The mother should be charged.

"My First Rifle" (click here)

By Bary Alyssa Johnson | First Posted: May 01, 2013 03:58 PM EDT

A mother in southern Kentucky (click here) stepped outside of her home for just a few moments and in that short time her 5-year-old son accidentally shot to death his 2-year-old sister on Tuesday, according to reports.

The victim of the shooting, Caroline Starks, was in her home in Burkesville, KY with her older brother when their mother stepped outside of their home at about 1:00pm on Tuesday. In that short time, Caroline's 5-year-old brother managed to discharge one fatal shot from a rifle he received for his birthday....

...The autopsy revealed that the girl died from a single shot fired by a .22-caliber rifle. White says that the death has been ruled an accident that that no charges will be filed against the victim's brother....

Abetting. Interfering with the investigative measures.

By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 4:20 PM

...Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev (click here) have been held in jail for more than a week on allegations that they violated their student visas by not regularly going to class at UMass. All three men charged Wednesday began attending UMass with Tsarnaev at the same time in 2011, according to the FBI.

The three were not accused of any involvement in the bombing itself. But in a footnote in the court papers, the FBI said that about a month before the bombing, Tsarnaev told Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev that he knew how to make a bomb.

If convicted, Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov could get up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Phillipos faces a maximum of eight years behind bars and a $250,000 fine....

After their criminal trials and whether or not they will serve sentences here or in their homeland, they will be deported. It is unfortunate they had false loyalties even after the fact. I doubt they will receive full sentences.

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and of New Bedford, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting to dispose of a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge was charged with making false statements to law enforcement officials in a terrorism investigation, prosecutors said. All three were, or had been, students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Tsarnaev, 19, was also a student.

I have a suggestion. Before any men at Guantanamo dies, the international community needs to assess responsibility.

I remind the USA will be removing all their troops from Afghanistan in 2014 if not before. The status of 'prisoner' changes when the war has ended. I am not as familiar with these men in order to comment, but, if any were taken in Iraq their status has already changed. If the prisoners are not found guilty of capital crimes of one kind or another they could potentially be released after their POW status ends.

Chronically low blood sugar levels will cause brain damage. That is a form of human rights violation.

There are people in the USA Congress that have sentenced these men to death without humane conditions or trials. 

I strongly suggest the entire circumstance of these men be assessed for responsibility and if they die, the World Court has to begin prosecutions.

The USA Congress had prohibited the movement of any of these individuals by the Executive Branch of the USA to facilitate the outcomes of these men. It is impossible to have a trial of a person unconscious or sick. It is time the global community prepare for holding the people responsible that are playing politics with human lives.

The trials at The Hague can go forward with sufficient evidence in absentia. It would be a viable option in order to stop this hideous practice. Human beings are not political pawns. Some USA legislators don't seem to realize that when they depersonalize a POW to the level of disposable.

New York
March 16, 2013, 4:59 PM

Attorneys (click here) for detainees long-held without charges at the U.S military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, assert that a general hunger strike involving many of the 166 detainees who remain incarcerated there has entered its second month.

But the U.S. military strongly denies that claim, calling it "a fabrication," and instead says only 14 detainees are actively engaged in hunger strikes detrimental to their health.

In a letter of concern sent to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday, a group of 51 detainee attorneys wrote, "at least two dozen men have lost consciousness due to low blood glucose levels." The Pentagon said it was aware of the letter but declined to discuss it....

What was in the darn thing, lead?

The jet appears to have trouble climbing into any kind of air speed. That was the problem it didn't achieve airspeed to carry it's weight. The pilot was struggling with it from the beginning. It didn't have enough air speed. What was that all about?

A jet won't fly without sufficient air under it's wings. This jet simply stopped. The turbines didn't have enough air flowing through them.

The explosion was because the tanks were full. It was anticipating a lengthy flight and/or using a lot of fuel to make it's trip.

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

Published: April 29, 2013

...There was no information (click here) late on Monday about whether the plane was carrying cargo or its intended destination. It belonged to National Air Cargo, a military contractor based in Orchard Park, N.Y., outside Buffalo. Military officials said that the cause of the crash was being investigated, but that there had been no enemy activity in the area at the time.

I find it more than interesting that the Pew Poll proves where Americans wage war people become extremist in their religious content.

Global Muslim Survey Finds Support for Sharia, but also Religious Pluralism (click here)

...Pew researcher Jim Bell acknowledged the difficulties of conducting the survey in countries where such topics may be sensitive or have what he called "socially desirable answers."

