July 19, 2017
By Jonathan Corum
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The future does not belong to Republicans.
The same holds true with food stamps.
In 2015 the City of Seattle, Washington formed a committee of people across the spectrum of their population. The committee came up with a goal. The goal was to instill a living wage of $15.00 per hour.
As of January 2017 the new minimum wage in Seattle is $15.00 per hour, with a provision for small businesses of $13.50 per hour if the employer provides health care benefits.
Today, the unemployment rate in Seattle, Washington is 3 percent. The USA is 4.4 percent. Larger employers that provide health care benefits have to pay the $15.00 per hour.
The map above is from 2013. But, get this. And look at that face. Ashley Stewart is a staff writer and most probably is a twenty something, yes?
By Ashley Stewart
Bolstered by a growing technology industry, (click here) Washington’s gross domestic product growth outpaced the rest of the nation, according to a U.S. Department of Commerce report released Wednesday.
Washington’s GDP – an important measure of all the goods and services the state produces – grew 3.9 percent during the first quarter of 2016 to nearly $456 billion, up from $433 billion the same time last year. The rest of the nation’s GDP growth rate was 1.2 percent....
Seattle, Washington did what needed to be done. It embraced a diversified population, made life worth living by paying a minimum wage and gave a place to their young people.
That is morality.
When the USA wants to reduce it's welfare rolls, food stamp allotment and it's Medicaid enrollment, the ONLY way that occurs is for the country to plot a way forward.
The Republicans yuck it up to feel better about themselves while they are throwing over 30 million (10% of the country) Americans off health insurance. They cut budgets of everything Democrat regardless of the economic downturn that will cause and they turn their back on real economic accomplishment and instead rely on populous politics of cutting taxes to cronies, favoring Wall Street and socially pass judgement on women and minorities with hatred and division to maintain power.
Pretty, young Ashley is the face of tomorrow for America and Donald Trump is the past and completely "W"rong in trying to turn the USA into Russia.
How touching.
I suppose the Congress, including Steve Scalice are going to be sacrificing along with all others in the country without health care.
July 19, 2017
By David Nakamura
Breaking: Congressional budget analysts (click here) estimated Wednesday that a Senate plan to repeal part of the Affordable Care Act with no immediate replacement would increase the number of people without health coverage by 17 million next year and 32 million at the end of a decade. The forecast by the Congressional Budget Office of the impact on coverage of the Senate GOP’s latest health-care legislation is nearly identical to estimates the CBO made in January based on a similar bill that passed both the House and Senate in late 2015 – and was vetoed by then-President Barack Obama.
The new report also said the legislation would decrease federal deficits by $473 billion over that 10-year window....
Typical Republicans, laughing all the way to the bank on the backs of the poor and middle class.
Like I said, there is no morality in the White House.
The founders of the USA would be rolling over in their graves if they knew the USA government no longer values private property rights.
By Susan Phillips
Heavy rains (click here) brought flash floods to Lycoming County, which washed out a bridge on Wallis Run Road. The yellow pipeline marker shows the location of the Sunoco pipeline that ruptured and spilled an estimated 55,000 gallons of gasoline into Wallis Run creek.
Eminent Domain is corporate welfare. Eminent Domain was suppose to be used for necessary projects. Today, eminent domain is corporate welfare to facilitate greed and not need.
July 19, 2017
By Alison Burdo
Pennsylvania Sen. Andy Dinniman (click here) is calling for Sunoco Pipeline LP to halt its Mariner East 2 pipeline work, claiming the company failed to follow Department of Environmental Protection regulations by not informing all of the local homeowners before the drilling work began.
By Alison Burdo
Pennsylvania Sen. Andy Dinniman (click here) is calling for Sunoco Pipeline LP to halt its Mariner East 2 pipeline work, claiming the company failed to follow Department of Environmental Protection regulations by not informing all of the local homeowners before the drilling work began.
The controversy over the Mariner East 2 pipeline began earlier this month when neighbors in West Whiteland Township discovered their water– pulled from private wells - was cloudy and discolored.
Sunoco stopped its work temporarily and paid for hotel stays and bottled water for the affected residents. Days later the company agreed to cover the costs to connect the impacted homes to Aqua's public water system.
But Dinniman, in a letter to the DEP, said Sunoco should halt its work since it didn't follow conditions laid out by the agency, according to the Delaware County Daily Times.
The report says the company's list of homeowners to notify had just 22 names on it.
A check by Dinniman staffers showed 739 private and public wells listed in West Whiteland Township. The senator said that his staffers spoke with several residents along the pipeline route, and they were told that no one had been notified....
May 12, 2017
This spill of drilling fluid happened while Sunoco was drilling UNDER Chester Creek.
Large walls of sandbags (click here) placed in center of Chester Creek. Image by area resident.
