No one finds Donald Trump racist?
No one finds the profound disrespect Donald Trump exhibits to President Obama racist?
I do.
I also believer there is a strong probability of a nuclear release. The first strike will come from Russia while Donald Trump is lulled asleep by Russia's promises of riches. A President Clinton would not be asleep at the switch.
There are too many underlying tensions with Russia and China.
Moscow is playing both sides of the street.
December 27, 2016
While Moscow supported the resolution, (click here) Russia’s Deputy Ambassador to Israel Alexander Dubrovin told Army Radio on Tuesday morning that his country tried to delay the vote but was opposed by the rest of the Security Council members....
I think Russia is confusing the global community for a reason. The Russian Deputy Ambassador is stating he tried to delay the vote to please Donald Trump. Russia supported the resolution, period. Playing games with the President Elect is the continued gaming Russia began with it's covert cyber connections with the Trump Organization when it was outlawed by sanctions.
Donald Trump wants to sooth over the idea he was a businessman when he was elected so any interest he and his family has in that business was understood when elected. Not. I haven't heard anyone I know say it is going to be interesting to watch the new President balance his responsibilities in the Oval Office with his business interests.
So, with Russia doing the bidding of Donald Trump at the United Nations' Security Council as a gesture of friendship, Russia's interference with the USA election to favor the outcome that occurred and it's aggression into Ukraine that escalated during the election process; one has to conclude there is a far greater premeditated agenda with Russia and it's hope to coddle the ego of Donald Trump.
Sorry, it just seems to scream traitor to me. I can't withhold a view about the power structure of the Oval Office.
Try this on for size; Russia promised there would be no nuclear war if Donald Trump was elected, but, would occur if Hillary Clinton was elected. Russia should be running to the Oval Office to present non-proliferation to die for. Is that occurring? No. It isn't.
And by the way, if there was a real initiative for increased non-proliferation there would be far less tensions with Ukraine and a reason to return to peace between the two countries.
Putin's justification for nuclear proliferation in fear of Ukraine, was to start an arms race with the USA to force every other nation in the world to surrender their nuclear capacity in recognition of their foolishness. Where has that ever worked?
One more time: I think Russia is confusing the global community for a reason.
I demand a return to Minsk II and a strong non-proliferation movement beginning with Russia.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
I think this is emblematic of the dual identity of Donald Trump.
I am going to refer to the 'walk through' about the first week of December, the President Elect corrected statements to the media made by his spokesman. It clearly illustrated to me there are two Trumps, the "media Trump" and the "Real Trump."
That paradigm is very dangerous. It allows people within Trump's inner circle to treat his image as a puppet. There are other people making statements about his view points not based in fact. It proved the only person that can be counted on to deliver the President-Elect's message is himself.
He has a very inflammatory inner circle of people running a forever campaign. This 'media front' can provide messaging to others, including his nominees only to be corrected when the President Elect speaks directly to the media. This structure will become untenable simply because the President Elect will be unable to comment as soon as a misstatement is made.
In this paradigm the image of the USA will take on a very different and misdirected path. The DNC can have spokespersons to answer all the controversy not addressed by the President Elect. This paradigm, however, will become equally untenable and a run away train. The DNC risks their own policies if it is always chasing Trump's propaganda machine.
His inner circle is carrying out an agenda different from that of the President Elect. He thanked a journalist in that early December walk through where she corrected the statement made by his media front. The statements by his media front are fraud. An inner circle's agenda will overtake the real Donald Trump and it allows for lies that will befuddle what is occurring in Congress. It is a negative spiral that will allow corruption to flourish.
December 29, 2016
By Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin and Arlette Saenz
President-elect Donald Trump today touted the creation of 8,000 jobs (click here) in the U.S., but the two companies involved in those plans say the positions are part of a Japanese technology company’s previous pledge to create 50,000 jobs in the country.
Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida today, Trump announced telecommunications company Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs “back” to the U.S. while technology start-up OneWeb would create 3,000 jobs here.
“I was just called by the head people at Sprint and they are going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States,” Trump said. "Also OneWeb, a new company is going to be hiring 3,000 people so that is very exciting.”
“Because of me they’re doing 5,000 jobs in this country,” Trump later said of Sprint’s decision.
Sprint and OneWeb tell ABC News the jobs Trump referenced are part of Japanese technology company SoftBank’s previously announced commitment to create 50,000 jobs.
On December 6th, Trump met with SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son, who announced his company would invest $50 billion in the U.S. and create 50,000 jobs. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal at the time, Son said the investment would come from a $100 billion investment fund SoftBank established with a series of partners, including Saudi Arabia’s government-owned investment fund....
The statements of Donald Trump having protected and created USA jobs are misleading. They are definitely misleading. It is possible, however, he believes the statements he makes provided by a misleading inner circle that is looking for opportunities for the forever campaign propaganda.
It is completely possible for Donald Trump to make statements provided by his inner circle without realizing they are misleading statements. He may actually be a puppet in the propaganda he speaks.
So, while he points to protected and created jobs; it may be nothing more than misleading facts provided to him my his media front.
I point to the power within the speeches to the American people when President Obama would enlist the people to write to their federal legislators. He would ask the American people to break a standoff between the Executive Branch and Congress. President Obama would have support to achieve the outcome he asked for with Congress.
That power can be misdirected by the President Elect, either intended or unintended, as well. It is a problem. The USA can be blind to the truth by this paradigm. I think the DNC has to have a loud megaphone to provide the truth and a path forward established by the truth. The only clear path out of this mess is the truth and a strong DNC presence. The price to be paid is too high to accept passively all the lies and misleading statements by the Trump propagandists.
I have to point to the influence of White Supremacists within the Oval Office staff. There is also an increase in violence in the country. I don't believe in coincidence.