“It's possible to read into some of the findings that this is obviously a very popular answer to say that sharia should be made the official law of the country," said Bell....

The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society (click here)

...The study took 4 years and covered 39 countries and territories.

Sharia Law should govern the nation:

Afghanistan 99%

Iraq  91%

Pakistan 84%

Azerbaijan 8%

Suicide bombing is sometimes justified:

Afghanistan 39%

Egypt 29%

Palestine Terr. 40%

The study did not research Muslim opinions in Saudi Arabia, Iran (non-Arab), Syria and India because of unsettled conditions in the countries and other reasons....

What is even more interesting to me is the fact the youngest Tsarnaev brother cited the USA wars as a cause for their actions. Given the fact violence seems to push people into extremist views, the idea of propagating more wars in the name of USA national security has to be questioned to it's wisdom.

Hard core martial arts practitioners know alternative methods of battle including poison. Ricin is a poison.

As a matter of fact those engaged in serious martial arts training sometimes go to Korea to learn all those aspects of Taekwondo not readily available in the USA.

Learning martial arts is a past time for most Americans, but, there are those folks who take it to a different level. Parents might want to understand better whom they are trusting their children to when providing after school activities.

The fact Mr. Dutschke was able to prepare Ricin all makes perfect sense. I don't know that he needs a motive except to exact pain on other people.

Elvis lives !

HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press, 

By HOLBROOK MOHR and JAY REEVES, 

Associated Press

Updated 2:18 am, Wednesday, May 1, 2013

...According to an FBI affidavit (click here) made public Tuesday, agents saw Dutschke the day before Curtis' release hauling items out of his former martial arts studio in Tupelo, Miss.

Tests in the studio and on some of those times, including a dust mask, have tested positive for ricin, the same deadly substance found in the letters sent to Obama, U.S. Roger Wicker and Lee County, Miss., Judge Sadie Holland, the affidavit says.

The affidavit also said numerous documents found in Dutschke's home had printer markings that were similar to ones on the letters and that he had used the Internet to buy castor beans, from which ricin is derived.

Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday by FBI agents at his home in Tupelo, and is being held without bond pending a preliminary and detention hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss....

Erin Burnett wanted to know if there is a Libyan government. Yes.

A Libyan woman shows her election-ink marked finger after casting her ballot at a polling station in Benghazi, Libya, July 7, 2012. The election was hailed as a milestone on the path toward democracy after the toppling of Libyan former leader Muammar Gaddafi Photograph: Li Muzi/ Li Muzi/Xinhua Press/Corbis

...Libya is in state of transition (click here) after four decades of dictatorship. I have been visiting the country for more than half that period, including three times during and since the revolution, and it is clear to me that freed of the fear and repression in which they lived under Muammar Gaddafi, ordinary people were largely glad to see the back of him and his family. It will take time before other benefits become apparent....

Prime Minister Ali ZAYDAN (since 14 October 2012) 

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (click here)
Date of Information: 6/4/2012

 New cabinet approved by the National Congress on 31 October 2012.

Unicameral National Congress (200 seats; 120 individual seats elected from 69 constituencies and 80 party list seats elected from 20 constituencies; member term NA)

There is so much of a government in Libya there are unhappy citizens that are determined to rid the country of any fragments of Gaddafi. For real.

30 April 2013 

...Dozens of armed men (click here) occupied the Libyan Justice Ministry earlier today, according to media reports, forcing ministry staff to leave. Meanwhile, the country’s Foreign Ministry remains under siege for a third day. Protesters have told journalists that they want to push the General National Congress – Libya’s highest legislative authority - to pass a proposed law that would ban Muammar al-Qadhafi-era officials from holding Government posts....

It is sort of an interesting place right now. There are folks running around mad as hell and aren't going to take it many more. They have guns and they throw members of the government out of the buildings. Then they hold the buildings so those now without a job don't come back. I know some Americans similarly armed and in the same mood that wish they could do the same thing. They should enjoy some war tourism in Libya. 

The most interesting part though, Ms. Burnett, is that there aren't folks dying in the thousands on a regular basis.

Kimberly Dozier
AP Intelligence Writer
December 13, 2012

WASHINGTON | U.S. counterterrorism officials (click here) told lawmakers Thursday that uncooperative or less-than-capable local law enforcement in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia is slowing the search for suspects in the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya on Sept. 11.

Ya, think.

