Decisions to start a war should not be taken lightly. The outcome of war is devastation to the young, the old, the families and those who serve. On the other side, it devastated humanities, and other countries. Say a prayer.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Decision...
Decisions to start a war should not be taken lightly. The outcome of war is devastation to the young, the old, the families and those who serve. On the other side, it devastated humanities, and other countries. Say a prayer.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Hopes...
Former CIA Director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper blasted President Trump for directing Attorney General William Barr to declassify documents related to the surveillance of his campaign during the 2016 election, calling it "outrageous.
"I see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of Mr. Trump, once again, trampling on the statutory authorities of the Director of National Intelligence and the heads of the independent intelligence agencies,"
Brennan told MSNBC host Chris Hayes. "And it's unclear to me what Mr. Barr is actually going to do.
Is he investigating a crime? Well, what's the predication of that crime? Or he is just going to be looking for information...
He later said he hopes that DNI Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel will "stand up" to President Trump's "unprecedented act." ... Just a thought.
News
Anderson Cooper pressed a Facebook executive over the company's decision to not remove a video that was altered to make it appear that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was slurring her words in a news conference. The video is seen by 2 million viewers.
Cooper then pressed Bickert over whether Facebook had entered the "news business," questioning whether the company could be trusted to operate and make money by being a place for viewers to turn during major news events.
Cooper doesn't want any fake news generators by others, it is competition thing. Just a thought.
Thrive...
Since its inception in 2015, ThriveNYC — the city's sprawling $850 million initiative to address a variety of mental health issues has operated without much scrutiny or accountability.
With few public metrics by which to measure its success so far, and the broad strokes used by city officials to describe its operations, the city has offered little insight into how it has assessed Thrive's efficacy since it began.
It is difficult to establish a central, line-item budget delineating how the city is spending taxpayer dollars on the program.
Run by the mayor’s wife and closest adviser, Chirlane McCray,
Two budget breakdowns acquired by POLITICO one from City Hall and one from the Independent Budget Office show significant differences in spending.
Who is thriving of thriveNYC?"The money is in the wrong hand" said the husband.
Momentum...
Momentum is building toward uncovering the distasteful possibility that the targeting of a U.S. presidential campaign was actually a political operation, fostered at the highest levels of government, masquerading as an FBI counterintelligence investigation.
Attorney General William Barr has signaled his investigation extends beyond whether the FBI operated. Barr also wants to understand the role that the larger intelligence community, or IC, may have played in all of this.
Barr's use of the word "spying" appears more calculated than casual. "The FBI doesn't spy" became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness.
But it also misses the point Barr appears to be making. The IC does spy; that's what they do. Barr may have been referring less to the FBI and more to the IC's possible murky involvements.
Barr's use of the word "spying" appears more calculated than casual. "The FBI doesn't spy" became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness.
But it also misses the point Barr appears to be making. The IC does spy; that's what they do. Barr may have been referring less to the FBI and more to the IC's possible murky involvements.
Clowning...
The New York tabloids, conservative media and even mainstream outlets were quick to offer their assessments of this latest political development with a near-endless stream of biting headlines. From The Week: "Bill de Blasio squeezes into the Democratic clown car."
The President was also quick to share his thoughts on Twitter, calling de Blasio "a joke" and "the worst mayor in the US."
Under what circumstances would voters who yearn for a more competent executive want to usher into office a mayor who's management of NY City Housing Authority was so inept that the Department of Housing and Urban Development had to install a federal monitor to keep watch over the institution.
Even more egregious was the mayor's outright negligence as the steward of the city's child welfare agency, which resulted in several preventable deaths of young children.
Not to mention his conflict with the Gov. Cuomo and what led to the deterioration of the Subway system that is been used by 5 million persons on a daily basis.
Under what circumstances would voters who yearn for a more competent executive want to usher into office a mayor who's management of NY City Housing Authority was so inept that the Department of Housing and Urban Development had to install a federal monitor to keep watch over the institution.
Even more egregious was the mayor's outright negligence as the steward of the city's child welfare agency, which resulted in several preventable deaths of young children.
Not to mention his conflict with the Gov. Cuomo and what led to the deterioration of the Subway system that is been used by 5 million persons on a daily basis.
Friday, May 24, 2019
De Moines...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says neither he nor his campaign staff will eat at McDonald's until the company provides its workers with $15 per hour wages. That is three hamburgers so far.
The Democratic candidate for president made the pledge at a planned labor strike with Des Moines employees in front of a McDonald's on Thursday.
More than 100 workers, clad in red shirts that read "Unions For All," stood in front of the McDonald's on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines, demanding increased wages and a chance to unionize. They chanted things like: "We work! We sweat! Want $15 on our checks" and "Hold the pickles, hold the fries. Make my wages super-sized."
While de Blasio worked with the governor to provide Amazon Inc a great real estate in the heart of Queens/ border of Manhattan, and credit the richest man in the world 3 Billions Dollars. Amazon clearly said we are not accepting union workers and that was ok with de Blasio.
So which is it Mr. Mayor? Just a thought.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Underarms...
With New York Mayor Bill de Blasio entering the Democratic primary, there are now 23 Democrats running for president. As Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) once said of consumerism — “You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers” — do Democrats really need a choice of 23 presidential candidates?
De Blasio’s entrance was met with a lot of eye-rolling by all-too-candid New Yorkers and Democrats only too eager to speculate about the reason for his run. (Ego? Boredom? Pinning for a spot as secretary of the Department of Housing and?)
de Blasio may find out that not many people outside New York know who he is.
One casualty probably will be fellow New Yorker Gillibrand, who’s already struggled to get above 1 to 2 percent in polls. Frankly, the Democratic Party and the country would be worse off if de Blasio got the last spot rather than, others.
The most obvious loser is Sanders. He was already sinking in the polls, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) nipping at his heels,
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