The claims were made by Michio Kaku (pictured) from City University, New York. Quantum teleportation is already possible, and has been demonstrated, and Dr Kaku believes the first molecules will teleport within the next decade. He believes we could then teleport to the moon or even Mars by the end of the century

September 8, 2015
By Victoria Woollaston

Star Trek (click here) is already said to have inspired a whole host of modern gadgets from the iPad to the holodeck's 'virtual reality'.

Now a theoretical physicist believes even its teleporter is scientifically possible - and it could become a reality as soon as the end of the century.

Professor Michio Kaku said that the breakthroughs needed to transport humans instantly have already been made, and it's only a matter of time before we will be 'beaming' across the universe....

I take it the scale back of his authority didn't go well.

September 9, 2015
By Natasha Bertrand
A world-renowned Ohio State University (OSU) (click here) who had access to restricted defense information as part of his work with NASA is under investigation by the FBI for failing to disclose his ongoing connections to Chinese scientists, The Columbus Dispatch has reported.
Professor Rongxing Li, 56, unexpectedly resigned from his position in the OSU Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering in February 2014.
Li told OSU that he was going back to China to take care of his sick mother, and no one has heard from him since....

I'd start by asking China what can be done to help his mother.

I am of the opinion there simply isn't secure information where computers are concerned. Who is to say the information allegedly shared with China wasn't stolen by Chinese hackers. The cyber security of the USA has been abysmal. It is the case because there is a lie chronically part of any conversation that computerized information is secure. That lie has to be propagated by commercial companies seeking the respect of people that pay them for internet access. Besides the money for paying for service there is the "Terms of Service" that sells every aspect of their private life for profit.

So, if there is some kind of idea thumb drives and CDs are secure is pure nonsense. With that aside and with the USA concerned for his well being; what is left is to ask the Chinese government if his mother had needs his government can help with.

Corker has a peroccupation with dismemberment.

Senator Corker is now in the US Senate stating Iranian bombs have caused the 'dismemberment' of American soldiers in Iraq. He states that every time an American citizens sees a disabled veteran with crutches that was Iran.

Senator Corker stated the USA was not involved in any binding agreement and that President Obama was negotiating a non-binding political agreement. That was true before July 15, 2015. The non-binding agreement previous to July 15, 2015 was the authority of the Executive Branch to carry out the negotiations by the USA. But, as if July 15, 2015 a binding UN Resolution was drafted. (click here)

All the fancy talking by Corker is his own idea of fun on the US Senate floor. It can be said he doesn't know what he is talking about. There is a UN Resolution that will pass the UN Security Council that is binding. It is no longer a non-binding political agreement.  

The July 15th agreement is the draft of what is to become the UN Resolution. Corker is inflammatory and not much else. It is up to the Congress to pass legislation to reject the UN Resolution. 

Senator McCain is fussing about the  'side deal' between the IAEA and Iran. It is about a conventional weapons facility called Parchin military complex. It was never a nuclear site.

In the November 2011 IAEA Safeguards report on Iran, (click here) the IAEA disclosed that information from member states indicated that Iran constructed a large explosives containment vessel or chamber at the Parchin military complex in 2000 to conduct high explosive and hydrodynamic experiments related to the development of nuclear weapons....

The Parchin facility conducts research related to the rockets and propellant to deliver warheads in a conflict. The reason this site came into focus is because the research at the site can lead to a rocket to deliver nuclear warheads. As of 2011 there was no nuclear material at the Pachin site. That is why the IAEA is satisfied with testing methods that will detect radioactivity with such measures as closed circuit cameras. All the IAEA and the P5+1 needs to know is if there is now nuclear material in the facility.

If one recalls the IAEA applies different levels of monitoring across the globe. The reason the IAEA knew about the North Korean return to nuclear capacity is because "THE SEALS" were removed. Those seals had been in place for a very long time, however, the "Axis of Evil" speech returned North Korea to nuclear weapon research and testing. The closed circuit cameras work 24/7 as a means of monitoring the North Korea site. This is the type of surveillance that will be applied the Parchin site in Iran.

