The Republicans would reek holy hell if the US House carried out an impeachment hearing. They would not vote to remove Trump from office based upon a valid impeachment.
The Democrats have to manage the functioning of the government. If the US House carries out impeachment, there would be a government shutdown by the Republicans that would last two years.
There is a lot to balance. The US House has budget authority and the ridiculous bill proposed by Trump will be invalidated and balanced.
The US House needs to carry out its oversight. The testimony by Michael Cohen cannot be dismissed. He has to be corroborated. That means oversight has to carry out their investigation. I would worry about the country more if the committees of the US House were not functioning. The Democrats in the US House carry sincere brevity.
If Trump carries out his temper tantrum again by putting the USA into peril by shutting down the government, then impeachment has to be considered. There are right wing commentators stating the last shutdown proved the government unnecessary in the places where the government was shut down. They state the economy was not effected. Those are huge lies, but, gives the Republicans feel good feelings to carry out yet another and a possibly more extensive government shutdown.
I think Speaker Pelosi is sufficiently tough on the president. He doesn't care about the people, cares only about wealth and his own enrichment. Speaker Pelosi is insisting the government and the people come first.
The electorate needs to be writing or calling their US Senators and make it plain they need to carry concern for them and if necessary carry out impeachment as a road forward to act in the best interest for the country.
There are bills before the US Senate right now regarding health care, gun control, anti-hate and anti-corruption of elections. Mitch McConnell is refusing to bring the bills before the US Senate for political reasons. McConnell does not want Republican Senators voting on these bills so their votes can be brought before the electorate in the 2020 elections. McConnell is scared of "the primary" before the elections as well.
McConnell enjoys the election corruption, the racism that drives the Republican base, the wild west gun culture and believes those uninsured can use the emergency rooms to receive care.
Republicans chronically state the people without health care insurance receive excellent care at any hospital ER. That reality of using a hospital ER as a primary care doctor is dangerous and has been used by Republicans as an excuse to end health care bills. The idea McConnell subscribes to these extremes is a statement all by itself. Actions speak louder than words.
Using the ER as a primary care physician is not necessarily simple. When a person has pneumonia, by the time they are an emergency they are facing death and not simply an emergency. A cough is not necessarily viewed as an emergency. The idea the ER is the best primary doctor for uninsured Americans can be realized when the Mexican children at the southern border were treated at a USA ER. They were seen too late and died of the flu. These are the same perils the uninsured Americans face. People die because they do not have health care insurance and that is a fact. It is measurable.
Monday, March 11, 2019
"The biggest fish story ever told."
Donald Trump has no dignity when it comes to his ego. He is self centered to any cost. If people compete at the Trump golf clubs to win they need to think twice, the odds are not in your favor. Golfing at a Trump club is nearly as bad a gamble as those made at Trump casinos.
March 11, 2019
By Max Jaeger
President Trump (click here) managed to win a tournament at his own golf club without ever participating, according to a report.
A brass plaque on Trump’s locker at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, lists the commander-in-chief as the 2018 men’s club champion.
But the president didn’t actually compete in the contest — and instead convinced its actual winner, Ted Virtue, to play him one-on-one for the title, Golf.com reports.
“The only reason you won is because I couldn’t play,” Trump reportedly told Virtue, complaining that his duties as leader of the free world were keeping him away from the links.
Trump visited his Palm Beach club 20 times in 2018 — and made a total 67 trips to his golf properties that year, according to trumpgolfcount.com....
March 11, 2019
By Max Jaeger
President Trump (click here) managed to win a tournament at his own golf club without ever participating, according to a report.
A brass plaque on Trump’s locker at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, lists the commander-in-chief as the 2018 men’s club champion.
But the president didn’t actually compete in the contest — and instead convinced its actual winner, Ted Virtue, to play him one-on-one for the title, Golf.com reports.
“The only reason you won is because I couldn’t play,” Trump reportedly told Virtue, complaining that his duties as leader of the free world were keeping him away from the links.
Trump visited his Palm Beach club 20 times in 2018 — and made a total 67 trips to his golf properties that year, according to trumpgolfcount.com....
The 737 MAX 8 are grounded by many airlines.
Both flights, the one in October and the recent Ethiopian Airlines crash, occurred immediately after takeoff. A witness to the crash, as reported by CNN, states there was smoke coming from the jet shortly after takeoff. There was nothing wrong with the jet during mechanical inspection before takeoff.
As a result of the Ethiopian Airline crash, Boeing stocks are falling today as a marked concern enters the companies' profile.
I have to respect the Chinese policy of grounding jets that have killed their citizens. Today, the Boeing 737 Max 8 is grounded in China. That is a fleet of over 90 jets. This new aircraft was widely sold into most airlines.
Boeing should be asking what could possibly cause smoke emitting from the jet after take off as one of their questions regarding the Ethiopian Airline crash. The US NTSB is on it's way, but, haven't arrived to the scene yet. Their investigation could take some time and the answers regarding this jet need to be answered soon, if at all possible. There is an engineer somewhere within Boeing that has some kind of idea what could have gone wrong.
Every account of the incident should be concerned and validated or dispelled as an element to the crash.
March 10, 2019
By David Fickling
What’s the future for Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jet (click here) after its second tragic accident in less than five months?
The crash of Ethiopian Airlines Group Flight 302 shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday raises the specter of previous passenger aircraft that suffered serious problems soon after entry into service.
In the case of the McDonnell Douglas Corp. DC-10, those defects dogged the aircraft’s reputation throughout its life. With Boeing’s own 787, the battery problems that affected its initial flights have proven no more than a bump in what’s now become a very profitable road.
Like both those planes, the 737 Max must now face a very real risk of a worldwide grounding. Chinese authorities have asked domestic airlines to stop flying the plane after the Flight 302 crash, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. India’s aviation regulator may also require additional safety measures on the aircraft, Bloomberg News reported Sunday. If the Federal Aviation Administration were to issue a similar notice, that could put all 737 Max models in service worldwide out of action until the problem was addressed – something that the U.S. regulator has only previously ordered with the DC-10 and 787....
Sometimes when jets have these issues on take off it is due to terrorism, but, for some time now there were no terrorist attacks on airliners.
There were many incidences involving a Boeing jet in 2018. There were older jets except for the Max 8. They were international primarily and oddly enough they were mostly at takeoff with the jet never leaving the ground but skidding off the runway.
There was a Southwest Airlines incident that cannot be overlooked.
April 18, 2018
By Jack Healy and Christine Hauser
Tens of thousands of feet above the earth, (click here) the passengers clasped hands with strangers, prayed together and got ready to die.
Moments earlier on Tuesday morning, they had been playing Sudoku, catching up on their reading for church and curling up together to watch funny movies as their Southwest Airlines flight climbed above 30,000 feet on its way from New York to Dallas. It was around 11 a.m., 20 minutes into a four-hour flight, as they skimmed above the clouds and waited for flight attendants to hand out drinks.
Then, with a deafening roar, Flight 1380 became a midair scene of chaos and terror for the 144 passengers and five crew members on board....
This is a midair accident, but, the engine did explode. The thing about takeoffs is the amount of fuel used to break gravity and achieve elevation and cruising altitude. If there is an issue with any fuel capacity, it might very well show up on takeoff.
The Southwest incident could have been much worse than it was. That particular airliner was in service since 2000. There are issues with aircraft leading into 20 years of service. That is just a fact. They are frequently sold by major airlines and are purchases by smaller ones. The incidents with these jets will occur with foreign airline companies because they have a fleet of older aircraft. That is what is troubling about the Max 8 jet. This was a new jet purchased by smaller airlines with the purpose of updating their aircraft. They want to compete and then this happens, not just once but twice.
