FOIA says otherwise. He goes against the law set up for presidents, then claims to be transparent. Even his supporters know he is lying, but they don’t care.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Outrageous use of the language
The most divisive president in the U.S. history calls another world leader “divisive.” Blinders. Ear plugs. Give the man some duct tape for his mouth.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/18/obama-netanyahu-israel-election-white-house
Richard Scott Clark, 1969-2015
My nephew Richard died yesterday morning in Alaska. The last time I saw him was at my father’s funeral in 2002. He and his wife Jessica had had a dream of relocating to Alaska for a long time—and moved there about 5 years ago (maybe longer), and I think they found what they were looking for. Native and transplanted Alaskans both seem to love the freedom and grandeur—there’s really not many places like it on earth. Rich, who died of cancer, would have been 46 in July, and was “best buds” with our son when we’d return to Illinois in the summers. One year the Corbett grandchildren/cousins dressed up to participate in the Mt. Morris July 4 parade as a revolutionary patriot group. Rich is the white haired guy with an arm in a sling. Hold on to the happy times; forget the others.
Richard (far right) and his siblings Karen, David and Julie
Kids aren’t expensive. Greed is.
Kids don’t “need” designer clothes, Etsy outfits, brand new everything, more shoes than they can wear before they grow out of them, and 8 thousand of whatever the latest toy craze is. (I believe it’s currently Shopkins, but I might be a week behind the times. It’s so hard to keep up.) Kids don’t need a play room full of more toys than they know what to do with. (I’ll go one step further with this one. They don’t even want it. It’s stressful and overwhelming for them. But anyways.) Kids don’t “need” to be signed up for a different so-called enrichment class every night of the week. They need sunshine, fresh air, freedom to move, and space to create.
Truth. http://thishouseisourhome.net/2015/02/25/kids-arent-expensive-but-that-other-thing-sure-is/
I was going to leave a comment at her blog—great photos and thoughts—but she already had about 600, so she doesn’t need encouragement. She’s a really good “mommy blogger.”
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Finally, justice for 400,000 Ohioans treated like 2nd class citizens
Today adult adoptees born between 1964 and 1996 were able to legally apply for their accurate birth records. It took much too long.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/03/20/adoptees-line-up-birth-records.html
Starting today, thousands of Ohio adoptees whose birth records had been sealed by law are now free to request the files that contain their original birth certificates.
Applications were being submitted in droves this morning at the Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics Office.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Read between the lines—Obama is no military leader
“Washington spent $25 billion to re-create and arm Iraq’s security forces after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion [under Bush and a large coalition], only to see the Iraqi army easily defeated last year by a ragtag collection of Islamic State fighters who took control of large parts of the country [after Obama pulled out the troops and left them defenseless]. Just last year, President Obama touted Yemen as a successful example of his approach to combating terrorism.”
WaPo is an Obama apologist—so you won’t find outright condemnation. Obama pulled out and left Iraqis defenseless. Our losses in Afghanistan are triple what they were under Bush, and that war—the one Obama said was “good,”--was virtually won before he took office. Gave armaments to a country not strong enough to handle them.
Even with the Benghazi scandal, there were rumors of American arms being part of the story and then it appeared in a report not released to the public at the time. ‘The consulate’s only mission was to provide cover for the moving of arms,’ the former intelligence official, who has read the annex, said. ‘It had no real political role.’ Many of those arms probably ended up in the hands of ISIS who are now killing our allies and Christians. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/04/real-benghazi-story.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/covert-cia-mission-to-arm-syrian-rebels-goes-awry-1422329582
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Iran and Nuclear weapons—Bush vs. Obama
“By the end of the Bush Years Iran not only had sanctions but had US Ground forces to their west (Iraq), US Ground forces to the East (Afghanistan) of Iran and the US navy to the south.
With twenty months to the election of his replacement Barack Obama has withdrawn troops from the west of Iran, is in the process of withdrawing US troops from the east of Iran, has loosened sanctions and is moving forward with a deal for removing those sanctions that his own state department and Secretary of State publicly declares is “Not legally Binding”.
Given these facts which of these men would you logically conclude has the goal to keep Iran from building nuclear weapons?”
Obama OneVoice people receiving money to influence Israeli election
“The American nonprofit OneVoice Movement – under scrutiny by a U.S. Senate panel over possible links to a campaign to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – quietly filed paperwork that would allow it to engage in political activism after two leading Republican lawmakers questioned its use of government funds, FoxNews.com has learned.”
Well, no wonder Obama thought his appearance 2 weeks ago would be in conflict with election standards—he was working against BiBi in his own country!
Monday, March 16, 2015
Food safety
Contamination of produce accounted for 46% of all foodborne illness in the U.S. between 1998-2008. Attribution to non-plant foods was as follows: meat and poultry 22%; dairy and eggs 20%; and fish and shellfish 6%. Stats from CDC via George Mateljan’s WH Foods Weekly Newsletter, March 16, 2015.
As a general rule, cooked foods are safer, however, salad bars continue to a problem—especially sprouts.
Fathers of the Church, an 8 part series
The Fathers of the Church are a swath of history all Christians-- Catholic, Orthodox and Protestants—can share. As a Lutheran, I’m often distressed that our church history seems to begin in the 16th century, and not with the first century Christians. This instructor is a layman, Charles Craigmile, a Chicago businessman with seminary training, and I know nothing about him, even after search Google, but he’s very good. This series was given in the summer of 2014 at St. Mary’s Church, Lake Forest, IL. Now, it is given from a Catholic point of view, as you notice, when he suggests responses Catholics can provide for their friends of other denominations. This is the first lecture, then by searching you YouTube or looking to the right hand column of your screen, you can find the other seven.