That paradigm is very dangerous. It allows people within Trump's inner circle to treat his image as a puppet. There are other people making statements about his view points not based in fact. It proved the only person that can be counted on to deliver the President-Elect's message is himself.
He has a very inflammatory inner circle of people running a forever campaign. This 'media front' can provide messaging to others, including his nominees only to be corrected when the President Elect speaks directly to the media. This structure will become untenable simply because the President Elect will be unable to comment as soon as a misstatement is made.
In this paradigm the image of the USA will take on a very different and misdirected path. The DNC can have spokespersons to answer all the controversy not addressed by the President Elect. This paradigm, however, will become equally untenable and a run away train. The DNC risks their own policies if it is always chasing Trump's propaganda machine.
His inner circle is carrying out an agenda different from that of the President Elect. He thanked a journalist in that early December walk through where she corrected the statement made by his media front. The statements by his media front are fraud. An inner circle's agenda will overtake the real Donald Trump and it allows for lies that will befuddle what is occurring in Congress. It is a negative spiral that will allow corruption to flourish.
December 29, 2016
By Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin and Arlette Saenz
President-elect Donald Trump today touted the creation of 8,000 jobs (click here) in the U.S., but the two companies involved in those plans say the positions are part of a Japanese technology company’s previous pledge to create 50,000 jobs in the country.
Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida today, Trump announced telecommunications company Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs “back” to the U.S. while technology start-up OneWeb would create 3,000 jobs here.
“I was just called by the head people at Sprint and they are going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States,” Trump said. "Also OneWeb, a new company is going to be hiring 3,000 people so that is very exciting.”
“Because of me they’re doing 5,000 jobs in this country,” Trump later said of Sprint’s decision.
Sprint and OneWeb tell ABC News the jobs Trump referenced are part of Japanese technology company SoftBank’s previously announced commitment to create 50,000 jobs.
On December 6th, Trump met with SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son, who announced his company would invest $50 billion in the U.S. and create 50,000 jobs. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal at the time, Son said the investment would come from a $100 billion investment fund SoftBank established with a series of partners, including Saudi Arabia’s government-owned investment fund....
The statements of Donald Trump having protected and created USA jobs are misleading. They are definitely misleading. It is possible, however, he believes the statements he makes provided by a misleading inner circle that is looking for opportunities for the forever campaign propaganda.
It is completely possible for Donald Trump to make statements provided by his inner circle without realizing they are misleading statements. He may actually be a puppet in the propaganda he speaks.
So, while he points to protected and created jobs; it may be nothing more than misleading facts provided to him my his media front.
I point to the power within the speeches to the American people when President Obama would enlist the people to write to their federal legislators. He would ask the American people to break a standoff between the Executive Branch and Congress. President Obama would have support to achieve the outcome he asked for with Congress.
That power can be misdirected by the President Elect, either intended or unintended, as well. It is a problem. The USA can be blind to the truth by this paradigm. I think the DNC has to have a loud megaphone to provide the truth and a path forward established by the truth. The only clear path out of this mess is the truth and a strong DNC presence. The price to be paid is too high to accept passively all the lies and misleading statements by the Trump propagandists.
I have to point to the influence of White Supremacists within the Oval Office staff. There is also an increase in violence in the country. I don't believe in coincidence.
The Obama Administration should protect the country across the board before their term is concluded.
I find it alarming to realize the President Elect dismisses the intelligence in the USA. This would directly effect elections in the USA and shows Donald Trump will do anything to win an election, including lies that delude the electorate and now accepting the help of a foreign power to win his presidency. That is not someone that loves this country, but, wants the power of the USA to use for his own purpose.
Donald Trump has changed his direction on nearly every campaign promise he made to his constituency. He is not a moral man. He cares not about this country and it's people. He is a Republican hack that represents more of the establishment than any other president before him. "W" still holds the record for lies in entering Iraq to carry out an agenda that was to benefit cronies. People died in Iraq, including our soldiers, that should be alive today. Saddam Hussein was never that much of a threat to the USA and could have been dealt with differently. So, we'll see if Trump tops "W"s record.
The way in which Donald Trump disregards USA intelligence is very troubling.
December 29, 2016
By Dustin Volz and Joel Schetman
The Obama administration plans (click here) to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday....
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency and Office of Director of National Intelligence agree that Russia was behind hacks into Democratic Party organizations and operatives ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. There is also agreement, according to U.S. officials, that Russia sought to intervene in the election to help Trump, a Republican, defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Russia has repeatedly denied hacking accusations. Trump has dismissed the assessments of the U.S. intelligence community....
Donald Trump has changed his direction on nearly every campaign promise he made to his constituency. He is not a moral man. He cares not about this country and it's people. He is a Republican hack that represents more of the establishment than any other president before him. "W" still holds the record for lies in entering Iraq to carry out an agenda that was to benefit cronies. People died in Iraq, including our soldiers, that should be alive today. Saddam Hussein was never that much of a threat to the USA and could have been dealt with differently. So, we'll see if Trump tops "W"s record.
The way in which Donald Trump disregards USA intelligence is very troubling.
December 29, 2016
By Dustin Volz and Joel Schetman
The Obama administration plans (click here) to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday....
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency and Office of Director of National Intelligence agree that Russia was behind hacks into Democratic Party organizations and operatives ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. There is also agreement, according to U.S. officials, that Russia sought to intervene in the election to help Trump, a Republican, defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Russia has repeatedly denied hacking accusations. Trump has dismissed the assessments of the U.S. intelligence community....
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
It is important Israel took the United Nations' vote seriously.
There can still be a Palestine. If Israel ends the militarization of settlements, there can be a Palestine.
Israel is currently using militarized settlements as a means of maintaining an advantage over the Palestinians. That is a strategy to end the plans for Palestine. These settlements are armed with Israeli soldiers to prevent any danger to the settlers. The settlements are deeply embedded in Palestine and stand alone without connection to the rest of Israel. That is not a legitimate Israeli settlement.
