What is interesting about some of this is that even at $64,000 per capita it never gets to 10

Income inequality and disparity in wealth distribution is real. The fewer that have money, the fewer will continue to have money.

Human Beings always want more, they never want less. It is the one sincere characteristic humans have they don't share with the rest of the biotic world. Even the most vicious predators stop eating when they have had enough and fed their pride.

Each circle represents (click here) a country surveyed in the Gallup World Poll. The grey line approximates the satisfaction-income relationship, segmented for richer countries and poorer ones. The horizontal axis shows GDP per capita on a log scale, meaning that each tick represents a doubling of income.

They are all heat sinks.

The picture says it all. The USA in ruins because of the Republican induced Climate Crisis.

Witchita

May 20
By Beccy Tanner
The Wichita Eagle

A fast-moving storm (click here) produced heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado in the Wichita area on Sunday, damaging homes, knocking out power and disrupting graduation ceremonies....

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma weather: Crews work to clear storm damage in Oklahoma City as the state braces for severe weather Sunday. (click here)

By Juliana Keeping | Published: May 18, 2013 

Storms developed in western Oklahoma late Saturday afternoon. The storms hit Oklahoma City about 9 p.m. A tornado watch that covered much of the state expired by 11 p.m. though Cleveland County is expected to remain under a severe thunderstorm watch until 3 a.m....

Shawnee

Published: May 19, 2013 Updated 1 hour ago

By SEAN MURPHY — Associated Press

SHAWNEE, OKLA. — Hearing on the radio (click here) that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home.

Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state.

Victims and emergency responders might not get much of reprieve as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center was forecasting similar weather for Monday over much of the same area....

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/2013/05/19/2622966/tornadoes-hit-kan-okla-no-injuries.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/2013/05/19/2622966/tornadoes-hit-kan-okla-no-injuries.html#storylink=cpy

"Morning Papers" - It's Origins (click here - thank you)

The Rooster 

"Okeydoke"

"Good Night, Moon" - They did it for the airlines.

Waxing Gibbous

70% lit

Eyes to the Sky: Four planets, waxing moon, lion, crow (click here)

By Judy Isacoff, Special to The Eagle
May 17, 2013

...The waxing (increasing) first quarter (half) moon occurs just after midnight tonight beginning a week of robust gibbous (larger than half) disks that will light springtime evenings for bucolic pastimes. Today, see the half-moon climb into the east-southeastern sky all afternoon. When darkness falls it is high in the south, below one of the most splendid constellations in the heavens, Leo the Lion. In the coming days the moon guides us, successively, to Leo, Corvus the Crow, Spica and Saturn....

Oh, one other thing. I am a white person in case there was any doubt. Yep. Through and through.

There is a lot of nuance in the Obama Administration. The nation isn't used to that. The people of the country aren't used to a President that actually thinks and has a command of the language.

In the case of Benghazi there has been criticism about statements that are being characterized as double speak. President Obama stated the Benghazi attack was an act of terror. He didn't say it was a Premeditated Terrorist Attack because at the time no one knew what was involved. It was obviously an act of terror, but, the perpetrators were yet unknown and whether it was premeditated. But, evidently it is too much of a reach for the Press to understand the difference.

President Obama would have been aware of what the CIA was saying about the Talking Points, but, he would not have been involved in writing them. Just in case the US House is still looking for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The White House Council was notified in late April about the IRS, but, the President hadn't been included in those talks. It wasn't to that point yet because there was an ongoing investigation and President Obama is precluded from involvement in any investigation. It would be conclusion. It is an ethical issue.

It is my impression Congressman Issa knew about the IRS issue before the public or the President was aware. Evidently, Treasury was involved in the investigation and not conclusions were drawn at that time. Issa would know because I am sure he was receiving complaints.

Evidently, ABC has apologized for the Talking Points memo. Well, Ambassador Rice didn't make to Secretary of State now did she. I would think there is some liability by ABC, but, Rice will take on the chin. She shouldn't, but, she will. 