If one recalls the UN Inspectors were validating there was no breach in protocols in Iraq. The inspectors were coming up with minimal infractions in the UN Resolutions that brought the USA to the UN. The infraction that stood out was the scud missiles that could travel a minimal distance past Iraq's borders. In that was a breach and the missiles were dismantled and buried in the desert. In the case of any munitions or components to WMD the UN had every storage facility fitted with seals. Seals are a legitimate method to validate compliance with UN resolutions. When the USA invaded Iraq the soldiers removed the UN seals to inspect the contents of the buildings and there was no disruption of any stores inside and therefore Iraq was in compliance with UN sanctions.'

In the opinion of George Bush, the commander and chief at the time, that was not a reason to turn back from the invasion and make war reparations to Iraq. The invasion and deaths continued.  

At some point in time the USA has to trust some agency to care about it's security. The point where real potential of nuclear danger exists in Iran is inspected according to the most stringent methods and are not part of the side agreements.

If one recalls the IAEA in Iraq had limited QUALIFIED personnel. At the point where the USA invaded Iraq it would have required another six months to finish the nuclear inspections in Iraq due to limited qualified personnel. In retrospect six months would have been a far better investment than the war that profoundly disrupted the Middle East.

The IAEA also carries out inspections in nuclear energy plants in countries without nuclear weapon capacity or interest as in the video below . The reason the IAEA carries out these inspections is because loose nuclear material is a problem.

The USA is one country among many countries. That matters. We have to value cooperation and not risk again the alienation of allies. The idea the USA has a group of very powerful and influential countries as partners in this agreement cannot be disregarded. 

The USA under President Obama has provided the best reassurance to Israel possible in allowing a historic sale of military hardware and capacity and interceptors. Israel is as safe as any country and more so compared to others. 

This is a great agreement, will be validated through the UN Security Council and will bring assurance to Iran's Non-Proliferation status. For those that complain for political fodder there is no validity.

Below is a video of an inspection of the IAEA.

A sand storm has traversed across the entire Middle East.

September 8, 2015
By Elizabeth Chuck

An intense (click here) and deadly sandstorm sweeping the Middle East is so large, it can be seen from space. 

NASA on Tuesday shared an image of the swirling dust and sand, which has reduced visibility and caused health hazards in parts of Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus and Iraq. At least eight people have been killed, and hundreds have experienced respiratory problems, AFP reported.
The air is so dense, and visibility so low, it's even disrupted the fighting in war-torn Syria. 

September 9, 2015
By Siraj Wahab
 
JEDDAH: A massive sandstorm (click here) that enveloped much of the Middle East on Tuesday sent Jeddah into total darkness at 6 p.m.
The storm lasted for 40 minutes with sand-laden winds so ferocious that one could hear the rattling of windows in many neighborhoods.
Abdul Hameed Abal-Ari, a senior official at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, told local media that flights were suspended briefly. “Incoming flights were diverted to nearby airports, while some departures were suspended.”
He said seven flights were diverted to Madinah, Yanbu and Taif. “By 7 p.m., things were back to normal,” he said.
“It all happened in a matter of minutes,” said Sadiya Haneef, a resident of Al-Sulaimaniya district. “I could see from my balcony a mushroom-like apparition on the horizon. I thought it was smoke billowing from a faraway district,” she said.
Soon it was clear to her that it was a sandstorm. “I had to literally struggle to close the door to my balcony. The gusty winds had sent everything into darkness,” she said....

Cancer. Planned Parenthood is preventing deaths of American women due to cancer.

August 3, 2015
By Lauren Carroll

The vast majority of Planned Parenthood’s (click here) work goes toward mammograms and preventive care, said former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Since an anti-abortion group released videos Planned Parenthood officials talking about aborted fetal parts, Republicans have pushed to take away federal funding from the women’s health organization. Democratic presidential candidates, on the other hand, are showing their support, if subdued.
O’Malley said he hadn’t seen the videos, speaking to reporters in New Hampshire July 26.
"And I don't generally make a habit of responding to right-wing videos," O'Malley said, according to Washington Post’s Dave Weigel. "I do know that 97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health. So that's what I know, but I'll defer to others for commenting on that video and whatever videos they're pumping out there."...

I have to wonder if the federally ordered chastity belts would be covered by US government funding?

It is the only way there is equity applied across the entire spectrum of women across the states. And considering there would have to be inspection for compliance there is funding needed for such inspections.

And what is really troubling to me that atheists have children and I wonder if this will include all girls under the age of 18 as well as adult women. 

The upside of federally mandated chastity belts will remove anyone coveting our girls as virgins. It just would remove any attempt by a man to satisfy his sick sense of reward. It would prevent wars. 