Palestine is diminished in the amount of land comprising that nation of people and the strategy by Israel has stranded Palestinians from other people. There is no defense of Palestinian isolation or Israeli settlements established to end any possible sovereignty of a Palestinian country.
I don't buy the ideology that says there can be no Palestinian country because of all the Israeli settlements scattered strategically throughout those lands. The Palestinians never consented to the settlements NOR were they able to defend their land. The Palestinians have far less militarization than Israel.
Israel wants to be secure and that is important, it is important to the USA, but, it can't be at the cost of an entire ethnicity in this world. The profound loss of Hebrews in this world was met with the development of a country to call their own. How, in good conscience, can the world simply turn from the need for a Palestinian homeland?
This resolution is a reflection on the future for both Israel and Palestine. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stated the UN is biased against Israel.
..."Decades of political manoeuvrings have created a disproportionate volume of resolutions, reports and conferences criticising Israel," Ban said. "In many cases, rather than helping the Palestinian cause, this reality has hampered the ability of the UN to fulfil its role effectively."...
The single reason there has been such maneuvering is due to the veto power of the USA. Whenever there was an attempt to end the settlements by Israel in Palestinian Occupied Territories, the USA vetoed any potential. Every strategy to obtain a Palestinian homeland was either vetoed by the USA or defeated by Israel. This can't continue. It would be best if all previous resolutions be set aside to allow this new resolution ending the settlements with the hope of a more harmonious future that allows the Palestinian people their own sovereignty takes hold.
The President Elect of the USA and the US Congress can come up with their own resolution, but, that would simply bring global disdain for such unilateral actions. The USA does not need to increase tensions in the region. The USA has to be a beacon of peace through diplomatic victories. This new resolution has the potential to bring a real peace for the future.
The current culture in Gaza is depraved. The culture in Gaza has guaranteed a piece of land, but, not a future for their children. Palestine has to carry out hope for the children that have inherited a fight and not a future. The problem with Gaza is the decades of hate and war with Israel. That has left any resources limited to nurture children of peace and abundant for children of war. Childhood is not valued in Gaza. That has been learned over decades.
The moral future of the region is to value their children enough to embrace childhood and the future of peace while rejecting further war. The settlements create far more hardship than just the lack of land for a Palestine, they end the future for the Palestinian children.
December 28, 2016
By Joshua Mitnick
An Israeli planning committee (click here) backed down on Wednesday from approving hundreds of permits for housing projects in east Jerusalem, hoping to avoid fanning controversy over settlement activity hours before a policy speech on Israeli-Palesitnian peace by Secretary of State John Kerry.
The Jerusalem municipal planning commission had been scheduled to vote on about 600 building permits in neighborhood settlements located in parts of the city that make up the proposed capital of a future independent Palestinian state. But amid a week long spat between the Obama administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning settlements, the permits were taken off the agenda.
Approval of the permits was postponed “at the request of the prime minister in order not to create an unnecessary conflict with the U.S. administration,’’ said Jerusalem council member Hanan Rubin, in an with Israel’s Channel 2 television.
“We aren’t interested in creating a storm out of nothing,’’ Rubin wrote on his Facebook page. “Building in Jerusalem isn’t something political.”...
Israel is currently using militarized settlements as a means of maintaining an advantage over the Palestinians. That is a strategy to end the plans for Palestine. These settlements are armed with Israeli soldiers to prevent any danger to the settlers. The settlements are deeply embedded in Palestine and stand alone without connection to the rest of Israel. That is not a legitimate Israeli settlement.
Palestine is diminished in the amount of land comprising that nation of people and the strategy by Israel has stranded Palestinians from other people. There is no defense of Palestinian isolation or Israeli settlements established to end any possible sovereignty of a Palestinian country.
I don't buy the ideology that says there can be no Palestinian country because of all the Israeli settlements scattered strategically throughout those lands. The Palestinians never consented to the settlements NOR were they able to defend their land. The Palestinians have far less militarization than Israel.
Israel wants to be secure and that is important, it is important to the USA, but, it can't be at the cost of an entire ethnicity in this world. The profound loss of Hebrews in this world was met with the development of a country to call their own. How, in good conscience, can the world simply turn from the need for a Palestinian homeland?
This resolution is a reflection on the future for both Israel and Palestine. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stated the UN is biased against Israel.
..."Decades of political manoeuvrings have created a disproportionate volume of resolutions, reports and conferences criticising Israel," Ban said. "In many cases, rather than helping the Palestinian cause, this reality has hampered the ability of the UN to fulfil its role effectively."...
The single reason there has been such maneuvering is due to the veto power of the USA. Whenever there was an attempt to end the settlements by Israel in Palestinian Occupied Territories, the USA vetoed any potential. Every strategy to obtain a Palestinian homeland was either vetoed by the USA or defeated by Israel. This can't continue. It would be best if all previous resolutions be set aside to allow this new resolution ending the settlements with the hope of a more harmonious future that allows the Palestinian people their own sovereignty takes hold.
The President Elect of the USA and the US Congress can come up with their own resolution, but, that would simply bring global disdain for such unilateral actions. The USA does not need to increase tensions in the region. The USA has to be a beacon of peace through diplomatic victories. This new resolution has the potential to bring a real peace for the future.
The current culture in Gaza is depraved. The culture in Gaza has guaranteed a piece of land, but, not a future for their children. Palestine has to carry out hope for the children that have inherited a fight and not a future. The problem with Gaza is the decades of hate and war with Israel. That has left any resources limited to nurture children of peace and abundant for children of war. Childhood is not valued in Gaza. That has been learned over decades.