Authorities in the region have not yet arrested many of the suspects the U.S. wants to question about the violent attack on the American compound in Benghazi on Sept. 11, according to two U.S. officials briefed on a private House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, where counterterrorism, intelligence and law enforcement chiefs disclosed the information to lawmakers.

The U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly disclose the information, said Egypt has arrested Egyptian Islamic Jihad member Muhammad Jamal Abu Ahmad for possible links to the attack, but key al-Qaida sympathizers remain free. They added that U.S. requests to go after the suspects unilaterally have also been rebuffed. The arrest was initially reported by The Wall Street Journal....

You know, if I invaded an American compound and killed at will I'd run too.

I realize everyone wants to put every aspect of the world in a box tied up with a bow, but, that isn't realistic, now is it. Unless, of course, the USA wants to spread it's military all over the world and kill at will while looking for a bow big enough.

More definitions to the Assault Weapons Ban Amendment

``(L) Any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraphs (A) through (K) can be assembled.

This is a definition that does not need explanation by now. All the weapons described to this point have a clear understanding of what is manufactured and what is not, but, add-ons. Those add-ons can be from other guns. I think of it this way. If I have three guns that do not work, I simply dismantle them into pieces and reconstruct a working gun out of the parts. That is a method of manipulation that might be interesting in combat, but, in the reality of everyday life in the USA acts to create very dangerous weapons.

``(M) The frame or receiver of a rifle or shotgun described  in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (F), (G), (H), (J), or (K).

I thought this would be an interesting resource for those that want to end the plague of these weapons on our streets. It is an e-page of The Department of Justice.

National Firearms Act (NFA) — Short Barreled Rifles and Shotguns (click here)

The receiver is the portion of the gun that contains the trigger and bolt. Gun owners sometimes call it 'the heart of the gun.'

One might ask, what the heck is this now?


By Kelsey D. AthertonPosted 02.28.2013 at 3:30 pm

Enthusiasts of gun-law loopholes, (click here) this might be your new favorite workaround. A project at the crowd-funding site Rockethub wants to create a 3-D printed gun part for just $50. The twist: the part is only 80 percent complete, so like an Ikea desk you'll have to finish the rest of it yourself.

Started by 2nd AM Arms, the project promises to make a lower receiver for an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. The lower receiver is what holds all the working parts in a gun. The receiver is so important that under U.S. law, a receiver on its own is still treated as a firearm, and requires a serial number. The argument made by 2nd AM Arms, however, is that an 80-percent completed receiver is just part of a gun component, not a full-blown firearm, and as a such is not subject to the same degree of federal regulation.

That is the heart of a gun that can actually be assembled to create an AR-15. The way I read this bill, this 'heart of the gun' would be illegal to print on a printer to facilitate the building of an illegal gun. That is what this is.

This is a very important Amendment, is it not? It will make a child's printer an illegal instrument to produce a weapon. That is not important? Keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of young people is not important? 

``(37) The term `large capacity ammunition feeding device'-- (below - there are others that range from 10 rounds to a continuous feed.)

``(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, including any such device joined or coupled with  another in any manner, that has an overall capacity of, or that can be readily restored, changed, or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and

A source of ammunition cannot be manipulated to create a feed of more than 10 rounds.

``(B) does not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.''.

Discussed rimfire before. It has a thinner casing than a regular form of ammunition. The thinner case is to facilitate ignition of the primer to the powder. But, rimfire is where the firing pin hits the edge of the ammunition rather than the center. 

(b) Related Definitions.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, (click here) as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``(38) The term `barrel shroud'--(below - online description by owner (click here) "The SB-X shortens the overall barrel length, giving the shooter the advantage of an SBR without the paperwork. X-Ring SB-X barrels have a bore length of 12.25” but an overall length of 16.5” due to the permanently attached shroud to house your suppressor." It is manipulation to cheat the law.

I think the video from FOX is important. It isn't enough for a legislator to want to do the right thing for citizens, they have to be experts on the guns they sponsor legislation. Legislators aren't necessarily able to study their subject, but, seeks experts to work with Parliamentarian(s) that can construct the law. That is what happened here and FOX was out to make a fool of the legislator as if the need for the bill was not important and dangerous to the USA Constitution. I think most that read this know differently now. I don't really believe in ignorance if one is going to be a spokes person for a bill either. That is why I do this.



A barrel shroud is a covering attached to the gun that partially or completely encircles the barrel to keep the gunman from hurting themselves while they kill others. Ouch, that barrel gets hot, huh? That hardly seems fair.