It is vital to many, many airline companies that made this leap with Boeing to have their problems solved. Their passengers are as vital to this world as any other and they need to know these jets are going to perform to enviable standards. The Max 8 is off to a very poor start and there is a sense of injustice that accompanies these crashes. The problems must be solved and these airline companies provided every opportunity to be able to be admired and competitive.
Again, my sincerest sympathies to the families and friends of those lost. It is a tragedy that must be solved.
As a result of the Ethiopian Airline crash, Boeing stocks are falling today as a marked concern enters the companies' profile.
I have to respect the Chinese policy of grounding jets that have killed their citizens. Today, the Boeing 737 Max 8 is grounded in China. That is a fleet of over 90 jets. This new aircraft was widely sold into most airlines.
Boeing should be asking what could possibly cause smoke emitting from the jet after take off as one of their questions regarding the Ethiopian Airline crash. The US NTSB is on it's way, but, haven't arrived to the scene yet. Their investigation could take some time and the answers regarding this jet need to be answered soon, if at all possible. There is an engineer somewhere within Boeing that has some kind of idea what could have gone wrong.
Every account of the incident should be concerned and validated or dispelled as an element to the crash.
March 10, 2019
By David Fickling
What’s the future for Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jet (click here) after its second tragic accident in less than five months?
The crash of Ethiopian Airlines Group Flight 302 shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday raises the specter of previous passenger aircraft that suffered serious problems soon after entry into service.
In the case of the McDonnell Douglas Corp. DC-10, those defects dogged the aircraft’s reputation throughout its life. With Boeing’s own 787, the battery problems that affected its initial flights have proven no more than a bump in what’s now become a very profitable road.
Like both those planes, the 737 Max must now face a very real risk of a worldwide grounding. Chinese authorities have asked domestic airlines to stop flying the plane after the Flight 302 crash, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. India’s aviation regulator may also require additional safety measures on the aircraft, Bloomberg News reported Sunday. If the Federal Aviation Administration were to issue a similar notice, that could put all 737 Max models in service worldwide out of action until the problem was addressed – something that the U.S. regulator has only previously ordered with the DC-10 and 787....
Sometimes when jets have these issues on take off it is due to terrorism, but, for some time now there were no terrorist attacks on airliners.
There were many incidences involving a Boeing jet in 2018. There were older jets except for the Max 8. They were international primarily and oddly enough they were mostly at takeoff with the jet never leaving the ground but skidding off the runway.
There was a Southwest Airlines incident that cannot be overlooked.
April 18, 2018
By Jack Healy and Christine Hauser
Tens of thousands of feet above the earth, (click here) the passengers clasped hands with strangers, prayed together and got ready to die.
Moments earlier on Tuesday morning, they had been playing Sudoku, catching up on their reading for church and curling up together to watch funny movies as their Southwest Airlines flight climbed above 30,000 feet on its way from New York to Dallas. It was around 11 a.m., 20 minutes into a four-hour flight, as they skimmed above the clouds and waited for flight attendants to hand out drinks.
Then, with a deafening roar, Flight 1380 became a midair scene of chaos and terror for the 144 passengers and five crew members on board....
This is a midair accident, but, the engine did explode. The thing about takeoffs is the amount of fuel used to break gravity and achieve elevation and cruising altitude. If there is an issue with any fuel capacity, it might very well show up on takeoff.
The Southwest incident could have been much worse than it was. That particular airliner was in service since 2000. There are issues with aircraft leading into 20 years of service. That is just a fact. They are frequently sold by major airlines and are purchases by smaller ones. The incidents with these jets will occur with foreign airline companies because they have a fleet of older aircraft. That is what is troubling about the Max 8 jet. This was a new jet purchased by smaller airlines with the purpose of updating their aircraft. They want to compete and then this happens, not just once but twice.
It is vital to many, many airline companies that made this leap with Boeing to have their problems solved. Their passengers are as vital to this world as any other and they need to know these jets are going to perform to enviable standards. The Max 8 is off to a very poor start and there is a sense of injustice that accompanies these crashes. The problems must be solved and these airline companies provided every opportunity to be able to be admired and competitive.
Again, my sincerest sympathies to the families and friends of those lost. It is a tragedy that must be solved.
The former Maine Governor Paul LaPage once stated, "People of color are the problem." There is now a Democratic governor in Maine.
It should come as no surprise that racism, nativism and sexism drove the election of Donald Trump. Trump has focused on the USA southern border because it has all three elements. The majority of border crossers are women with children and of course, they are Hispanic in their ethnicity.
The nomination of Bret Cavanaugh was also a strong choice by his base. To realize the backlash to the testimony of Dr. Ford is only to realize the strength of the hatred is that resides with Trump and his base. He will use that hatred to drive his popularity. His demonstrated ability to drive his base during the 2018 elections and blatant racism PRACTICED within contested races should be taken into account when candidates approach their electorate.
The passage of the Anti-Hate Legislation in the US House and it's complete disregard by the president is to be noted. HR 1 was passed to remove corruption from the USA election process and it is strongly opposed by Mitch McConnell. That tells the tale to which the degree of fear Republicans have of losing their base supporters known for their values of racism, nativism and sexism.
Trump has to be held accountable for these issues and his lack of moral conduct in regard to the women he assaulted and intimidated with NDAs. He is at the very least the friend of men that solicit prostitution and as a president leaves himself at risk for cavorting with prostitutes. The fact Trump leaves himself open to such exploitation is notable. That picture and cavorting with prostitutes is proof of his lack of character strength to remove himself from compromising situations for the sake of the country's security. The picture alone, if not exposed, could have brought a great deal of leverage against Trump. Yes. A simple picture of a compromised president can bring enormous national security issues.
Trump's base has to be exposed for their values and their willingness to violence.
February 9, 2018
By David Norman Smith and Eric Hanley
Recently released data (click here) from the 2016 American National Election Study allow us to offer a multifaceted profile of white voters who voted for Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential election. We find that Trump’s supporters voted for him mainly because they share his prejudices, not because they’re financially stressed. It’s true, as exit polls showed, that voters without four-year college degrees were likelier than average to support Trump. But millions of these voters—who are often stereotyped as “the white working class”—opposed Trump because they oppose his prejudices. These prejudices, meanwhile, have a definite structure, which we argue should be called authoritarian: negatively, they target minorities and women; and positively, they favor domineering and intolerant leaders who are uninhibited about their biases. Multivariate logistic regression shows that, once we take these biases into account, demographic factors (age, education, etc.) lose their explanatory power. The electorate, in short, is deeply divided. Nearly 75% of Trump supporters count themselves among his enthusiastic supporters, and even “mild” Trump voters are much closer in their attitudes to Trump’s enthusiasts than they are to non-Trump voters. Polarization is profound, and may be growing.
March 11, 2019
By Bill Barrow, Scott Bauer and Ivan Moreno
Milwaukee — Democrats picked Milwaukee (click here) on Monday to host their 2020 national convention, setting up the party's standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez chose Milwaukee over Houston and Miami after deliberations lingered longer than party leaders or officials from the three finalist cities had expected.
"This choice is a statement of our values," Perez said in a statement. "The Democratic Party is the party of working people, and Milwaukee is a city of working people."
The convention is scheduled for July 13-16, 2020.