The United States of American has more pipelines than it needs now. The current infrastructure needs to be updated and repaired. New pipelines are about greed and not need.
The pipelines in the USA will become obsolete as electricity takes over the energy needs of the country. The current demand for oil pipelines is for greed in selling Americans natural resources to the rest of the world.
There is no form of Eminent Domain the holds up to the test of necessary infrastructure that requires use of PRIVATELY OWNED LAND for more petroleum pipelines.
Pennsylvania Senator Andy Dinniman is not opposed to necessary infrastructure like roads and bridges, but, when it imperils the well being and health of the people he takes a strong stand about the abuse.
Sunoco is becoming more and more of a horror everyday.
IT DOESN'T OWN THE LAND IT IS DESTROYING!
July 19, 2017
Sunoco stopped its work temporarily and paid for hotel stays and bottled water for the affected residents. Days later the company agreed to cover the costs to connect the impacted homes to Aqua's public water system.
But Dinniman, in a letter to the DEP, said Sunoco should halt its work since it didn't follow conditions laid out by the agency, according to the Delaware County Daily Times.
The report says the company's list of homeowners to notify had just 22 names on it.
A check by Dinniman staffers showed 739 private and public wells listed in West Whiteland Township. The senator said that his staffers spoke with several residents along the pipeline route, and they were told that no one had been notified....
May 12, 2017
Middletown Coalition for Community Safety (MCCS)
This spill of drilling fluid happened while Sunoco was drilling UNDER Chester Creek.
Media contact: middletowncoalition@gmail.com – (484 441 -3308)
The United States of American has more pipelines than it needs now. The current infrastructure needs to be updated and repaired. New pipelines are about greed and not need.
The pipelines in the USA will become obsolete as electricity takes over the energy needs of the country. The current demand for oil pipelines is for greed in selling Americans natural resources to the rest of the world.
There is no form of Eminent Domain the holds up to the test of necessary infrastructure that requires use of PRIVATELY OWNED LAND for more petroleum pipelines.
Pennsylvania Senator Andy Dinniman is not opposed to necessary infrastructure like roads and bridges, but, when it imperils the well being and health of the people he takes a strong stand about the abuse.
Sunoco is becoming more and more of a horror everyday.
IT DOESN'T OWN THE LAND IT IS DESTROYING!
July 19, 2017
Middleton - Sunoco (click here) is dealing with another incident connected to their controversial Mariner East 2 pipeline project in Delaware County.
The company confirmed Tuesday that 1,500 gallons of bentonite used in the drilling process had spilled into a tributary of Chester Creek Monday. That was followed Tuesday by a problem with groundwater flowing back to the same drill pad Tuesday.
A resident captured video of the groundwater flowing over a containment area and hay bales erected in the area.
Both Sunoco Pipeline, which is constructing the project for its parent company Energy Transfer Partners, and the state Department of Environmental Protection said the water supply was no damaged and there was no danger to humans. No fish kill had been reported in Chester Creek either....
The spill will have to be handled by HazMat personnel and contained to prevent further spreading of the contaminant. Ground water and soil tests are necessary to discover the leaching of the bentonite into the water supply.
Sampling wells will have to be established to protect the people.
Bentonite is an absorption substance. Once in the body it can reek havoc with body chemistry.
Wildlife will have to be monitored for possible ingestion. While some people believe ingesting clay helps the body, IT DOES NOT. Bentonite is a PICA (click here) and should not be used for any form of treatment.
Human Toxicity Excerpts: (click here)
/HUMAN EXPOSURE STUDIES/ Effects of bentonite in workers in processing plant...very high incidence of bronchial asthma (25%) in workers examined, and attributed this to the irritant action of the bentonite dust on the bronchial epithelium.
The spill will have to be handled by HazMat personnel and contained to prevent further spreading of the contaminant. Ground water and soil tests are necessary to discover the leaching of the bentonite into the water supply.
Sampling wells will have to be established to protect the people.
Bentonite is an absorption substance. Once in the body it can reek havoc with body chemistry.
Wildlife will have to be monitored for possible ingestion. While some people believe ingesting clay helps the body, IT DOES NOT. Bentonite is a PICA (click here) and should not be used for any form of treatment.
Human Toxicity Excerpts: (click here)
/HUMAN EXPOSURE STUDIES/ Effects of bentonite in workers in processing plant...very high incidence of bronchial asthma (25%) in workers examined, and attributed this to the irritant action of the bentonite dust on the bronchial epithelium.
Continued from the news article above:
...Here is the full text of their statement:
On Monday July 17th, Middletown Township reported to residents that the township had been made aware of a bentonite spill at Sunoco’s HDD drilling site behind Tunbridge apartments. Middletown Township reported that they had been notified around 4:30 p.m., and that Pa. DEP had also been notified and was responding to the event. It is reported that the spill reached Chester Creek.
