Both Mr. Trump and Secretary Clinton gave good speeches today.

Both covered topics their constituents value. I thought I heard cheering and applause.

When is the media going to get it right?

Their measure of speeches lacks connection to the a real appreciation of the audience/electorate. 

Everyone knows women are compromised at FOX.

The necklines, the boobs crammed into the smallest space possible, the tight skirt, the ridiculously high heels (never flats) and the forever crossed legs at the level of "Basic Instinct" on the curvy couch. This is just a natural progression, isn't that right, Mr. O'Reilly.

The Blond Bombshells at FOX really do try to pinch an aspirin between their thighs to protect their dignity.

July 6, 2016
By David Bauder

New York (AP) — Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson (click here) sued network chief executive Roger Ailes on Wednesday, claiming she was fired after she refused his sexual advances.

Fox News representatives did not immediately return requests for comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in Superior Court in New Jersey's Bergen County.

Carlson, the former host of a daytime show at Fox, alleged Ailes had retaliated against her because of complaints she had made about discrimination and harassment. The 11-year Fox employee was anchoring a 2 p.m. show when she said she was fired on June 23 at the end of her contract....

The Freedom Festival turned into Bleed Fest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

This is a prime example of "Be careful of what you ask for." In that is expressly failed government.

The people attending a public gathering with their guns obviously are not as familiar with safe operation of their side arm. Government isn't suppose to make it easy to be stupid in cases of life and death.

July 6, 2016
By Corey Jones

The second victim (click here) of suspected celebratory gunfire during FreedomFest thought he had been smacked in the face with a baseball bat as he walked back to his car after enjoying the annual Fourth of July fireworks display.

The force of the impact made Branon Vaughan stumble left, then to the right, finally dropping to a knee with his arms on a wall to brace himself. The 35-year-old wondered if he had walked into a street sign. Seeing none in the area, he reasoned it might have been a beer can thrown at him.

Another person handed him a towel to stanch the bleeding....

Wall Street is not a welcome value with impoverished communities.

There is a pattern that needs to be researched regarding the deaths of Black men.

If I may?

There is a huge cultural gap between the Black community and it's police AND it's policing.

The anniversary of the WRONGFUL death of Eric Garner occurs on July 17th. He was smothered to death by something like six officers. Some of the officers were from the federal agency ATF. Evidently, the AFT doesn't bother chansing down contraband into the USA, it find it more convenient to attack unarmed Black Americans.

Mr. Garner was an incredible American. He raised two children in a marriage he valued. In his impoverishment linked with his desire to educate his children out of poverty he took up the much maligned practice of "Selling Lucys." Did I get that right, "Lucys?" Single cigarettes. He was charging $1.00 per cigarette which included the tax he paid for the pack he was selling from.

This is a practice conducted all over the country, including out of some convenience stores in impoverished neighborhoods.

Mr. Garner was not selling Lucys for the purpose of obtaining drugs that might kill him by Fentanyl anyway. Dying at the hand of ruthless, dog hating drug cartels was not his ambition. Mr. Garner was selling Lucys to support his family and bring about college educations for his two children.

Mr. Sterling was selling CDs from the street. He was respected by the people of the community. His wife is devastated at his death and his magnificent son is now fatherless and will experience the fact he is the oldest man in the family. The community will attempt to fill in the gap left by the death of a man gunned down unnecessarily. The Black Community in the USA is amazing. They do not accept the decisions of government as law when such incidents occur. They fight very hard to end such deaths in their community.

But, both Mr. Sterling and Mr. Garner were gunned down without valuing human life when the person exhibits black or brown skin. The viciousness of police are not welcome in these communities and that should be respected.

While law enforcement is necessary in any life of Americans, the Black Community throughout the USA exhibits what can be called 'illegal behavior' in their DAILY lives. 

Mr. Garner was known as a reliable source of Lucys and an upstanding person in his community. He was dearly loved by his wife and children. The ambitions within his life were admirable and necessary. He was innocent of causing real problems for the function of business in the USA.

I simply don't know enough facts about Mr. Sterling to comment about his values and life, but, there is every indication from his wife and son, he was extremely valuable to them and it is correct the community is upset and demanding justice.

There is however a further justice beyond the gunning down of these two men.

The next hurdle for the Black Community in the USA is to identify what DEPRIVATION OF ECONOMY and WEALTH has resulted in various activities to fulfill the hopes and dreams of the people caught in impoverishment. 