It will be the first time in over a century that Democrats will be in a Midwest city other than Chicago to nominate their presidential candidate....
The nomination of Bret Cavanaugh was also a strong choice by his base. To realize the backlash to the testimony of Dr. Ford is only to realize the strength of the hatred is that resides with Trump and his base. He will use that hatred to drive his popularity. His demonstrated ability to drive his base during the 2018 elections and blatant racism PRACTICED within contested races should be taken into account when candidates approach their electorate.
The passage of the Anti-Hate Legislation in the US House and it's complete disregard by the president is to be noted. HR 1 was passed to remove corruption from the USA election process and it is strongly opposed by Mitch McConnell. That tells the tale to which the degree of fear Republicans have of losing their base supporters known for their values of racism, nativism and sexism.
Trump has to be held accountable for these issues and his lack of moral conduct in regard to the women he assaulted and intimidated with NDAs. He is at the very least the friend of men that solicit prostitution and as a president leaves himself at risk for cavorting with prostitutes. The fact Trump leaves himself open to such exploitation is notable. That picture and cavorting with prostitutes is proof of his lack of character strength to remove himself from compromising situations for the sake of the country's security. The picture alone, if not exposed, could have brought a great deal of leverage against Trump. Yes. A simple picture of a compromised president can bring enormous national security issues.
Trump's base has to be exposed for their values and their willingness to violence.
February 9, 2018
By David Norman Smith and Eric Hanley
Recently released data (click here) from the 2016 American National Election Study allow us to offer a multifaceted profile of white voters who voted for Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential election. We find that Trump’s supporters voted for him mainly because they share his prejudices, not because they’re financially stressed. It’s true, as exit polls showed, that voters without four-year college degrees were likelier than average to support Trump. But millions of these voters—who are often stereotyped as “the white working class”—opposed Trump because they oppose his prejudices. These prejudices, meanwhile, have a definite structure, which we argue should be called authoritarian: negatively, they target minorities and women; and positively, they favor domineering and intolerant leaders who are uninhibited about their biases. Multivariate logistic regression shows that, once we take these biases into account, demographic factors (age, education, etc.) lose their explanatory power. The electorate, in short, is deeply divided. Nearly 75% of Trump supporters count themselves among his enthusiastic supporters, and even “mild” Trump voters are much closer in their attitudes to Trump’s enthusiasts than they are to non-Trump voters. Polarization is profound, and may be growing.
March 11, 2019
By Bill Barrow, Scott Bauer and Ivan Moreno
Milwaukee — Democrats picked Milwaukee (click here) on Monday to host their 2020 national convention, setting up the party's standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez chose Milwaukee over Houston and Miami after deliberations lingered longer than party leaders or officials from the three finalist cities had expected.
"This choice is a statement of our values," Perez said in a statement. "The Democratic Party is the party of working people, and Milwaukee is a city of working people."
The convention is scheduled for July 13-16, 2020.
It will be the first time in over a century that Democrats will be in a Midwest city other than Chicago to nominate their presidential candidate....
In regard to USA border protections; why hasn't the Trump Police State made headlines.
These are civil rights violations. Every USA citizen should be alarmed at such intrusions. This is appalling and should never be tolerated.
By Samantha Raphelson
When people are crossing a U.S. border, (click here) they expect to be asked about their citizenship. But not when they're driving up the East Coast.
U.S. Border Patrol agents are boarding buses from private lines like Greyhound and Concord Coach within 100 miles of a U.S. border, asking passengers if they're American citizens. It turns out agents are empowered to do this through a little-known law called the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. There are more and more reports of officers stopping cars and buses.
Here's what happens, according to Dennis Harmon, division chief for the Border Patrol Houlton sector in Maine. Border Patrol agents set up immigration checkpointson highways within 100 miles of a U.S. border. They stop every vehicle traveling on the road, and ask each person if they are a U.S. citizen. If the person replies, 'Yes,' they are a citizen, in most cases, they are free to go.
"If they are a citizen of the United States, there is no law or regulation that requires them to carry identification saying they're a citizen," Harmon tells Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd. "That simple verbal declaration of 'I was born in Lewiston, Maine, or Sioux Falls,' and that proves they're a United States citizen." ....
Isreal has never been so threatened by external forces.
Isreal is doing far worse since Trump took office. Isreal is hemmed in by Russia in Syria and unable to carry out defensive measures against Hezbollah. Russia has proved interceptor missiles to Syria’s Assad.
Moving the USA embassy to Jerusalem has increased tensions with Palestine. Trump’s rhetoric is based in falsehoods, but, what else is new? Palestine now turns to Europe for help with a lasting peace in the Middle East.
21 February 2019
By Adam Rasgon
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center left, during a group photo at a meeting of leaders at an EU-Arab summit at the Sharm El Sheikh convention center in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (click here) urged European states on Sunday to play a greater role in mediating the peace process and recognize the “State of Palestine,” contending that the absence of such recognition was a betrayal of European values.
“Has the time not come for European states that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to do so, especially in light of your belief in the two-state solution?” Abbas said in a short speech at a two-day summit of Arab and European leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort city....
Does anyone know what Jarad Kushner's Middle East peace plan actually looks like? The peace talks are floundering and there is increased issues with problems within Egypt which distracts from issues internationally.
March 10, 2019
Egypt’s president (click here) is appointing a military officer to lead the country’s transportation ministry, less than two weeks after its minister resigned over a deadly February train crash in Cairo that killed 25 people.
The general turned president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, says that Maj. Gen. Kamal el-Waziri, who heads the military’s engineering authority, is awaiting approval from parliament to replace Hisham Arafat as transportation minister....
There is a tax dispute now between Palestine and Israel which has resulted in salary cuts of 40 percent within the Palestinian government. The two parties are deadlocked with increasing tensions and no end in sight.
February 20, 2019
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (click here) said Wednesday he would not accept partial payment of tax transfers owed by Israel, which decided to withhold reimbursements in retaliation for payments to prisoners jailed for attacks.
"We shall not accept the (tax) money if it is not paid in full," Abbas told a central committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Israel's security cabinet on Sunday approved the freezing of $138 million (122 million euros) over the Palestinian Authority's payments to prisoners jailed for attacks on Israelis.
Abbas also said he would not end financial support for the families of Palestinian attackers imprisoned or killed by Israel....
PM Benjamin Netanyahu is up on corruption charges.
February 28, 2019
By Daniel Estrin
After months of anticipation, (click here) Israel's attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is preparing to indict him on corruption charges.
It's a major blow to the long-serving premier and Trump ally, though not a final decision on an indictment. Netanyahu will still have a chance to hold off any indictment during a court hearing. And in the meantime, he remains in office and seeks reelection in April.
If Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit decides to press charges, which expert expect he will do, it would be the first time a sitting prime minister in Israel has been indicted.
The announcement shakes up Israeli politics just six weeks before voters decide whether Netanyahu gets another term. He has been serving as prime minister for a decade....
And the Jewish people are interested in one thing and one thing only, a peace proposal in Egypt.
March 10, 2019
By Tovah Lavaroff
Support remains (click here) high for Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt, almost 40 years after it was signed on March 26, 1979, according to a new poll by Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Truman Research Institute.
An Internet poll conducted among 400 Jewish Israelis and 100 Arab Israelis found that 82% of respondents held that the peace treaty was essential for Israel’s security....
There has been a marked increase in violence between Israel and Palestine under Netanyahu and Trump have joined forces, with casualties at the Israel border of young adults that are Palestinian. What began as a peace demonstration at the border has turned into violent confrontations because the IDF only sees those at the border as threats and not the hope of young Palestinians for peace.
