Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Ahhhhh....

Did I hear Pompeo say, they were anxious to set up a business council with Russia?

That is treason. Definitely. We have sanctions with Russia. There will be no business council with Russia until there is an accounting of the commercial airline shot down and extradition for hearings of those responsible. There is still war with Ukraine that has to end. There will be no normalization of relations with Russia without major issues settled. Russia has to stop threatening war with Europe and former Soviet countries.

Trump is engaged in treason. I don’t care what his yes men say.

What you see and what you hear is not what is going on.

It is definitely Orwellian.

Donald Trump is leading into a country without accurate information. He has issues with control so his lies become fact.

The Press is the fourth branch of a democracy.

Trump is wrong.

I doubt Americans want a dictatorship. They don’t get to vote for that either.

Russia to attack power grid.

There was a time when the online computer was a dream and the USA had electricity. Electricity came before online computer capabilities. The online to the global web is not necessary for vital capacity of the USA, including elections.

There are still recounts for elections. Online capacity hasn’t improved anything. Americans and not their taxes for elections’ online capacity should be collating votes from election machines. 

Computer capacity has improved the power grid in the USA. But, it’s functional integrity is more important than online capacity. All online assess to vital USA capacities need to be reassessed realizing Russia is an enemy of the USA.

Disconnect from the global web.

Missouri grows $88 billion of soybean a year. Any agricultural subsidy proposed by President Trump is not going to close the gap if countries paying tariffs find other sources. This is food for people. I just think USA agriculture is so vital to feeding the world and it works so well, I question the judgement surrounding tariffs that will set this on it’s ear. Tariffs will ultimately cut the acres produced in the USA. This shift in policy wasn’t even debated. I think there is questionable power in the Executive Branch to effect this degree of disruption. These issues belong to the legislature unless it is a national emergency. I can’t imagine an emergency with agriculture that would require this level of change in policy.

Poland is a relatively new member of NATO, however, it is correct in asking more of a presence by NATO. This is relatively new territory for the alliance so it would be a mistake to weaken the presence in Germany. Russia has to know we are serious about new members no matter how small the land footprint or population.

Wrongfully stated by President Trump was the idea NATO would have to respond to every aggression by a member population. NATO is a defensive alliance. We are strong and not over extended in populous ideas of war because it is an alliance based on peace.

The unfortunate reality of Poland in it’s rightful concerns regarding Russia is reflected elsewhere among the alliance, more precisely in the Black Sea where the USA has naval ships at the ready for defense of Ukraine’s people. So, Poland’s request is not frivolous. It will take time and infrastructure but I believe the next major military base of the alliance should be Poland.

No due diligence.

US DOJ Interim Decision  #2939 that seeks to redefine “asylum “ over reaches it’s authority out lack of research and knowledge of infrastructure of other countries.

This Interim Decision assumes there is a paper trail showing the threat of death. Also, a threat of death only hasn’t to be understood. Abuse resulting in beating into unconsciousness is as much a threat of death as any spoken threat or use of a weapon.

It is obvious the DOJ did not seek accurate information about Guatemala and the ability of an asylum seeker to prove a threat of death to an adult and/or their family.

There is also the financial means of an asylum seeker to obtain records if they exist. The Interim Decision is naive and a threat to the lives of an asylum seeker.

The government of Guatemala is not a strong government and is plagued with drug cartels and violence. The population of the country seek out religious ties as a way to understand their world and a way of life that lifts them from harm. Then even religious infrastructure fails to protect them and may become a victim of the violence as well, then there is no way of creating a paper trail to prove need for asylum.

I suggest the attorneys representing these people present news articles about widespread violence that validates a plaintiffs statesmen’s.
Exciting news out of California; it achieved it’s self-imposed greenhouse gas emission limits four years early. Every state in the country can do this. California in the past has been blamed for exporting pollution to states east, but, no more. California’s model should be repeated as a step into the future by every other state. If California has the cleanest air in the country there are no excuses anymore.
The difference between Trump’s rant over Iran and North Korea is that he actually has that on his agenda for Israel. It is on Kushner’s to do list along with Syria. The Kushner Peace Plan for the Middle East is based on expansion of Israel. 
Pakistan’s elections are tomorrow and violence has been down significantly this year. Women have been a strong movement within Pakistan. They are valued more openly in society with several candidates with good support. The major parties have their own security as well. ThIs will be the third successful elections with sustained governments serving full terms. Tomorrow is a very exciting day for Pakistan.