The moral future of the region is to value their children enough to embrace childhood and the future of peace while rejecting further war. The settlements create far more hardship than just the lack of land for a Palestine, they end the future for the Palestinian children.
December 28, 2016
By Joshua Mitnick
An Israeli planning committee (click here) backed down on Wednesday from approving hundreds of permits for housing projects in east Jerusalem, hoping to avoid fanning controversy over settlement activity hours before a policy speech on Israeli-Palesitnian peace by Secretary of State John Kerry.
The Jerusalem municipal planning commission had been scheduled to vote on about 600 building permits in neighborhood settlements located in parts of the city that make up the proposed capital of a future independent Palestinian state. But amid a week long spat between the Obama administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning settlements, the permits were taken off the agenda.
Approval of the permits was postponed “at the request of the prime minister in order not to create an unnecessary conflict with the U.S. administration,’’ said Jerusalem council member Hanan Rubin, in an with Israel’s Channel 2 television.
“We aren’t interested in creating a storm out of nothing,’’ Rubin wrote on his Facebook page. “Building in Jerusalem isn’t something political.”...
If Congress wants to reduce the food stamp recipients raise the minimum wage.
Food Stamps (SNAP) and Medicaid is Wall Street Welfare. Raise the minimum wage and eliminate the need for Corporate Welfare.
DOW at nearly 20,000 with innumerable of million-billionaires with record USA deficit and debt with 20 percent of Americans on SNAP. I think that picture and why it exists is obvious.
March 11, 2016
By Tyler Durden
Record Dow Jones, (click here) record US debt ($16,701,846,937,879.74), and now, once more, record number of Americans on foodstamps. According to the USDA, an all time high of 47,791,966 Americans closed 2012 in possession of the highly desired Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, managed by who else but JPMorgan. And with a civilian non-institutional population of 244.4 million in December, this means that a record 19.56% of eligible Americans are on Foodstamps.
DOW at nearly 20,000 with innumerable of million-billionaires with record USA deficit and debt with 20 percent of Americans on SNAP. I think that picture and why it exists is obvious.
March 11, 2016
By Tyler Durden
Record Dow Jones, (click here) record US debt ($16,701,846,937,879.74), and now, once more, record number of Americans on foodstamps. According to the USDA, an all time high of 47,791,966 Americans closed 2012 in possession of the highly desired Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, managed by who else but JPMorgan. And with a civilian non-institutional population of 244.4 million in December, this means that a record 19.56% of eligible Americans are on Foodstamps.
In December an additional 109,924 Americans became reliant on foodstamps for their poverty-level needs, bringing the total to 47.8 million....
The billionaire families such as Trump, Koch and the Waltons aren't a part of the markets. They are private industries. So, it is slightly unfair to accuse all Wall Street counting on Corporate Welfare. The truth is there are disproportionate wealthy families receiving Corporate Welfare in SNAP and Medicaid.
Before a Republican Congress decides to reduce SNAP and/or Medicaid they need to look at their donors and those billionaires lining the new administration's cabinet and find out where improvements can be made in the minimum wage in the USA!
The best paying janitor jobs are in Alaska. (click here)
The billionaire families such as Trump, Koch and the Waltons aren't a part of the markets. They are private industries. So, it is slightly unfair to accuse all Wall Street counting on Corporate Welfare. The truth is there are disproportionate wealthy families receiving Corporate Welfare in SNAP and Medicaid.Before a Republican Congress decides to reduce SNAP and/or Medicaid they need to look at their donors and those billionaires lining the new administration's cabinet and find out where improvements can be made in the minimum wage in the USA!
The best paying janitor jobs are in Alaska. (click here)
Broken hearts are real.
By Mark Barnes
Debbie Reynolds, (click here) the vivacious actress, dancer and pop star who wowed ’em in the musicals Singin’ in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, died Wednesday, one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, passed away, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 84.
"She's with Carrie," said Reynolds' son, Todd.
Reynolds died Wednesday night after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. On Tuesday, her daughter, the Star Wars actress, author and screenwriter, died of complications from a heart attack she had suffered four days earlier while on a flight from London to Los Angeles....
It is as I thought.
The vote to preserve a Two State Solution was brought to the UN Security Council appropriately. The USA has not changed it's support for Israel, the fact the USA had voted in "abstained." It was not a vote against Israel it was to support a Two State Solution which is the only real path to peace.
The "Two State Solution" was being abandoned by the President-Elect through extremists nominated and/or appointed to the country of Israel. The "Two State Solution" is the only path to peace. Realizing the President Elect would carry out an extremist platform with Israel was dangerous and it would not be a surprise to find there are already great threats being conceived against Israel.
Secretary Kerry would never indict the President Elect for extremism regardless of his actions to date.
It is important Israel be at peace with the region as it is a vital to the safety of the Israeli people. The Israeli Prime Minister should be grateful to the USA and Secretary Kerry for their steadfast position acting only to protect the potential peace in a "Two State Solution."
This is not the only issue with the President Elect, he has recklessly alarmed China in regard to Taiwan. These extremist positions will not be tolerated in the world and he needs to get used to the idea the USA stands for peace and not war to an extremist end.
The "Two State Solution" was being abandoned by the President-Elect through extremists nominated and/or appointed to the country of Israel. The "Two State Solution" is the only path to peace. Realizing the President Elect would carry out an extremist platform with Israel was dangerous and it would not be a surprise to find there are already great threats being conceived against Israel.
Secretary Kerry would never indict the President Elect for extremism regardless of his actions to date.
It is important Israel be at peace with the region as it is a vital to the safety of the Israeli people. The Israeli Prime Minister should be grateful to the USA and Secretary Kerry for their steadfast position acting only to protect the potential peace in a "Two State Solution."
This is not the only issue with the President Elect, he has recklessly alarmed China in regard to Taiwan. These extremist positions will not be tolerated in the world and he needs to get used to the idea the USA stands for peace and not war to an extremist end.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
There was singing, standing and swaying and clapping to the music and that was just the audience.