I refuse to allow the current House hearing on abortion to pass without sincerely applying all the words of the committee to the lives of women. This is more than defunding Planned Parenthood while Rep. David Cicilline wants to limit the hearing to legitimate reasons; this is about policing of women in order to drive the entire practice out of the USA with complete crass and disregard for the health of women. These hearings are used for the purpose of right wing politics. The American people are paying for these hearings today, including the women that have to travel to Congress to protect the health of women. This is gross malpractice by the US Congress. 

The hearings today completely reveals the fact there is movement to ending the practice of abortion regardless of how it impacts the health of women. We know that is a fact because the compromise is already being practiced in state governments. 

The federal Supreme Court has already ruled that clinics are to be available to women. This hearing completely ignores the fact there is a law of the land. It also ignores the value of 'excellence' in women's health care.

Nowhere in these hearings is their a core belief a woman's health is valuable to this country. That is a crime alone and then add to it the fact women cannot make decisions that effect their lives places women on a priority far below the level of legal competence. Women are competent to make their own decisions, that includes the women in the health care network that find legitimate funds to continue the practice of women's health care while the federal government continues to fail them.

These hearings are moronic and have no place in the practice of good governance. There is a legitimate movement to criminalize abortion. Women should have the right to abortion at any time in her life she and her doctor find it necessary.

US Senator Corker seems to believe every abortion needs due process. Oh, Wow, Planned Parenthood is funded by the Chinese. And Senator Corker doesn't need an investigation to prove it.

He equates the Chinese harvesting of organs from criminals on their way to the death chamber and the abortions in the USA.

So, there it is, women are to be given the death sentence for having an abortion or even thinking about it.

There are hideous people in the US Senate and Corker is one of them.

Of course the movement beyond the ideology by Corker is one that women are loose with their morals when becoming pregnant. And of course becoming pregnant means having sex with a man.

I am kind of curious as to a difference between married women having sex with men and unmarried women having sex with men.

I am also curious if there is a difference between atheist women having sex with men and orthodox Christians having sex with men.

See, it would seem as though God is in the due process of pregnant women, so where there is a difference in religious beliefs between women having sex with men in the USA, does "the God standard" hold up?

I have a better idea. I strongly suggest, to insure the freedom of women having sex with men, there be a law requiring a chastity belt at birth that is changed as often as the girth of these women change. At least with a chastity belt women will still have the right of upward movement out of poverty as soon as child care costs less than her anticipated wages.

The real beauty to this readily available product is that it eliminates vaginal rape and incest.

I wonder if it's made in China. Maybe instead of a second VW factory in Tennessee, Corker can induce the manufacturing of the item to the USA. There would be jobs at least even if employees don't have women's health insurance.

This is for Colonel Wilkerson.

What does Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) and Dick Cheney have in common?

Answer: The devolution into extremism and the wealth that accompanies it.

What is the difference between Miley Cyrus and Dick Cheney?

Answer: Miley Cyrus doesn't hate anyone.

The first program of The Rachel Maddow Show (click here) was on September 8, 2008. Just before the 2008 elections at a time when the global economic collapse was becoming very real.

Congratulations. At least another seven years would be great.

New York Military Academy, (click here) established in 1889 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, is a college preparatory school for day and boarding students in grades 8 through 12.  NYMA is dedicated to a comprehensive and substantive process of developing young leaders who are "Inspired, Engaged, and Ready" for success and fulfillment in college and in life....

I know something about NYMA. My son attended there and graduated from the school. He absolutely loved it there. I could go on and brag about how great he is and the school is, but, I won't. I will speak to the military aspect of the school, however. My son is a great guy by the way. He is a wonderful and devoted family man. He and his wife are successful folks.

September 8, 2015
By Michael Barbaro

Donald J. Trump, (click here) who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.

Mr. Trump said that his experience at the New York Military Academy, an expensive prep school where his parents had sent him to correct poor behavior, gave him “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”...

But, New York Military Academy is a legitimate part of the military and considered Junior ROTC. That is a real entity of the military. As a matter of fact back in the day young men could have been drafted to serve, although that would never happen today.

The curriculum at the school is US Army. They learn all sorts of survival skills like orienteering. They spend time at West Point in the summer for officer training. 