Monday, July 23, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh is a product of the Federalist Society where all Republican Supreme Court nominees are found. The Federalist Society is Republican. Nixon’s Resignation will live forever in the Republican Party as another great injustice BY THE PRESS, just like BORK was the fault of the press. Imagine all these wealthy Republicans of the Federalist Society having their first Court nomination defeated. 

By mentioning Nixon “being wrongly decided” placed him, Kavanaugh in the hearts of those in power as a unique judge that is hungry enough to do anything. 

“Wrongly decided” are the words “W” used when he talked about abortion and Roe v. Wade. I wonder where he got that from?
Carter Page cooperated and that is the reason he was not charged. Basically, he did not lie to the FBI as others like Flynn did.

So, Trump and/or the new Fox News mob boss has him on screen stating the investigation is a farce. See, he doesn’t have to tell the American Public the truth, just the FBI.

It is called treason. A rose by any other name.

There are 13 reasons to reject federal security clearances of which Trump and his family have violated at least three that is known. But, the individuals named by Trump were punishment for not being nice to him. That is all it is about.

In all honesty, I called it treason before Brennen did and it still is treason.
The five witnesses given immunity in the Paul Manafort trial from the “Daily Kos:”

James Brennen
Donna Duggan
Conor O’Brien
Cindy Laporta
Dennis Raico

Here is another falsehood that comes up during election seasons.

Where did the National Debt come from? It didn’t come from the entitlements. The SSI Trust Fund has been paid for over the life time of working Americans. The national debt resulted from US Congress borrowing from places like the Social Security Trust Fund. The Plutocrats in DC are supposed to be governing to repay those loans and protect older Americans and they have never paid a dime into the entitlements, yet, they want to dissolve them.

The Social Security Trust Fund lost $2 billion in the global economic collapse. How much has it made since then and have those earnings been used by Congress because of their annual deficits.

There needs to be legislation to protect this Trust Fund and earnings to prevent assaults against it as Trump has done with his tax cuts.

Put it into perspective.

Trump and those like him have not paid anything into the SSI Trust Fund, but, they will design tax cuts that remove monies from the US Treasury that will also serve to remove the benefit from deserving Americans that earned it. 

There needs to be laws to protect these vulnerable Americans.

What is all this mess about capitalism vs. socialism?

Capitalism is not a form of government. Capitalism exists in democracies, socialism and communism. So anyone making this argument is a conman.

We know for a fact communist governments live with capitalism as an economic strategy. China has a stock market and Paul what’s his name, the former US Treasurer that oversaw the 2008 global economic collapse now has a huge investment firm in China. As a matter of fact there should be a US investigation as to his frequent travels to China scrunching his face to make his face appear more Chinese. What was that guys name???? Oh, yeah, Henry Paulson. That’s the guy that spent more time in China than the USA when he was USA Treasurer. He was the one that handed out all those big checks to the banks. That is a real capitalist.

The USA is suppose to be a democracy and a very strong one at that. But, rather than running through definitions of this and that; the reason there are SOME cries for what seems like socialism, is because capitalism in the USA has failed many, many Americans and the Republican Tax Reform Law was a way of buying Wall Street political money. There is money again and we are left to wonder how much comes from Russia.

There is a grest deal of economic inequity in the USA. A great deal. Capitalism has to be governed well otherwise a democracy ends up with a mess that exists today. For those calling for programs that will pull them out of poverty and give them a better quality of like, it is completely understand. But, for me, unionization woks the best. Strong unions provide for free market governance of wages and quality of life. Unionization accounts for upward mobility in the USA democracy and that is fact. That is borne out in research.

