There was something wrong with the second car before the train reached the turn.

When taken frame by frame it is very noticeable that the car immediately behind the engine was out of alignment. I can't help but wonder if that misalignment occurred earlier in the train's travel and why it wasn't picked up on inspection? It looks as though there is an elevation to the connection with the train. No one saw it? I mean the engineer does inspect the train and it's connections before starting down the rails, right? The engineer does 'walk the train' before entertaining leaving the station, right? Pre-Trip Inspection, yes?

The train itself is most likely a hybrid. The bottom alignment is not straight as it comes down that track to the curve. It sincerely looks to me as though there is a misalignment between the engine and the second car even before the curve. Maybe it's just shadows. That is what makes me crazy watching digital, I never know if the digital oscillated at all in order to realign the picture. It just appears as though the engine and the second car weren't getting along before the turn either. I think the turn simply exacerbated the misalignment or vibration.

Vibration at that speed can interpret into a struggle with velocity and alignment. The second car would be catching up with the engine. The 'clunk-clunk' hear when a train first starts up. I think there was a difference in velocity between the cars. 

Better scenario is that the engine might have been slowing and that wasn't transmitted to the second car. All the cars have independent brakes, right? So, when the engineer slows the train all the cars are breaking evenly. That should be occurring with any train, not just high speed rail. It makes me think the electrics have to be checked, too. The wreckage needs to be inspected well.

The misalignment I am seeing occurs as early as 00.09 in the video. The undercarriage is not in the same alignment between the following cars and the engine. I am sure they can figure it out.

 Hybrid train S130H / S730

In order to extend high-quality services to parts of Spain not then reached by the high-speed rail network under construction, RENFE undertook the procurement of trains combining both electrical and conventional diesel combustion engine power. The trains, for delivery in 2012 for use from Madrid to Murcia, and Madrid to Galicia, were to be constructed by Talgo and Bombardier, at a cost of 78 million euro. The new trains based on the S-130 were initially coded S130H, later S730; 15 original S-130 units will be converted to the hybrid operation.

Fifteen S130 sets are to be converted, using two generator sets per train using MTU 12V 4000 R43L engines (1.8MW each) in trailer cars. The top speed in diesel mode is 180 km/h. Testing of the trains took place in 2011 with introduction into service expected in 2012.

Sexual Bonding should never occur with POTENTIAL. Always with concrete commitment.

A man or woman of any age should never allow their 'desire' to be worn on their sleeve. Unless a One Night Stand is all one is looking for in a nightclub. But, even then 'dance a few dances first' okay?

Personal safety includes emotional wellness and that means 'A No Tears Policy' written on your heart. 

If someone wants to date and sincerely has an interest, that level of PERSONAL self-respect will be admired. If personal self-respect is not admired, but, ridiculed then there was never anything there in the first place.

Love should have one ambition and that is to uplift and honor oneself. When that is reciprocated, then and only then can deeper commitments be realized. 

Cyberspace can't possibly look one in the eyes and make that level of emotional loyalty. It simply isn't possible.

Emotional competency and being 'in touch' with the feelings our biochemistry assigns it is paramount to emotional wellness. One cannot set up healthy boundaries if they can't read the warning signs. Literally, I have stated to people, "Didn't you even pause for a moment before allowing such a photo to be emailed?" And many would say, "Yes, but, it didn't seem wrong." Well. What is then wrong with that picture, but, to focus on THE FEELING and why it was completely competent to pause in the first place.

"A Serial Flasher?" What are the women in these episodes? Victims? I don't think so.

Sydney Leathers (click here) allegedly contacted Anthony Weiner on Facebook after he quit Congress in June 2011.

 

This is all consensual stuff. They weren't paid for their participation and they were not solicited in any way. Everyone was an adult and willing to be part of sexting occurring. Now, it's about making money. They never came forward when he announced his exploratory committee or when he first announced. They are in the public eye because New Yorkers might have a mayor with federal experience this time.

 

If anyone wants to discuss infidelity and the hardship on the marriage, three quarters of the time it is due to the fact, "The Other(s)" don't stop. Regardless of the insistence of the spouse to cut it off.