If Donald Trump wanted to enter the US Army, not West Point, he could and he would enter as an E5. At least I think that is what occurs. He would receive higher rank and enter at a higher pay scale for having graduated from NYMA. So, the experience at the academy is real, but, it is not about war, it is about the theory of war. And there are classes on historic battles and how generals make decisions and of course the superintendent of the school is retired military with a higher rank. A good number of the teaching staff are retired military, so it sort of is like Junior West Point. It is a good education and landed my son a scholarship to law school. 

So, I think it is important people know the reference to NYMA is a legitimate statement and not some off the cuff rich kid statement. The young people there work hard for their grades. They participate in sports; my son was in wrestling for his high years. He won regularly in school competitions. And they have a fantastic social life where they learn how to be a part of a social environment. That behavior is a method of grooming them for their adult life. My son is a very charming man. He has a lovely wife and he can do no wrong. They love each other dearly. But, his charisma opens doors for him as does his practice of the truth and honoring laws also has contributed to his career success. 

NYMA is a great school with great people and they turn out great people. I am glad to hear Donald Trump considers the school with pride. He should.

Basically, the young people I came to know during my son's high school years have gone on to be incredibly wonderful people. There is nearly every state in the union represented at the school and something like 30 some countries. It is an incredible place. 

To also note is the social life includes places in New York City with a train ride from near the school. They had a good time. But, they never got in trouble. I do mean never. They went into the city with a group of about 14 or 15 peers and never had trouble, but, they weren't looking for it either. If I could ever make a wish for young people in the USA it would be to have the experience my son had during his high school years. It was a charmed life. He knew he was loved by his parents. His friends would visit to my home on weekends regularly. They were always at his birthday party. I loved them all dearly.

But, I digress. 

Social embarassment will intimidate the LGBTQ community to behave better.

The release of Kim Davis is not a surprise. She was due in front of the court today. You know, after the holiday.

Huckabee is just grandstanding. He knows there is no judge on any bench that will accept another person for jail time of another person.

There is no politics with the judge. He is carrying out the law as boring as that might be for most of the country.

I think what Huckabee needs is a witch hunt. You know, burning at the town square. Just like the good old days.

Now, you'll excuse me but the religious attitudes of the political right wing toward people of the same gender is very poor. The issue is love. It isn't about any real legal dilemma, it is love. The extremist views by Huckabee and his propaganda of hate is exactly the same as the witch trials. 

The witch trials needed a scapegoat to maintain power. And believe it or not this happened on the very soil where the thirteen colonies declared their independence. Albeit, a century or two later, but, it is the same type of nasty power struggle where people were actually dead after the religious politics played out. The USA, even today, has it's shame in realizing hate crimes occurred taking the lives of the innocent. Matthew Shepard (click here) is never far from the minds of most when confronting this continued hate mongering of the LGBTQ community.

What the former governor of Arkansas did today is hate mongering. It has to stop. The courts have ruled on all the attempts by the political right wing of the USA trying to substitute church doctrine for the USA Constitution. If one really wants to analyze this mess it is actually treason. Substituting religious doctrine for the US Constitution regardless the exercise is treasonous. But, for the sake of civility no one calls it that, except for me. 

Ms. Davis can be blessed by her religion all day long in her private space in her work place by having a Bible on her desk. But, when it comes to doing the business of the people she needs to do her job or find herself in jail yet again. After a few times of being jailed she can actually face prison and maybe that is what Huckabee is waiting for, it would bring in the donations wouldn't it?

The infamous Salem witch trials (click here) began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem’s Gallows Hill, while some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries.

Migrating into Europe is probably not the best idea for them. It is a huge cultural shift they aren't ready for and neither are the sponsoring countries.

September 9, 2015

BERLIN (AP) " The latest news as countries (click here) across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET):
 
2:30 p.m.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann says countries opposed to taking in refugees under an EU-wide quota system should suffer financial penalties.
Faymann says it is "unacceptable that some nations, because they are not personally affected, refuse to work on a joint solution" to the influx of migrants into the EU.

His comments appear to be aimed at countries like Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland, which oppose accepting refugees under a quota system.

2:30 p.m.
The Dutch government is making an extra 110 million euros ($123 million) available to help fund safe migrant accommodation near Syria.
Junior Security and Justice Minister Klaas Dijkhoff also is appealing for better cooperation in dealing with the surge in people pouring into Europe....