The Middletown Coalition for Community Safety is disturbed but not surprised by Sunoco’s most recent accident involving a spill of drilling fluid in Middletown Township.
In Pennsylvania, Sunoco’s previous leaks of drilling fluid have impacted Cumberland, Berks, Chester and Delaware counties.
On May 10, 2017 Sunoco reported a loss of drilling slurry into Chester Creek in Brookhaven, Delaware County. On June 23, 2017 Sunoco drilled into the aquifer in West Whiteland, Chester County, impacting the private well water of at least a dozen residences. These releases and their impacts on the waterways of the Commonwealth and the water supply of Pennsylvania residents were predicted in advance in Sunoco’s own documents to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection....
ZERO TOLERANCE to poisoning Americans !
ZERO TOLERANCE to poisoning Americans !
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
East Pacific Ocean has three storm and one in the Atlantic Ocean. All four are along the ITCZ where the water vapor is.
It has been quiet in the East Pacific and Atlantic with little to worry about.
Currently, there are three significant storms in the East Pacific; Fernanda achieved a category 4 status on the 15th of July with sustained winds of 125 knots per hour (143.8 mph). The central pressure at that time was 947 millibars of pressure. Currently, Fernanda is a category 2 and heading north of Hawaii. Hawaii is 19.8968° N latitude and 155.5828° W longitude. The last position of Fernanda is 16.00 N latitude and 133.90 W longitude at 1800 today. The second storm is Greg which is still a tropical storm and position is 14.60 N latitude and 109.00 W longitude. Current winds are 35 knots per hour with a central pressure of 1007 millibars. The third storm in the East Pacific is Tropical Depression Eight with winds of 30 knots per hour and a central pressure of 1007 millibars of pressure. In the Atlantic Ocean, east of Grenada is Tropical Storm Don with maximum winds of 45 knots per hour with a central pressure of 1007 millibars of pressure. Currently, Don has 35 knot per hour winds with a central pressure of 1010 millibars. Grenada weather currently 86 degrees Fahrenheit and is stated to feel like 104 F. Winds are out of the east at 16 mph with gusts to 34 mph. Tropical Storm Don is expected to end tonight. Barometric pressure currently 29.86 inches. July 18, 2017 By Alex Sosnowski Don will be the second tropical storm (click here) in less than a month to affect portions of the Windward Islands, before drifting into the Caribbean Sea this week....  |
| July 18, 2017; 2230.19z UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the North and West Hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you) |
Monday, July 17, 2017
Rumors that bring speculation as to "Who got to him and for how much?"
I would never put it past a Republican administration full of billionaires to find a cushy job somewhere for a former US Supreme Court Justice, like a professorship that never lectures or a Dean or a Chancellor.
June 26, 2017
By Ruth Brown
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy isn’t resting his case just yet. (click here)
The high court broke for its summer recess Monday without an anticipated retirement announcement from the 80-year-old judge. He could still make the call at any time, but the last day was seen as the most likely time.
Kennedy hasn’t actually said anything publicly to suggest he’s hanging up his gavel anytime soon, but speculation has been swirling for months, fueled by his colleagues and lawmakers.
The gossip mill went into overdrive after his former law clerks moved up a planned reunion to last weekend — as judges traditionally announce retirement plans to their clerks before the public — but after teasing the assembled alum with a big announcement, it wasn’t what they expected....
It is a corporate gimmick to drive voters to the polls in 2018. That's all.
June 26, 2017
By Ruth Brown
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy isn’t resting his case just yet. (click here)
The high court broke for its summer recess Monday without an anticipated retirement announcement from the 80-year-old judge. He could still make the call at any time, but the last day was seen as the most likely time.
Kennedy hasn’t actually said anything publicly to suggest he’s hanging up his gavel anytime soon, but speculation has been swirling for months, fueled by his colleagues and lawmakers.
The gossip mill went into overdrive after his former law clerks moved up a planned reunion to last weekend — as judges traditionally announce retirement plans to their clerks before the public — but after teasing the assembled alum with a big announcement, it wasn’t what they expected....
It is a corporate gimmick to drive voters to the polls in 2018. That's all.
Where is Robert Reich when you need him?
May 15, 2017
By Lee Fang
AFTER USING GOLDMAN Sachs (click here) as a punching bag for his campaign, sharply criticizing his political opponents for ties to the investment bank, Donald Trump has taken unprecedented steps to appoint former Goldman Sachs attorneys and executives to the upper echelons of government.
It goes far beyond what’s been reported. Not only is Jay Clayton Trump’s chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, after serving as the attorney who advised the bank during the bailouts of 2008, but new disclosures show that the team Clayton brought with him to oversee the financial market regulator are also former Goldman Sachs attorneys.