The Kennedy Center Honors (click here)
It was spectacular. The Honorees were James Taylor, Mavis Staples, Martha Argerich, Al Pacino and The Eagles.
It was spectacular. The Honorees were James Taylor, Mavis Staples, Martha Argerich, Al Pacino and The Eagles.
How deep does the Trump dung get before we all need shovels?
There have been no policy changes that impacted the economy since November 2016.
Wall Street increases are connected to the corruption anticipated with insider information and trading with Goldman Sachs appointees and nominations into the Trump administration.
It will be the best joke going when the insider information that would lend to insider trading doesn't happen because "Old Big Mouth" will be any Goldman Sachs employee to the punch to claim all earnings for himself; just like he is doing now.
It is a sincere concern there are Goldman Sachs employees working with this administration in the face of the 2008 collapse. It will happen again if they leverage in favor of speculation and derivatives. The gambling has to end and it would admirable if it ended through the ethical conduct of the executives that saw the last collapse through.
I remind, the real estate bundling is still occurring.
Consumer confidence is up because they have jobs, which will disappear under Trump's Department of Labor. It should be interesting to compare December 2016 to December 2017 and the condition of the middle class.
Wall Street increases are connected to the corruption anticipated with insider information and trading with Goldman Sachs appointees and nominations into the Trump administration.
It will be the best joke going when the insider information that would lend to insider trading doesn't happen because "Old Big Mouth" will be any Goldman Sachs employee to the punch to claim all earnings for himself; just like he is doing now.
It is a sincere concern there are Goldman Sachs employees working with this administration in the face of the 2008 collapse. It will happen again if they leverage in favor of speculation and derivatives. The gambling has to end and it would admirable if it ended through the ethical conduct of the executives that saw the last collapse through.
I remind, the real estate bundling is still occurring.
Consumer confidence is up because they have jobs, which will disappear under Trump's Department of Labor. It should be interesting to compare December 2016 to December 2017 and the condition of the middle class.
Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu to speak to the US House has nothing to do with the vote at the United Nation's Security Council. That is a petty complaint intended for lousy politics.
Interestingly, Boehner's invitation of Netanyahu, forced the right wing in Israel to turn out to put Netanyahu over the top in the elections. The extremists are the only voters in Israel that still wanted a Neocon as Prime Minister.
Borders are not usually a hotly contested issue with Israel. In 1982, Israel removed settlements and military posts from the Sinai Peninsula with great success and peace when the Prime Minister was Menachem Begin.
When the Prime Minister was Ariel Sharon in 2005 settlements were removed from the Gaza Strip. Hamas moved into the void as anticipated and began sending Katyusha rockets over the border in 2007.
The answer to this dilemma seems to be leadership and the ability of parties to carry out peace initiatives. Egypt was no more a friend of Israel than Palestine is today.
The problem between Palestine and Israel is the continued contraction of the West Bank. I've stated this before and it holds true today, the only Palestinian territory that hasn't contracted is the Gaza Strip. That is more than interesting while Israel states peace with Palestine demands a far more passive Hamas. I don't think that will ever be forthcoming as long as the West Bank continues to have land lost to Israeli settlements.
Interestingly, Boehner's invitation of Netanyahu, forced the right wing in Israel to turn out to put Netanyahu over the top in the elections. The extremists are the only voters in Israel that still wanted a Neocon as Prime Minister.
Borders are not usually a hotly contested issue with Israel. In 1982, Israel removed settlements and military posts from the Sinai Peninsula with great success and peace when the Prime Minister was Menachem Begin.
When the Prime Minister was Ariel Sharon in 2005 settlements were removed from the Gaza Strip. Hamas moved into the void as anticipated and began sending Katyusha rockets over the border in 2007.
The answer to this dilemma seems to be leadership and the ability of parties to carry out peace initiatives. Egypt was no more a friend of Israel than Palestine is today.
The problem between Palestine and Israel is the continued contraction of the West Bank. I've stated this before and it holds true today, the only Palestinian territory that hasn't contracted is the Gaza Strip. That is more than interesting while Israel states peace with Palestine demands a far more passive Hamas. I don't think that will ever be forthcoming as long as the West Bank continues to have land lost to Israeli settlements.
She ushered in a strong role model for women.
E! News confirms the Star Wars actress had a heart attack while aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles Friday, about 15 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land. Speaking on behalf of Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd, family's spokesman Simon Hallsannounced she died Tuesday. "It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," he told E! News a statement. "She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers."...
The first Star Wars picture premiered in 1997.
The first Star Wars picture premiered in 1997.
1977: The first Coast Guard women are assigned to sea duty as crew members aboard the Morgenthau and Gallatin.
Military veteran status is granted to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who flew during WWII.
The number of women in the military has been growing steadily since. Today, there are women in command positions.
September 30, 2016
At the September 28 CNN Townhall meeting with President Barack Obama (click here) and a military group at Fort Lee, VA, Marine Capt. Lauren Serrano courageously asked a respectful but challenging question about women in direct ground combat Capt. Serrano’s question was accurate and appropriately asked of the Commander-in-Chief. President Obama did not explain why he ignored the best professional advice of the Marine Corps on the issue of women in the infantry....
Actresses like Carrie Fisher helps provide a strong spine for the women in the USA.
She will be missed.
Military veteran status is granted to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who flew during WWII.
The number of women in the military has been growing steadily since. Today, there are women in command positions.
September 30, 2016
At the September 28 CNN Townhall meeting with President Barack Obama (click here) and a military group at Fort Lee, VA, Marine Capt. Lauren Serrano courageously asked a respectful but challenging question about women in direct ground combat Capt. Serrano’s question was accurate and appropriately asked of the Commander-in-Chief. President Obama did not explain why he ignored the best professional advice of the Marine Corps on the issue of women in the infantry....