Neither Mr. Sterling or Mr. Garner was a threat to the people. They were engaged in commerce that supported their lives and ambitions. To put this into perspective, I present an entry on the net about Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.:

...Cecil replies:

Cecil doesn't ordinarily (click here) go in for this People magazine stuff, but Lord knows I like dishing the dirt as much as the next guy, and Joe Kennedy is a target the size of all outdoors.

J.P. was what we call an operator. He made his money by (1) pulling various hustles before it had occurred to anyone to make them illegal, and (2) possibly pulling other hustles that were definitely illegal but generally winked at. His stock-market shenanigans were an example of the former, his Prohibition liquor business (never proven, by the way) an example of the latter. That said, let's not get ridiculous. He didn't sell opium to the Chinese; the British did. Nineteenth century. Very famous. Trust me....

The Communities of these neighborhoods knows what goes on. They should be tapped for information as to THEIR PROBLEMS. That is not to say there can't be intelligence gathered to combat drugs and illegal guns, etc. Lord knows Chicago does not need anymore illegal guns coming from other states. But, these deaths of very important men in their community has to end. 

Every gunning of an innocent Black person needs extreme scrutiny to their lives, their values, the community's value of them and their ambitions and how they were achieving those ambitions. These are good people. Their lives should be uninterrupted.

The ATF could ask to the source of the CDs without harassment. The ATF ends their investigation of a person like Mr. Garner at IMPORTANT questioning. The life of Mr. Garner continues without interruption. Mr. Garner was the lucky person in the neighborhood that could actually go into a store and purchase at least a pack of cigarettes to sell them individually. His service to the community was valued.

The enforcement of Wall Street laws do not belong in these communities. As a matter of fact, Mr. Garner increased the income to the tobacco industry.

If I recall correctly, Michael Brown grabbed two boxes Cigarellos when exiting the convenience store. Status probably, but, Cigarellos may be less expensive than a pack of cigarettes. 

These dead Black Americans are mostly known to the community. Such issues as petty theft should not result in a police brigade to the scene. You mean to tell me the city was so quiet there was no other serious crimes being committed? In the case of Ferguson we know the corruption that resulted in the death of Michael Brown was systemic and the people were suffering under fiscal oppression. 

I could go on and on, but, the common denominator in all these cases is called ABUSE OF POWER.

This abuse of power does not limit itself to the Black Community either, we witnessed a homeless man gunned down by a SWAT team, including a dog, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

These are atrocities of 'power' and result because legislation is used to exert social values. Power of any kind is responsible when it actually makes a difference. There is no defense for a city, a state or a nation to use power when it attacks innocent Americans LEFT IN A DEAD END in their lives.

See that is what happened with James Boyd, Eric Garner and Alton Sterling, they dead ended in opportunity to even stay alive in the case of James Boyd. They were FORCED to seek an opportunity outside the law. That is a legitimate defense of Americans. In the case of Eric Garner he was providing a valued service to the community.

The USA has all sorts of people living within it's capitalism economy. The impoverished are vulnerable to law breaking to make it through the day and in the case of Ferguson were exploited, even extorted for the purpose of supporting the very law enforcement that killed Michael Brown.

The Black Community in the USA has to conduct very important research to bring better community outcomes. 

The SPENDING of government has to demand focus on real problems such as importation of drug cartels and poppy culture products to the USA. The ATF should not be allowed to harass people such as Eric Garner. See, the answer to the question, "Where did you get those Lucys you are selling?," would be a store and not contraband imported from sources outside the USA borders. Eric Garner paid the tobacco tax. That should end the ATF investigation. If this is all the ATF has to investigate the real question, "Do we actually need the ATF?" comes to mind.

This needs to end and it needs to end for real reasons impoverished Americans find themselves by no fault of their own. These dead Americans had every right to their life. The mentally challenged should not end up in a grave simply because they were homeless. Such realities is an abuse of power and abandonment of Americans that profoundly need government to be uplifting while guarding their lives.

It is still a slap on the wrist.

July 6, 2016

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius (click here) has been sentenced to six years in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius, 29, who was dressed in a dark suit, hugged members of his legal team, a witness said, before he sat down to hear his fate.

Steenkamp's mother and father, who said Pistorius had to pay for his crime, were also in the court.