Evidently, Jonathan Carl authored this mess. He needs to come forward with the liar. I would consider that payment for the liability against the American people. We suffered, too. We don't have Ambassador Rice as a Secretary of State. Don't get me wrong, I think Secretary Kerry is magnificent, but, that isn't the point. The point is an African American woman was more than qualified. She had ambitions that were trashed by a major news agency. The American people have a grievance and while an apology is a good beginning, we need to know whom the liar was that maligned Ambassador Rice's good name.

I understand Jonathan Carl's source is a Republican Congressman. Perhaps it is the same one that outed a CIA agent involved with a Yemen cell to save lives at the Olympics. Evidently, the White House Press Secretary was correct when he stated Republicans fabricated the emails.

Oh, unfettered access is a worry for the Press. The meaning hasn't changed, that should be a point of solace. Unfettered doesn't include classified information that insure national security of any country or the safety of citizens. I am fairly confident that has always been the meaning of unfettered when it comes to the Press. The Press simply needs to follow their own ethical and professional standards and they should be fine.

Unfettered is the same today as a month ago or a year ago or a decade ago.

President Obama is not under siege or in a bubble or removed from the people or insulated by his staff. He isn't any of those ugly things people are saying these days. He is carrying out the responsibilities of his job. Maybe the Press needs to read his job description, I am quite sure he has.

I am grateful for AG Holder. I think he is doing a great job. 

President Obama is a fascinating tribute to American Exceptionalism. We all should be extremely proud of him. He will be considered one of the greatest presidents of this country. 

It is my most profound hope President Obama continues to hold the Middle Class and Poor in the palm of his hand. It is good thing.

The new National Debt is not 2.5% of GDP rather than 4%. There are complaints that will only be for the next ten years and there should be more restraint in spending. I don't think so. If we spend well, the 2.5 won't end in ten years. 

Oh, by the way, I think Senator Warren's suggestions have merit. You see the student loan interest rate is about making all students carry the burden for those that couldn't. That is Un-American. We need to change that paradigm before July. Appreciate it.

Have a better week.

Senator Paul should start running for President, it might compel him to get serious about his job.

Rand Paul is riding the Benghazi tragedy into glory.

Imprisonment

Prosecution 

Oh, I suppose, but, it would have to begin and end with Mr. Hicks. See, I think when former Secretary Clinton stated, "What difference does it make, it was somewhat to protect the long lived employees of the State Department, including Mr. Hicks. But, Mr. Paul wants to elevate Mr. Hicks as a neglected hero. He sent the USA military soldiers back and only kept a few sharp shooters in Tripoli.

I don't know why Senator Paul can't get his mind around that, but, he is unable to.

"Tripoli needs to be treated as Baghdad."

I don't think so. The Libyans don't want Westerners in their country. They are content with their new found freedoms. They decided The West is a lot of trouble. Their point of view is that they don't need any other influences in their country that does not emanate from within their own understanding of life.

I watched Anthony Bourdain tonight. That is why I postponed these posting. It was more than interesting. The people of Libya are basically happy. They don't want a central government. They are afraid of a central government. 

When the militias were formed it was by average people. That is not unusual for these countries. When Iraq was invaded by H.W. Bush the Iraqi military was never an organized military. Some served in their everyday clothes.


The Libyan people have no interest in pretending they want to be friends with the West. They are afraid of us. 

The Libyans don't have the problems that Iraqi people are having. They are mostly chilled about things. It might be the lull before the storm, but, it sincerely isn't our business.

Senator Paul wanted Hillary Clinton to resign as Les Aspin did over "Black Hawk Down." Black Hawk Down is a movie, the name of the Mogadishu mission is called, "The Battle for Mogadishu." Just thought I'd point that out if he intends to be taken seriously.

I realize Senator Paul believes in 'Falling on his sword' but that does not make for good policy necessarily. He made most of his criticisms of the former Secretary of State while on the political stump in Iowa and New Hampshire. There are many reasons why I don't take him seriously. 

Senator Paul also has strange verbiage about the IRS problem. He believes it was a Rouge IRS agent that started this with a memo he is now demanding has to exist. He then states, if these are the same people that are writing the IRS regulations for Obamacare it will be a disaster.

Maybe. 

But, the first year the fine is less than $100.00 and it only requires one line on any tax return. I think they're up to it. 

