Agreed. There should be a law. And funding besides.

 

March 21, 2023

THINK OF THE worst invasive species you know. (click here) Kudzu: smothering trees and houses, growing a foot a day. Burmese pythons: stripping the Everglades of small animals. Asian carp: hoovering streams clean of plankton and swimming toward the Great Lakes.

They all came from somewhere else, arrived with no natural predators, outcompeted local flora and fauna, and took over whole ecosystems. But they all have their limitations: Kudzu dies in a hard freeze, carp can’t tolerate salt water, and pythons can’t cover long distances very fast. (Thankfully.)

Now imagine a species with all those benefits—foreign origin, no enemies—and no roadblocks to dominance: One that is indifferent to temperature, comfortable in many landscapes, able to run a lot faster than you, and muscular enough to leave a big dent in your car. That describes any of the possibly 6 million feral hogs in the United States, the most intractable invasives that most people have never heard of....

Frank Figliuzzi makes an excellent point, when will Trump end his money making rallies?

March 21, 2023

By Frank Figliuzzi, MSNBC Columnist

In a Truth Social post (click here) on Saturday in which he claimed he’ll be arrested by New York officials Tuesday for hush money he paid adult film star Stormy Daniels, former President Donald Trump called for his supporters to “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Trump’s post is one of the reasons we need to be concerned about whether in response to any of the criminal investigations he faces, violent extremists will mobilize on his behalf as they did Jan. 6, 2021....

There will most probably be confrontation, especially with counter protesters. There will be police dangers as well with Trump rallies and protests. The protections at the US Capitol that were put in place after the insurrection of January 6, 2021 need to be maintained and strengthened. President Biden and Vice President Harris need the best protection we can give them, too. 

There is absolutely no doubt Donald John Trump intended for the rally on that day to end in violence insurrection at the US Capitol while disrupting the proceedings to bring in the next freely elected president. The US Justice Department should not be afraid of the truth and bring charges against Trump for his attack on his own Secret Service to get to the insurrection to lead it to complete the violence he expected.

Trump's presidency brought violence to this country as well as a compromised national security by insulting NATO and seeking to make it weaker while allowing breaches in national security with Russia and quite possibly China.

US Justice also needs to add to the list the very fact Trump sought to undermine support for Ukraine. His oath of office was violated.

March 21, 2023
By Wesley Parnell

New York - Demonstrators (click here) who want a Donald Trump indictment far outnumbered MAGA supporters Tuesday morning outside the Manhattan Criminal Court, where the former president is expected to be charged as early as Wednesday.

The pro-indictment protesters gathered in front of the building where Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is investigating Trump over a hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign....

No Labor Unions - No Middle Class

The Republicans will begin to act against the Michigan return to sanity. They will investigate and hold hearings and try to pin all sorts of criminal content on unions and their leaders.

In the past, unions have been corrupted by power and money. There is no doubt about that, but, they were always found out. Unions are powerful because people within a democracy are powerful.

I worked as a shop steward in a nurses union. There was never any corruption. There was concern for the profession and the professionals. The union also collected dues at a reduced amount for those that did not join the union. Why? Because non-union employees benefited from the unions negotiations and their quality of life was no different than those paying full dues.

If corruption ever exists with union leadership, there needs to be investigations to keep everyone honest. But, where unions are acting in the best interest of the people they represent at bargaining tables, they deserve the confidence in knowing their union dues will keep the offices humming and the lawyers paid.

March 21, 2023
By Lauren Gibbons

Michigan Democrats (click here) approved prominent labor bills and sent them to the governor

Right-to-Work repeal would end a 2012 law that prohibits compulsory union dues or fees

Prevailing wage restoration guarantees union-scale wages on government-funded construction jobs

Lansing - Michigan Democrats on Tuesday voted to repeal the state’s Right-to-Work law and restore prevailing wage rates, targeting major Republican labor practices despised by unions.

The bill package — House Bills 4004 and 4007 and Senate Bills 6 and 34 — cleared both chambers Tuesday. The House voted through the Senate legislation in party-line votes, and amended versions of the House bills were approved later Tuesday afternoon.

The legislation now moves to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who has signaled she will sign the bills.

Democrats pushed the bills through the Legislature over protests from Republicans, who contend the changes will make Michigan less competitive for employers....

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wall Street wants their profit margin back.

I have just one question.

Just one.

When is the great Xi going to broker a peace with Taiwan?

 

Good shooting.

A little practice goes a long way. The International Criminal Courts should note these Russian missiles were intended to kill more Ukrainians in very vulnerable cities where people currently feel safe. The Ukrainian military did the right thing and destroyed the danger before it occurred.

It may be wise to encourage families with children to flee the area simply because of the determination and ruthlessness exhibited by Vladimir Putin's plans for them. It will create refugees, but, the children will be safe and parents will still be able to raise them. There are too many Ukraine orphans.

March 21, 2023
By Ashish Dangwal

On March 20, (click here) Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claimed that an explosion in the Crimean city of Dzhankoi destroyed “multiple” Russian Kalibr cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail.

These Russian cruise missiles were reportedly meant to be employed by the Kremlin’s Black Sea fleet. Russia has regularly utilized sea-launched Kalibrs to attack civil infrastructure.

On its Telegram channel, the GUR claimed, “An explosion in the city of Dzhankoy in the north of the temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed the Russian ‘Kalibr NK’ cruise missiles during their transportation by railway.”

The explosions on Monday, which occurred roughly 90 miles from the front lines, accelerated “Russia’s demilitarization” process and helped to prepare “the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea for de-occupation,” according to the GUR, which did not specify the precise cause of the explosions.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior ministry, shared footage he claimed showed the city’s railway station area. The footage depicts a single loud, scorching detonation followed by a column of smoke in the night sky....