``(A) means a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel of a firearm so that the  shroud protects the user of the firearm from heat generated by the barrel; and

See that, the definition is right there in front of the FOX News interrogator. Why ask?

``(B) does not include--

``(i) a slide that partially or completely encloses the barrel; or (below - this illustrates where a 'slide' is found. It is the top portion that moves back and forth. It reloads the gun. It houses the firing pin and is considered 'the bolt' of the gun.)

``(ii) an extension of the stock along the bottom of the barrel which does not encircle or substantially encircle the barrel. (click here for the Brownells website that sells kits for AR15, etc.)

``(39) The term `detachable magazine' means an ammunition feeding device that can be removed from a firearm without disassembly of the firearm action. (below)

``(40) The term `fixed magazine' means an ammunition  feeding device that is permanently fixed to the firearm in  such a manner that it cannot be removed without disassembly of the firearm.(below)

More tomorrow. Thank you for your interest.

"Do you think that President Clinton should be condemned for the rest of his life based on the mistake he made in his life?"

For real?

When has the Right Wing ever stopped ridiculing him? 

Strange Paradigm of FOX regarding Boston

The entire mess the USA media is entertaining their viewership with regarding a very tragic event in Boston started after the living suspect was read his Miranda rights.

By Marc A. Thiessen
Published: April 29
...In May 2010, (click here) the Obama administration was under fire after delivering Miranda warnings to both the underwear bomber and the Times Square bomber. Initially, Holder defended the decision to Mirandize these suspects after 50 minutes and three hours respectively. But then, suddenly, the attorney general reversed course. In a series of coordinated Sunday show interviews, Holder announced a change in policy: The Obama administration would work with Congress to change the Miranda law to give interrogators greater flexibility in questioning suspected terrorists....

Is there anyone in the USA that sincerely cares about their rights and what could happen to their lives if those rights are denied to them? There is such a thing as "The Innocence Project (click here)." That project is not an imaginary line in the sand, it is real and people have died while innocent. We know that for a fact. Somehow that reality is removed when a political agenda tramples the very rights guaranteed to every American by the Fifth Amendment. Those executed without cause by their own government are simply swept away with time, forgotten and disregarded.

I hope the attorneys for Mr. Tsarnaev sues the federal government over his detention during the hours he was not Mirandized. 

Mr. Tsarnaev is an American citizen. End of discussion. The USA government has NO RIGHT to hack away at my rights as an American. And the USA media has even less right to impose their political agenda that will benefit them when sympathizers are elected to office. That is racketeering, but, somehow the First Amendment erases that. Why not pass laws that remove the First Amendment from all journalists and news media that abuse their power when found to be promoting a political agenda? It should be done.

Let's start there and we might even stop the culture of violence and death in the USA. Our problems might actually be solved if we pass laws criminalizing lies and deception by media services that removes their First Amendment Rights. Maybe detaining them until they learn their lesson is in order, too. After all we don't know who they are actually pledging allegiance to, now do we. Wall Street, maybe? All those multinational companies that remove jobs and economy from the USA? We might actually get something constructive done in the USA for the first time since the internet.

But, to return to the MISDIRECTION of the truth regarding the tragedy in Boston. It is not 911. The men committing the crime of murder were self-radicalized. There is no sovereign government to blame for the Boston attacks. Russia does not harbor terrorist networks. Russia has problems in some of their territories, but, that is because they oppose the Russian government. The spouse of the eldest brother did not commit the crimes of murder. She never was in the car that was driving to New York nor is she known to do anything except support her family the best way she knew how. 

The parents of the brothers aren't even Americans and their lives are tragically effected by their sons tragedy and actions. If the Russian government had reason to take action against the family within their borders, given the hostile dynamics they are chronically seeking to stop; I am sure Russia would have them incarcerated by now. ie: Pussy Riot. Russia doesn't worry about activists and how they effect the politics, they arrest them.

The agencies within the USA government, the State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston are being as thorough as they can be to remove any doubt there are further attacks waiting. I understand even New York is now looking into involvement by others that could hurt their citizens. What more do citizens want? Their government is sorry for the bombings, the injuries and the deaths. Their government value the lives of their citizens. This was a place in Boston where people were smiling, energetic and having fun. Their government was on their side the entire time. What more is there to want? 

The agencies have to disseminate information better to local authorities and cities need to legislate the methods they need to settle issues of danger to their citizens. Those laws will be challenged in courts of law and we will find out how well the local governments write their laws. Or the states for that matter.