The biggest mess in rolling out The Affordable Care Act is that states didn't even try to form their own Insurance Exchanges due to lazy Governors.

"The Culture of Intimidation"

The Anti-Government King states he is worried about intimidation.

Mitch McConnell know more about intimidation than any man in Congress. He leads a 60 vote majority on every issue before the Senate. Tell me that is not intimidation.

Veterans needs to know their benefits are hanging in the balance with Senator's McConnell opposing any return of spending to the Veteran's Administration.

While writing Mr. McConnell to provide him a reason to change his mind, you might want to ask him if he believes in national security as well.

Mitch McConnell Openly Filibusters Sequestration Replacement Bill (click here)

February 28, 2013

A somewhat technical but very important exchange took place on the Senate floor late Thursday morning, which you can file away for the next time you hear Republicans tut-tut Senate Democrats for not passing a sequestration replacement bill.

Later today, the Senate will vote on whether to consider two sequestration replacement bills. Both will be set at a 60-vote threshold. One — the Democrats’ bill — would replace about a year’s worth of sequestration cuts with some better-targeted cuts to defense and agriculture and also with new revenue, largely by imposing the Buffett Rule, which imposes a minimum effective tax rate on millionaires.

The GOP bill would preserve sequestration’s overall spending cap but hand authority for allocating the cuts to the Obama administration — a clever idea that also shields Republicans from blame when the cuts hit....

The Veterans Administration places that figure at 23.532 million individuals on 30 September 2007. 

According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the year of the last census, there were 21.8 million veterans living in the United States.

Kentucky has approximately 250,000 to 300,000 of the nation's veterans. (click here)

76.4 Million Tonnes Annual Textile Global Production 2010

This is good news. There is an answer.

69.2% of fibers consumed in 2012 were manmade fibers.

These fibers include carpeting. There is an enormous disposal of carpeting annually in most countries. 

The process developed by "ECONYL" uses these fibers to recycle them back to a reusable fiber.

"ECONYL" Regeneration Process (click here)

The building collapse in Bangladesh is their Bopal.

The parties involved in enslaving the people of Bangladesh need to be sued for the deaths and harm they caused here.

It was the government of India that sued on behalf of the people of Bopal. I strongly suggest the country of Bangladesh do the very same thing. The poor people of Bangladesh does not have the resources to sue, that is why they are enslaved. They have no resources to improve their conditions.

Bangladesh Factory Safety Accord: At least 14 major North American retailers decline to sign (click here)

May 17, 2013

...Major European retailers -- for example, Marks & Spencer and Carrefour -- have joined the agreement. Others who've signed on include companies recently involved with factory disasters in Bangladesh, such as Swedish retailer H&M and Italian fashion house Benetton. A 2010 factory fire at a facility that made cardigans for H&M killed 21 people, and Bennetton had a supplier in the Rana Plaza factory that collapsed last month, killing more than 1,100 people.

PVH, parent to Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, signed the accord, along with Abercrombie & Fitch, which agreed just hours before the deadline. That leaves plenty of U.S. retailers absent from the agreement, according to the Worker Rights Consortium, an international labor monitoring group. However, some retailers, like Walmart, claim they are working on separate initiatives to improve conditions and workplace safety in Bangladesh.

Here are 14 North American retailers manufacturing goods in Bangladesh that have not signed the safety accord:...

North Korea is continuing it's aggressions.

North Korea North Korea Fires Another 'Short-Range Projectile' (click here)

by EYDER PERALTA

May 19, 2013 3:34 PM

North Korea launched another short-range projectile on Sunday, just a day after they launched three similar objects. 

The projectile landed away from neighboring countries in the sea off North Korea's east coast.

As The New York Times explains, South Korean officials moved away from calling the objects missiles, as they did yesterday. Today, they used the word "short-range projectiles," because "hey may have included not only the modified KN-02 short-range guided missile but also rockets from its new multiple launcher."...

Oh, good, a new Somali Lord. Anything for ransom.

North Korea Seized Chinese Boat (click here)

By CHRIS BUCKLEY

Published: May 19, 2013

...“The embassy immediately made representations to the consular affairs bureau of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking that North Korea release the vessel and the crew as soon as possible, and ensure the safety of the lives and property of the detained crew, as well as their legitimate rights,” the Chinese ministry statement said.