 

That is the dialogue. Why do the attempts by Anthony and Huma to stop the assault on their marriage fail? I mean you talk about impossible odds. She has had some very difficult days, but, her solace is there are numbers of sexual playmates and they aren't involved in an intimate way. The internet is a seduction tool. There are couples all over this country seeking help with their marriage because of internet relationships. When is that insidious tool going to become sensitive to the sexual assaults marriages have to face every moment of everyday.

 

I was affiliated with a campus women's organization when it became obvious there were emotional abuses of sexual partners on campus through this ridiculous media instrument called telecommunications and instant messaging. Young men and women about the age of this woman were emotionally bonding with people familiar to them or otherwise over a wireless device.

 

Professionals sat down and discussed what we were facing. We didn't like it. The wireless device was as much a necessary professional tool as it was a personal asset to communication with friends. It was a problem. If, as a campus community, we were demanding emotional competency with our learners and educators what were we going to do about it?

 

The paradigm took on the characteristics of "The Woman that Loves Too Much." That dynamic has very high recidivism rates. In the pockets and handbags and backpacks of our community was a dangerous weapon against their personal security and their emotional health.

 

The community could not simply turn them off, they were looking for work and passing around their resumes'. They were carrying out research with notes and papers on their devices. The devices were vital safety measures as well as a threat. There was no option of simply turning them off.

 

The emotional component had to conquered and we were fairly sure what we were looking at. Recidivism with a dangerous component is an education issue. The users of the device had to conquer their vulnerabilities. No different than 19 year old interns finding themselves without enforcers (parents) of their boundaries. Our community was 'on the loose' for the first time in their lives and they were emotionally vulnerable. There were many of them, not just one or two. We began to recommend these folks start by taking self-defense courses offered by the campus police when they took their required gym classes. We wanted to make the threat they were facing both emotionally and physically to become real.

 

Tears alone when their privacy was violated in a public way was not enough. Tears when a heart is violated to realize they are not the only one was not enough. Many of these experiences were new to them and we didn't approve of it. They weren't even worrying about self-survival in the real world. Cyberspace was now included in the abuses of the real world.

 

Additionally, the focus on wireless communications as a tool without a physical relationship should be prohibited. Asking for a date was not to occur over cyberspace. Allowing an emotional dating relationship without having a physical component was absolutely out of the question and if a strange it was then 'stranger danger.' Cyberspace offers an entire world of the untouchables. It is horrible, abusive and cruel and now the public is getting a real taste of it.

 

The issues surrounding 'deprogramming' from Sexual Cyber Abuse is very difficult. Competent emotional bonding can last a lifetime if it touches the private world of the human emotions. That is healthy. We need those deep abiding private places in life. When abuse is introduced into that private and emotional space it is not just sad, but dangerous.

 

I realize that politics can be garnered from such sexual mischief by candidates. No one should know that better than Anthony Weiner. But, the continued lack of substantive dialogue and focusing on nothing but tabloid headlines is not going get anyone anywhere. Will Mr. Weiner continue to embarrass himself? Who knows? But, then that simply means he is not a good marriage candidate and not necessarily a failure as a mayor.

That should take care of my blogging for the day.

Have a good one. I wish I could say the same for Japan, Russia and the United Nations.

It would seem as though the Evangelicals have their work cut out of them.

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) – The percentage of Russians (click here) who say it is acceptable to tell white lies has almost doubled since the fall of the Soviet Union, according to a poll on Russian morals released Thursday by the Levada Center.

Just 33 percent of those surveyed in 1992 said that they considered lying for a good cause to be acceptable, while 61 percent gave that answer when the same question was asked last month. The number of those who declined to give an opinion on the subject fell from 31 percent to 14 percent.

The Levada Center poll, entitled “The Moral Limitations of Russians,” asked ten different morality-related questions about issues ranging from personal relationships to paying taxes and stealing....

Since the USA is building the wall along the southern border, drug may find Russia and easier approach.

Why aren't low flying planes coming into the USA intercepted? We all know what they are doing after all. Forget the folks on foot they can only carry 75 pounds at a time according to the professional observations of a US Congressman.

MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) – Two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets (click here)were scrambled earlier this week in response to an alert that Russian airspace  over the Baltic Sea had been violated by a small passenger plane, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces detected an aircraft flying over Polish territory toward Gdansk Bay about 50 kilometers away from the Russian border on Monday night.
“At 8:26 p.m. on July 22, a Cessna plane crossed the Russian border over the Gdansk Bay without responding to calls [from Russian authorities],” the ministry said in a statement.
A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet stationed in the Kaliningrad Region was sent to establish the aircraft's identity and prevent its further movement into Russian airspace....

If this keeps up they are going to cause a war or something especially with all those Evangelicals getting their way.

TOKYO, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force (click here) had to scramble fighter jets in response to flights by Russian military aircraft near Japanese airspace and over the disputed Kuril Islands on Monday, local media reported.

Two Tu-95 Bear bombers flew over the Sea of Japan moving from the Korean Peninsula, and proceeded along the Japanese archipelago to the north of Hokkaido. Another plane, the IL-20, flew over the Kuril Islands, NHK television said late Monday citing the Defense Ministry.

According to Japanese officials, the Russian aircraft had not violated the country’s airspace.

The Russian Defense Ministry later said that two Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers, flying a training mission as part of the snap military rills in the Eastern Military District, were followed by South Korean and Japanese fighter jets....

I need to write a letter to the White House about Japan's nuclear program. I am fairly certain they already have their own centrifuges.

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) – The scenario for a forthcoming NATO exercise (click here) in the ex-Soviet Baltic republics and Poland, in which those nations face invasion by a foreign power, is reminiscent of the Cold War period, Russia's Deputy Defense Minister said Thursday.

The exercise, dubbed Steadfast Jazz 2013, will be held in November in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. According to NATO, the primary purpose of the exercise is to test the command and control elements of NATO’s Response Force.

“As we prepared for this meeting, we carefully studied information received from NATO countries about Steadfast Jazz-2013,” Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels, according to the ministry's website.

“I can’t hide the fact that the Russian Defense Ministry was bewildered by the proclaimed goal of this exercise, which envisages the application of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty triggering a response to an aggression against Poland. These drills are in the spirit of the Cold War,” Antonov said.

The Zapad 2013 joint military exercises between Russia and Belarus in the fall this year will only simulate combat against terrorist groups and illegal armed formations penetrating Belarusian territory, he added.

Russia has held the largest exercises for its armed forces this year since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Defense Ministry said last week after a huge deployment and readiness test in the country's far east involving armor, aircraft and ships....

Well, this can't be good news. And they put it in the English version of the newspaper, too. Is that bold or what? At least in the USA when they do this kind of stuff the only people knowledgeable are the towns people and spies. And the blasted things being transported always look like flying saucers under a white tarp.

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) – A Soyuz-U rocket (click here) carrying a Progress M-20M space freighter has been installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for a supply mission to the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday.
The launch is scheduled for 00:45 a.m. Moscow time on Sunday (20:45 GMT on Saturday).
The Progress M-20M will again return to the "short" six-hour flight path to the International Space Station. The last Progress M-19M cargo spacecraft launched in April 2013 reached the orbital outpost two days after liftoff....

It would seem as though God is on Russia's side these days.

Russia has been having a policy of welcoming the Russian diaspora; this could be most of them are Christian Evangelicals.

Pussy Riot now explained.

"Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Russia" (click here)

It might now be new, but, it is growing.

Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists, (click here) formerly All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians and Baptists,  voluntary association of Baptist churches in Russia that was formed (in the Soviet Union) in 1944 by uniting the Union of Evangelical Christians and the Russian Baptist Union...