For the bastards stating the Democratic Party is turning into a Sicialist Party; that is campaign rhetoric and a scare tactic. 

Just so everyone knows; Seattle, Washington has a per capita GDP of more than $77,000 per year. Dallas, Texas has a per capita GDP of about $65,000 per year. I don’t think capitalism is lacking anywhere in the USA.

Air Force One

It has always been my understanding the presidential jet was strategically painted to match the horizon. It is a military jet. The blue matched the sky on the horizon.

Another violation of the Public Trust

I thank the DOJ for releasing documents that clearly illustrates the competency of the FISA Court. There were absolutely more and more information obtained with each warrant issued. 

The US House under Republican Leadership has violated the public trust and has become a political arm of the Republican political party. They have not conducted the work of the people.

The US House investigation to the fact Russia effected the elections of 2018 is fraud. They generated their own documents to cite as proof to their conclusion. That is not only fraud it was a planned assault to favorably effect future elections to advance the party agenda. The US House Republicans and others that colluded with them should be invested for ethnics violations and criminal conduct with appropriate charges.

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Violation of the Public Trust

The Grand Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and Sanger de Cristo Wilderness Area in Colorado are being threatened by the petroleum industry. 

In 1999, it was decided the aquifer below these lands was too important and it was necessary to protect it. Nearly 20 years later as the USA requires far less petroleum products than in 1999, this administration is allowing important and vital lands to be disturbed and contaminated by the petroleum industry for profit. 

It needs to stop and it needs to stop now.

Until later.


Saturday, July 21, 2018

Republican leadership must completely reject the Trump presidency in the face of the prosecution of his political campaign manager.

Donald Trump has no legal recourse against Michael Cohen. If one is recording a conversation to recall exactly the instructions requested by a client, that is benign intent of such information. Mr.  Cohen did not get anyone else involved in the conversation. Mr. Cohen could have had his secretary pick up a phone to witness the instructions, but he didn’t.

The recordings were marked attorney-client privilege by the Master in the case. It was leaked by someone. I sincerely doubt the one piece of evidence the Southern District of New York could not have to make their case against Trump and/or Michael Cohen would not have been leaked by Michael Cohen.

So, there is an unknown source that leaked the recording. If true to form it was probably the Russians. Not all of them understand English very well.

It is really unfortunate the United States of America has a President with such a lurid past. It is a character issue, that Fox News wants the country to buy into as a charismatic mobster.

I sincerely like the women involved, but, they feel victim to a man that cared nothing about them and brought his money and power to bear to attempt to shut them up. As it turns out, their stories are all true.

It is a vital lesson for the country. Full disclosure is necessary during an election for the country’s national security. No judicial nominee is worth the betrayal of our allies or the surrender to communists.

The US Senate majority leader should be ashamed of a President with such overwhelming proof to his illicit life and untrustworthy character. It is appalling to see Mitch McConnell bask in the hubris of a judicial nominee by an unsophisticated and inexorable President, while he witnesses other actions that alienates allies and elevates enemies. All actions by President Trump should be rejected be they domestic or foreign.

The people of the United States of America need strength by their legislators and not indulge ideology that Trump uses to maintain his image of an effective president. It is wrong to be partisan in such dangerous times.

Donald Trump intends to bring a communist leader with US Sanctions to US soil with every possibility of an expensive military parade to amuse him. This while NATO member Ukraine fights for their freedom from Putin’s Russia. This after it is known Russia shot down a commercial airliner with all dead. The Senate Majority Leader needs to rethink accepting any and all actions by Trump rather than picking and choosing which make him smile.

Flint

There is a report published on CNN as of Friday, June 20, 2018 staying federal, state and local authority are responsible for the FIint Water Crisis. 

Yes and no.

The report says there were warnings issued by the US EPA regarding unsafe water under the lead and copper rule and under SWDA (Safe Water Drinking Act) to the state stipulating the water quality STANDARD of the Michigan DEQ  (Dept. of Environmental Quality) was inadequate in 10 different ways. These warnings occurred in 2010.