The statement did not explain why the ministry waited so long to reveal the seizure, which came during a time of tensions with North Korea, a country that depends on Beijing for diplomatic and economic support.

The announcement promptly drew an outcry from Chinese media and citizens online, some of whom have already expressed increasing impatience with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions and threats to the region.

The Chinese media reports said the boat was seized on May 5, with 16 men onboard, and North Korean authorities demanded payment of 600,000 renminbi, equal to about $98,000, to release them and the vessel, apparently on the grounds that it was fishing in waters claimed by North Korea. The deadline for payment was Sunday, The Beijing Times newspaper said....

Attempting to sell Gas Fracking to the American people their technology god needs to visit China.

It is becoming more and more 'us and them.' The political Right Wing can't stand the progress the USA is making on many fronts and alternative energies is one of them. Now, the NY Times wants to demonize the movement to stop the very dangerous technologies involved with hydraulic fracturing.

In Gas-Drillling Fight, Opposites Attract and Distract (click here)
April 24, 2013
by Andrew Revkin
There are passionate and well-meaning people arrayed all around the issues surrounding America’s enormous shale-gas resource and the communities on the surface above it. I’ve met landowners and residents and scientists in Pennsylvania and upstate New York with powerfully articulated positions against and for drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

And then there are the filmmakers. First there was Josh Fox, who rose to prominence in 2010 with “Gasland,” a potent attack on fracking, and who unveiled “Gasland Part Two” at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday (read an IndieWire interview and film review)....

The USA Energy Department states China shale gas reserves are 50% larger than USA, so the petroleum industry is pushing every possible attack on the immorality of gas extraction through destruction of land and pollution of water and air. There are huge methane emissions from fracking wells.

January 17, 2013, 9:00 pm

I describe my recent posts (click here) on ways to identify gas leaks or prove — one way or the other — if water contamination came from a particular well. We talked about big impediments to the development of China’s huge shale gas reservesor increasing exports of liquefied natural gas to Asia. I also stressed that President Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy could be disrupted by cheap gas — without an overarching energy policy to sustain investments advancing the next generation of non-polluting energy technologies.

Don't ask me what kind of moral or ethical content the NY Times practices anymore, but, it isn't anything environmentally respectable. 

It is a joke to believe China needs help with energy. They will not replace coal. China struggles with finding energy for over one billion people. China never eliminates any energy source. It is why blaming China for the Climate Crisis is hideous. China is still a third world country in many ways. 

Over the decades China has diligently built all kinds of alternative energies, often against Western advise. The Three Gorges dam is a huge project and there are always worries, but, it was one of the most intense movement of Chinese citizens from impoverishment along the rivers to apartments built by the state.

China has vast fields of wind turbines already. It has significant areas of protected lands, some temperate rainforests. But, with over one billion people it is sometimes difficult for provincial authority to stop migration into the forests. 

China will never end it's coal mining or seek to stop it's imports from North Korea. China's population demands as much energy as it currently uses and then some.

The idea China needs fracking in a country plagued with extremely dangerous and frequent earthquakes is crazy. Plain and simple crazy.

On Sunday I posted a 140-character Twitter item (click here) containing four links that sketch humanity’s urban pollution challenges and opportunities over the last 60 years. (Link shortening is one of many reasons 140 characters can matter)....

The air quality in China is very bad, especially on days with temperature inversion. No one more than I wants Clean Air for every person in the world. But, Air Quality is not the same as energy needs. Air Quality is smoke stakes. Air Quality is about emissions. CO2 is an emissions problem. So, China needs to address their emissions along with their thirst for energy. That is the issue. Telling the Chinese if they SWITCH to hydraulic fracturing for gas will answer there air quality problems is a lie given that China will never stop using coal. There is no electorate to bring about change in China.

This is the kind of activism I understand. It is called involvement.

All the Talk Shows state they are involved in opposing the government by talking about it. The Talk Shows don't walk the walk, they only talk the talk. There are no Talk Shows either Righty or Lefty involved in a lawsuit regarding the NDAA, but, at least those with sincere commitment did.