The Intercept obtained the ethics disclosure form for Sean Memon, Clayton’s deputy chief of staff, which shows that Memon previously worked for Goldman Sachs, as well as a range of other Wall Street clients, including Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase, AIG, MetLife, Ally Financial, and Deutsche Bank.
Last month, Clayton also brought in Steven Peikin as one of two directors of the enforcement division of the SEC, one of the most prominent positions at the agency. Peikin, likMemon, previously served as an attorney to Goldman Sachs and other banks. All three men are former lawyers with Sullivan & Cromwell, arguably the most influential law firm of the 20th Century.
While previous administrations have retained staff with ties to major banks, Trump has turned his administration into somewhat of a Goldman Sachs alumni organization....
Maybe this is like a 'Cheney Thing' where rewarding those that can prosecute and sue you is better for the personal wealth fund. If Trump was defaming Goldman during his campaign, this might be a way to prevent lawsuits, etc. No different than Cheney, Halliburton (later KBR) and Iraq.
July 14, 2017
By Guelda Vioen
Easterly Government Properties, (click here) a landlord specializing in real estate that is leased backed to the U.S. government, secured $127 million towards its purchase of Loma Linda Ambulatory Care, a U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs medical facility in Southern California, Commercial Observer can exclusively report.
The ten-year, fixed-rate, interest-only CMBS loan was provided by Goldman Sachs, according to a representative for CBRE, which brokered the deal. The 60 percent loan-to-value in the financing represents a total purchase price of about $212 million.
Tom Traynor, James Millon, James Scott and Bernard Van der Lande of CBRE represented the borrower in the transaction. If Goldman retained representation, it was not immediately clear. A Goldman representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment....
Amazing. I thought the Kurshners and Chinese investors would have the inside track.
Aramark is looking for you:
By Lee Fang
AFTER USING GOLDMAN Sachs (click here) as a punching bag for his campaign, sharply criticizing his political opponents for ties to the investment bank, Donald Trump has taken unprecedented steps to appoint former Goldman Sachs attorneys and executives to the upper echelons of government.
It goes far beyond what’s been reported. Not only is Jay Clayton Trump’s chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, after serving as the attorney who advised the bank during the bailouts of 2008, but new disclosures show that the team Clayton brought with him to oversee the financial market regulator are also former Goldman Sachs attorneys.
The Intercept obtained the ethics disclosure form for Sean Memon, Clayton’s deputy chief of staff, which shows that Memon previously worked for Goldman Sachs, as well as a range of other Wall Street clients, including Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase, AIG, MetLife, Ally Financial, and Deutsche Bank.
Last month, Clayton also brought in Steven Peikin as one of two directors of the enforcement division of the SEC, one of the most prominent positions at the agency. Peikin, likMemon, previously served as an attorney to Goldman Sachs and other banks. All three men are former lawyers with Sullivan & Cromwell, arguably the most influential law firm of the 20th Century.
While previous administrations have retained staff with ties to major banks, Trump has turned his administration into somewhat of a Goldman Sachs alumni organization....
Maybe this is like a 'Cheney Thing' where rewarding those that can prosecute and sue you is better for the personal wealth fund. If Trump was defaming Goldman during his campaign, this might be a way to prevent lawsuits, etc. No different than Cheney, Halliburton (later KBR) and Iraq.
July 14, 2017
By Guelda Vioen
Easterly Government Properties, (click here) a landlord specializing in real estate that is leased backed to the U.S. government, secured $127 million towards its purchase of Loma Linda Ambulatory Care, a U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs medical facility in Southern California, Commercial Observer can exclusively report.
The ten-year, fixed-rate, interest-only CMBS loan was provided by Goldman Sachs, according to a representative for CBRE, which brokered the deal. The 60 percent loan-to-value in the financing represents a total purchase price of about $212 million.
Tom Traynor, James Millon, James Scott and Bernard Van der Lande of CBRE represented the borrower in the transaction. If Goldman retained representation, it was not immediately clear. A Goldman representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment....
Amazing. I thought the Kurshners and Chinese investors would have the inside track.
Aramark is looking for you:
Food Service Worker - Goldman Sachs 200 West (click here)
Get out there and be all you can be!
New Zealand leads the world in teen suicide. In the USA it is the third largest reason for deaths in ages 15 -24.
When a country's sincere problems are politicized, there never is an answer that matters. The end of Medicaid in the USA could have a direct impact on teens at risk.
17 July 2017
By Olivia Carville
...King has been a crusader (click here) in raising awareness on youth suicide across New Zealand since an unprecedented cluster of teen suicides in Northland in 2012. He has spoken to students in dozens of schools about this issue and last month he Controversially stepped down from the Government's suicide prevention panel, claiming its draft plan to prevent suicide was "deeply flawed" and self-serving....