I think the determination by the Dutch government is very smart. Countries facing cultural problems can assist the helpless coming out of Syria. Such efforts can be coordinated by the UN, but, if such effort is to be a success for the Dutch, assistance has to be at least witnessed as a vested interest by the Dutch. An example of how large amounts of money achieves nothing but corruption is Afghanistan. It's corruption became a greater and greater part of the economy with more money being lost to invisible power brokers within Afghanistan.

I think the nation building that transpired in Afghanistan and Iraq built a greater danger to Europe, ie: when Daesh first carried out attacks that removed weapons and vehicles from the so called military of Iraq. At the first opportunity Deash killed randomly to secure such munitions and vehicles. That is a direct problem for Europe. Nation building as demonstrated in the post 911 environment only increased the danger to The West and the region. I am sure today, Russia would state assisting rebel groups and an attempt to supply arms is a violation of the Small Arms Treaty and increases the instability of the region. 

Today, it is not only Syria with this unusual case of anarchy, it is also Libya. Libya has no sincere central authority, with assassinations by the recognized leadership internationally over the recent year or two. It's escalation of violence between tribes and ethnicity has been notable post Gaddafi. There is a real effort to divide the country into East Libya and West Libya. That so far hasn't worked but it also hasn't settled long standing disputes either.

At the beginning of the Ukraine crisis Germany built housing complexes for those attempting to leave the area to find safe housing. That housing was near the Ukraine border if I remember correctly. That is a far better idea than allowing significant numbers of people with unknown identity. It is compassionate yet a measure of control as well. 

I'll be back, there is a rather interesting storm thundering it warning.

Sorry, that was an interesting little storm.

I don't know why these people are leaving Syria in large numbers, but, my best guess is that their leadership is gone and they have no one to lead them. That is the best scenario into why they are leaving. I suppose the authorities in any of the countries receiving them can interview them to better understand their exodus.

When I think of the Daesh regime it is understandable people would seek a refugee status, but, that has been happening and Jordan is proof of the burden that country shoulders to insure the lives of those currently refugees in that country. Jordan closed it's border with Syria about a week or so ago. If these stream of refugees is average to the experience of Jordan than this is more of the same. 

But, the relationship Jordan has with Syrian refugees is different than the experience Europe has and probably will have. There are government officials that oppose the head scarves for girls and the freedom of expression in Europe is met with violence. That can't be dismissed as insignificant in to where and how these desperate people will find shelter. 

There is also the idea over time these refugees may actually find remorse leaving and the subsequent change in mood that will come with comfort and when survival is no longer a priority.

I don't want harm to come to anyone and that three year old child dead on the beach was heartbreaking. But, as civilized countries it cannot be ignored there is danger in any person coming that may ultimately decide they have to avenge any sin they may perceive of committing with Syrian exodus. These folks have no religious leader and are used to a different type of religious leader. The communication and appreciation they must find in taking shelter in Europe has to be met with loyalty, too. 

For as sad as their stories are the fact remains Europe has already been effected by dangerous people that find self satisfying murder in some bizarre idea of jihad. Europe cannot ignore there has been a lot of time since Deash first intimidated the Iraqi military and took their munitions into battle against that Iraq military. What is to stop them once in Europe? The last time a terrorist struck it was a chemical factory and not a nuclear plant because of security surrounding those plants. Is there any doubt the flying drone was to establish knowledge about the nuclear facilities.

Currently, it can be easily stated the people of Syria have no choice but to leave. There are no successful growth of crops and no indication there is clean water or sustenance of any kind. The mass movement of people makes a lot of sense when realizing what Daesh promised as far as living the dream and that it cannot deliver.

There is anarchy in Syria and parts of Iraq, but, that cannot be met with sympathy so much as assessment to provide compassion. What is the Red Crescent saying about any humanitarian aid and the conditions in the country? 
I would think they would have good information regarding the success in humanitarian efforts.

This mass exodus has also occurred after Turkey decided to find it's backbone. Can the areas once cities and towns to these people be considered safe by now that Turkey has secured it's border?

Cheney is his usual culture of fear self. He starts talking about the nuclear deal and then regresses into regime change in Iran. 

He hasn't anything valuable to add.

Good news, the Continental Army had better readiness than the USA military today. See, all we really need is a tower with lanterns at the ready and every man with a musket. I knew Dick would have the answer.