With all the problems currently besetting Israel in a profound way, it is easy to say the Trump support for Israel is a failure. Trump has been in office for more than 2 years and there is still no concrete evidence of a peace proposal. One would think that if Netanyahu had negotiated a peace plan with the USA it would enhance the elections, but, nothing is being reported YET about the long anticipated Kushner peace plan.
8 March 2019
United Nations - US President Donald Trump’s Middle East adviser (click here) Jason Greenblatt met with the UN Security Council on Friday but gave no details of a much-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, diplomats said.
“There were no details,” Kuwaiti Ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi told reporters after the closed-door meeting. “There was a discussion from our side about the plan.”
The plan is expected to be released after the Israeli elections in April, but the Palestinians have already rejected it as biased in favor of Israel.
The Palestinians have refused to talk to the Trump administration since the US president recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017....
Moving the USA embassy to Jerusalem has increased tensions with Palestine. Trump’s rhetoric is based in falsehoods, but, what else is new? Palestine now turns to Europe for help with a lasting peace in the Middle East.
By Adam Rasgon
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center left, during a group photo at a meeting of leaders at an EU-Arab summit at the Sharm El Sheikh convention center in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (click here) urged European states on Sunday to play a greater role in mediating the peace process and recognize the “State of Palestine,” contending that the absence of such recognition was a betrayal of European values.
“Has the time not come for European states that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to do so, especially in light of your belief in the two-state solution?” Abbas said in a short speech at a two-day summit of Arab and European leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort city....
Does anyone know what Jarad Kushner's Middle East peace plan actually looks like? The peace talks are floundering and there is increased issues with problems within Egypt which distracts from issues internationally.
March 10, 2019
Egypt’s president (click here) is appointing a military officer to lead the country’s transportation ministry, less than two weeks after its minister resigned over a deadly February train crash in Cairo that killed 25 people.
The general turned president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, says that Maj. Gen. Kamal el-Waziri, who heads the military’s engineering authority, is awaiting approval from parliament to replace Hisham Arafat as transportation minister....
There is a tax dispute now between Palestine and Israel which has resulted in salary cuts of 40 percent within the Palestinian government. The two parties are deadlocked with increasing tensions and no end in sight.
February 20, 2019
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (click here) said Wednesday he would not accept partial payment of tax transfers owed by Israel, which decided to withhold reimbursements in retaliation for payments to prisoners jailed for attacks.
"We shall not accept the (tax) money if it is not paid in full," Abbas told a central committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Israel's security cabinet on Sunday approved the freezing of $138 million (122 million euros) over the Palestinian Authority's payments to prisoners jailed for attacks on Israelis.
Abbas also said he would not end financial support for the families of Palestinian attackers imprisoned or killed by Israel....
PM Benjamin Netanyahu is up on corruption charges.
February 28, 2019
By Daniel Estrin
After months of anticipation, (click here) Israel's attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is preparing to indict him on corruption charges.
It's a major blow to the long-serving premier and Trump ally, though not a final decision on an indictment. Netanyahu will still have a chance to hold off any indictment during a court hearing. And in the meantime, he remains in office and seeks reelection in April.
If Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit decides to press charges, which expert expect he will do, it would be the first time a sitting prime minister in Israel has been indicted.
The announcement shakes up Israeli politics just six weeks before voters decide whether Netanyahu gets another term. He has been serving as prime minister for a decade....
And the Jewish people are interested in one thing and one thing only, a peace proposal in Egypt.
March 10, 2019
By Tovah Lavaroff
Support remains (click here) high for Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt, almost 40 years after it was signed on March 26, 1979, according to a new poll by Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Truman Research Institute.
An Internet poll conducted among 400 Jewish Israelis and 100 Arab Israelis found that 82% of respondents held that the peace treaty was essential for Israel’s security....
There has been a marked increase in violence between Israel and Palestine under Netanyahu and Trump have joined forces, with casualties at the Israel border of young adults that are Palestinian. What began as a peace demonstration at the border has turned into violent confrontations because the IDF only sees those at the border as threats and not the hope of young Palestinians for peace.
With all the problems currently besetting Israel in a profound way, it is easy to say the Trump support for Israel is a failure. Trump has been in office for more than 2 years and there is still no concrete evidence of a peace proposal. One would think that if Netanyahu had negotiated a peace plan with the USA it would enhance the elections, but, nothing is being reported YET about the long anticipated Kushner peace plan.
8 March 2019
United Nations - US President Donald Trump’s Middle East adviser (click here) Jason Greenblatt met with the UN Security Council on Friday but gave no details of a much-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, diplomats said.
“There were no details,” Kuwaiti Ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi told reporters after the closed-door meeting. “There was a discussion from our side about the plan.”
The plan is expected to be released after the Israeli elections in April, but the Palestinians have already rejected it as biased in favor of Israel.
The Palestinians have refused to talk to the Trump administration since the US president recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017....
Sunday, March 10, 2019
I was prepared to have an evening of climate today, but, there was the jet tragedy that should not be overlooked.
If the jet was more closely scrutinized in October perhaps this would not have occurred today. These jets are at the most three years old. Boeing is a very important company to the USA and the focus can only help the company.
I find a three year old jet falling out of the sky twice in 8 months very upsetting. How could it happen?
There are, of course, the issues with the jet itself, but, also to be considered and reviewed are the preparations of the pilots. Jets are becoming more techi in nature and are the pilots properly trained with enough time with the jet to carry out successful flights.
There is also the flight plans and the weather the jet was facing. Recently, far below the sky, a cruise ship was struck by high winds. There were injuries because it is estimated the ship leaned up to 45 degrees from it's upright sailing position. So, the idea there could have been strong winds or turbulent weather is realistic.
The NTSB should have at least a preliminary report from the October jet crash.
So, we need to get this right and in respect of those lost both in October and today, I will defer these hours to honor their lives.
Good night.
I find a three year old jet falling out of the sky twice in 8 months very upsetting. How could it happen?
There are, of course, the issues with the jet itself, but, also to be considered and reviewed are the preparations of the pilots. Jets are becoming more techi in nature and are the pilots properly trained with enough time with the jet to carry out successful flights.
There is also the flight plans and the weather the jet was facing. Recently, far below the sky, a cruise ship was struck by high winds. There were injuries because it is estimated the ship leaned up to 45 degrees from it's upright sailing position. So, the idea there could have been strong winds or turbulent weather is realistic.
The NTSB should have at least a preliminary report from the October jet crash.
So, we need to get this right and in respect of those lost both in October and today, I will defer these hours to honor their lives.
Good night.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 needs to have their repair log checked immediately.
Two crashes of a new jet within 8 months is significant. Does this jet adapt to all forms of "fly by wire" or lack thereof? I think they need to be scrutinized by the airlines and Boeing to be sure there is little to no problem in their operations.
Are there common maintenance issues cropping up with these jets? Are the maintenance problems easily solved and prove to be reliable or are they solved only to occur again? Software vs. Hardware.
March 10, 2019
By Robert Picheta
For the second time in less than six months, (click here) a brand-new Boeing aircraft has crashed just minutes into a flight.
All 157 people on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa that crashed on Sunday morning have died, the airline has confirmed.
The tragedy follows the Lion Air flight that went down over the Java Sea in late October, killing all 189 people on board....
I am so sorry to hear of this crash. So many lives lost and families are suffering. My sincerest sympathies to the families and friends. It is a terrible accident. I understand there were Americans and United Nations workers among those lost with this crash. So, very sorry.
