Ainsley The Trump administration's release of notes (click here) documenting President Donald Trump's conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyhas raised questions about Trump's relationship with Attorney General William Barr and whether he views Barr as someone whose job includes advocating for him on personal matters. Repeatedly over the course of the call, Trump told Zelenskiy that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and Barr will be contacting Ukrainian prosecutors on two investigations: one related to an email server tied to Trump's former political rival, Hillary Clinton, and the other related to his potential future political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. "I would like to have the attorney general call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it," Trump told Zelenskiy about an investigation he wanted into CrowdStrike, a California-based company that investigated the Russian hacking of emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee in 2016.... The evidence regarding Trump's proposed use of Attorney General Barr in Ukraine answers Senator Harris's question. Now, Barr can have all his false loyalty to the president before the US Constitution under oath.
