We hear this week of the latest victim of the cold-hearted anti-refugee policies of the Republican administration.  A seven-year-old child, found thirsty and hungry, was put in a truck and left there for almost eight hours.  She died of dehydration.

Migrant children die of thirst because of Trump’s edict for ICE agents to destroy humanitarian supplies.

American Christian humanitarian churches have been leaving survival supplies, like water, along the paths frequented by lost refugees.  The Republicans decided that life-saving water supplies should be found and destroyed, leaving the asylum-seeking refuges without water.

We can only wonder how our Border Control Agents and ICE patrols can destroy survival caches of water with such enthusiasm.  Can they sleep at night?  Do they dream of the children and other victims who will die of thirst because of this dastardly policy?

Someone needs to remind the Republicans that Jesus said
“Suffer the little children”, not “make the children suffer”.

I wonder if they will get water in their hour of need?

What’s the opposite of a “Good Samaritan”?

Now that ICE is holding several thousand separated children with no clue who or where their parents are, the Republicans are beginning to panic about the Trump Orphans.

Long after Donald Trump is gone, the legacy of these children will live on.  This is a Republican problem, which means it will be ignored until it festers then Republicans will feign surprise that the world is holding them accountable for this crime against humanity.

Several thousand parentless children are now wards of the United States, and the Republicans have no clue what to do about it.

We must note that imprisoning them in concentration camps can only lead to disaster.  Eventually, some will die and some will be assaulted by their captors.

Horror stories will ensue.  This stinky mess will be around for years to come.

OK, I am sick of all the greedy fossil fuel companies passing off fiction as fact.  The Earth is dying, and we are killing it.  Fossil fuels are releasing CO2 that was sequestered deep in the Earth for millions of years.  This slight change (and yes, compared to frigid space and near star temperature extremes, it is slight) is enough to upset the delicate balance of our natural world.  Ten degrees Celsius is all it takes to destroy the planetary weather systems upon which life depends.

Heat from the sun is the driving force behind Earth’s weather. There are several hard facts of physics to be considered.

More “greenhouse” gas means the planet is blanketed and holds more heat.
Water vapor, CO2 and Methane are all greenhouse gases.

The Earth reached an equilibrium over millions of years, giving us the weather the planet has up until a few thousand years ago, when men began changing the Earth. This was not much of a factor at first, as people were few and the Earth was big.

But, modern industry and global population have “turned up the heat” on greenhouse gases, we emit a lot of these today. OK, so far no “studies”, just cold hard facts which you can verify yourself.

The Earth is dying, and we are killing it

Now, as the Earth gets warmer, the ocean temperature slowly goes up. Warmer water is larger than colder water (with a notable exception of the crystallization effect of ice forming) and so a warmer ocean is higher.

Also, air is greatly affected by our Earth warming. Warmer air is more fluid. It resists movement much less than cold air. A warmer planet therefore will have faster winds.

So, add it all up: Warmer water, warmer air, more evaporation, more wind, more clouds and larger storms.

Poisioning our water…

Compounding on that mess, we are also choking the waters with micro-plastic particles. These things break down into pseudo-hormones that cause profound changes in how gender works in animals.

Poisioning our Land…

We are digging up rare earth metals and shipping them to every house with any modern technology.  We are dumping pesticides and industrial waste into our own water supply.

So, yes, when bees and frogs start showing actual evidence of the coming wave of ecological imbalances, its a warning sign.  A canary in the coal mine, if you will.

The Earth is dying, and we are killing it

Be conservative, believe in men from the sky, or ghosts, or little green men… BUT stop poisoning our earth, air and waters!  Our grandchildren will appreciate it.  If we can still have any after all the pseudo-estrogen feminizing hormones turn all males infertile.

So, how to help?  Quit ignoring climate deniers.

The price of their denial is death for billions..

Average Americans have been patient, trying to not complain about the ongoing corruption in our “pay to play” government, hopeful that somehow justice will come to the guilty.