Update: Checked Mr. Craigmile's LinkedIn page: DePaul University, MA, Philosophy, 1987 – 1989; University of St. Thomas, University of St. Thomas, BA, Philosophy, Latin and Greek, 1981 – 1985. He's currently President and Chief Executive Officer at Revenova LLC of Chicago.![11057642_10152812552627992_5957247136984087408_n[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLsHgEMF5urGM2BZrAeV38oIfktt4W-YFsTPL9KECFfvzlmWTsDg7SfkrvwFPh4beOW2f-jSCeme-gSaq5nowOnpLPKOrZSkabDS7kt8uH6uQNHf83zEEBR1LgMSxd7n5EFv89g/s1600-h/11057642_10152812552627992_5957247136984087408_n%25255B1%25255D%25255B3%25255D.jpg "11057642_10152812552627992_5957247136984087408_n[1]")
Our own government is a threat to our power grid
“The Institute for Energy Research released a new study titled Assessing Emerging Policy Threats to the U.S. Power Grid as a continuation of the Story of Electricity initiative. The report finds that the greatest threats to our power grid are not physical or cyber attacks, but rather existing and upcoming Federal and State policies including subsidies, mandates, and regulations.”
From the executive summary: “Reliable, affordable electricity is critical to our well-being and essential to modern life. But today, threats to the reliability of the power grid are numerous: cyber-attacks, weather, and accidents. Fortunately, the most significant threat is also the most avoidable—bad policy. Federal and state policies are already increasing electricity bills around the country, and the worst effects are yet to come. The federal government, and particularly the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is
promulgating regulations that will reduce the reliability of the power grid with little thought of the consequences. In fact, these policies threaten to take offline 130 gigawatts of reliable electricity generation sources—enough to meet the electricity needs of more than 105 million Americans, or one-third of the population of the entire United States. Reforming policies that threaten grid reliability should be a top priority for policymakers.”
Excellent bibliography, most sources are hot linked.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Forget workplace nutrition and exercise classes. . .
“Workplace stress — such as long hours, job insecurity and lack of work-life balance — contributes to at least 120,000 deaths each year and accounts for up to $190 billion in health care costs, according to new research by two Stanford professors and a former Stanford doctoral student now at Harvard Business School.”
I would have guessed that irritation with supervisor or co-workers would have been the biggest cause of stress. I remember how stressful it was when my supervisor threw the phone through the window when she was mad at something (not me), then pulled it back in by the cord and threw it through a second window. The windows were closed. Now that’s stressful. These days, the light weight phones couldn’t break a sweat, let alone a window.
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-your-workplace-might-be-killing-you
Teachers with benefits earn $56.72/hour
“Private industry employers spent an average of $31.32 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries
averaged $21.72 per hour worked and accounted for 69.4 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $9.60 and accounted for the remaining 30.6 percent.
Total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $43.95 per hour worked in December 2014. Total employer compensation costs for civilian workers, which include private industry and state and local government workers, averaged $33.13 per hour worked in December 2014.
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), a product of the National Compensation Survey, measures employer costs for wages, salaries, and employee benefits for nonfarm private and state and local government workers. Private industry employer costs for paid leave benefits averaged $2.16 per hour worked in December 2014. Private industry costs for paid leave include vacation leave which averaged $1.13 per hour worked, holiday leave which averaged 66 cents, sick leave which averaged 26 cents, and personal leave which averaged 12 cents in December 2014. Paid leave benefit costs are often directly linked to wages; therefore, higher paid occupations or industries will typically show higher estimates for this compensation component. Private industry paid leave benefit costs were highest for management, professional, and related occupations at $4.67 per hour worked, or 8.4 percent of total compensation, in December 2014. Costs were lowest among service occupations at 56 cents, or 3.9 percent of total compensation. Included in this amount were employer costs for vacations, holidays, sick leave, and personal leave.”
Saturday, March 14, 2015
What’s the hold up on a better sunscreen? The FDA.
“Since the 1990s, advanced sunscreens that counter the UV-A rays that contribute to carcinomas have been widely sold in Europe, Canada and Asia. Americans must rely on an older generation that merely prevents sunburn, because since 2002 the FDA has refused to provide up-or-down answers for eight pending applications to approve the superior compounds. . . ”
“The FDA is demanding more studies and safety data from manufacturers, despite decades of world-wide experience. The latest batch of rejections is particularly notable because one of the ingredients, ecamsule, has been approved by the FDA since 2006 as a prescription drug. Sunscreen makers simply want FDA permission to use it in over-the-counter products.”
New Capri pants for summer
The only photo of the Lauren Jeans Co. Capri pants I bought yesterday for $3.00 at VOA with all the tags still on was in navy, so I color filled. Doesn’t look too great in the photo, but the price was good. Originally about $70 at Macy’s. Who would pay that? A little snug, but should fit nicely by June, and it goes with several of my summer shirts. Looking forward to walks along the Lakefront this coming summer. Last summer I could barely walk. Physical therapy and weight loss have helped a lot. Now I’m working on my breathing.
“Comparisons and conclusions were difficult to evaluate as treatment interventions and outcome measurements from the seven trials varied considerably. At present therefore no reliable conclusions can be drawn concerning the use of breathing exercises for asthma in clinical practice. However trends for improvement, notably in quality of life measurements, are encouraging and further studies including full descriptions of treatment methods and outcome measurements are required.” Source
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