This is Unconstitutional. The Congress cannot interfer with the operations of the Executive Branch. There is a defined division of powers. 

By Editorial Board, Published: May 15

Congress should clarify authorization for war (click here)

...President Obama has said that he wishes to introduce greater openness into counterterrorism operations, but he has not yet taken any substantial steps. Now legislators in both houses are undertaking their own initiatives. In the House, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Tex.), the vice chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has introduced legislation that would require the Defense Department to report to Congress all kill-or-capture operations it undertakes and deliver a written explanation of the legal basis and approval process used to place suspects on target lists....

Sunday, May 19, 2013

...The truth must out, (click here) can someone post this exchange between Tangerine Bolen and Washington (whitehouse) post on reddit and please do share for it does indeed show like one of the plaintiffs in the NDAA case Chomsky wrote a whole book about, that manufacturing consent (content) has to stop and the only ppl that can stop it are you my friends....

NDAA Lawsuit (On Facebook - click here)

How hard did they look?

In the meantime, the company is destroying evidence under the ruse of 'getting back to business.' The plant will be rebuilt just about the time the man charged with bomb making materials will be exonerated and a focus of a prank.

In the meantime, the extremist views of the missile attack will take hold, people will be grateful for the monies and compassion they receive, the plant will rebuild, return to operation at the relief of the entire town that was dependent on the lousy place.

Cause of Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Still Unknown 1 Month Later (click here)

Officials investigating the cause of the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, say they have still not ruled out the possibility the fire was caused intentionally. Possible triggers under investigation include a problem with the plant’s electrical system, a battery-powered golf cart, or arson. A pair of blasts that happened almost simultaneously killed 14 people and leveled a residential area around the plant exactly one month ago today. Many of the dead were first responders who reacted to the initial fire.

You can thank Senator James Inhofe and his Republican peers for this one.

May 17, 2013
2339.19z
UNISYS Water Vapor Hemispheric North and West Satellite trimmed to focus on the existing system from equator to arctic region.

It is the same exact storm but, not quite 48 hours later.

May 19, 2013
0830z
UNISYS Water Vapor satellite of north and west hemisphere 




After 24 hours of warming/direct solar rays.

Then 24 more hours of heating/direct solar rays has resulted in a hemispheric system that is destroying the country.

May 19, 2013
2030:18z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of north and west hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop)

May 20, 2013
0030:19z
UNISYS Enhanced Infrared satellite of north and west hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop)

The single system has divided into two. I was hoping it would be easier to see in enhanced infrared. It isn't over. The northern vortex is still gaining strength and the system moving east is still full of heat. Just because the sun went down doesn't mean the danger ends. Some of the most dangerous storms have happened in the wee hours of the day from conflicting temperatures between day and night. There is also latent energy in the air radiated off the surface of Earth that continues to heat the air.

Illinois has had dozens of tornado warnings in the past few hours. That is the reorganization of the vortex and the increased up-spring of turbulence.

Unconstitutional? Mr. Pruitt CEO of the AP, could face a jury for his "W"rong doing. I suppose anything goes now at the AP.

I cannot believe how the USA media is willing to be corrupted to carry out political power under the guise of pertinent information for the electorate of a nation.

I thought I was finished with this. I wrote an extensive opinion/assessment that I believed was the definitive answer to the media frenzy to attack President Obama. 

Then. 

Today. 

There was still yet another assault. I can't believe the crap the media is pumping out to defend their idea of importance. So, let me write still yet again to clarify and clean up the crap. I don't mind. If the Press can shovel the shit against a tide, then I suppose I can shovel to back again. It is the least I can do for an industry we are all suppose to trust with our lives.

Today, the Press is saying the Obama Administration wanted to beat them to the punch to announce this international incident. They asked the Press to wait on it's publication. Not that lives were hanging in the balance like an embedded CIA agent or anything important. So, now and I don't know if any of it can be considered truthful at this point; President Obama was going to announce this incident to the public and asked the AP to wait yet another day. There is nothing anywhere to indicate President Obama was planning on talking about this to the nation, so who knows, but that is what the AP is stating. 

