Month: March 2016

US Presidential Election – a Four Party Game

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Could the GOP writhing fear of Trump really be that instituting his way of thinking might create a domino effect in state elections and jeopardize the clansmen from their traditional parties? As Trump gains and garners popularity will like minded candidates get propped up for Senate elections and Governors? Given an all time low of 11% approval rating, could it be that our esteemed elected officials are screaming in peril that they will most certainly get the boot as the populace realizes they are totally worthless?

Parties have come and gone in the US historically. We had the Federalists and the anti-Federalists who were interestingly called the Democratic-Republicans. We’ve had the Jacksonian-Democrats and the Whigs. We had the ‘anti-slavery’ Republican Party, the Copperheads, the Bourbon Democrats. We’ve had the Green Party, the Constitution Party, the Libertarians, the Socialists and the Communists – all right here in free American politics. So would this new wave shift be bad or simply another cycle in our maniacal political agenda?

And then there is Cruz, who is equally disliked by his own party because he refuses to play their childish games and follow like a sheep within the pack of wolves. But using the Senate as a mirror of what the people want is hardly accurate given no one likes our current Senate. Which actually serves to elevate Cruz in the voter mindset, as Congress is considered a muddling bunch of self serving cronyism. Threatening to create a third party candidate, the GOP would thus terminate the party altogether. Which may be happening as we speak anyway.

While Ann Coulter gave a point-by-point parody comparison of Trump to Hitler that had about as much value as the National Enquirer, she has adamantly defended him as the only way we will gain footing in a world that has succumbed to chaos. While Romney continues to put out telephone blasts denouncing Trump, the people are now seeing him as a victim of abuse… and Romney as a bully. Within that frame maybe it is time for the entire GOP Party to re-create itself as they have in the past.

On the other ticket – slight of hand, if Bernie Sanders is such a devout Socialist, why is he running under the Democratic Party? Why doesn’t he run as a third party Socialist?  And perhaps that is exactly where we are heading.

November 5, 1912 four parties ran for the office of President. They included; a Democrat, a Progressive, a Republican and a Socialist. Sound familiar? Who won? The Democrat, Woodrow Wilson.

Ahhh, but here’s the Democrat platform on which Wilson garnered the nomination: anti-monopolies, anti-tariffs, integrity of states and their sovereign power, restrictions on campaign donations, national defense, a progressive tax rate beginning at 1%, the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, free market system, pro-central banking, judicial reform, greater agricultural development, environmental conservation, reform of legal system, and a return to the ‘rule of the people’.

Despite advocating for segregation, he was quite an action oriented President having succeeded on many fronts – including WWI. It is a shame when an entire man’s life is taken out of context of its true legacy and instead a view that was considered uniform for the time is translated as his character. Given the era of lynchings, Wilson may have truly believed that segregation would field the murdering. However unjust society was before the Civil War, and after, it would appear that the circle is complete as it is now blacks who advocate for segregation.

However, I digress.  As we have seen, a four party election could be the evolution of this very divided race we watch unfold before us now: Cruz the Republican, Trump the Progressive, Hillary the Democrat and Bernie the Socialist. How the votes would be cast no poll can accurately define, as polls are random, arbitrary and weighted by the way the polling company’s client determines the end result.

Sophie – In Memorium

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IN MEMORIUM

Today after much postponing, my sons and I put down my dog Sophie. She was over 17 years old and had had numerous times when she seemed on deaths door – only to perk up again and give us hope she would live forever…

I first met Sophie when my boys brought her home after a Bronco game, holding her and saying, “Look what we found… we could keep her if you want, or we can take her to a pound where they will kill her…” Animal lover that I am, she became a member of our family – for better and for worse. Worse was that she was completely untrained and wild. She was in heat and growled and snarled and had obviously been abused.

But despite her eating my kids favorite toys, chasing the neighbor kids around trees, and being a complete weirdo, she was family. When one day she decided that she would no longer leave our cul-de-sac, her phobias kicked into high gear. She would walk to the end of the street, sit down and go no further. So she was relegated to playing and chasing and adventures via the car.

Originally she came to us at barely 17 pounds – she looked like a cross between a red fox and a dachsund. I thought she was amazingly gorgeous! At some point she ballooned to 50 pounds and we jokingly referred to her as the ‘double wide 747’. Getting serious about her weight, the kids were forbidden from giving her treats and half their meals, although this was a challenge, and she was put on a strict diet. She recovered and maintained a respectable weight that as she aged we came to realize was all – fur.