..."New Zealand has become a country where we expect others to fix everything while the rest of us sit around in judgment and make excuses. Poverty, the housing crisis, colonisation and the growing gap between rich and poor were all listed as reasons why young people are dying by their own hand....
Wall Street priorities have a direct connection to mental health in New Zealand. As young people begin to take on the world seeking a productive life and are disappointed in their outcomes, it becomes an issue of self-esteem and why they can't succeed.
"Self-esteem is a huge issue for young people and is often the first step on the road to suicidal thinking. Young people with self-esteem issues - who deep down think they are 'bad' - are battling demons that no one can see because they battle them alone, often behind a mask of happiness....
..."However, the statistic we should all be concerned about is that 80 per cent of kids who have recurring thoughts of suicide never ask for help, from anyone, ever.
"For some it is because they don't know who to ask, or they believe they can fix it themselves. For others it's embarrassment, fear of looking stupid or hurting people they love. But for the overwhelming majority it's the fear of judgment. In a world that worships perfection they are worried what others will think, say or do if they disclose their true feelings.
"And it doesn't help when our health and education system discourages any type of open discussion around suicidal thinking for fear of contagion. Can you imagine how traumatic that must be for a young person? I've just diagnosed myself with an incurable disease but if I open up and talk to any of my friends about it they might catch it and die.
"There are three reasons kids give me for wanting to end their lives:
1. I am hurting! 'I am in so much pain and I just want it to stop. Everybody tells me that with time things will get better but everyday I wake up and it's worse. I just need it to stop!'
2. I am causing hurt! 'I feel like I've become a burden to everybody and everyone would be better off without me.'
3. I want to cause hurt! 'You hurt me, so now I'm going to hurt you.'...
In the USA, it is believed teen suicide is treatable. From the American Academy of Pediatrics.
By Olivia Carville
...King has been a crusader (click here) in raising awareness on youth suicide across New Zealand since an unprecedented cluster of teen suicides in Northland in 2012. He has spoken to students in dozens of schools about this issue and last month he Controversially stepped down from the Government's suicide prevention panel, claiming its draft plan to prevent suicide was "deeply flawed" and self-serving....
..."New Zealand has become a country where we expect others to fix everything while the rest of us sit around in judgment and make excuses. Poverty, the housing crisis, colonisation and the growing gap between rich and poor were all listed as reasons why young people are dying by their own hand....
Wall Street priorities have a direct connection to mental health in New Zealand. As young people begin to take on the world seeking a productive life and are disappointed in their outcomes, it becomes an issue of self-esteem and why they can't succeed.
"Self-esteem is a huge issue for young people and is often the first step on the road to suicidal thinking. Young people with self-esteem issues - who deep down think they are 'bad' - are battling demons that no one can see because they battle them alone, often behind a mask of happiness....
..."However, the statistic we should all be concerned about is that 80 per cent of kids who have recurring thoughts of suicide never ask for help, from anyone, ever.
"For some it is because they don't know who to ask, or they believe they can fix it themselves. For others it's embarrassment, fear of looking stupid or hurting people they love. But for the overwhelming majority it's the fear of judgment. In a world that worships perfection they are worried what others will think, say or do if they disclose their true feelings.
"And it doesn't help when our health and education system discourages any type of open discussion around suicidal thinking for fear of contagion. Can you imagine how traumatic that must be for a young person? I've just diagnosed myself with an incurable disease but if I open up and talk to any of my friends about it they might catch it and die.
"There are three reasons kids give me for wanting to end their lives:
1. I am hurting! 'I am in so much pain and I just want it to stop. Everybody tells me that with time things will get better but everyday I wake up and it's worse. I just need it to stop!'
2. I am causing hurt! 'I feel like I've become a burden to everybody and everyone would be better off without me.'
3. I want to cause hurt! 'You hurt me, so now I'm going to hurt you.'...
In the USA, it is believed teen suicide is treatable. From the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Last Updated:
- 10/18/2016
- Source:
- Teen Suicide, Mood Disorder, and Depression (click here)
- Strongly overreact when things do not go their way
- Become hyper, agitated, or aggressive
- Be overwhelmed with thoughts or feelings
- Sleep less
- Talk a lot more
- Act in impulsive or dangerous ways
- Feel they can do things they really can't
- Spend money they do not have or give things away
- Insist on unrealistic plans for themselves or others
- Feel sad, down, or irritable, or not feel like doing things
- Have a change in sleeping or eating habits
- Feel guilty, worthless, or hopeless
- Have less energy, or have more difficulty paying attention
- Feel lonely, get easily upset, or talk about wanting to be dead
- Lose interest in things they used to enjoy
Thousands of teens commit suicide each year in the United States. In fact, suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds.