Actresses like Carrie Fisher helps provide a strong spine for the women in the USA.
She will be missed.
Israel continued to fail in it's peace talks. There was no other choice.
The USA media seems to think that Israel and Palestine should be engaging in peace talks. That would be nice, but, none exist and therefore other measures are necessary. I mean really now, the idea the USA can allow the genocide of Palestinians while blind to the truth means the USA media is hostile to peace between the two nations of people and genocide of Palestinians is appropriate.
The USA media is nothing more than propaganda in regard to Israel and Palestine and may be contributing to the lack of peace initiative.
The peace talks between the two nations of people lasted for two years. The USA media was too entrenched in ratings wars with Trump they never bothered to realize the real world was still spinning. My bad, Trump didn't announce until May 2015.
Where was the peace talks coverage? Nowhere. The peace talks began in 2012 and ended with no resolution while Israel continued to march into Palestinian lands for the sake of settlements. Actions taken by Israel were proof any agreement would never be coming forth. It was another show of power by Israel and the talks were for their own propaganda reason.
See, a USA President is suppose to ceremoniously resolve a peace treaty. It is all propaganda that allows for settlements to continue. Just so long as their is the ceremony of a peace treaty all is suppose to be right with the world. Well, it isn't and President Obama wasn't about to sign a ceremonious agreement.
May 4, 2014
By Barak Ravid
The U.S. special envoy for peace talks, Martin Indyk, (click here) is considering resigning following the blowup of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and in light of President Barack Obama’s intention to suspend American mediation, according to Israeli officials in Jerusalem who are close to the matter. The officials asked to remain anonymous due to the issue’s sensitivity.
The officials said Indyk had already informed the Brookings Institute – where he is vice president and director for foreign policy – that he might soon be returning to his post, from which he took a leave of absence nine months ago. Two senior officials at Brookings approached by Haaretz with questions on the matter each responded, “No comment.”
In Jerusalem, it is believed that Indyk is the senior American official – anonymously quoted in a report published Friday in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth – mainly blaming Israel for the failure of the talks. According to the report, the senior official claimed that “the main damage to the peace talks comes from the settlements,” and that, during the talks, “Netanyahu did not move more than an inch.”...
The USA media is nothing more than propaganda in regard to Israel and Palestine and may be contributing to the lack of peace initiative.
The peace talks between the two nations of people lasted for two years. The USA media was too entrenched in ratings wars with Trump they never bothered to realize the real world was still spinning. My bad, Trump didn't announce until May 2015.
Where was the peace talks coverage? Nowhere. The peace talks began in 2012 and ended with no resolution while Israel continued to march into Palestinian lands for the sake of settlements. Actions taken by Israel were proof any agreement would never be coming forth. It was another show of power by Israel and the talks were for their own propaganda reason.
See, a USA President is suppose to ceremoniously resolve a peace treaty. It is all propaganda that allows for settlements to continue. Just so long as their is the ceremony of a peace treaty all is suppose to be right with the world. Well, it isn't and President Obama wasn't about to sign a ceremonious agreement.
May 4, 2014
By Barak Ravid
The U.S. special envoy for peace talks, Martin Indyk, (click here) is considering resigning following the blowup of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and in light of President Barack Obama’s intention to suspend American mediation, according to Israeli officials in Jerusalem who are close to the matter. The officials asked to remain anonymous due to the issue’s sensitivity.
The officials said Indyk had already informed the Brookings Institute – where he is vice president and director for foreign policy – that he might soon be returning to his post, from which he took a leave of absence nine months ago. Two senior officials at Brookings approached by Haaretz with questions on the matter each responded, “No comment.”
In Jerusalem, it is believed that Indyk is the senior American official – anonymously quoted in a report published Friday in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth – mainly blaming Israel for the failure of the talks. According to the report, the senior official claimed that “the main damage to the peace talks comes from the settlements,” and that, during the talks, “Netanyahu did not move more than an inch.”...
This vote isn't about Israel, it is about Palestine and it's right to exist.
Prime Minister Netanyahu was elected in the say way Trump was elected, in a right wing wave. Both can be replaced, too.
Israel has a great deal to be grateful for when the a unified global community cut out a portion of biblical historic land became Israel. Now, nearly seven decades later Israel has expanded it's boundaries multiple times, caused the organization of Hamas, saw a revolutionary icon die and now because of it's ideology the Palestinians are suppose to disappear off the map. That disappearance is genocide.
Palestine is allowed to exist. The Palestinian people need a homeland no different than Israelis did 68 years ago. The vote in the United Nations is long overdue, with the USA standing with the Palestinians to prevent genocide of their people.
Israel full well knows genocide is more than wiping out an ethnic people, it is the removal of borders, the defeat of culture and the calculated end of an exclusive ethnicity. Israel should be grateful for the resolution of the United Nations as it ends the demands of settlers and radicals.
Mr. Trump cannot reverse this resolve either. No doubt a different resolve to benefit the extremists of Israel will be brought before the Security Council, but, it will be defeated and the USA will stand alone backing genocide of Palestine.
Israel has a great deal to be grateful for when the a unified global community cut out a portion of biblical historic land became Israel. Now, nearly seven decades later Israel has expanded it's boundaries multiple times, caused the organization of Hamas, saw a revolutionary icon die and now because of it's ideology the Palestinians are suppose to disappear off the map. That disappearance is genocide.
Palestine is allowed to exist. The Palestinian people need a homeland no different than Israelis did 68 years ago. The vote in the United Nations is long overdue, with the USA standing with the Palestinians to prevent genocide of their people.
