Many discussion around the country regarding ICE and the police participation with ICE.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Little guy...*
In a game dominated by millionaires and billionaires, this was a victory for the little guys. Owners Perry Martin and Steve Coburn bred an $8,000 mare to a $2,500 stallion to win the world's most famous race with their one-horse stable.
California Chrome made his move on the final turn in tandem with Samraat. It looked like those two would decide the outcome, until California Chrome sped away, winning by 1¾ lengths. A potential buyer offered $6 millions for 51% ownership was rejected.
So if you are the little guy, don't have much resources, and trying to achieve your goals, take it "straight from the horse's mouth" work hard, train for it, be patient and you can do it". Then buy smaller Hats for the ladies. [5/3/14]
Just a thought.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Connect...
Officials and experts from Gulf Arab countries are in Washington for the next two weeks to take part in a series of public lectures aimed at addressing issues of concern for the region under the Trump administration.
Saudi Arabia's Undersecretary for International Communication, says the talks will address "issues of misunderstanding and miscommunication" between the United States and its Gulf allies through direct and frank discussions on important issues.
The lectures at Washington-based think tanks, including the conservative American Enterprise Institute and the Atlantic Council, will run from Tuesday until May 12.
Speakers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain will discuss topics ranging from economic reforms in the region to developments in women's rights, counterterrorism efforts and the Saudi-led war in Yemen. [AP-Dubai 5-2/2017]
Terrorist everywhere are watching this conference. Their life lines in Syria, Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iraq depends greatly on it. That's where the money comes from.
Let us connect the dot. Just a thought.
Reversals...
Change of mind in many issues may not be that bad. There are many issues that need other participants who may or may not accept the proposal.
Pay to...*
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Navnoor Kang, the ex-director of fixed income at the New York State Common Retirement Fund, was charged in Manhattan federal court along with Deborah Kelley, a former Sterne Agee Group managing director.
Prosecutors alleged some bribes came in the form of weekend trips to Montreal, which would include prostitutes, nightclub bottle service and narcotics, as well as luxury gifts and cash payments.
A broker-dealer named Gregg Schonhorn spent thousands of dollars on the defendant at strip clubs, upscale restaurants, Broadway shows, tickets to the U.S. Open tennis, cocaine and crack cocaine. The defendant was also handed thousands of dollars in cash to pay for prostitutes and strippers.
Schonhorn bought him a $17,420 Panerai wristwatch from a Madison Avenue store, as well as an $8,000 Rolex. Both parties used the messaging app WhatsApp to keep their communications from being monitored. Schonhorn secretly pleaded guilty to related charges.
Myself...*
NY City
Police arrested Christian Morales who, with a group of young men, made anti-Muslim statements and then began punching Mr. Singh, a Columbia University Professor, in the face.” The attackers dispersed after a call to the police.
"I think it’s critical to see that this is not the community we expect, and certainly not the country we expect,” Singh said.
Kansas City...
Frazier Cross [73 years old] was a member of the KKK movement and someone who has repeatedly expressed hatred for Jewish people.
Cross a suspect in the killing of three people at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City could face the death penalty. None of the people he is accused of killing were Jewish.
“Holding anger is a poison...It eats you from inside...We think that by hating someone we hurt them...But hatred is a curved blade...and the harm we do to others...we also do to ourselves.”
Just a thought.
Faulty...
Many advocates of Iraq war saw the toppling of Saddam as only the first step in the process of building a new regional order that would replace Arab dictatorship with US-friendly democratic governments.
The unintended boost to Iran and Al Qaeda clearly showed the limits of US ability to reshape the Middle Eastern political map through military intervention.
When the push for democratization came in the shape of the Arab Spring in 2011, it happened on the back of homegrown, popular uprisings. Washington could do little to protect its allies in Egypt and Tunisia, and the outcome of this process on US regional influence remains wildly uncertain.
The trust in the US policies has diminished greatly as a result of the disoriented, misguided policies that started with the take down of Iraq, US action in Libya and then action in Syria.
With Millions of refugees, hundreds of thousands civilians killed, and the continue destruction of the region, where are those who got paid to give such an advise?
You Win...?!
The fall of the Saddam Iraqi's regime marked a critical point in Iran’s ascendancy to a regional superpower. Saddam Hussein was Iran’s greatest regional enemy, and the two sides fought a bitter 8-year war in the 1980s.
But Saddam’s Sunni-dominated regime was now replaced with Shiite Islamists who enjoyed close links with the regime in the Shiite Iran.
United States paid dearly for the take down of Saddam, $2 Trillions, more than 4000 Military died, injured, hundred of thousands loss of lives on the Iraqis civilians and the creation of other insurgency groups.
Today's Iran is the most powerful foreign actor in Iraq, with an extensive trade and intelligence network in the country thanks to US efforts.
The fall of Iraq to Iran was a geopolitical disaster for the US-backed Sunni monarchies in the Persian Gulf. A new cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran came to life, as the two powers began to vie for power and influence in the region, in process exacerbating further the Sunni-Shiite tension.
Did we plan it this way?
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