When the Republicans accept the dissing of the USA by Cheney I really don't want to hear how the Left has the corner on hating America.

There is no consolidated forces to oppose Assad. The migration is because of the anarchy not direct threats from Assad.

September 8, 2015

New Zealand (click here) should take only women and children refugees from Syria and tell the men to return home and fight, NZ First leader Winston Peters says.
Asked about the Government's decision to bring in an emergency intake of 600 Syrian refugees over three years, Mr Peters reiterated his position that more refugees should be settled - but only if immigration levels were significantly reduced....

September 8, 2015
By Andrea Vance

Migrants headed to Germany on foot walk along a motorway in Roszke, Hungary on Monday.

The head of Auckland University's Islamic Studies Research Unit (click here) says comments by Winston Peters on male refugees are "irresponsible".
The NZ First leader said the Syrian refugees should be sent back to "fight for the freedom" of their country.
In welcoming a move by the Government to offer 600 emergency places to Syrian refugees, Peters said, "I think we can do better, but we can't while we've got mass immigration....

The problem with Syria is simply the fact the only consolidated militia/military is Assad's forces. There is no consolidation of forces anywhere else in Syria. Each settlement in Syria has it's own leadership. Daesh has not been successful in it's ability to amass larger forces under a single leader. Every camp sight along any road has it's own militia.

The large destruction of cultural icons, such as Palmyra, is as much an attempt to intimidate other groups as well as instilling Daesh as an authority without question of power. The civil war in Syria has created a struggle for survival as well as complete disruption of borders.

..."At the moment in Syria, and Iraq as well, I've seen figures of up to 1000 different rebel groups fighting. So, when you say go back and fight for your freedom - which one of these groups do you want them to join?...

The idea the struggle for power in Syria should bring sympathy is misplaced though. The migration of people out of the region into Europe has to be met with skepticism as well as compassion. There is simply no authority in Syria as there is anarchy.

In leaving Syria the migrants are finding safety. Inside Syria they face death by any number of groups and outside Syria and Iraq there is safety. Russia is backing Assad simply because there is no viable authority otherwise. The power sharing government may be met with nothing but figure heads stating they are the Free Syrian Army. If the opposition to Assad is to have a power sharing government it is a question as to how much stability can the Free Syrian Army bring to Syria?

There may be no adequate sovereignty of the Free Syrian Army. The training of that group in Saudi Arabia is proving to be a worthless effort. When McCain went to Syria to establish an opposition force to Assad there was no consolidation of any military strength, it was all a facade with no muscle. The leadership is getting a paycheck without authority.

...A decision on the humanitarian intake will be announced on Wednesday after advice is taken from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, who has been in talks with UNHCR officials in Paris and Geneva over the past two days....

The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) is asking for commitments from all governments to disperse the load of migration from Syria. It is not a bad idea since any threat of receiving dangerous people from Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan will be diluted in the randomness of location. Migrants cannot consolidate power if they are scattered and diffuse. If anything, family groups will probably remain together which would bring far better organization to end the chaos they are leaving behind.

Each country is going to have a challenge to bring order to this migration. The less resources a country has the more help they will need from the UN mission otherwise there is a potential for increased anarchy in any receiving country. That was Hungary's concern. "How does it contain disorder within it's borders if migrants were simply allowed to wander the country and it's population?"

When the migrants organized a walk, the ability of Hungary's security forces became more concentrated on a single direction movement. Hungary was correct, even if appearing a lack of sympathy, in containing the scattering of migrants throughout the country.

Simply said, the migrants have the sheer potential to cause anarchy and far more of a military response if they conduct their presence in anger rather than resolve to accept foreign control of their plight.

The West's first response to the Syrian situation and migration is compassion and understandably so, but, that compassion does no one any good if it results in a disastrous outcome. Citizens are going to have to accept the authority of it's own government to end this crisis regardless of how the rest of their neighbors view it. 

There is a question regarding the migration. Why and how can a family member return to Syria to bury the dead after fearing his own survival in order to migrate? I find that curious.

The refugee/migrant crisis has sparked greater action from The West as well as Russia.

Australia has been struggling with their own citizens finding sympathy with Daesh. The migrant crisis is causing most countries, especially democracies, to reassess the threat.