WASHINGTON
July 22 
(RIA Novosti) 

City council members (click here) in Lansing, Michigan are deciding whether to end their sister city agreement with St. Petersburg over laws in the Russian city that ban “homosexual propaganda.”
“Sister city relations with St. Petersburg are listed as the first item on the agenda” at a city council committee meeting Monday evening, city clerk Chris Swope told RIA Novosti by phone.
The “committee of the whole can’t take final action on the issue but can make recommendations to the full council,” which is due to meet in one week, Swope said.
Lansing council members who are pushing for an end to the sister city relationship say that a 2012 law in St. Petersburg that bans “gay propaganda” conflicts with an ordinance passed in the Michigan state capital in 2006, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity....

At look at the math is always interesting.

In 1986 the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill passed because it would solve the problem of massive illegal immigration. In his diaries, President Ronald Reagan said he was going to sign the bill because we had to regain control of our borders. The Simpson-Mazzoli bill contained three promises:

An effective employer verification program would ensure that only legal workers were hired. 

The government would make a concerted effort to control the borders.

One-time amnesty would be granted for people illegally in the United States.
All three promises were broken.

The employer issue was really the only viable option to stop these crossings. Of course that didn't happen, so Mexican people would cross the border and work as "Wet Backs" for next to no dollars per day. The argument E-verify wasn't possible then, BUT, what was possible was for employers to actually follow the law. That didn't happen. Why stop coming to the USA?

This is 2013. This was 27 years ago. The statement about 'make a concerted effort' was never provided by the way.The status of the Border Patrol did not change in 1986 and the border crossings were not criminalized. They became criminalized in 1996 by California. Hence, the development of the three lines of border fence over the years. It became a political issue in California because of social program enrollment.

So, there are currently estimated to be 11 million immigrants here in the USA. A fair amount of people not really pledged to the sovereign USA. A reason to move to make them whole is important. 

11 million Mexican human beings crossing the USA southern border is about 407,407 per year. Yep.

Death rate in the USA per year, including immigrants from the past 27 years: 2,468,435

About 2 and a half million human beings die in the USA per year. 407,407 human being crossing the US Southern Border per year.

Birth rate in the USA per year, including children of immigrants from the past 27 year: 3,999,386

About 4 million births in the USA per year. We all know the GOP defines economic growth as babies, so the immigrants crossing the Southern Border of the USA increased the USA Economy by GOP standards. Indeed. 407,407 human beings per year cross the USA Southern Border per year. Not even a half million.

Ronald Reagan was from California, the first state to make border crossing illegal. It was after his Presidency in 1996.

The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) stated the Immigration Reform Bill would save the USA about $900 billion per year. Nearly $1 trillion per year. Making people citizens means they contribute to the nation, don't seek to hide, don't require deportations and add to the value of the nation. That $900 billion was not dependent upon the Corker-Hoeven amendment, however, the CBO stated even with the added expense we would still be saving $900 billion.

June 25, 2013, Washington, D.C.

Rights Working Group (click here) is deeply disappointed that the Senate decided to adopt the Corker-Hoeven amendment to the Senate immigration bill.  The amendment essentially militarizes the United States-Mexico border by doubling the number of border patrol agents, increasing border fencing and the use of drones in border communities, and  spending $46 billion to the benefit of private contractors....

Indeed. Four states with contractors receiving $46 billion. California already has their fence completed. New Mexico has a very small foot print. So, basically, the $46 billion for private contractors is for Arizona and Texas. Yep.

That is not maintenance, by the way. That $46 billion does not include the new Border Patrol officers and the drones and all that mess. That is just $46 billion for one time contractors. 

That figure of $900 billion has been whittled down since June 18th. $900 billion is for ten years. Some estimates are as low as $175 over ten years. But, hey it is a savings right?

See there is going to be a lot of initial costs, like instituting E-Verify on a larger scale and there is the additional cost of all those temporary visas for the private contractors.

Oh, yeah. There is a interesting part of the bill folks don't know about, it goes like this. 

H-2B Temporary Worker Issues (click here)

Under current law, the only way U.S. employers can lawfully obtain foreign temporary workers to fill construction jobs is the H-2B temporary worker program, subject to an annual quota of 66,000.  In general, employers work with foreign labor contractors (FLC’s) to locate and recruit qualified workers outside the United States for temporary and seasonal jobs in the U.S.  Further, three federal agencies are involved in the H-2B approval process:  The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), The Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), and The U.S. State Department Foreign Consular Office.