Are there common maintenance issues cropping up with these jets? Are the maintenance problems easily solved and prove to be reliable or are they solved only to occur again? Software vs. Hardware.
By Robert Picheta
For the second time in less than six months, (click here) a brand-new Boeing aircraft has crashed just minutes into a flight.
All 157 people on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa that crashed on Sunday morning have died, the airline has confirmed.
The tragedy follows the Lion Air flight that went down over the Java Sea in late October, killing all 189 people on board....
I am so sorry to hear of this crash. So many lives lost and families are suffering. My sincerest sympathies to the families and friends. It is a terrible accident. I understand there were Americans and United Nations workers among those lost with this crash. So, very sorry.
So, Don, did you NFL guys have orgies?
Don you have to be careful. STDs might be carried home to the wife. That would really blow your cover, huh? I bet this is cheaper than NDA, right? So, about the STDs, you can find information about that at any family planning office. That is good advise and it is free.
Any chance the Day Spa contribute to the campaign or inaugural? Any reason to believe prostitution will be decriminalized and legalized as a favor to a friend?
I betcha this photo will never be found in the "National Enquirer."
I could never understand how Roger Goodell keeps his job, especially, after the corruption was exposed. Does he have a lot on you guys?
March 8, 2019
The owner (click here) of the Asian day spa in Jupiter has been active in GOP donor circles, planting her in the orbits of President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots and his longtime friend, team owner Robert Kraft, to victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3.
Sometime during the party at Trump’s West Palm Beach country club, the president turned in his chair to look over his right shoulder, smiling for a photo with two women at a table behind him.
The woman who snapped the blurry Super Bowl selfie with the president was Li Yang, 45, a self-made entrepreneur from China who started a chain of Asian day spas in South Florida. Over the years, these establishments — many of which operate under the name Tokyo Day Spas — have gained a reputation for offering sexual services....
What should concern every American about Trump is his affiliation with so many tainted people and organizations he would call friends and donors. This affiliation with the Japan Day Spa is more of the same.
Trump does not live a noble life. Those folks from the Japan Day Spa are sitting with Trump as friends. This was no mistake, they are friends. He can't invite them to Mar A Lago for obvious reasons. So, he meets them where they are.
These are not just a personal issue or personal preference, it compromises him and the security of the USA. The behavior by Trump and his family creates national security concerns. Is it any wonder why Trump likes to much control within the federal government.
8 March 2019
By Jon Swaine
Donald Trump’s inauguration (click here) received tens of thousands of dollars from shell companies that masked the involvement of a foreign contributor or others with foreign ties.
The Guardian has identified the creators of three obscure firms that contributed money to Trump’s inaugural committee, which collected a record $107m as he entered the White House in 2017.
The three companies each gave $25,000 to Trump’s inaugural fund. At least one of the contributions was made for a foreign national who appears ineligible to make political donations in the US.
A spokesman for Thomas Barrack, the chairman of Trump’s inauguration committee, declined to comment. The contributors denied wrongdoing.
Federal prosecutors in New York and the attorney generals of New Jersey and Washington DC have in recent weeks issued subpoenas to the committee, demanding records and information on its contributors and spending.
US election law prohibits non-resident foreigners from contributing to political campaigns, including inaugurations. Donors or campaigns who “knowingly and willfully” breach this rule may be fined or prosecuted....
Any chance the Day Spa contribute to the campaign or inaugural? Any reason to believe prostitution will be decriminalized and legalized as a favor to a friend?
I betcha this photo will never be found in the "National Enquirer."
I could never understand how Roger Goodell keeps his job, especially, after the corruption was exposed. Does he have a lot on you guys?March 8, 2019
The owner (click here) of the Asian day spa in Jupiter has been active in GOP donor circles, planting her in the orbits of President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots and his longtime friend, team owner Robert Kraft, to victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3.
Sometime during the party at Trump’s West Palm Beach country club, the president turned in his chair to look over his right shoulder, smiling for a photo with two women at a table behind him.
The woman who snapped the blurry Super Bowl selfie with the president was Li Yang, 45, a self-made entrepreneur from China who started a chain of Asian day spas in South Florida. Over the years, these establishments — many of which operate under the name Tokyo Day Spas — have gained a reputation for offering sexual services....
What should concern every American about Trump is his affiliation with so many tainted people and organizations he would call friends and donors. This affiliation with the Japan Day Spa is more of the same.
Trump does not live a noble life. Those folks from the Japan Day Spa are sitting with Trump as friends. This was no mistake, they are friends. He can't invite them to Mar A Lago for obvious reasons. So, he meets them where they are.
These are not just a personal issue or personal preference, it compromises him and the security of the USA. The behavior by Trump and his family creates national security concerns. Is it any wonder why Trump likes to much control within the federal government.
8 March 2019
By Jon Swaine
Donald Trump’s inauguration (click here) received tens of thousands of dollars from shell companies that masked the involvement of a foreign contributor or others with foreign ties.
The Guardian has identified the creators of three obscure firms that contributed money to Trump’s inaugural committee, which collected a record $107m as he entered the White House in 2017.
The three companies each gave $25,000 to Trump’s inaugural fund. At least one of the contributions was made for a foreign national who appears ineligible to make political donations in the US.
A spokesman for Thomas Barrack, the chairman of Trump’s inauguration committee, declined to comment. The contributors denied wrongdoing.
Federal prosecutors in New York and the attorney generals of New Jersey and Washington DC have in recent weeks issued subpoenas to the committee, demanding records and information on its contributors and spending.
US election law prohibits non-resident foreigners from contributing to political campaigns, including inaugurations. Donors or campaigns who “knowingly and willfully” breach this rule may be fined or prosecuted....
Trump's draconian administration.
The Trump administration has been exceptionally draconian of the USA Treasury, including, his family. Before Ivanka sold her business she was scoffing up patents in China. We know the Kushner family sold USA visas that Eric lobbied for in Congress. We also know today Jarad obtained monies from Qatar. This is all highly unethical. It may be illegal.
It is absolutely detrimental to the esteem of the USA when leaders pander foreign countries for money.
We don't know how much of the USA budget is being siphoned by Trump's cabinet and/or Republican Congress because of past budgets. The tax cuts work in favor of his cabinet members and his cronies/friends.
During his State of the Union speech, Trump alluded to the fact he will seek private schools exclusively in the USA. He wants to send public school students home and maybe there will be a continuation of online classes. Trump will eliminate public education and will not replace it with schools the majority of Americans can afford.
One corrupt, maniacal conspiracy after another.
As a candidate for president Trump should not have entertained the idea a private militia would have a hand in any Iran policy or otherwise. It is all about having control of government money.
The Trump Tower Meeting in which campaign members were present was June 9, 2016. This meeting with Prince is August 3, 2016. They were busy in Trump Tower. Is it clear there were no Russians at this meeting? Because the Russians met at the Seychelles with Prince. THAT COMPROMISES HIM AS AN ENTITY THAT HAS TIES TO RUSSIA AND HE CANNOT ACT AS A PARTNER WITH THE USA MILITARY.
Prince and his militia is a security risk. If he has contact with USA military it needs to end.
From the same article below:
...Mueller's team has reportedly probed several 2017 meetings that occurred in Seychelles during the period Prince met with a Russian banker there.
Prince has acknowledged that he traveled to the Seychelles and that he met with a Russian government official while there, but has denied that he was acting on behalf of the Trump administration.