Pistorius was freed from prison in the South African capital Pretoria last October after serving one year of a five-year term for culpable homicide - the equivalent of manslaughter.

There is no reason to keep American troops in Afghanistan.

The USA has overstayed it's welcome. I would think bombing a hospital is enough for any President to bring his soldiers back to USA soil.

The above statement by me was made before the announcement by the President. He once again bows to the military and allows more American troops to remain in Afghanistan. 

My opinion remains the same. The USA is unneeded in Afghanistan.

These announcements by President Obama are made as if there was a vacuum of power in the region. The Afghan region is one of the most heavily militarized regions in the world, save the Pacific Ocean.

I think my point of view is supported and self explanatory. The USA military gets that 'warm and fuzzy' feeling of knowing what every country in the region is doing.

Troops out now!

That warm, fuzzy military feeling is in anticipation of action and potential war. There is no productive reason for it and it inhibits peace!

Peace is a legitimate goal and it is time it is viewed as such.

The USA military did nothing to end the poppy economy in Afghanistan. How is it that fifteen years, nearly two decades, a generation of Afghan people, is considered an important milestone for the USA military to continue?

The United Nations Security Council needs to view the USA military for what it is, an autonomous influence in global instability. I remind there are now two major illegal and immoral wars that have been conducted by this lonely superpower; one in Vietnam and one in Iraq. Both have left the region in shambles and increased instability in a global profile.

Which country in the Pacific is sited by North Korea as it's reason to continue to escalate it's nuclear profile? A simple speech by a Neocon President caused North Korea to remove it's seals on what was a viable non-proliferation agreement. It is time the USA military is viewed as a danger to global stability and not an enhancement. The simple change of President has brought about hubris filled political wars.

There is no ethical reason for the US House to conduct yet another investigation of Secretary Clinton.

The FBI did an extensive investigation and has reported honestly in their findings. 

There is now a record to bring legislation forward IF IT IS NECESSARY. The operation of government is never perfect. My opinion is that further legislation is not necessary. There are numerable rules and CONDITIONS put in place after Secretary Clinton served in office.

The US House Speaker needs to be indicted in conducting public hearings for political purposes. The emails in question are classified. There is no reason for a public hearing. If there are questions about the EVIDENCE prepared by the FBI, it should be conducted in a closed session.

The US House keeps sending money unnecessarily and that is the words of their own Chairman Gouti.

Enough of the politicking at the country's expense.

Where is Jindal, useless as ever?

While the country was gossiping about a tweet, it was still experiencing violence against it's Black people.

July 6, 2016
By Maya Lau and Bryn Stole

Alton Sterling, (click here) a 37-year old man who sold CDs, was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge police officer Tuesday morning outside a convenience store on North Foster Drive after “some type of altercation” with two officers, officials said.
Baton Rouge police did not provide much information about what escalated the incident between the officers and Sterling or what prompted an officer to fire his weapon. A witness, however, described police as “aggressive” and said Sterling was armed but was not holding his gun or touching his pockets during the incident. Police later retrieved a gun from the man’s pocket, said the witness, shop owner Abdullah Muflahi.
Around 12:35 a.m., Baton Rouge police responded to the Triple S Food Mart at 2112 N. Foster Drive after an anonymous caller indicated that a man in a red shirt who was selling CDs outside the store pointed a gun at someone, telling them to leave the property, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely said.
East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark said the initial results of an autopsy performed Tuesday show Sterling died due to a homicide and suffered multiple — meaning more than two — gunshot wounds to the chest and back....

In Alabama the community is stating Mr. Moore was unarmed and murdered. They remain resolute and oppose an investigation from police internal aairs. The community wants an independent investigation.

June 23, 2016
By Lawrence Specker

Michael Moore has been laid to rest. (click here) For some – including a roster of civic leaders and elected officials -- questions about the circumstances of his death have not.
Several investigations are under way, and there have been indications that it might be months for results are announced. Here's what we know now....
...The gun: Though Hurst reported that the confrontation escalated when he saw a handgun at Moore's hip, it was not recovered at the scene. Instead, according to police, it stayed in Moore's waistband as he was handled at the scene and transported to the hospital. Investigators recovered it there. Police Chief James Barber has described this as a breakdown in proper crime-scene procedure; among Moore's supporters, it led to widespread suspicions that the .40 caliber Smith & Wesson was planted. One of the men in the car with Moore has since given an interview in which he said Moore possessed the gun at the time of the incident – though he questions whether Moore reached for it.
The cameras: Because Hurst was on his way to roll call, he was not yet wearing his body camera, and this has been a point of contention with many. Mobile City Councilman C.J. Small has said that he and Councilman Fred Richardson pushed hard for Mobile police to be equipped with cameras and felt there had been some foot-dragging on the subject...