Suicide does not just happen. Studies show that at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental health problem, such as depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a behavior problem. They may also have problems at school or with friends or family, or a combination of all these things. Some teens may have been victims of sexual or physical abuse. Others may be struggling with issues related to sexual identity. Usually they have had problems for some time.
Most teens do not spend a long time planning to kill themselves. They may have thought about it or tried it in the past but only decide to do it after an event that produces feelings of failure or loss, such as getting in trouble, having an argument, breaking up with a partner, or receiving a bad grade on a test....
The words teens and young adults hold dear are opportunity and achievement. American teens and young adults have to be provided a path to success. That means their government is sensitive to the financial infrastructure that has to exist to succeed. The USA grossly lacks in educational achievement on a global scale.
...One of the biggest cross-national tests (click here) is the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which every three years measures reading ability, math and science literacy and other key skills among 15-year-olds in dozens of developed and developing countries. The most recent PISA results, from 2015, placed the U.S. an unimpressive 38th out of 71 countries in math and 24th in science. Among the 35 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which sponsors the PISA initiative, the U.S. ranked 30th in math and 19th in science....
And the USA wants to fly to where? Mars? Really? With what Japanese immigrants doing the math on EB5 Visas?
Teens in a manic or a mixed state may:
Teens with depression may:
Mood disorders can be treated. Ask your teen's doctor about treatment resources.
Give them a future they can believe it, damn it!
And I don't want to hear how Jeb Bush's 3 year olds are going to lead the world someday. Believe that and you may as well hand me a rainbow. Take it away Dorothy!
I agree with Elon. However, imagine instead of clerks every USA Congressman and woman be given a single AI. It is food for thought.
Could an AI go to jail for threatening Mitch McConnell to end the threats against humanity? I don't think so. And would the AI threaten McConnell? Perhaps the AI would find the calculation of threatening a waste of time. Would the AI campaign for humanity? Or. Would the calculation of prolonged existence with humans be a burden it would seek to effect?
I wonder.
Is Mitch McConnell already an AI that even Trump doesn't know exists? He is cold enough to be one. No eating, no sleeping, but, I hear they can learn to be good in the sack. Perhaps, Russia already owns Mitch McConnell. I mean what is it that he endorses Trump without question? Scared or possessed?
I can see the headlines in the National Enquirer now: "Truth revealed, Mitch McConnell has been taken over by Russian AI. And. Does that make him an alien?"
Is AI the future of the Undead?
17/7/2017
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (click here) warned a bipartisan gathering of U.S. governors on Saturday that government regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it's a "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation."
I wonder.
Is Mitch McConnell already an AI that even Trump doesn't know exists? He is cold enough to be one. No eating, no sleeping, but, I hear they can learn to be good in the sack. Perhaps, Russia already owns Mitch McConnell. I mean what is it that he endorses Trump without question? Scared or possessed?
I can see the headlines in the National Enquirer now: "Truth revealed, Mitch McConnell has been taken over by Russian AI. And. Does that make him an alien?"
Is AI the future of the Undead?
17/7/2017
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (click here) warned a bipartisan gathering of U.S. governors on Saturday that government regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it's a "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation."
But first, he asked for some governors to lift a different kind of regulation: state franchise dealership laws that ban the direct sale of his company's electric cars to consumers.
Musk spoke broadly about solar energy, space travel, self-driving cars and other emerging technology during a question-and-answer session at the summer conference of the National Governors Association in Rhode Island.
He also met privately with some governors, including Louisiana Democrat John Bel Edwards, who recently signed a law that Musk's Palo Alto, California-based company says blocks it from selling cars there.
Edwards said Tesla asked for the one-on-one meeting with Musk, which was short.
"I just asked him to come down to Louisiana and sit down with us, sit down with the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association and work out some sort of a compromise, which they have successfully done in other states," Edwards said.
Out of the University of Auckland, Business School
Some of the nearly 900,000 New Zealanders (click here) who suffer hearing loss could be at extra risk of developing dementia.
Professor Peter Thorne, a leading New Zealand academic heading up a project to research hearing loss, says the condition has big consequences for brain health and is "increasingly being shown to be an additional risk factor for developing dementia".
"There is a relationship between hearing loss and good brain health," he says. "The problem increases with age so we are working on ways to identify it earlier, to develop measures to prevent and treat the condition, and to help adults age well."
Thorne, who is based at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, says there are many unanswered questions around the possible links between the illnesses.
He says one theory suggests the brain, if the hearing loss is untreated, can become overwhelmed by years of straining to hear, making those with hearing loss more vulnerable to dementia; while others include the possibility hearing loss could lead to what is a known factor in dementia - social isolation....
...Thorne's work is building on international research. A 2011 study into the links between hearing loss and dementia at the John Hopkins School of Medicine in the United States found elderly people with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop other cognitive problems and dementia than those who retain their hearing.