The USA has more construction workers out of work and re-learning new skills, but, the private contractors are going to hire Foreign Construction Workers. Okay then. Hooked on "Wet Backs" I guess. Oh, give me a break does anyone believe all those foreign workers are going to be here legally on Visas? How are you going to know? All these private contractors aren't going to care if they are legal or illegal because the E-Verify system won't be up and running well enough to process them fast enough to build the VITAL fence.


So, considering the fence at the border will be built in about one year. Right? I would think. That means the 407,407 human beings crossing in one year is costing the USA about $112,909 EACH. 

Yet. 

Now that they are becoming citizens, the CBO and all it's critics are stating the national debt is reduced because they are here that legally.

Does anyone really understand why we are doing this? Let them come and become legal. They improve the national debt. 

Ah, politics. How hideous it insults reality.

I am quite certain a human being is at least worth a drink of water so they wouldn't die.

I am not laughing. Just for the record.

By Manuel Rueda
March 21, 2013

The number of immigrants who die (click here) while they attempt to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border increased significantly in 2012, even though there seems to be a far smaller pool of people who are actually trying to make the risky crossing.

This awkward trend was highlighted in a report released on Tuesday by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), a think tank based in Arlington, Virginia.

NFAP argues that immigrants are trying to cross the border at "increasingly" remote and dangerous areas because law enforcement along the border has gotten tougher and the overall number of border patrol agents has increased.

In its report, which uses data collected by the Border Patrol, the organization says that deaths along the border went up by 27 percent in 2012... 

I always thought is was a moral idea to let them get here and process them through to determine if they had a real reason to be here or if they should be deported to their homeland.

For as long as I can remember and that is a long time, I have read about efforts to stop the deaths along the border. If I recall I remember a Priest calling for humane treatment of those traveling to the USA, such as water stations. The reason this California Priest stated this, was to be sure they didn't die on their way to a place they believed to be a magnificent hope.

These efforts were known to me through our USA media reporting on the concern the citizens of the USA had regarding people dying at the border. Silly, I suppose. I mean they are automatically dehumanized for their illegal crossing. A punishment of death seems a little harsh to me. 

September 04, 2010 
12:00 am 

Brady McCombs 
Arizona Daily Star

A new U.S. Fish and Wildlife policy could open the door for more water stations on border public lands to aid illegal immigrants, but humanitarian groups will have to follow stringent rules.

A final compatibility determination released by the federal agency allows groups to request permits for stationary, 55-gallon water drums located near roads in already disturbed areas.
The regulations basically endorse the methods used for the last 10 years by Tucson-based Humane Borders, which has had three water tanks on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge but has been denied requests to put more on several occasions, including in October 2009.

Humane Borders founder Robin Hoover applauded the agency's decision.

"People ought to be applying for water stations across Southern Arizona right now," Hoover said. "You have a blueprint to do it."

Humanitarian groups put out water in an effort to save lives. Nearly 2,000 illegal borders crossers have been found dead in Arizona since 2001, and this year has been one of the worst yet....

Snyder protected himself from being used when the bankruptcy was filed, but, he is still in violation of the State's constitution.

In all sincerity, the unions need to hold member meetings with a court reporter to take personal scenarios to the court. This is tragic. There is no reason for it. There is another precedent with NYC in 1975 with the exact set of circumstances. This just seems so deliberately hostile to the employees of the city. 

  

2. Federal Bankruptcy Law (click here)

Even if federal bankruptcy courts proceed with resolving Detroit’s bankruptcy, federal bankruptcy law itself may prevent incursions into retirees’ pensions. Under federal law, Detroit may only file for bankruptcy if it “is specifically authorized” to do so under state law. On its face, this provision appears to preclude Detroit from filing bankruptcy, since the Michigan constitution also appears to prohibit Detroit from taking any action that would reduce its pension obligations....

I also believe the negligence of the State of Michigan regarding Detroit and needed bailouts is a civil rights issue as well.

I believe the reality of Minority Wealth in the USA and the ability to build that wealth, along with the fact there are large minority populations to receive pensions raises SPECIAL CASE scenarios for these proceedings.