These cases always end up the same way, the families are paid off no different than in the war zones of the USA. The federal government always steps in to carry out an investigation. The local authorities are not trusted by the communities for the same reason that comes out when there is a death of an unarmed Black citizen, manipulation of the truth.

There are many, many Americans that carry guns on their person with or without a concealed carry permit. There are state now that do not require permits. It is always someone from the Black community that is dead. It is an issue and denial is not at all appropriate. The Black community is correct in continuing their protests and demands for "The Right to Live." They are correct because this doesn't end. It continues and Black men are continuing to fall in what should be a simple act of law enforcement.

Director Comey, "...were sent overseas..."

There is a basic understanding about the ability of the White House computers and interface with other countries.

The American people had first hand experience with the new website for applications for insurance. We all know what happened after the federal health care website collapsed. We also know the State Department has high communication costs because of wire services. 

The e-mail CHAINS were to and from outside the USA borders. It is impossible to litigate it. The 'chains' were important to the function of the State Department and they were on a private server known to a former President.

Get of it.

I would think it obvious by now, the Michigan State Attorney's office is not working for the victims of Flint.

When average employees powerless to direct their own jobs are indicted for incompetence, it should be blatantly obvious it is a cover up for those in power that should be on trial.

Like I said. The Michigan State Attorney General should forget the investigation, spend the monies on rehabilitating Flint's pipes and indict the only person responsible, Governor Rick Snyder.

July 3, 2016
By Chad Halcom

Attorneys in the Flint water crisis (click here) say Attorney General Bill Schuette's recent lawsuit in Genesee County Circuit Court makes him a powerful ally against the engineering and environmental companies that worked for the city — for now.

If and when the various lawsuits against Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. and Veolia North America Inc. reach settlement talks, however, the state and the city residents' interests may be less aligned.

More than 315 cases are pending in various state and federal courts, including the Schuette case filed in Genesee County last week. Many are still awaiting rulings on proper jurisdiction, but in general the LAN and Veolia suits are expected to coalesce over time in Genesee Circuit. Lawsuits targeting the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Gov. Rick Snyder, various state-appointed emergency managers for Flint or other state employees began landing in June at the Michigan Court of Claims, which hears cases against state agencies....

An apology to his daughter for the world she is inheriting.

My dearest daughter, (click here)

When I see your smiling, exuberant face each morning, it seems like my worldly worries evaporate, at least for the hour or so before I drop you off at your little country school. You prattle on about Water Sparkles and other imaginary creatures and worlds, while I drink my tea and watch you eat your mother's sourdough toast and the eggs you collected from your hens the day before.

Despite the rush of the weekday morning's preparations, your exuberance and boundless anticipation of what the day will bring gives me a peace of mind I am usually unable to replicate for the rest of my day. I will forever treasure these times.

You are 9 now, and quite old enough to comprehend that the world you so enthusiastically desire to experience and understand is changing fast, and mostly in ways that will make your future much more challenging than mine was at your age. I remember broaching the subject of climate disruption with you when you were but 5 years old; it was almost a casual comment that I do not think I prepared you for adequately....

...Through my work though, I hope to convince enough people of enough political clout that our future is not predestined to descend into the hellish depths of resource warfare. Change for the worse is inevitable, but we have technologies, social capacities, finances, and even historical precedents to be able to avert the worst of it.

If I can claim on my deathbed that I tried my best to diminish the hardships that you will one day endure, I will have justified my actions as a scientist, and most importantly, as a parent.

I hope you can forgive our generation and be clever enough to avoid the mistakes we have already made and the ones we are still unfortunately perpetuating.

My love for you and my need to protect you helps me get out of bed each morning and face the overwhelming challenges of my profession.

Thank you for being my inspiration.

Papa.

It sounds as though female Hollywood stars have grounds to file lawsuits as well.

Their images are now attached to a prostitution ring. Oh, sorry, an escort service.