September 8, 2015

Mark Kenny and David Wroe

 

The Abbott government (click here) was expected on Tuesday night to green-light bombing runs against Islamic State targets in Syria, but the question of how many refugees Australia should take from the millions escaping the war-ravaged country has exposed ugly divisions in the Coalition party room.
While most Coalition MPs want decisive action on the crisis, some counsel against it and pressure is mounting internally for priority selection of "persecuted minorities".
Advocates of a non-discriminatory policy say this is code for helping Christians at the expense of others such as Muslims.
Among the ministers advocating a Christians-first policy were Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Senate leader Eric Abetz....

Australia has never backed away from questioning actions against citizens known to sympathize with Daesh. Nor have Australians questioned that tone within their country.

There really is far less sympathy for migrants in most of The West's leadership, regardless, of the concern by citizens.  The issue in Hungry was really about what is possible to contain the movement of migrants and not the moral dilemma. 

Cameran has been alluding to this over the past week.

More of less the migrants will impose a more urgent use against any chance Daesh leadership will find a way back home. That is the unspoken concern with the migrant problem; what to do with known citizens that have already committed treason by fighting in a foreign war with an enemy identified as dangerous to the homeland.

Most anyone would recognize this photo from months ago. Reyaad Khan is on the left.

September 8, 2015

Britain's defense minister (click here) on Tuesday said the United Kingdom was prepared to launch more drone strikes in Syria, even against its own British nationals, if there was no other way of keeping the country's streets safe from terrorists.
Britain confirmed Monday that Royal Air Force drone strikes killed two Islamic State militants — both British citizens — in Syria who were planning attacks against Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and other targets.
The attacks were the first confirmed RAF drone strikes on British nationals....

The USA is somewhat removed from the migrant crisis than the experience and concern of Europe and other allies in the region. The bizarre nature of Daesh is it's willingness to kill anyone not pleasing to it's dictator. That reality is what brings no sympathy to a militia otherwise would be viewed as part of the rebel force involved in a civil war in Syria.

7 September 2015
Shiv Malik, Alice Ross, Steve Morris and Nadia Khomami

Reyaad Khan, an Islamic State militant from Wales who once aspired to be the UK’s first Asian prime minister has instead become the first Briton to be killed by the RAF outside a British warzone.
In a statement to parliament, David Cameron confirmed that Khan died in the targeted drone strike near Raqqa, Syria on 21 August. Travelling in the same car as Khan was another Briton, Ruhul Amin, 26, who was also killed.
Both Khan and Amin had appeared in an Isis recruitment video in June 2014 alongside Cardiff-born Nasser Muthana, arguing the case for Isis. In the video, titled There Is No Life Without Jihad, Amin called on his fellow western Muslims to join Isis in Syria. “Are you willing to sacrifice the fat job you’ve got, the big car, the family you have?,” he said. “If you do Allah will give you back 700 times more.”...

OMG, Hillary Clinton can actually be a great President.

A private server is a non-issue.

Hillary Clinton did the country a favor by maintaining a server that was actually secure. The USA has been completely failed in IT. The federal government spends huge amounts of money on military hardware while the same barbarians don't spend a dime to cutting edge computer hardware.

The idea that Hillary Clinton when Secretary of State was undermining national security is a complete lie. 

It is amazing the money the federal government spends on military ideology in the F35 while the entire computer network is in the stone age. 

The entire idea Hillary Clinton was a bad girl for having a private computer server in her basement is stupidity. It doesn't even begin to address the huge favor she did the USA. It makes complete sense he would hire an employee of the State Department to set up a secure server. The employee knows the government and the best way a private server could serve the country. 

The federal computer infrastructure has proven to be completely incompetent. It showed up like a sore thumb when states tried to tie their state system into the federal interface with the federal health care hardware and software. It's stupidity to try to carry on a competent office with international relationships based on the federal .GOV infrastructure. In doing so Hillary Clinton should have published all her correspondence on an open blog. It would have been as secure as the federal system has been. 

If USA news agencies were actually interested in providing information to the electorate regarding the confusion surrounding Hillary Clinton's emails, which they rolled out, they would have told the American public that a day doesn't go by where Homeland Security is not issuing alerts to computer infrastructure.

Realize that Homeland Security has it's hands full everyday and then realize Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State actually had NO PROBLEMS with leaks of any information on her private server.

The entire idea that Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State would allow any problems to infiltrate this country's best interest or any other country the State Department has contact is completely unfounded.

OMG there is a private server.

OMG there are emails now redacted.