The study leader Dr Frank Lin, said hearing loss is a slow and insidious process associated with ageing, and because of this a lot of people ignore it, feeling they are not affected.
Thorne says a major cause of hearing loss, apart from ageing, is exposure to loud noise (a World Health Organisation report estimates more than a billion people worldwide aged between 12 and 35 are at risk from high noise levels in recreational settings)....
...Thorne says balance disorders - including dizziness, spinning sensations, fatigue and ringing in the ears - is estimated to affect four out of ten people: "It contributes to falls in older people and, like hearing loss, good balance function plays a vital role in maintaining brain health," he says. "It too is considered a risk to the development of dementia."...
Fascinating stuff. Imagine an annual hearing check as a lead into larger problems that can be averted.
Professor Peter Thorne, a leading New Zealand academic heading up a project to research hearing loss, says the condition has big consequences for brain health and is "increasingly being shown to be an additional risk factor for developing dementia".
"There is a relationship between hearing loss and good brain health," he says. "The problem increases with age so we are working on ways to identify it earlier, to develop measures to prevent and treat the condition, and to help adults age well."
Thorne, who is based at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, says there are many unanswered questions around the possible links between the illnesses.
He says one theory suggests the brain, if the hearing loss is untreated, can become overwhelmed by years of straining to hear, making those with hearing loss more vulnerable to dementia; while others include the possibility hearing loss could lead to what is a known factor in dementia - social isolation....
...Thorne's work is building on international research. A 2011 study into the links between hearing loss and dementia at the John Hopkins School of Medicine in the United States found elderly people with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop other cognitive problems and dementia than those who retain their hearing.
The study leader Dr Frank Lin, said hearing loss is a slow and insidious process associated with ageing, and because of this a lot of people ignore it, feeling they are not affected.
Thorne says a major cause of hearing loss, apart from ageing, is exposure to loud noise (a World Health Organisation report estimates more than a billion people worldwide aged between 12 and 35 are at risk from high noise levels in recreational settings)....
...Thorne says balance disorders - including dizziness, spinning sensations, fatigue and ringing in the ears - is estimated to affect four out of ten people: "It contributes to falls in older people and, like hearing loss, good balance function plays a vital role in maintaining brain health," he says. "It too is considered a risk to the development of dementia."...
Fascinating stuff. Imagine an annual hearing check as a lead into larger problems that can be averted.
I am sorry to hear that Senator John McCain has suffered a brain blood clot, but, I also hope this gives him pause about hurting people far less fortunate than himself.
I wish him a speedy recovery. It sounds as though he was very fortunate and didn't have residual effects. I don't want any one to suffer to understand the impacts of ill health, but, this happens to Americans everyday and they have little protecting them from losing everything they worked for without health insurance.
I hope Senator McCain will reflect on what would happen to an American like himself, but, didn't have the benefits of good health insurance. Would that American be able to return to work in a week? Or afford some of the best surgeons in the world? Or would that American have been discovered to have such an ailment and survive at all. Lack of health care kills. That is a fact.
July 16, 2017
By Denise Grady and Robert Pear
The condition for which Senator John McCain (click here) had surgery on Friday may be more serious than initial descriptions have implied, and it may delay his return to Washington by at least a week or two, medical experts said on Sunday.
I hope Senator McCain will reflect on what would happen to an American like himself, but, didn't have the benefits of good health insurance. Would that American be able to return to work in a week? Or afford some of the best surgeons in the world? Or would that American have been discovered to have such an ailment and survive at all. Lack of health care kills. That is a fact.
By Denise Grady and Robert Pear
The condition for which Senator John McCain (click here) had surgery on Friday may be more serious than initial descriptions have implied, and it may delay his return to Washington by at least a week or two, medical experts said on Sunday.
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has already announced that votes on a bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act will not begin until Mr. McCain’s return. A statement released by Mr. McCain’s office on Saturday had suggested that he would be in Arizona recovering for just this week, but neurosurgeons interviewed said the typical recovery period could be longer.
The statement from Mr. McCain’s office said a two-inch blood clot was removed from “above his left eye” during a “minimally invasive craniotomy with an eyebrow incision” at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, “following a routine annual physical.” Surgeons there are not conducting interviews. Mr. McCain’s communications director, Julie Tarallo, said further information would be made public when it became available.
A craniotomy is an opening of the skull, and an eyebrow incision would be used to reach a clot in or near the left frontal lobes of the brain, neurosurgeons who were not involved in Mr. McCain’s care said....
There is about one per day of police shootings lately. Albuquerque, Tulsa and the usuals..
The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
July 17, 2017
By Katie Mettler, Kristine Phillips and Mark Berman
A yoga and meditation teacher (click here) in Minneapolis was fatally shot by police Saturday night after she called 911 to report a possible assault in the alley behind her home.