July 5, 2016
By Neil Connor

A Chinese businessman (click here) is suing an Australian escort agency to which he paid millions of dollars believing he was going to get to spend the night with Hollywood stars including Megan Fox, it has been claimed.

The man paid A$3.7 million ($3.8 million) for supposed encounters with Fox, star of the Transformers movie franchise, along with Victoria's Secret model Candice Swanepoel and Chinese model and actress Yang Ying, according to court documents cited by Australia's the Sunday Telegraph.

Named as Yu Xu by the newspaper, the businessman believed he had arranged for the women to meet him in China.

He has now launched a legal action against the parent company of the Sydney-based agency Royal Court Escorts, the report stated....

A murder in Fiji remains unsolved. It is gruesome.

July 5, 2016

By Tess Nichol

...Although he and his wife (click here) chose not to open the bundle, police later confirmed it contained a human head, but did not say who the victim was.

"It's a funny little feeling in your tummy. Like, that was somebody's life a few days ago," Mr Bickley said.

"It's also a funny feeling about how the people who had put that package together had been so inhuman.

"[They had] been able to cut it up and spend considerable time putting it into this parcel, which was very neatly and securely fastened so it actually survived all the tides that brought it ashore again."

Fiji police this week said DNA tests showed the body parts belonged to Russian couple Yuri and Natalia Shipulin, who went missing on June 16.

Police believe the Russians, who had reportedly been in Fiji since 2011, were murdered and dismembered.

This sounds remarkably like security problems for the London Olympics.

Is the USA going to be stuck picking up the cost again? If a country doesn't have a strong security infrastructure, why is that country chosen? Any country will do and the Olympic Committee simply understands when it becomes obvious the country is in over it's head, the USA will come to the rescue? This is the second time.

July 5, 2016
By Sebastian Smith and Madeleine Prade

It wasn't the welcome (click here) those arriving at Rio de Janeiro's main airport would have hoped for - police holding up banners that read "Welcome to Hell".

The demonstration today - a month before the Olympics open- was the latest by Brazilian police protesting over unpaid salaries and a string of recent police deaths.

More than 100 emergency services workers, including firefighters, took part in the protest in the arrival hall at Galeao International Airport, which will be a key entry point for the expected half-million tourists to the Games starting on August 5.

Officers held up a banner reading: "Welcome to hell. Police and firefighters don't get paid, whoever comes to Rio de Janeiro will not be safe."

Mannequins dressed in uniform were laid out on the floor to represent the more than 50 officers killed in Rio de Janeiro so far this year. A female officer with fake blood smeared on her face and hands clutched a mannequin dressed in a T-shirt reading "SOS policia"....

Syria's instability has to do with the Shia Crescent and the impacts of the Arab Spring.

End of discussion.

If Mars is any indication this is the chosen neighborhood for human beings on their way out of the Milky Way.

It is amazing how men design plans to abandon Earth when it gets to hot. Do you know I and my female peers have been saying that for at least two decades?

We have always stated when it comes to HEALING Earth from the abuses of Wall Street men's first choice is to abandon it. It is true. Here we are with an Earth of unheeded warnings and men are looking to Mars as their first "Star Trek" choice.

President Obama was the first president to INVEST in Earth in our history. He is not an old white man. He is a father with two daughters. That is significant. When there is a 'child' connection to a person's life the instinct is to always 'fix it' in preservation of their future. All the presidents before President Obama were mostly old white men. The exception was Bill Clinton. To his credit former President Carter placed solar panels on the roof of the White House. I guess that is more a statement about old Republican White men. Look what Cheney did to Canada and the "Halliburton Loophole."

I suppose the correct statement is "Republicans are untrustworthy." War. Abuses of Earth. Exploitation of impoverished populations for profit. Lack of any kind of economic understanding. Oppression of people to force a poor and waning middle class. I would think the Republicans would get the message by now that they have it all "W"rong. 

July 5, 2016
By Kenneth Chang

Ducking through intense belts of violent radiation (click here) as it skimmed over the clouds of Jupiter at 130,000 miles per hour, NASA’s Juno spacecraft finally clinched its spot on Monday in the orbit of the solar system’s largest planet.
It took five years for Juno to travel this far on its $1.1 billion mission, and the moment was one that NASA scientists and space enthusiasts had eagerly — and anxiously — anticipated.
At 11:53 p.m., Eastern time, a signal from the spacecraft announced the end of a 35-minute engine burn that left it in the grip of its desired orbit around Jupiter. Cheers and clapping erupted at the mission operations center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif., which is managing Juno.
“This is the hardest thing NASA has ever done,” Scott Bolton, Juno’s principal investigator, told the mission team a few minutes later. “That’s my claim.”...