Actually all that mess is irrelevant to the issue at hand. I don't state that lightly.

Kindly remember these words, "If there is substantial threat to investigation."

The point to the investigation by DOJ is not about whether the public was told the information or whether it was the AP that told the public the information or whether it was the President that told the public the information. Telling the public about this incident has NOTHING to do with it.

Let me state that again. Telling the public about this incident has nothing to do with any of this even though it serves the AP to state as much. The 'idea' this was a vital political announcement by the AP or President Obama is nonsense. The public should never have received this information by ANYONE.

Kindly remember as soon as the Obama Administration realized there was a severe leak to this CIA OPERATION it would have taken action to protect it's CIA AGENT(S). So, there was no danger to the personnel involved, at least I hope not. The Obama Executive Branch would have acted to protect any personnel in danger once the leak was known.

The problem is the leak itself. The meaning of the information published to the public was assigned by the AP for the purpose of politics and impacting an election. That was not the purpose of the CIA OPERATION. The CIA operation is the important focus here.

I know the AP wants to believe they were acting in emergent patriotic content, but, they were grossly "W"rong and full of hubris. If there was a journalist receiving this information, an editor entertaining the publishing of it and a CEO overseeing it, I would have to believe they were completely naive about any aspect of this to actually never balance the security surrounding the Olympics against an exclusive article to publish. Do I believe the AP was naive? Hell, no. You've got to be joking.

Realize now, the CIA was successfully finding danger to innocent people at a time when anyone would expect there to be such a focus on London. That is at anytime in recent history. Okay? That has nothing to do with what was stated by President Obama when he told the nation we were winning against al Qaeda. I would think it would be obvious we were winning against al Qaeda. Bin Laden is dead. But, this operation was about protecting people when any government of any nation would be expecting such attacks by al Qaeda before, during or after a global event, the Olympics. 

Right now I am quite sure the Russian government is developing their national security realizing they are hosting the Olympic in Sochi next year.

This type of danger is not going to disappear no matter how the global community is winning against such networks of death. There will always be a demand on the intelligence communities in the world at such times, so this 'tilt' by the AP is even more outrageous when put into context.

Please accept this fact over the news networks static, the CIA was carrying out a successful operation. A vital operation with the upcoming Olympics in London, knowing full well London had been struck by terrorists before in it's railway and bus system. Not only that but there was a question about the security to the Olympics and UK was calling in their own national military to protect the people attending the Olympics. There was a security problem on top of the fact London was a focus for terrorism. So the CIA operation was a great comfort to the British government. At least one aspect of their security was intact and combating any danger to the people.

That is the focus of DOJ. The DOJ doesn't care about the news reporting to the public. The FACT is the information was never suppose to reach the AP in the first place because it compromised the CIA operation. Once the AP notified the White House with their leaked information the White House went into panic mode. At that time, an arm of security to the Olympics had been compromised. Somehow, some way, someone compromised the CIA operation. The CIA then had to close down their operation and remove personnel. They had to save their own lives now that the knowledge of this operation was known. The CIA had no idea whether they could continue or not or whether the information from that point forward would be valuable. It could even be sabotage.

Any further information from that CIA operation was not only breached, but, the White House, Homeland Security, the CIA, the FBI and any international intelligence agency didn't know how this happened. They still don't know. As far as they were concerned they were AND are still flying blind about what occurred with the AP's published article.

The DOJ has to get to the bottom of this.

That is the issue. That is why the DOJ carried out the investigation. It is why the DOJ is still carrying out an investigation. Our nation's security network was breached and no one, but, the Associated Press knows why or by whom.

It is completely understandable why the DOJ carried out an investigation without first consulting with the Associated Press. Besides that, the PROTOCOL for the Executive Branch of the USA states clearly, "If there is substantial threat to investigation." all bets are off and the STANDARD PROTOCOL is overridden by the national security of the USA.

I could not agree more. 

I find the actions by the Associated Press full of self-righteousness and self directed importance. Basically, the Associated Press destroyed a CIA Operation that literally could lead to more danger to people in London, more headlines to report of an attack that got through security and more reason to defeat Obama's reelection.

Understand why this is so serious?