March 8, 2019
Erik Prince, (click here) the former head of Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has acknowledged that he was present at a key 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
In an interview on Al Jazeera's "Head to Head" that aired Friday, Prince said he was present at an Aug. 3, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower to "talk about Iran policy."
The New York Times reported last year that Prince organized a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that included Donald Trump Jr. and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader. During that meeting, Nader reportedly said the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia wanted to aid Trump in his bid for the White House.
Prince previously testified under oath to the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 30, 2017, saying at the time that he had "no official" or "really unofficial role" in the Trump campaign and his only involvement in helping was attending fundraisers and placing yard signs.
"Head to Head" host Mehdi Hasan pressed Prince on why his presence at the meeting was apparently not part of his testimony to lawmakers, to which Prince suggested, "they got the transcript wrong," prompting laughter from the audience....
The Trump Tower Meeting in which campaign members were present was June 9, 2016. This meeting with Prince is August 3, 2016. They were busy in Trump Tower. Is it clear there were no Russians at this meeting? Because the Russians met at the Seychelles with Prince. THAT COMPROMISES HIM AS AN ENTITY THAT HAS TIES TO RUSSIA AND HE CANNOT ACT AS A PARTNER WITH THE USA MILITARY.Prince and his militia is a security risk. If he has contact with USA military it needs to end.
From the same article below:
...Mueller's team has reportedly probed several 2017 meetings that occurred in Seychelles during the period Prince met with a Russian banker there.
Prince has acknowledged that he traveled to the Seychelles and that he met with a Russian government official while there, but has denied that he was acting on behalf of the Trump administration.
March 8, 2019
Erik Prince, (click here) the former head of Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has acknowledged that he was present at a key 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
In an interview on Al Jazeera's "Head to Head" that aired Friday, Prince said he was present at an Aug. 3, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower to "talk about Iran policy."
The New York Times reported last year that Prince organized a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that included Donald Trump Jr. and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader. During that meeting, Nader reportedly said the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia wanted to aid Trump in his bid for the White House.
Prince previously testified under oath to the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 30, 2017, saying at the time that he had "no official" or "really unofficial role" in the Trump campaign and his only involvement in helping was attending fundraisers and placing yard signs.
"Head to Head" host Mehdi Hasan pressed Prince on why his presence at the meeting was apparently not part of his testimony to lawmakers, to which Prince suggested, "they got the transcript wrong," prompting laughter from the audience....
The Republican 2020 campaign agenda.
McConnell is not interested in anti-hate legislation, anti-corruption legislation (HR-1) or preventing foreign money from entering the elections in the USA. It has been two years since the Russians invaded the 2016 elections, elected Trump and the US Senate has done NOTHING to end the invasion into the USA by foreign powers.
It now can be easily stated, morality does not matter to the Republicans because their politics is based in big money donors, hate and a corrupt FOX News.
McConnell and Trump plan to continue their Islamophobia because it is an election strategy. They will continue to pander to White Supremacists that we witnessed in Trump's hate speech during the 2018 elections.
The facts are very plain. The Right Wing Supreme Court hacked away at the Voting Rights Act, they made money a citizen and sided with Citizens United. It is very plain the power structure in the Republican Party is more interested in CONVERTING the USA into a Plutocratic - Theocracy than anything else. They have to be stopped. The US Supreme Court AND the Judiciary are all part of that campaign agenda.
The elections of 2018 were obviously tampered with as well. Georgia. North Carolina. Hate speech in Texas that moved Ted Cruz far ahead of O'Rourke and Florida.
This needs to stop and it is now obvious the Republicans have absolutely no intentions of participating in moral issues regarding the security of our country.
Trump's strategy for 2020 is the same hate filled speech of 2018, so security issues are at work. Trump is highly motivated for 2020 because he wants the US House back as well as the US Senate because he wants to change our term limits to three terms like his friend Putin or removing term limits altogether. He can't carry out such initiatives with a Democratic House.
Our elections going forward must be about the needs of the country and it's national security including secure, safe and free elections. It is our mission now.
One other thing, I heard a brief news report that Barr stated the US Justice Department will practice God's morality. I am confident that does not mean they will be following Pope Francis declarations to fight the climate crisis. He stated that to intimidate and oppress the LGBT community. The Trump administration, including the cabinet officers, are corrupt to the bone and hate is part of their daily agenda.
That idea of "God's morality" also prevents genetic research in the USA. Bush started it and now Trump's administration wants to continue it.
It now can be easily stated, morality does not matter to the Republicans because their politics is based in big money donors, hate and a corrupt FOX News.
McConnell and Trump plan to continue their Islamophobia because it is an election strategy. They will continue to pander to White Supremacists that we witnessed in Trump's hate speech during the 2018 elections.
The facts are very plain. The Right Wing Supreme Court hacked away at the Voting Rights Act, they made money a citizen and sided with Citizens United. It is very plain the power structure in the Republican Party is more interested in CONVERTING the USA into a Plutocratic - Theocracy than anything else. They have to be stopped. The US Supreme Court AND the Judiciary are all part of that campaign agenda.
The elections of 2018 were obviously tampered with as well. Georgia. North Carolina. Hate speech in Texas that moved Ted Cruz far ahead of O'Rourke and Florida.
This needs to stop and it is now obvious the Republicans have absolutely no intentions of participating in moral issues regarding the security of our country.
Trump's strategy for 2020 is the same hate filled speech of 2018, so security issues are at work. Trump is highly motivated for 2020 because he wants the US House back as well as the US Senate because he wants to change our term limits to three terms like his friend Putin or removing term limits altogether. He can't carry out such initiatives with a Democratic House.
Our elections going forward must be about the needs of the country and it's national security including secure, safe and free elections. It is our mission now.
One other thing, I heard a brief news report that Barr stated the US Justice Department will practice God's morality. I am confident that does not mean they will be following Pope Francis declarations to fight the climate crisis. He stated that to intimidate and oppress the LGBT community. The Trump administration, including the cabinet officers, are corrupt to the bone and hate is part of their daily agenda.
That idea of "God's morality" also prevents genetic research in the USA. Bush started it and now Trump's administration wants to continue it.
Saturday, March 09, 2019
Matt Schlapp | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) (click here for news article - thank you)
During the interview, a revelation regarding Donald Trump came up. It was that if Donald Trump was not reelected, he would not leave the White House. I am proposing a solution.
Should Trump consider the renovations of the White House so much his design that he won't leave, then the staff must abandon the White House, shut off the electricity, cable news access and any water supply and move it to Monticello.
Every American is familiar with Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. It is pictured on every nickel, except the ones with buffalos. On inauguration day when Trump does not show up for the handing over of power at noon, then Monticello comes into play and all the presidential support systems are quickly moved. It is a perfect place.
Monticello is about the size of the West Wing. There are modern plumbing, electricity and water. The Secret Service can secure the facilities and the USA will pay rent until Trump gets tired of carrying water from some pond nearby to his toilet flushes in the White House.
Unbelievable that Trump is so enamored with himself he can't picture the day he leaves the White House.
Should Trump consider the renovations of the White House so much his design that he won't leave, then the staff must abandon the White House, shut off the electricity, cable news access and any water supply and move it to Monticello.Every American is familiar with Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. It is pictured on every nickel, except the ones with buffalos. On inauguration day when Trump does not show up for the handing over of power at noon, then Monticello comes into play and all the presidential support systems are quickly moved. It is a perfect place.