Wayne County Population in 2011:

711,700. 

Population change since 2000: 25.2% Males: 336,696 (47.3%) 
Females: 375,004 (52.7%) 
Median resident age: 34.8 years Michigan median age: 45.5 years 

Estimated median household income in 2009: $26,098 (it was $29,526 in 2000)

Detroit:	$26,098
Michigan:	$45,255

Estimated per capita income in 2009: $14,213

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $67,000 (it was $62,800 in 2000)

Detroit:	$67,000
Michigan:	$132,200

Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $97,288; Detached houses: $98,203; Townhouses or other attached units: $88,494; In 2-unit structures: $80,067; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $84,273; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $146,830; Mobile homes: $96,336; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $58,006

Median gross rent in 2009: $749.

White alone, percent, 2010 - 10.6 percent                  Michigan 0 78.9 percent

Black or African American alone - 82.7 percent             Michigan 14.2 percent

American Indian and Alaska Native alone - 0.4 percent  Michigan 0.6 percent

Asian alone -  1.1 percent                                         Michigan 2.4 percent

Native American and Other Pacific Islander -  none or in the state

Two or more races - 2.2 percent                                  Michigan 2.3 percent
(Basically all live in Detroit)

Hisapanic or Latino - 6.8 percent                                Michigan 4.4 percent



White along, not Hispanic or Latino  7.8 percent           Michigan 76.6%


There has been no effort by the State of Michigan to mitigate the Detroit bankruptcy. They simply decided the best scenario was to rob everyone. I am curious the amount of minorities involved with the Bond Holders as well.

I believe Detroit has special circumstances that impact this bankruptcy. Leaving former employees in their own bankruptcies and impoverished retirements should never an issue. That is especially true in our minority populations.

The Detroit bankruptcy will have a 'rolling' effect. First the city, then bond holders, then the pensions and finally the employees and pensioners will all end up in bankruptcy. It is imprudent and is far to severe realizing the final scenario will have effects on the entire US economy. 

The US government spent $17.3 billion on the car bailouts.

I don't believe this law has ever been used by a Chapter 9, but, there are so few.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (click here) provided for the first time that the Circuit Courts of Appeals have jurisdiction to hear an appeal directly from a judgment or order of the bankruptcy court if certain conditions are satisfied. 

- First, the bankruptcy court, district court, or bankruptcy appellate panel where the matter is pending, on request of a party or on its own motion, or all the appellants and appellees acting jointly, must certify that the judgment or order...

- (a) involves a question of law as to which there is no controlling decision of the court of appeals for that circuit or the Supreme Court, or involves a matter of public importance; 

- (b) involves a question of law requiring resolution of conflicting decisions; or that 

- (c) an immediate appeal from the judgment or order may materially advance the progress of the case or proceeding in which the appeal is taken. In addition, the court of appeals must authorize the direct appeal after the certification is made. 

If the bankruptcy court, district court, or bankruptcy appellate panel, on its own motion or on a request for certification made within 60 days after entry of the judgment or order, determines that the above circumstances exist to warrant such certification, or within the 60-day period receives a request for certification made by a majority of the appellants and a majority of appellees, then the certification must be made by the bankruptcy court, district court, or bankruptcy appellate panel.

There isn't suppose to be a garage sale including Public Employee Pensions. Those monies were promised to the retirees. There is currently a federal precedent regarding Pensions mandating huge amounts to be held in deposit. The US Post Office (which is a private institution provided for by the US Constitution - basically quasi-government) has to bank role 75 years of pension. I am wondering if that legislative precedent comes to bear on Detroit as well.

Purpose of Municipal Bankruptcy (click here)
The purpose of chapter 9 is to provide a financially-distressed municipality protection from its creditors while it develops and negotiates a plan for adjusting its debts. Reorganization of the debts of a municipality is typically accomplished either by extending debt maturities, reducing the amount of principal or interest, or refinancing the debt by obtaining a new loan....

Louisiana AGAIN !