Israel full well knows genocide is more than wiping out an ethnic people, it is the removal of borders, the defeat of culture and the calculated end of an exclusive ethnicity. Israel should be grateful for the resolution of the United Nations as it ends the demands of settlers and radicals.
Mr. Trump cannot reverse this resolve either. No doubt a different resolve to benefit the extremists of Israel will be brought before the Security Council, but, it will be defeated and the USA will stand alone backing genocide of Palestine.
December 26, 2016
By Netasha Bertrand
Israel's Foreign Ministry (click here) said on Tuesday that it was "reducing" working ties with 12 of the UN Security Council countries that voted to pass a resolution urging Israel to stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
By Netasha Bertrand
Israel's Foreign Ministry (click here) said on Tuesday that it was "reducing" working ties with 12 of the UN Security Council countries that voted to pass a resolution urging Israel to stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
Foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told reporters that Israel was "temporarily reducing" visits and work with embassies,refuting reports that Israel had completely suspended working ties with the countries. He did not provide further details....
Monday, December 26, 2016
Every President has always said the soldiers would know their enemy in battle. That was never more a lie than the Middle East.
There is no way of knowing the enemy in Syria. The rebels are groups of people with different religious affiliations and allies. There is no way to know who the enemy is in Syria.
Perhaps the only people who can tell the killers from allies are the Kurdish Peshmerga, but, according to Turkey they are enemies as well. To ask the Peshmerga to lead fights in Syria, given the Assad regime, would be asking them to commit suicide.
The USA does not belong in battle in the Middle East, every war in that region of the world is a civil war.
The lengthy battles in Afghanistan are civil wars with the Taliban. The Taliban are militias and not an ethnicity. The USA military does not belong in Afghanistan anymore. The al Qaeda of 911 are either dead, teaching in Pakistan's military institute or hiding in the tribal region. Nation building doesn't work. There is no mission in Afghanistan. It is promoted by the military itself to maintain a foothold for no reason except to have a foothold.
There are no more wars for the USA to fight. It needs to defend it's allies at a time when a global charasmatic movement could at the very least disrupt them and cause civilian deaths.
The global charasmatic war came as close to the USA as Canada when the entire Parliament was in session and a lone gunman attempted an attack to kill them all. The USA has much to do to protect it's allies and it is time to end the hideous USA presence via drone and send the troops home.
There is no way of knowing the enemy in Syria. The rebels are groups of people with different religious affiliations and allies. There is no way to know who the enemy is in Syria.
Perhaps the only people who can tell the killers from allies are the Kurdish Peshmerga, but, according to Turkey they are enemies as well. To ask the Peshmerga to lead fights in Syria, given the Assad regime, would be asking them to commit suicide.
The USA does not belong in battle in the Middle East, every war in that region of the world is a civil war.
The lengthy battles in Afghanistan are civil wars with the Taliban. The Taliban are militias and not an ethnicity. The USA military does not belong in Afghanistan anymore. The al Qaeda of 911 are either dead, teaching in Pakistan's military institute or hiding in the tribal region. Nation building doesn't work. There is no mission in Afghanistan. It is promoted by the military itself to maintain a foothold for no reason except to have a foothold.
There are no more wars for the USA to fight. It needs to defend it's allies at a time when a global charasmatic movement could at the very least disrupt them and cause civilian deaths.
The global charasmatic war came as close to the USA as Canada when the entire Parliament was in session and a lone gunman attempted an attack to kill them all. The USA has much to do to protect it's allies and it is time to end the hideous USA presence via drone and send the troops home.
The great myth of the USA military is that it operates with cutting edge technology.
Not.
The F-35 is a piece of junk. The Osprey is a piece of junk.
The generals always say we go on what we have. That is mostly true.
In Iraq, the underbelly of Wall Street came into view. Humvees without adequate armor. Soldiers with no armor at all. Their families purchased body armor on line so their sons and daughters had half a chance. The new encounters of IEDs and RPGs the USA military was completely unprepared to defend from. Cities that were only protected by six or more layers of blast walls.
There were field Commanders that answered to the Commander and Chief while the Joint Chiefs were mute to the status of the armed conflict with Iraqis called insurgents.
We had attempts, no different than Saddam, on Shi'ite holymen and their mosques defeated by unarmed women and elderly men marching in the streets on a holy path to their Mosque.
The USA military has many strong points, but, what lacks is profound morality in battle and generals that accept what they are given. That is not a military, that is Pandora's Box.
Not.
The F-35 is a piece of junk. The Osprey is a piece of junk.
The generals always say we go on what we have. That is mostly true.
In Iraq, the underbelly of Wall Street came into view. Humvees without adequate armor. Soldiers with no armor at all. Their families purchased body armor on line so their sons and daughters had half a chance. The new encounters of IEDs and RPGs the USA military was completely unprepared to defend from. Cities that were only protected by six or more layers of blast walls.
There were field Commanders that answered to the Commander and Chief while the Joint Chiefs were mute to the status of the armed conflict with Iraqis called insurgents.
We had attempts, no different than Saddam, on Shi'ite holymen and their mosques defeated by unarmed women and elderly men marching in the streets on a holy path to their Mosque.
The USA military has many strong points, but, what lacks is profound morality in battle and generals that accept what they are given. That is not a military, that is Pandora's Box.
The USA military needs to cancel anymore Osprey. They are still fallowing out of the sky.
The Osprey has been grounded in Japan. The Bell-Boeing Osprey is completely unreliable to take soldiers into battle. This is the first major accident in Japan, it is not the first major accident. USA Soldiers have died in training missions in this machine.
Kyodo
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft (click here) ditched off Okinawa on Tuesday night in the first major accident involving the tilt-rotor transport aircraft in Japan.
The five crew members aboard ejected from the aircraft and were rescued by the U.S. military, the Defense Ministry said. They were transported to a U.S. naval hospital to receive treatment for injuries, the U.S. Marine Corps said on Twitter.