The woman was identified by family in local and Australian news reports as 40-year-old Justine Damond (nee Justine Ruszczyk), a native Australian who studied to be a veterinarian in Sydney before moving to Minneapolis to be with her fiance, Don Damond. The couple planned to marry next month, but Justine Damond had already taken her fiance’s last name.
The call for help came in just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state agency investigating the shooting. Two Minneapolis Police Department officers went to an alley near her home in the Fulton neighborhood, on the city’s southwest side.“At one point an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman,” the statement said....
"Good Night, Moon"
22.4 days old
47 percent lit
July 16, 2017
By Loren Grush
July 16, 2017
By Loren Grush
It was two years ago, (click here) on July 14th, 2015, that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto — marking the first time we had ever explored this mysterious small world. The probe whizzed by within 7,750 miles of the dwarf planet’s surface and snapped the first ever close-up images of Pluto and its weird moons. Now, New Horizons is way beyond Pluto, journeying to another object at edge of the Solar System. But you can relive the flyby with this new animation from NASA that takes you over Pluto’s unique terrain.
Members of the New Horizons mission team put together the animation using data collected by the spacecraft, as well as elevation models of Pluto’s surface. The video starts just southwest of Sputnik Planitia — the huge plains of nitrogen ice that form part of Pluto’s signature giant heart. It then passes over numerous other locations, showcasing the various mountain ranges, basins, and fractured landscape of Pluto’s surface. The elevations have been exaggerated a bit, too, just to illustrate just how dynamic the geography is. But the result is a captivating view of this complex little planet and a reminder of just how much the surface changes throughout....
Sunday, July 16, 2017
End the burgeoning destruction.
The infrastructure of the international community is deteriorating. The supports to end the warming are under attack by an age old strategy both from the petroleum industry, but, also the Republican Party.
How many remember the words, "Saddam needs to become a member of the Family of Nations."
The United States in the Family of Nations (click here)
How many remember the words, "Saddam needs to become a member of the Family of Nations."
The United States in the Family of Nations (click here)
Grayson Kirk
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Vol. 100, No. 4 (Aug. 31, 1956), pp. 289-295
The "Family of Nations" is real. It is not an imagined entity. It was used for a long time by Republican presidents to induce cooperation with countries without war.
The basis for this strategy was seduction by capitalism into a philosophy that the USA had the corner on wealth and comfort. It did for awhile, but, so much of Wall Street has become detrimental to the American people in the year 2017. The USA economy is good today, but, it is because of the people.
The infrastructure for the exploitation of natural resources of other countries is already there. It is taking on a new character and removing all the stops to end the movement to a benign planet of people in harmony with Earth's natural state that nurtures life and does not destroy it.
Scientists need to include an anthropologist in their professional submissions and the harm that will occur to them should the climate continue to be hostile. The species involved including the people are also an issue. The infrastructure of economic entanglements can be benevolent if we take it there, including tourism and green economies that demand products harvested and produced to promote a benevolent troposphere and not a hot one.
I apologize for the terrible immorality of the Trump White House, but, they cannot achieve greed and destruction alone. The people, as demonstrated in India, can bring about a political will that changes the dynamics of exploitation.
I am very worried about places like the Philippines and Madagascar. These people are helpless to the military. The Hague has to act and bring the murderous regimes to an end.
The Trump White House has turned the international community on it's head. We have to stop them.
I know this wasn't a part of Kyoto, but, it needed to be covered.
Until next week....
This is what happens when there is no moral leadership in the USA. The deterioration of moral content of society wanes.
Malagasy authorities (click here) must act swiftly to reverse the country’s human rights downward spiral including by urgently investigating allegations that the security forces have burned down villages and committed extrajudicial executions, said Amnesty International today ahead of the UN Human Rights Committee’s review of the country.
“Madagascar’s human rights record is on a sharp decline as a result of the blatant disregard for the rule of law,” said Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for Southern Africa.
“Violations such as extrajudicial executions by police and the imprisonment of human rights defenders, are happening because no one is being brought to justice.”
Extrajudicial executions
Amnesty International is concerned about allegations of extrajudicial executions committed by law enforcement officials. Many of them have occurred in the context of banditry linked to cattle thieves in the southern part of the country.
The organization has also documented reports of law enforcement officials seeking revenge after incidents of mob justice. In February 2017, police officers allegedly burnt down five villages in Antsakabary town after two of their colleagues were allegedly killed by villagers. An elderly woman died from burns during the attack, as she was unable to escape.
Police are now investigating the fire attack, despite being implicated in it. Amnesty International is calling for an independent and impartial investigation which guarantees the safety of the victims from any reprisal attacks should they submit evidence....
It is sounding more like the Philippines. There is also a large western population there.
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