Monticello is about the size of the West Wing. There are modern plumbing, electricity and water. The Secret Service can secure the facilities and the USA will pay rent until Trump gets tired of carrying water from some pond nearby to his toilet flushes in the White House.
Unbelievable that Trump is so enamored with himself he can't picture the day he leaves the White House.
Friday, March 08, 2019
Hm. How does the Solicitor General untangle the web that Snyder spun?
March 7, 2019
By Ron Fonger
Flint -- The new woman (click here) in charge of Flint water prosecutions says she needs more time to assess the strength of at least two of the pending criminal cases before she’s prepared to defend them.
Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud told a Genesee district court judge Thursday, March 7, that she’s not ready to press the cases against former emergency manager Darnell Earley or former Flint Department of Public Works Director Howard Croft and won’t be ready by next month either.
“The people are currently evaluating all the evidence in these cases, specifically the defendants that are ... in front of the court today...,” Hammoud said. “We are doing our due diligence in this case ... to evaluate and re-evaluate the evidence in this case and the charges on all defendants.”
Earley, the state-appointed emergency manager in charge of Flint at the start of the city’s water crisis, faces charges of false pretenses, conspiracy to commit false pretenses, willful neglect of duty and misconduct in office....
Yo Yo Ma's Day of Action seems to bring out the character of Flint.
March 4, 2019
By Lauren Rearick
It’s been 1,774 days (click here) since the city of Flint, Michigan, has had drinkable water, and now Jaden Smith is helping residents affected by the crisis.
On Saturday (March 2), the actor’s company, Just Goods, donated a portable water filtration system to Flint’s First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church called the Water Box, which mirrors the system Just uses to bottle its own Just Water, Michigan Live reports. The box was created in collaboration with the church and Smith’s mother, Jada Pinkett-Smith, said she would also be donating a second Water Box to the city.
“We don’t want to disrupt what’s happening with the donation of bottled water to Flint,” Smith told those assembled at the box’s unveiling. “We just want to be the backbone in case something happens to that supply of donated bottled water.”...
March 8, 2019
Flint — At age 5, (click here) Phil Hagerman started stacking soda bottles for 2-cent deposits at the family pharmacy in Flint. While other children watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, the little boy joyfully went to work with his father.
He knew he would become a pharmacist one day.
“I’m kind of a boring guy,” Hagerman said on a snowy afternoon in February. “I’ve lived within 10 miles my entire life, except for college.”
After a stint at Ferris State University just two hours west, Hagerman returned to the bedroom community of Fenton, where everything began. He partnered with his father and built a health care network specializing in complex diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis. Their private company went public and made a fortune.
All those millions? He takes abandoned buildings rich in history and brings them back to life. He invests in young people launching companies. He makes dreams come true.
Others think of him as the angel investor of Flint....
By Ron Fonger
Flint -- The new woman (click here) in charge of Flint water prosecutions says she needs more time to assess the strength of at least two of the pending criminal cases before she’s prepared to defend them.
Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud told a Genesee district court judge Thursday, March 7, that she’s not ready to press the cases against former emergency manager Darnell Earley or former Flint Department of Public Works Director Howard Croft and won’t be ready by next month either.
“The people are currently evaluating all the evidence in these cases, specifically the defendants that are ... in front of the court today...,” Hammoud said. “We are doing our due diligence in this case ... to evaluate and re-evaluate the evidence in this case and the charges on all defendants.”
Earley, the state-appointed emergency manager in charge of Flint at the start of the city’s water crisis, faces charges of false pretenses, conspiracy to commit false pretenses, willful neglect of duty and misconduct in office....
Yo Yo Ma's Day of Action seems to bring out the character of Flint.
March 4, 2019
By Lauren Rearick
It’s been 1,774 days (click here) since the city of Flint, Michigan, has had drinkable water, and now Jaden Smith is helping residents affected by the crisis.
On Saturday (March 2), the actor’s company, Just Goods, donated a portable water filtration system to Flint’s First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church called the Water Box, which mirrors the system Just uses to bottle its own Just Water, Michigan Live reports. The box was created in collaboration with the church and Smith’s mother, Jada Pinkett-Smith, said she would also be donating a second Water Box to the city.
“We don’t want to disrupt what’s happening with the donation of bottled water to Flint,” Smith told those assembled at the box’s unveiling. “We just want to be the backbone in case something happens to that supply of donated bottled water.”...
March 8, 2019
Flint — At age 5, (click here) Phil Hagerman started stacking soda bottles for 2-cent deposits at the family pharmacy in Flint. While other children watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, the little boy joyfully went to work with his father.
He knew he would become a pharmacist one day.
“I’m kind of a boring guy,” Hagerman said on a snowy afternoon in February. “I’ve lived within 10 miles my entire life, except for college.”
After a stint at Ferris State University just two hours west, Hagerman returned to the bedroom community of Fenton, where everything began. He partnered with his father and built a health care network specializing in complex diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis. Their private company went public and made a fortune.
All those millions? He takes abandoned buildings rich in history and brings them back to life. He invests in young people launching companies. He makes dreams come true.
Others think of him as the angel investor of Flint....
Let me see if I get this right.
Paul Manafort, a proven criminal, receives sympathy from Trump knowing Manafort never told the truth to the Special Council or the American people.
Michael Cohen, a proven criminal, receives ridicule from Trump knowing Cohen came forward to cooperate with Congress and telling the truth to the American people.
If I had to assess Trump's moral content, it would be that Trump is a criminal that likes other criminals, especially those that lie a lot.
Michael Cohen, a proven criminal, receives ridicule from Trump knowing Cohen came forward to cooperate with Congress and telling the truth to the American people.
If I had to assess Trump's moral content, it would be that Trump is a criminal that likes other criminals, especially those that lie a lot.
Any war in the Caribbean won't be conventional for long.
Russia and China do not have major staging areas in the Western Hemisphere, at least that I am aware of.
Maduro is backed by Russia and is supplying weapons to him for a tidy price, but, it is my understanding Russia already has soldiers on the ground in Venezuela, albeit a small number at this point.
Any conventional warfare in the Caribbean will be to provide a sense of security from nuclear confrontation with the USA. If the USA has it's guard down, the assault by every ally Putin can find will launch and perhaps not receive any missiles in return, especially with Trump in office.Trump and the only people he cares about, his family, will be down a rabbit hole waiting for Putin to call the all clear.
Now, that might sound strange and delusional, but, Putin wants to end the USA domination in regard to global security and with Kim itching to be part of the big picture, there is no better time than now.
Putin and China are communists and the USA is freedom and democracy. At least that is what the US Constitution demands.
The game is set now, it is a matter of winning that matters.
Oh, one other thing. So much for "If Hillary wins there will be a nuclear war."
Maduro is backed by Russia and is supplying weapons to him for a tidy price, but, it is my understanding Russia already has soldiers on the ground in Venezuela, albeit a small number at this point.
Any conventional warfare in the Caribbean will be to provide a sense of security from nuclear confrontation with the USA. If the USA has it's guard down, the assault by every ally Putin can find will launch and perhaps not receive any missiles in return, especially with Trump in office.Trump and the only people he cares about, his family, will be down a rabbit hole waiting for Putin to call the all clear.
Now, that might sound strange and delusional, but, Putin wants to end the USA domination in regard to global security and with Kim itching to be part of the big picture, there is no better time than now.
Putin and China are communists and the USA is freedom and democracy. At least that is what the US Constitution demands.
The game is set now, it is a matter of winning that matters.
Oh, one other thing. So much for "If Hillary wins there will be a nuclear war."
