Them Aliens...

As more than a million people on Facebook say they're attending a joke event to "storm Area 51," the U.S. military has responded to the plans — just in case they actually do.

Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews told the Washington Post that military officials were aware of the event that aims to uncover the alleged conspiratorial secrets of the military installation in Nevada.

McAndrews didn't specify to the newspaper any security plans at the base, but did issue a warning.

The military's response comes after about 1.2 million people responded to the satirical event as "going." The Facebook event, which is scheduled for September 20 from 3 to 6 a.m., says that it aims to "see them aliens."

Blackout...

Utility company Con Edison said in a statement the final impacted customers from the outage – which affected more than 72,000 customers along 30 blocks from Times Square to the Upper West Side – had their power restored just before midnight after blackouts that began around 7 p.m. Saturday.  

Saturday's blackout crippled the subway system, knocked out traffic lights on Manhattan's west side and caused the cancellations of numerous concerts and events, including several Broadway plays and a performance at Madison Square Garden.  

De Blasio was asked several times if he had any regrets about being out of the city during the emergency. He said once he learned the power outage and its root cause was not going to be solved immediately, he made arrangements to return to New York,...… blah blah blah. 

De Blasio didn't do any improvement in NYSHA, the Subway System, Transportation and congestion in NYC, and now the blackout. 
Don't bother coming back. We can do without.

Sulfur...

New rules coming into force from 2020 to curb pollution produced by the world’s ships are worrying everyone from OPEC oil producers to bunker fuel sellers and shipping companies. 
The regulations will slash emissions of sulfur, which is blamed for causing respiratory diseases and is a component of acid rain that damages vegetation and wildlife. 

The global shipping fleet now consumes about 4 million barrels per day (bpd) of high sulfur fuel oil, but about 3 million bpd of that demand will “disappear overnight”, according to the average market forecast calculated by Norway’s SEB Bank.  Most demand is expected to shift to marine gasoil, a lower sulfur distillate fuel.

Morgan Stanley predicts this will generate at least 1.5 million bpd in extra demand for distillate in the next three years, pushing up total distillate demand growth.

That, in turn, will drive up prices.  Safer Fuel yet higher cost. Just a thought.

Boos...

Bill and Hillary Clinton got a taste of New York's state of mind on Thursday night.

After singer Billy Joel dedicated a song to the former first couple and flashed them up on the screen at Madison Square Garden, initial cheers turned to boos from the audience.

The former first lady has been under scrutiny for years as she criticized President Trump and attempted to lay out the reasons she thought were behind her loss to him in the 2016 election. 

Hillary Clinton encountered speculation over her relationship with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women over years. 

In June, the Clinton couple caught attention for the underwhelming ticket sales a Broadway depiction of them received leading to an early end long before its initially-scheduled end date of July 24.

Hillary's role in Libya and Syria's civil war that still burning today with far reaching outcome of destruction to lives and property and creating the largest recent millions of refugees in neighboring countries.

Swedes...

Sweden may be known for its popular music, IKEA and a generous welfare state. It is also increasingly associated with a rising number of Islamic State recruits, bombings and hand grenade attacks.

In a period of two weeks earlier this year, five explosions took place in the country. It’s not unusual these days Swedes have grown accustomed to headlines of violent crime, witness intimidation and gangland executions. In a country long renowned for its safety, voters cite “law and order” as the most important issue ahead of the general election in September.

Gang-related gun murders, now mainly a phenomenon among men with immigrant backgrounds in the country’s parallel societies, increased from 4 per year in the early 1990s to around 40 last year. Because of this, Sweden has gone from being a low-crime country to having homicide rates significantly above the Western European average. Social unrest, with car torchings, attacks on first responders and even riots, is a recurring phenomenon.

Shootings in the country have become so common that they don’t make top headlines anymore, unless they are spectacular or lead to fatalities. News of attacks are quickly replaced with headlines about sports events and celebrities, as readers have become desensitized to the violence. A generation ago, bombings against the police and riots were extremely rare events. Today, reading about such incidents is considered part of daily life.

The rising levels of violence have not gone unnoticed by Sweden’s Scandinavian neighbors. Norwegians commonly use the phrase “Swedish conditions” to describe crime and social unrest. The view from Denmark was made clear when former President of NATO and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview on Swedish TV: “I often use Sweden as a deterring example.”  Just a thought.

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Sleep...

Ways that you can support your brain health.

*Exercise not only benefits your brain health and cognition, it can also improve your memory. In the long run, it can even protect your brain against degeneration.

*Getting too little sunlight is not good for your brain. Higher levels of vitamin D in your system allow you to perform better, and can even slow down the aging of your brain.

Too much sunlight can be bad for your skin, but if you aren't getting enough, your brain functions may suffer. You can always take vitamin D supplements, in moderation, if you find that you aren't able to get outside as much as you would like to.

*Know how to communicate and build connections. The key thing is to build a strong support system around you, as that will enable you to stay healthy mentally and psychologically over the long term.

*Sleep is required to consolidate memory and learning. If you don't get enough sleep, your gray-matter volume in your frontal lobe may begin to decrease. Your frontal lobe supports and controls your working memory as well as executive function, making it particularly important.

Lasting...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill fear members of President Trump’s inner circle are pushing the commander-in-chief into starting a war with Iran and they’re taking steps to stop it.

A small group of lawmakers is arguing that President Donald Trump does not have the power to launch a new war against Iran without first getting permission from Congress.

Seth Moulton said at a news conference. "We will fight Iran again if we have to. But war right now is not necessary. None of us underestimate the threat that Iran poses. None of us would hesitate to use force if it led to a lasting peace.

We know war would be bloody and young Americans in the community we represent would pay the highest price.  

Veterans groups have long called for Congress to re-examine the authorizations for military force passed nearly 20 years ago before the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, which have been used to justify other military actions in Syria, Libya, and elsewhere.

Where were these politicians when Obama/Clinton went on a war spree in Syria and Libya? And which war that lead to a lasting peace?  Just a thought.

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