But, this is not an issue of war or government negligence, it is about ridding our country of danger and what propagates it. I don't think the news agencies currently involved in deceptive practices that promote political agendas with lies and fear are ridding our country of danger and what propagates it. I don't think they are on the side of the citizen as much as the government is and has been.

She is trying to say Mark Sanford as the South Carolina Governor was unavailable.

She didn't criticize his personal choices, she pointed out his professional standards were lacking. I think she did it well. I don't understand the booing. She was pointing out the way South Carolinians, including her, were sacrificing and looking for measures to do more with less while he was nowhere to be found.

It is one thing to be elected and simply "Talk the Walk." It is quite something else to actually "Walk the Walk." Mark Sanford never walks the walk. He sets an standard for everyone else and does as he pleases without considering his actions as important to the outcome of any other person.

I don't know how all South Carolinians measure disappointment and maybe, just maybe; they are so used to it that it is like water off a ducks back. But, I find it very disappointing and disheartening when people elected to office become unempathetic figures that live a different standard than they ask of me.

Mark Sanford as a Governor became a pathetic figure. He was not a hero to anyone. Forget about his personal standards, but, he left his office and was not to be found for days. He was not accountable for hour after hours. What is he going to do when he gets to Washington, DC and doesn't have a big screen TV that fits his standards? Seriously. I don't trust him. His personal interests pervade his life. I don't want someone in Washington, DC that will seek to intervene by funding Argentina. I don't want it and he has demonstrated no restraint to separate his personal priorities with that of his elected office.

Instead of facing his character issues by admitting he is incapable of a moral standard deserving of South Carolina he pretends he is redeemed in some strange way while he continues to be consistently odd and removed from the moral standards of most people. That is not leadership, that is living on a different plain than the people electing him. Just because the electorate can't relate to him does mean they have to forgive him. He is not reliable. There isn't anything anywhere to prove he is. Why elect him when someone very capable is standing right there and ready to serve the people of the 1st District.

The people here haven't had enough trauma in their lives. Northridge alone is a reason to prohibit fracking.

September 22, 2012

By Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times

...Fracking has come under scrutiny, (click here) however, amid allegations that it increases seismic activity and that it contaminates water supplies.

Located two miles south of the 10 Freeway, the field is surrounded by a handful of communities, including Culver City, Baldwin Hills and Inglewood — making it the largest urban oil field in the country. Plains Exploration is hoping to tap into the oil reserves in the field's shale formations identified in 2003.

Residents say their properties have been damaged by mysterious land shifts, and that has increased their fears about the use of fracking. Some homeowners say they suspect the movements may be related to drilling operations. The cause is unclear, however, given that the area sits on top of the Newport-Inglewood fault.

Still, environmental and community groups like Food & Water Watch and Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community are trying to stop Plains Exploration from using the technique, and are calling on state lawmakers to ban the practice....

Two weekend earthquakes were related

By Karen Jordan
April 29, 2013

...Two, small earthquakes (click here)  that occurred near Marina del Rey and the Beach Cities over the weekend were related to each other, according to seismologists.

The first earthquake measured a magnitude-3.1 and occurred at 7:52 p.m. on Friday two miles south of Marina del Rey. The second occurred on Sunday night halfway between Marina del Rey and El Segundo and measured a magnitude-2.8. It was an aftershock, according to Anthony Guarino, a CalTech seismic analyst.

"It’s not uncommon to have aftershocks for any earthquake, but for such a small event, a magnitude 3.1 is fairly small to be having aftershocks," said Guarino. "It does happen, but it doesn’t happen that often.”

No injuries were reported during either quake.

Given the small size of the earthquakes, Guarino said it makes it difficult to determine on what fault they occurred.

"There are many faults in that area," Guarino said. "The most notorious is the Newport-Inglewood fault."

The very populous recreation of The Met ended it's season on Saturday. It was nothing but wonderful.

I wish there were more American performers. But, The Met has done an incredible job this season with their HD Series. 

April 25, 2013...Opera (click here) was barely out of its infancy, well, its early adolescent stage, when George Frideric Handel began its transformation into the popular entertainment it became. First performed in 1724, “Giulio Cesare” remains the most favored of the composer’s 42 operas. It bears the Handel trademarks: quite demanding vocal prowess, great emotion unique for its time, transparently clear and crisp orchestration. Handel was the consummate musician’s musician; Beethoven said of him that he was “the master of us all... the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel before his tomb. ...Go to him to learn how to achieve great effects, by such simple means.”...