This violation was in regard to the statewide requirements. There was no law requiring compliance with the state standards whether they were correct or incorrect. This was built in corruption in not only the state law but also the federal law because the US EPA did not require notifications to the agency regarding a switch in water source. That corruption may still exist today

But, while those warnings are interesting that was 2010 and the Flint water crisis didn’t occur until 2014. The overall oversight by the federal EPA should occur more frequently especially is an entire state water department set of STANDARDS that was/is out of compliance. I will bet real money the US EPA doesn’t have a law or policy or standard that states when a state STANDARD(s) are out of compliance the US EPA must provide inspection every year and begin to write citations with monetary fines to begin the third year if compliance is not demonstrated as changing the standards,

These are ethical and not legal issues. The US EPA did its job and it has a big job covering 50 states. That is probably why the federal report was late in being issued. That tardiness would hold up in court if shortages of personnel were known and documented. The entire issue in Michigan according to the report is that while unsafe standards existed, there was no law demanding compliance. 

The people of Flint in 2014 was faced with a highly unethical reality and for an entire year of poisoning Snyder let his backbone slip on enforcing standards the residents were complaining about. Don’t get me wrong the standards are not meaningless. There is s difference between meaningless and gross negligence,

The US EPA obviously had a right and responsiblity to carry out their assessments and provide warnings to Michigan to bring their standards into compliance. The way all this works is citing the 
State and with lack of compliance and being an obvious menace to the people lawsuits can be filed due to negligence, gross negligence, etc.

Regulations from the fed are not about structured fines and jail time as a citation by a police officer can be; it is focused on compliance. Basically, the federal government does not want to cause States and local governments fiscal hardship, they want compliance. It is an ethical issue for those cited to comply. Now, if a governor sees this as a weakness and/or a loop hole with the lawn then the people of the state have a problem. It is why citizen watchdogs are important. Such knowledge by the people can cause pressure on the system to force compliance. Without such activitists the people are at risk and the situation has to escalate in order to bring lawsuits.

Basically, buy and read newspapers. Stay involved and/or be a member of a group whom are watchdogs such as NDRC or Sierra Cub or some other similar organization that does the work.

So, fast forward to 2014. Governor Snyder already had been told about the lack of State standard violation. He, through his emergency manager determined that Flint had a fiscal problem that required it to go to another source of drinking water and they simply switched the source. Never tested it before or after, never had townhall meetings because Snyder knew there would be an uproar about the quality of the Flint River, he changed the state offices drinking water to bottled water and then poisoned the people.

Take heart, Snyder is in major violation of water quality issues BUT also a law connected to lead sources. The lead law REQUIRES any and everyone to teach the people about actual and potential lead poisoning within their home environment. That maliciously never happened and that is how the people, including children, were poisoned.

The lead law requiring information being provided carries heavy penalties for those that don’t 
comply. This is usually thought as a landlord compliance, but, it does not end with just landlords. In the case of Flint, the landlords weren’t even notified about lead in the water so they could educate their tenants as required by federal law.

Just to realize how ridiculous governors can be in no compliance of federal home safety standards, the State of Ohio has a standard for home environments regarding rado that state landlords can get free kits from the state. Nice, right? Free Radon Kits to landlords.

In, I believe New York State, it sticks to the effectiveness of preventing lung cancer from radon by providing free radon test kits and processing to TENANTS. Ohio, on the other hand, hopes it’s law is appreciated by landlords as it does not provide free radon testing kits to tenants. The tenants have to buy their own kits and have them processed. It can be cost prohibitive for some tenants IF THEY EVEN know they should test, 

In the case of Ohio someone would have to come down with lung cancer caused by radon and then sue the landlord for gross negligence and here again if the tenant was told radon was the culprit. See the difference? In Ohio allows danger to exist while in New York State the people are empowered to take care of themselves and prevent disease.

So. There is a lot to this mess of regulations and litigation, but, somewhere in the adult universe of activism the information can be tapped with enormous consequences for those that violated THE PUBLIC TRUST.