The Associated Press decided they could play god with lives, national security for at least two nations and political elections in at least one and publish headlines the entire time. They were creating their own news through the power of their position in regard to this leak. They treated their power as if unending, omnipotent and the only power that was important. Damn the lives involved, the Press was the new Overlord to the world.

The other complaint I heard today was how the Obama DOJ was now carrying out three investigations of the Press. Why is that not a surprise to me? The Press is complaining this is more than ever before in history.

Really.

Well, the Press should not feel alone, AG Holder is deporting more illegal immigrants than any other administration before them. I am sure if there are illegal immigrants among the Press they'll be deported, too.

So, it is very interesting from my point of view to watch news agencies I basically loved all my adult life carry on with their own propaganda to promote NOT national security to the USA, but, more power for themselves while attempting to destroy any forward movement of the Obama Executive Branch.

Wow, has this week been an eye opener for me. So, who knows what I'll be writing after this entry, because the Press' creative writing skills is far better than their ability to find something to report.

I look forward to the outcome of the DOJ investigation.

US officials say the plot involved al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen. Photograph: AFP/Getty

The CIA (click here) has thwarted a plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a US-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to the Associated Press.

US officials say the plot involved an "upgrade" of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009.

This new bomb was also built to be used in a passenger's underwear but contained a more refined detonation system.

The FBI is examining the latest bomb to see whether it could have passed through airport security and brought down an airplane, officials said. They said the device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it.

The would-be suicide bomber, based in Yemen, had not yet picked a target or bought his plane tickets when the CIA stepped in and seized the bomb, officials said. It is not immediately clear what happened to the alleged bomber....

This is my country.

Bill Maher has an interesting show. Love the "New Rules" segment. 

HBO Rocks!

Bill Maher and Michael Moore (click here) both tore into Republicans over the GOP-led House voting for the 37th time to repeal Obamacare. Maher rolled his eyes and argued that “at some point, obstruction becomes… treason.” Moore agreed, going so far as to say that Republicans “hate America.”...

I could not agree more. The political Right Wing are extremists. They absolutely hate this country. A country is more than it's constitution, it is the land, the people, the will of the people and all that 'belongs' to a country.

The USA doesn't belong Wall Street.

The USA doesn't belong to Murdoch, the Koch Brothers of any others that seek to covet a free country to lead its' people into ignorant bliss and anti-government rants.

The USA doesn't belong to the news industry.

The USA doesn't belong to the private sector to toy with as they will.

This country belongs to the citizens of the United States of America for the first time in a very long time.

There is one person with enough backbone to bring the USA Constitution to bear to benefit the people directly responsible for returning this country to its' people and that is Barak Hussein Obama.

sunday night

It's Sunday Night

"...nevermore in the dark."

"The Reinvention of the Printing Press" by Mischief Brew (click here for website - thank you)

machinery mill us forever will rule us
until we find out how you're wired
god's no longer read through the hands of the dead,
its safe now to question the friar
if we stopped at wheel we'd never have swung in this tire

beyond middle ages left village for nations
this masterpiece our fathers penned
to dark to see the old time tyranny
may the bulb never burn out again
now that we know now everything that we didn't know then 

the book was the lash and the word was the law
but the tyranny ended with ink on a block
but don't put it in park with miles to go
need a match never more shall we read in the dark

gargantua's hungry, his fork and knife drumming
but what if we serve him no more? 
if just for a day we took over this place 
to find out where our harvest are stored
laugh like a king while you can till the bastions are stormed

the book was the lash and the word was the law
but the tyranny ended with ink on a block
but don't put it in park with miles to go
need a match never more shall we read in the dark

nevermore in the dark

"It's Sunday Night" will begin at 10:30 PM.

Thank you for your interest.

The new line in the sand, "They did it for the airlines."

Veterans are now the next complaint since the Sequestration began. I mean everyone caught that, right? All these complaints manifested to the public since "The Sequestration" cuts took effect in March. I thought that was fairly obvious.

50% of employees at the Department of Defense from the civilian labor force are Veterans. They are being furloughed now.

The backlog in all government agencies has grown with The Sequester, so while Congress wants to look powerful in holding hearings, it really doesn't matter, now does it?