What is going on in Venezuela?
Elliot Abrams, the human rights abuser, was put in charge of the USA's efforts in Venezuela. China is screaming no foreign interference and the lights are out all over the country.
March 8, 2019
A massive power outage hit Venezuela (click here), sending the country into darkness. President Maduro says the United States is to blame for an "electrical war." Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman and Jeanie Ahn discuss.
This is exactly what I worried about with Trump. He is going to cause an international near border war. I swear, he and Putin are attempting to find ways to invade this country and end our democracy. I would not put anything past Trump if he thinks he can be king.
The United Nations needs to convene about Venezuela and Trump's focus on invasion rather than diplomacy.
March 8, 2019
A massive power outage hit Venezuela (click here), sending the country into darkness. President Maduro says the United States is to blame for an "electrical war." Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman and Jeanie Ahn discuss.
This is exactly what I worried about with Trump. He is going to cause an international near border war. I swear, he and Putin are attempting to find ways to invade this country and end our democracy. I would not put anything past Trump if he thinks he can be king.
The United Nations needs to convene about Venezuela and Trump's focus on invasion rather than diplomacy.
Is helping women to have babies socialism?
The province of New South Wales in Australia doesn't think so. I don't want to hear that this is a political football, because, the government has already made the financial support known. There is nothing political about it.
March 9, 2019
By Esther Han
Manu O'Connor tried for four years (click here) to have a baby but it was only when she was 20 weeks pregnant, and her baby the size of a mango, that she began to enjoy the experience.
In that four year period, Ms O'Connor, 40 from Croydon, had been on an "emotional rollercoaster", suffering several miscarriages and dealing with the mounting costs of IVF treatment.
"I had three miscarriages and another two while having IVF so it was only when I was halfway through pregnancy I could be happy and allow myself to get attached," she said on Friday while cuddling 14-week-old Sita.
The government says it wants the IVF process to become easier and has announced a $42 million package to increase access and ease the financial burden.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said if re-elected her government would provide a rebate up to $500 for for IVF prescreening tests which are used to determine whether a woman is likely to experience a positive result.
"Pre-screening tests are often an expensive and emotionally challenging experience for women," she said.
"We will also make IVF an option for more women who previously may not have been able to afford it by expanding the number of NSW government-supported IVF clinics."...
No more Tay-Sachs? Wow. Is the future already here? Is New South Wales leading the way? I know the USA isn't. The testing that is subsidized by NSW with $500 will be the key to the need and viability to IVF for a couple.
March 2019
The global in-vitro fertilization market size (click here) is expected to reach USD 36.2 billion by 2026, based on a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. It is projected to expand at a CAGR of 10.2% during the forecast period. The market is driven by the increasing incidence of infertility owing to lifestyle changes, government initiatives to provide better reimbursement policies, and the continuous efforts by the industry contributors. Expansion of fertility procedures for treating male infertility such as ICSI, is projected to positively influence the growth in near future.
Moreover, availability of genomic testing with the ability to prevent the transfer of genetic disease during IVF procedure is expected to drive the market. Increasing number of IVF treatments has encouraged more insurance providers to cover these procedures. This has ultimately led to competitive pricing and has moderated the treatment costs, driving the market with more treatment standardization and automation....
IVF in, Stadiums out!
Morality is the choices we make.
March 9, 2019
By Alexandra Smith, Lisa Visentin and Esther Han
Most NSW voters (click here) are still opposed to the state government funding a new Sydney stadium, polling reveals, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday launched her first vigorous defence of the $730 million policy.
The new poll, taken two days after Labor leader Michael Daley sensationally told 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones that he would sack most of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust if elected premier, shows more than 52 per cent of voters oppose or strongly oppose the government's stadiums policy....
March 9, 2019
By Esther Han
Manu O'Connor tried for four years (click here) to have a baby but it was only when she was 20 weeks pregnant, and her baby the size of a mango, that she began to enjoy the experience.
In that four year period, Ms O'Connor, 40 from Croydon, had been on an "emotional rollercoaster", suffering several miscarriages and dealing with the mounting costs of IVF treatment.
"I had three miscarriages and another two while having IVF so it was only when I was halfway through pregnancy I could be happy and allow myself to get attached," she said on Friday while cuddling 14-week-old Sita.
The government says it wants the IVF process to become easier and has announced a $42 million package to increase access and ease the financial burden.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said if re-elected her government would provide a rebate up to $500 for for IVF prescreening tests which are used to determine whether a woman is likely to experience a positive result.
"Pre-screening tests are often an expensive and emotionally challenging experience for women," she said.
"We will also make IVF an option for more women who previously may not have been able to afford it by expanding the number of NSW government-supported IVF clinics."...
No more Tay-Sachs? Wow. Is the future already here? Is New South Wales leading the way? I know the USA isn't. The testing that is subsidized by NSW with $500 will be the key to the need and viability to IVF for a couple.
March 2019
The global in-vitro fertilization market size (click here) is expected to reach USD 36.2 billion by 2026, based on a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. It is projected to expand at a CAGR of 10.2% during the forecast period. The market is driven by the increasing incidence of infertility owing to lifestyle changes, government initiatives to provide better reimbursement policies, and the continuous efforts by the industry contributors. Expansion of fertility procedures for treating male infertility such as ICSI, is projected to positively influence the growth in near future.
Moreover, availability of genomic testing with the ability to prevent the transfer of genetic disease during IVF procedure is expected to drive the market. Increasing number of IVF treatments has encouraged more insurance providers to cover these procedures. This has ultimately led to competitive pricing and has moderated the treatment costs, driving the market with more treatment standardization and automation....
IVF in, Stadiums out!
Morality is the choices we make.
March 9, 2019
By Alexandra Smith, Lisa Visentin and Esther Han
Most NSW voters (click here) are still opposed to the state government funding a new Sydney stadium, polling reveals, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday launched her first vigorous defence of the $730 million policy.
The new poll, taken two days after Labor leader Michael Daley sensationally told 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones that he would sack most of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust if elected premier, shows more than 52 per cent of voters oppose or strongly oppose the government's stadiums policy....
So, Trump is screaming no collusion, huh?
To prove further corruption, there is the issue of LIMITING speech within the prosecution. The judge would not allow the words Russian Collusion in the courtroom. The reason could be because there is no specific law that uses the word collusion as it's stated statute.
I have to wonder with or without new evidence if an appeal to the restrictions of language is a possibility?
When Trump starts screaming NO Conspiracy it might get more interesting.
We already know there was a conspiracy with the testimony of Michael Cohen. There was definitely men, including Trump, conspiring to hide the truth from the American people. He can say it was to protect his wife, but, if that was known to the American people at the time the conspiracy was taking place, the election would have had a different outcome.
The women that were conspired against were coming forward to speak to the people, not Mrs. Trump.
To prove further corruption, there is the issue of LIMITING speech within the prosecution. The judge would not allow the words Russian Collusion in the courtroom. The reason could be because there is no specific law that uses the word collusion as it's stated statute.
I have to wonder with or without new evidence if an appeal to the restrictions of language is a possibility?
When Trump starts screaming NO Conspiracy it might get more interesting.
We already know there was a conspiracy with the testimony of Michael Cohen. There was definitely men, including Trump, conspiring to hide the truth from the American people. He can say it was to protect his wife, but, if that was known to the American people at the time the conspiracy was taking place, the election would have had a different outcome.
The women that were conspired against were coming forward to speak to the people, not Mrs. Trump.
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