I didn't talk all weekend about a tweet. I think that has unspoken status.

The anti-Hillary ad with the anti semitic star and then replacing such an ad is TYPICAL Republican dog whistle.

Kindly move on from there.

continued...

"Morning Papers"

The Rooster

"Okeydoke"

This bird looks a little roughed up. Animals do fight for dominance. Will men ever get over their animal instincts and end their impulsion to violence?

According to Merriam-Webster, a patriot is a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country.

I am a patriot. I do not recognize another country as my homeland. I do not condone violence and power brokering by the USA defined in killing.

I am a patriot and I want peace!

CNN is warmongering. Is that what the media considers patriot anymore? That is propaganda and not reality.

Places like Bangladesh are caught completely off guard from people that like to kill to deliver a message.

It was amazing to see Bangladesh rise to take over the hostage circumstances. They surprised me. I never thought there would be this type of issue in that country. 

When I hear the country Bangladesh mentioned I first think of all the people forced to live in boats on the water because there isn't enough infrastructure to provide a home on land. Do I think about such violence? No.

The violence in Iraq is due to hatred. There exists profound hatred in the Middle East. it is long standing hatred based in religious differences. No one in the West should be pointing a finger at this region of the world and say "Shame, Shame." There has been hatred in The West for centuries due to religious differences. I am not going to chronicle it here, but, the most profound can be realized in Northern Ireland.

There is nothing valiant about killing to deliver a message. It is the coward's way of showing strength as if they should be most favored as a leader.

There has been violence around the world for as long as organized groups of people existed, including the USA west's history, including the Native American "Trail of Tears." The reason the white man conquered "The West" is because they nearly genocide the populations of American Indian. In actuality, there was genocide. The Native American never gave up and the reality of that today are the reservations within the borders of the USA belonging to them. They fought and fought and won land.

The Middle East has issues due to the religious regions called "The Shia Crescent" within the region. The reason "The Crescent" exists is because of religious differences. There is no animosity on a societal level toward those differences. Those that would hate are in the minority of citizens, but, that is the case in the USA as well. "Hate" is the issue. The religious differences is the excuse for violence. "GOD" is a very powerful driver of hate. supposedly those killing to deliver a message are doing so in the name of God/Allah. If God wanted to deliver a message he would not need violence between men.

Today, media states the violence is due to Daesh. Not. Daesh is the propaganda organization of international criminals. There is no cohesive effort by Daesh to carry out violence. The minority of hate related persons find solace in having an agreeable identity to an organization more powerful than themselves. 

Delivering a message needs attention to be effective. Killing certainly does get the attention of the world. It is important the governments remain resolved to end the violence.

If there is one country that participates in violence, it is Iran. Iran is giving other countries a reason to actually view it unfavorably. That is not going to cure the Iranian people's problems; it will make it worse.

Iran just moved out sanctions due to it's nuclear proliferation. The country must like being hated because it is now giving the world reason to apply sanctions all over again and it has nothing to do with nuclear proliferation. Iran armed the Houthi rebels. But, the USA has no room to complain, it armed Syrian rebels.

There is a reason there is a United Nations' Small Arms Treaty. When the DIM of the world, including the USA, figure out why the treaty exists there might actually be an end to violence. When the violence ends people will be looking at each other for the first time to wrestle with their differences rather than killing it.

"Good Night, Moon"

The new moon

29.2 day old moon

0.2 percent lit

The skies will be dark for fireworks.

July 3, 2016
By Chris Pagan

Sunday: (click here) Tomorrow is Independence Day and we start the day with the new moon. Without the moon in the sky, it will be easier to enjoy the fireworks. Also tomorrow Earth reaches aphelion in its orbit around the sun. Now before you read on, does this mean we are at our closest or farthest from the sun? Well, for the northern hemisphere, summer occurs when Earth is farthest from the sun. Seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth’s axis and not our distance from the sun. Tomorrow, Earth is more than 94.5 million miles from the sun.....