The accident of the aircraft, seen by many in Okinawa as accident-prone, came at a time when a showdown between the central and prefectural governments are deepening on the plan to move the operations of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture....
The USA Marines are often the first land based operation by the military. The Marines need reliable transport, the Bell-Boeing Osprey is not that machine.
December 22, 2016
By Samantha Tatro, Astrid Solorzano and Monica Garske
A U.S. Marine aircraft (click here) made a precautionary emergency landing east of San Diego, near Mount Laguna, on Thursday afternoon, military officials said.
The unplanned landing happened during routine training, shortly before 4 p.m. The helicopter landed 30 miles east of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, USMC Miramar Lieutenant Gabriel Adibe said. Cal Fire spokesman Isaac Sanchez said the Osprey landed in an open field in the Cleveland National Forest in the U.S. Forest Service's jurisdiction.
The MV-22 Osprey made it safely to the ground with no reports of injuries, or damage to the helicopter, officials said.
"The aircraft was conducting routine training and the pilots landed the aircraft safely with no injuries to personnel," read a statement from Gabide....
December 2015 crash in Hawaii. Two Marines died. There are more incidents with and without deaths of USA Marines. The Osprey should be cannibalized for parts and new helicopters obtained for the Marine Corp.
Kyodo
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft (click here) ditched off Okinawa on Tuesday night in the first major accident involving the tilt-rotor transport aircraft in Japan.
The five crew members aboard ejected from the aircraft and were rescued by the U.S. military, the Defense Ministry said. They were transported to a U.S. naval hospital to receive treatment for injuries, the U.S. Marine Corps said on Twitter.
The accident of the aircraft, seen by many in Okinawa as accident-prone, came at a time when a showdown between the central and prefectural governments are deepening on the plan to move the operations of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture....
The USA Marines are often the first land based operation by the military. The Marines need reliable transport, the Bell-Boeing Osprey is not that machine.
December 22, 2016
By Samantha Tatro, Astrid Solorzano and Monica Garske
A U.S. Marine aircraft (click here) made a precautionary emergency landing east of San Diego, near Mount Laguna, on Thursday afternoon, military officials said.
The unplanned landing happened during routine training, shortly before 4 p.m. The helicopter landed 30 miles east of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, USMC Miramar Lieutenant Gabriel Adibe said. Cal Fire spokesman Isaac Sanchez said the Osprey landed in an open field in the Cleveland National Forest in the U.S. Forest Service's jurisdiction.
The MV-22 Osprey made it safely to the ground with no reports of injuries, or damage to the helicopter, officials said.
"The aircraft was conducting routine training and the pilots landed the aircraft safely with no injuries to personnel," read a statement from Gabide....
December 2015 crash in Hawaii. Two Marines died. There are more incidents with and without deaths of USA Marines. The Osprey should be cannibalized for parts and new helicopters obtained for the Marine Corp.
It is a star chamber.
"W" and Donald Rumsfeld had a cabal. It appears as though Republicans cannot separate themselves from cronies even at the highest level. That is what Donald Trump's casinos and hotels are; they are cronies.
There is a profound difference in the administrations of Democrats and Republicans. Republicans are power players, while Democrats are legislators. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had the most prolific US House in history. The US House passed so much legislation the US Senate could not get to all of it. It was that reason The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in the first year. It could have been buried under enormous numbers of bills and would never have a chance at passage.
This Trump administration harken back to when the wealthy landowners exclusively controlled the election system. I think it is shameful the Trump cabinet is filled with billionaires. Maybe that is the only way he is assured his wealth doesn't over shadow his cabinet officers, but, it is completely shameful.
I am certain the world was unaware there were so many billionaires in the USA. The global community knew the country was wealthy, but, in sincere debt. This administration's cabinet goes to prove where the money goes in the USA. The wealth accumulates at the top and robs the middle class forcing a much larger numbers of poor. This is the USA. It is completely out of balance in it's wealth. The wealthy exist in the face of a larger and growing national debt. I am certain the national deficit will increase under Trump.
December 20, 2016
By Steve Goldstein
Two of Donald Trump’s adult children (click here) will not be participating in a planned fundraising event, after several media outlets reported that they were set to offer access during a hunting trip in exchange for donations of up to $1 million.
There is a profound difference in the administrations of Democrats and Republicans. Republicans are power players, while Democrats are legislators. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had the most prolific US House in history. The US House passed so much legislation the US Senate could not get to all of it. It was that reason The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in the first year. It could have been buried under enormous numbers of bills and would never have a chance at passage.
This Trump administration harken back to when the wealthy landowners exclusively controlled the election system. I think it is shameful the Trump cabinet is filled with billionaires. Maybe that is the only way he is assured his wealth doesn't over shadow his cabinet officers, but, it is completely shameful.
I am certain the world was unaware there were so many billionaires in the USA. The global community knew the country was wealthy, but, in sincere debt. This administration's cabinet goes to prove where the money goes in the USA. The wealth accumulates at the top and robs the middle class forcing a much larger numbers of poor. This is the USA. It is completely out of balance in it's wealth. The wealthy exist in the face of a larger and growing national debt. I am certain the national deficit will increase under Trump.
December 20, 2016
By Steve Goldstein
Two of Donald Trump’s adult children (click here) will not be participating in a planned fundraising event, after several media outlets reported that they were set to offer access during a hunting trip in exchange for donations of up to $1 million.
The presidential transition team in a statement said late Tuesday that the plan, to offer hunting and fishing expeditions with Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. for donations of up to $1 million, were merely “initial concepts.”...
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Nothing much to add right now. This is Saturday rather than Friday. I was traveling yesterday for most of the afternoon and evening.
I hope everyone's Christmas Holiday Season is happy.
I especially wish the children of Flint, Michigan a very Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas.
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