We have watched as the gun industry has paid off the NRA to bribe legislators to reduce controls over gun sales in the name of “freedom”.

As any sane person could predict, we have witnessed the stupid brutality enabled by letting the gun industry line its pockets from the sale of weapons of war; pseudo-assault rifles that skirt rational limits to deliver about one lethal round per second.

Not with a stable bullet like a hunter would want, but a bullet designed to tumble as it hits, doing far greater damage than a simple hunting round.

AR-15 One Death per second

May there be a special place in Hell for those take the NRA Blood Money.

I hope that the people who make, market, permit and excuse selling a one round per second death machine to teenagers have a front row seat in hell.

Follow the money.

Its all bribes and payoffs to keep the money train delivering those nice NRA checks to our legislators.

Republicans accept blood money from the NRA.  They are taking bribes to protect the gun industry.  It’s enough to make us want to run these fools out of office.

Bozo the Moron has answered dictator Kim Jong Il’s paranoia with threats of war.

The United States has been trying to constrain North Korea’s efforts to build weapons for decades.  Despite being shamed, shunned and sanctioned, the North Koreans have attained nuclear weapons and nearly perfected ballistic missile systems that might carry an atomic payload to the heart of America.

Past administrations recognized that North Korea is motivated by fear of invasion by us, as their war with us has never officially ended.  The current Kim despot was born into a culture of paranoia and he has never know a day without American and South Korean forces massed on his southern border.  This ongoing fear is the impetus that drives their desire to acquire better weapons.

The wisdom of the Clinton-Bush-Obama diplomatic efforts was to reduce that paranoia and allow the North Koreans to imagine a world without risk of imminent invasion.  Promising a better life, we traded food and medical supplies for their slowing their march towards nuclear weapons.

Now, we have a leader who lacks such wisdom, who ignorantly pours gasoline on the fire of Kim’s fears.  This could easily escalate to a war that no one needs, no one wants and no one will benefit from.

Bozo with the button needs to be restrained.  I pray our military has the guts to refuse an illegal order and the wisdom to recognize such a situation.

God help America.

The Republicans in the Senate obviously have drunk of the Trump Kool-Aid.

Tax holidays for Trump and his elite cronies end up paid for by the working class!

Billions for Billionaires

Have you heard “It takes money to make money”?  Having large sums of money allows people, families and companies to accumulate vast wealth.  When money makes money, it’s called “Capital Gains”  So, the elite wealthy who make their money by investing money have bought legislation that taxes their gains at a low rate.  But now, they want it even lower.

Pennies for Peons

Do YOU work for a living?  Then you are going to end up paying for Republican’s wars and tax holidays for the uber-rich, who are the biggest beneficiaries of the Trump plan.

Ronald Reagan ran the national debt so high that the economy suffered from 1983 to at least 1995!

Examine the recent historical evidence.

1980-1992 Republicans cut taxes and left the economy in a shambles, national debt soaring after starting an expensive war.

1992-1999 Democrats balance tax hikes with welfare reform. Economy booms for seven years straight.

2000-2008 Republicans start two expensive wars, pass unfunded programs and wreck the economy, culminating with the Bush Depression.

2009-2016 Democrats save America from bankruptcy and despite strong Republican opposition, kick start the economy again and restore the national wealth. Unfortunately, he could not end the wars started by the Republicans and the military budgets are bleeding year after year while we try to force American values on the middle east.

The worst thing is, the people who end up paying for Trump’s gift to the rich are the same people who voted for him.  If you work and get a paycheck, you will end up paying for the costs of the wars and the whole government, while Trump and his corrupt cronies enjoy a tax-cut.

The BIG Lies

Trump is the master of deflection and misdirection.  Like a stage magician he makes you look at his right hand while his left hand is up to sneaky tricks!  More like a street pick-pocket, actually… watch your wallet!