One has to appreciate the sincere real history behind the operas to understand the sincere humor involved with these productions. It isn't as though they can't be appreciated anyway, but, the history of the time of Ceasar and Cleopatra and their soap opera love affair makes the performance all the more rich.

I am not crazy about Handel. There is far to much tenor and soprano in his compositions for what I like and a well balanced approach, but, they are incredible operas. No one can deny that. He set out to entertain the audiences of the upper class of his time, namely the royalty.

Handel may have had some limitations to the depth of his compositions because the performers were far younger than they are today. Caesar himself wasn't that old when he died, but was older than the average Roman citizen. Caesar was 54 years old when he died. I think that is based on current calender time.

Cleopatra was 39 when she died and gave birth to a son of Caesar. She outlived Julius Caesar by 14 years. So, she was with him in his final years when she gave him a son.

She went on to insure her place in Roman society by aligning with Mark Anthony against Octavianus. She gave Mark Anthony two children. See Romans were suppose to marry only Romans. It was a pure society genetically. Supposedly. But, the Roman heirs to the thrown had other passions. Cleo was one of them.

The Met has done an incredible job using modern day media to bring these magnificent performances to the public anywhere they can find a theater seat. I thoroughly enjoyed their performances. They are not only well done with all the talent at every turn The Met offers, but, it has refreshed an understanding of culture both today and 'the time of the opera' for me. I thank them and encourage everyone who can to attend these performances and to become a member of The Met.

Guild Membership - $75.00 (click here)

It is not inexpensive, but, it is the best investment anyone can make and they offer discounts with the membership.

I am looking forward to next season. It renews and enriches my life.

The bird can't speak for itself.

Protect Turtle Doves from Extinction (click here)

By Andrew Helton

...The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a charity devoted to protecting bird habitats and populations, recently launched Operation Turtle Dove, which encourages farmers to protect nesting areas and plant flowers that produce the seeds they feed on....

This is no joke, this bird is facing extinction. Cameron needs to do something and act to protect the habitat. He needs to call the conservationists into his office and set up protections that will work.

Water and air quality as well as dedicated land for the proper nutrition of this species will serve a good outcome.

...Turtle doves (click here) are one of the most endangered birds in the UK, but the population here has been given a boost by the creativity of a 6-year-old girl from Sheffield.

Operation Turtle Dove, a partnership project to save this bird on the brink of extinction, launched the competition to find names for their two logo birds. And thanks to Alice Stavert-Dobson, they are now christened as Heart and Hope.

Alice (pictured below with her sister) said: “I chose ‘Heart’ to represent love and ‘Hope’ because I hope turtle doves will still be here in the future. I was really pleased to win the competition and I can’t wait to go and see the turtle doves this summer in Pensthorpe Nature Reserve.”...

The Eden study's top 10 list of endangered species in the UK: (click here)

1 Red-necked phalarope

2 Black-tailed godwit

3 Scottish wildcat

4 Capercaillie

5 Cuckoo

6 Red squirrel

7 Turtle dove

8 Natterjack toad

9 Brown hare

10 Hedgehog

The Former Justice regrets leaving the Supreme Court.

Could you imagine the Court with four women justices. I mean awesome. She was a loss to the USA when her husband became very ill.





Retired United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor addresses a joint session of the Florida legislature concerning civics education on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

..."It took the case (click here) and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue," the 83-year-old told the Chicago Tribune editorial board last Friday. "Maybe the court should have said, 'We're not going to take it, goodbye."...

The Supreme Court was "W"rong. They interrupted the very basis of our democracy, THE VOTER. How can the USA claim they have a representative democracy if the elected officials are not in office due to the individual vote. She is correct to regret it.

There should be a lawsuit filed to bring about renew of the Bush v. Gore case. It should never have been precedent. The actions by the court was that of mitigation and not constitutional content.

The case continues to be quoted in litigation in the country. The decision stated it was a one time decision and wasn't to implicate any other law in the USA, but, that is not what is occurring. There needs to be a case that will force a reconsideration of that Supreme Court ruling.

The Bush v. Gore case leverages power against the voter, it doesn't enhance it.

This is what happens when powerful people given live time jobs step outside their constitutional authority 'for the good of the nation.' It gives permission for the Justice System, including lawyers, the right to do the same thing whether it is good for the country or not. I would think using Bush v. Gore in other litigation would be an ethical violation within the profession.