There are shipping lanes shut down and all kinds of economic IMPACTS, again. When are the people of Louisiana going to put responsible people in their state government that will be sure there are GOOD economics. Louisiana is a poor state and there are reasons. Rather than a viable and stable economy that actually take hard working people, raise them out of poverty and at least insure their place to the Middle Class, the Louisiana people survive on EMERGENCY bailouts, lawsuits and federal welfare monies from one day to the next?

Monica Lewinsky is a disappointment.

I don't think anyone really knows what her life is about. The other day there was a statement about her turning forty years old.

She was young when things took a irresponsible turn in her life and she hasn't been heard from or seen since.

She was a 19 year old intern in the Executive Branch of the USA. That is suppose to mean something. The media destroyed her and we can only lament to what her potential ever was.

When a woman has an affair she is labeled with every derogatory name in the dictionary. She is decided to be incompetent and undesirable. That is not at all the case with men. 

The point is this country invests a lot into our people. Some rise to the position of being part of our government. When that person is a woman she is a precious commodity. Women need women in office and serving our country in every aspect of it. The media destroyed her. She didn't get to the Executive Branch of this government because she was a dolt. She's a beautiful woman. Beautiful women have problems handling their beauty at times. Oh, well.

Huma Abedin is not the problem. She is not a weak and submissive woman.

The USA has a great deal of apologizing to Huma. Her family needed police protection because of the idiots behind this.

Weiner's In-Laws and the SECRET Muslim Brotherhood Connections REVEALED (click here)

Walid Shoebat and Ben Barrack

  

Was Mrs. Weiner (Huma Abedin), the Deputy Chief of Staff to Hillary Clinton unaware that her mother was reported as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood? Did western media miss what has been REVEALED in several Arab newspapers, which remained SECRET in American government circles?...

She has admirable character, deep abiding beliefs about herself and those that comprise her devotions. No one has the right to judge her. NO ONE.

I heard a comment that was completely irreverent to the USA brain trust. I don't see Huma as a woman in need of guidance to kick her man to the curb. That said, she is a very valuable woman to this democracy. Her Pakistan roots alone brings insight to this country we cannot afford to lose. 

Someone stated something like, "Both she and he are narcissistic and convinced they are irreplaceable to the the USA." Well. Yeah, they are. If valuing themselves in the reality of the USA's democracy is narcissistic, then I guess so.

To be completely honest. I find her critics PATHETIC. 

Hillary’s Secret Weapon; Huma Abedin oversees every minute of Senator Clinton’s day.
Byline: Rebecca Johnson  (click here)

It’s the morning after the second set of Democratic debates. Huma Abedin has had three hours of sleep and four cups of coffee, but her black Prada suit is wrinkle-free, her skin is flawless, and her long, luxurious hair is blow-dried into the kind of bouncy waves you see mostly in shampoo commercials. Her mind, however, is on her boss. As Hillary Clinton basks in the adoration of 500 of New York’s most powerful women, all of whom paid $250 a head for breakfast, Abedin watches proudly from the back of the room. “We’re on such a high from last night,” she says. “I was so nervous I got teary. It was like watching your kid go off to kindergarten, but I thought she did great.” 

Today, however, is a new day with a new set of problems waiting to be solved. At the moment, it’s the generic ballroom in a Hilton hotel, which looks too much like, well, a generic ballroom in a Hilton hotel. Where are the Hillary banners? Or the floor with the campaign logo that looks so good in photographs? “It’s just,” Huma explains, clicking away on one of the two BlackBerrys that constitute her traveling office, “you want everything to be perfect."...

Look, let the woman from Delaware, "I am not a witch," be a lesson. People can make financial progress when running for elections.

The Republican Party does not exist anymore. They haven't sincerely existed for some time. The Republicans are being replaced little bit by little bit, even those that survive the primaries never really govern again. They are populous party. They run on nothing but steam and the money that will back desperate people.

They pander to the electorate in whatever crazy idea they have about their country and they'll pander to whatever money interests will pay the price. Harry, the states. They are out of control. They pass legislation that is grossly incompetent for the sake of populism. Abortion, guns, budget slashing of essential services. It is crazy because people with money want to play with power. 