OMG we actually can carry on and on and on to undermine her election to President of the USA. 

OMG this entire scenario is so completely stupid.

OMG George W. Bush was right, email is the work of the devil. 

Back in 2007, the White House "lost" more than five million private emails. The story was barely covered  

Even for a Republican White House (click here) that was badly stumbling through George W. Bush’s sixth year in office, the revelation on April 12, 2007 was shocking. Responding to congressional demands for emails in connection with its investigation into the partisan firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the White House announced that as many as five million emails, covering a two-year span, had been lost.

The emails had been run through private accounts controlled by the Republican National Committee and were only supposed to be used for dealing with non-administration political campaign work to avoid violating ethics laws. Yet congressional investigators already had evidence private emails had been used for government business, including to discuss the firing of one of the U.S. attorneys. The RNC accounts were used by 22 White House staffers, including then-Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, who reportedly used his RNC email for 95 percent of his communications....

If I was a Secretary of State coming into office following this disaster of an administration, I'd have a private server set up by an employee of the State Department, too. Hillary Clinton could not wait four years to get the computer infrastructure up to date to carry out her work. 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

"Morning Papers"

The Rooster 

"Okeydoke"

Leave it to FOX News to completely ignore the American workers, never say the word union except in relation to the 'union of a man and woman' and bring in the USA military, the ultimate union, to define Labor Day as one of military concern. Amazing.

Labor Day, (click here) the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

"Good Night, Moon"

The Waning Crescent

23.8 days old

32.4 percent lit











There is a lot going on in 2015 with the Moon. September is an especially busy month.

No more ritual deaths in the USA.

The Holy Father will be starting his visit to the USA on September 22, 2015 in Washington, DC. (click here)

I want to mention "Years of Living Dangerously" has received an Academy Award in 2014 (click here).

I'll finish up the Pope's Encyclical Letter next week. He is a great man. There is no doubt he is among the most noteworthy Popes of our time. 

But, I want to bring focus to a passage from a book written by James Baldwin in 1961 entitled "Nobody, Knows My Name." The New York Times was the only newspaper that reviewed it in 1961. 

July 2, 1961
By Irving Howell

Twelve years (click here) ago a young Negro writer named James Baldwin printed an impassioned essay. "Everybody's Protest Novel," in which he attacked the kind of fiction from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to "Native Son," that had been written in America about the sufferings of Negroes. The "protest novel," said Baldwin, began with sympathy for the Negro but soon had a way of enclosing him in the tones of hatred and violence he had experienced all his life; and so choked up was it with indignation, it failed to treat the Negro as a particular human being. "The failure of the protest novel * * * lies in its insistence that it is [man's] categorization alone which is real and which cannot be transcended."... 

The 1960s was a turbulent time in the USA, but, it produced a greater nation.

"Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or thought one knew; to what one possessed or dreamed that one possessed. Yet it is only when one is able, without bitterness or self pity to surrender a dream one has long cherished, or a privilege one has long possessed that one is set free - That one has set oneself free - For higher dreams, for greater privileges." - James Baldwin

That particular paragraph is appropriate for many, many reasons this week. At this moment in time on Earth a black life from the past mattered and is the best messenger of the change the world is experiencing and the worry about the future.

During the past 7-days, (click here) heavy rain (in excess of 2 inches) fell across portions of the Southern Atlantic Coast region (especially the Florida peninsula, and the coasts of both Georgia and the Carolinas), the coastal ranges and Cascades of the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, Maine, and the southern Alaska Panhandle. Heavy rain also fell in portions of east-central Puerto Rico, in association with what was Tropical Storm Erika. Larger-scale areas of moderate precipitation (0.5-2 inches) were reported in the Southwest, remaining portions of the coastal ranges and Cascades of the Pacific Northwest, portions of both the Rockies and Great Plains, the north-central Mississippi Valley, the interior Southeast, parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and New England. Moderate precipitation was also reported across interior Alaska and the Seward Peninsula, the northern Alaska Panhandle, and much of the remainder of Puerto Rico.

There is some progress in the fires. The fire teams are finding success in their hard work. The current expense of fire fighting is using up 50 percent of the US Forestry budget. Where are these folks going to find vital funding to restore the forest with young trees?

National Interagency Coordination Center (click here)
Incident Management Situation Report
Sunday, September 6, 2015
0530MT 
National Preparedness Level 4