• Gerrymandered congressional districts.
• Minority voter suppression.
• Fake news to sway public opinion.
• False flag operations to compromise opponents.
• Hiring thugs to infiltrate peaceful protests.
• Smearing opponents and their families.
• Stealing elections *

(* Nixon, Reagan, Bush Jr and now Trump, all stolen elections reeking of Republican dirty tricks).

Take the pledge!

“I will never vote Republican ever again for any office.”

Beware your own preconceptions. Propagandists play to our prejudices and we want to believe our preconceptions rather than examine the truth. On all sides, we are prone to self deception because we want our wishes to be fact.

It has always been more easy to placate the masses than to give the people a real understanding of the real issues facing America.

Do not believe gossip and hearsay. Trust American news sources, and avoid foreign owned stations and web sites. Think for yourself.

The  Russian-selected Trump has demonstrated utter incompetence in his first hundred days.  He has acted like a crybaby when he doesn’t get his way.  He boasts and makes slogans and promises plans, yet he accomplishes nothing to benefit America.  He has appointed unqualified people to run major agencies.  He is unprotecting Americans from many hazards that will, in time, cost us all far more than the money saved.  He is leaving the poor and the indigent out in the cold.  He is going to let the elderly starve, including Vietnam veterans.  He has no idea what diplomacy is about and America’s esteem in the world is rapidly plummeting to levels unseen since the Bush fiasco ended with America’s failed economy dragging the whole world into the Bush Depression.

Trump is a bully who, because of the silver spoon he was born with, has always gotten his way.  He has a temper but not much wit.  He is penny smart, but pound foolish.

One Hundred Days

His White House is a nest of Russian operatives and corporate thieves!  Yes, the very people who stole your home value, your retirement savings, your investments… he made them in charge of the economy.  He has placed a paranoid, woman hating, bigot as the leader of the Justice Dept.  He has made a political crony into the head of the Department of Education, a field she is perfectly ignorant about.  He has broken treaties, unsettled our allies and offended world leaders.  He brags of his accomplishments and points to empty gestures and incoherent policy shifts as if they were something to be proud of.

In short, he had shown us all that he is incapable of governing at all, much less govern well.  He has shown contempt for the workers and the middle class.  If you get a paycheck, he is crapping on you in the long run.  Unless you are a very rich person, his changes to the economy will mean you pay more for less quality and your neighbors are relatives will be poor and needy, and you will be too.

One Hundred Days

Every penny he diverts from paying our critical services and programs is going to cost us much more down the line.  Every penny he gives back to the wealthy elite class will have to be ultimately made up by taxes on the middle class.  You will pay for his parties, his golf excursions, and all the other wastes of tax dollars he is charging to your bill daily!

Hey, Republicans:  you are all accessories to these crimes.  The people are watching, and we will remember to vote out the traitors who stole from the poor and gave to the rich.

Patriots pay their taxes.  Scofflaw billionaires pay little or no taxes.  The fat cats should have to go live where their money is.  I am sure the Cayman Isles, Bermuda and Singapore are all great places to live.

One Hundred Days

It’s going to be a rough ride, folks.  Get your friends and family to register and make them vote, every election.  It’s the American way.  When we, the middle class get lazy and neglect to vote, the loonies get to pick our leaders!

Register.  Vote.  Take friends to register and take a family trip on voting day!

And vote like your lives depend on it… they do.

America needs to follow the “middle path”. America was founded on a spirit of friendly compromise.  Most of our great achievements came about because of two sides with competing interests reaching a true middle-of-the-road consensus.

For America to continue to succeed, we need to embrace the fact we are ONE nation, and we have one overarching interest: to show the world that government of the people, by the people and for the people should become the way for the whole world.

To do this, we have to be logical and consistent. The correct path is neither the conservative nor the liberal platforms.  America needs to find the balance between profits and social justice.

A system that is all liberal will fail. A system that is all capitalism will also fail. 

America’s secret sauce is democracy arises when well-meaning people agree to compromise for the greater good.

Seek the middle path.