Look what went on with Gay Rights. Does the Gay Community actually have security? No. They are able to marry and have rights, but, by a shoe string. That is not governing. Now, the Right Wing will go back to their donors and state 'if there are enough of us in there' we can change the country into a theocracy.

We have a problem, Harry. At least Christie is 'sane enough.' I mean Christie stands up to 'the crazies' and 'FOX.' Thank god for that much.  But, the others? The ones that believe 'if they hang in their enough' and 'throw the dog a bone' in the way of social issues will actually do great things for the country. They are confused and live in denial. 

They live in denial of their own realities. They are puppets. That is what Populous parties are, they are puppets to their constituents. 

Look, what occurred in 2008 was a very dangerous thing. It scared people. People that loved this country and believed in it. It changed the way people view their government. What occurred in 2008 began in ten years before. Ask Senator Warren.

You know, I think Senator Cruz has great potential as does Senator Paul, but, they have to lead, Harry. They have to lead their people and not be played with. Until that happens and we have stability in the government of this country we are in for a hell of a ride.

41d. The Growth of Populism (click here)

Organization was inevitable. (click here) Like the oppressed laboring classes of the East, it was only a matter of time before Western farmers would attempt to use their numbers to effect positive change.

Farmers Organize

In 1867, the first such national organization was formed. Led by Oliver Kelley, the Patrons of Husbandry, also known as the Grange, organized to address the social isolation of farm life. Like other secret societies, such as the Masons, Grangers had local chapters with secret passwords and rituals.
The local Grange sponsored dances and gatherings to attack the doldrums of daily life. It was only natural that politics and economics were discussed in these settings, and the Grangers soon realized that their individual problems were common.

Identifying the railroads as the chief villains, Grangers lobbied state legislatures for regulation of the industry. By 1874, several states passed the Granger Laws, establishing maximum shipping rates. Grangers also pooled their resources to buy grain elevators of their own so that members could enjoy a break on grain storage.

Morgan dollar (1878-1891)

Farmers' Alliances went one step further. Beginning in 1889, Northern and Southern Farmers' Alliances championed the same issues as the Grangers, but also entered the political arena. Members of these alliances won seats in state legislatures across the Great Plains to strengthen the agrarian voice in politics.

Creating Inflation

What did all the farmers seem to have in common? The answer was simple: debt. Looking for solutions to this condition, farmers began to attack the nation's monetary system. As of 1873, Congress declared that all federal money must be backed by gold. This limited the nation's money supply and benefited the wealthy....

Harry. They are a populous House. They will act to defend their populous votes.

The NSA vote is a populous issue with Libertarians. Lately, the Senator from Texas. What's his name? ??? Oh, yeah, Cruz has been grandstanding with Senator Paul. LIBERTY, Harry. 

So, when the House is ACCUSED, then they react. But, they won't react in a direction of productive governing, they will react to defend their populous agenda.   

Sure it is scarey, but, it is real. 

Hell, they'll go to war and destroy the entire democracy if they can talk the country into it. BUSH and CHENEY. Populists!!!!!!!!

July 23, 2013
By Spencer Akerman 

Congressional opposition to the NSA's bulk surveillance(click here) on Americans swelled on Tuesday as the US House prepared to vote on restricting the collection of US phone records and a leading Senate critic blasted a "culture of misinformation" around government surveillance.

Republican congressman Justin Amash prevailed in securing a vote for his amendment to a crucial funding bill for the Department of Defense that "ends authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act." The vote could take place as early as Wednesday evening.

"The people have spoken through their representatives," Amash told the Guardian on Tuesday. "This is an opportunity to vote on something that will substantially limit the ability of the NSA to collect their phone records without suspicion." 

It will be the first such vote held by Congress on restricting NSA surveillance after the revelations from ex-contractor Edward Snowden, published in the Guardian and the Washington Post, that detailed a fuller picture of the surveillance authorities than officials had publicly disclosed – something blasted in a fiery Tuesday speech by Senator Ron Wyden, a prominent Democratic critic of the surveillance programs....