Her bones protruding, her knees giving way, she would not let us trim her nails and they grew to ridiculous length. Her teeth hurt. Her bones hurt. Her back would arch in this horrible fashion. I tried doggy aspirin, and eventually it just didn’t work any more. Absolutely stubborn to the end, she would not touch the Tramadol that may have prolonged her life – but to what end. She was totally deaf and could no longer appreciate the piano I played for her.

We, my sons and I, tried to determine when. That awful, awful decision that is just awful. And we waited three years! She would recover – especially when the warm weather came in, and then winters were tough. But she began to fall spontaneously, and then she would quiver, and sometimes she would splay and whine for help to put her legs back beneath her. Fortunately, being home, I was always there to help. The nurse maid – but in a loving way, never a burden.

So many memories of her protecting me, warning me of danger, she was small, but she made up for it in character. I will miss her terribly. I made the kids throw away all her things in the house. But I know that every time I walk into the ‘mud-room’ from the garage, where she would lay in her bed, I will think she is still there…

A dog, such an amazing companion, so unconditional in their love, so always there – Sophie I will miss you terribly!!

Hollande bestows French Legion of Honor Medal – on Saudi prince

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Which is worse? Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize when he’s done nothing peaceful? Or the Saudi Prince getting the highest medal of honor from France’s Hollande, for human rights and fighting terrorism…?

Is this insane or what?

Hollande has obviously spurned himself to the lowest of scullery maids in bowing and scraping to the Saudi’s. But he has also made the award, The Legion of Honor, – worthless for all future potential recipients. As did the Nobel Peace Prize panel.

While Bush was scurled for the Afghan war, Obama has been instrumental in A) continuing that war, B) instigating the Ukraine civil war, C) destroying Syria D) allowing for the takeover of Iraq by ISIS, E) destroying Yemen, F) failed coups in Egypt, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil, and G) creating the worst racial divide not seen since the 1950’s and 1960’s!  Gee, that’s definitely deserving of a “Peace Prize”! In the meantime, the US would seem to have fewer and fewer friends left and many allies that would seem to be instrumental in helping ISIS and love beheading people. Not good….. not good at all.

The Saudi Prince is no better:    supporting ISIS, ethnic cleansing in Yemen, ethnic cleansing in Syria, beheadings, bombing of schools, hospitals, and civilians indiscriminately…   Worthy of a medal for Human Rights and fighting Terrorism…  And France bestows upon them the highest nationalist award in the country.  WOW!

But the topsy-turviness continues –

After David Cameron resolutely decried that Trump was devisive, wrong, Islamaphobic and stupid on banning refugee immigration, today the UK Metropolitan Police Commissioner declared that the UK was facing the threat of ‘enormous and spectacular attacks by ISIS’, and Cameron stated that the UK would not join in the EU migrant quota to divvy up refugees… So I guess that makes Cameron – divisive, stupid, wrong and Islamaphobic.

In addition, the UK has launched the HMS Enterprise, a British warship, in the Aegean Sea to pick up migrants and return them to Libya. Something similar to building a wall, only this would be termed a sea barrier…so I guess that’s different…

These referendums come on the heels of the upcoming vote as to whether Britain should exit the EU or remain. While Cameron clearly wants to remain, many within his cabinet are not so keen. Why? Fears rule. While the UK would thus be free of the regulations, rules, and doctrines imposed by the European Commission, trade tariffs would apply. But the bigger fear is that the wealth of the EU would be further diminished given the wealthiest Norwegian countries are out, and more and more impoverished nations vie to gain access to the pool of EU Commission benefits.  The countries that have the highest ‘net benefit’ from the EU Commission are Poland, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic. Other countries that have net benefits are: Slovakia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia and Luxembourg.  That means of 28 member countries, about 18 receive ‘net benefits’ – 64% get back more than they pay.

Why Luxembourg? They have the second largest GDP per capita in the world, why would they have a net benefit from the Commission?  Agriculture subsidies. According to Farm Subsidies, the transparency of who-what-why Luxembourg would be such a recipient is oddly unaccounted. No one will talk – not the Commission or Luxembourg. Reporting is scarce to non-existent despite Commission requirements.  More Commission sticky fingers.

In the meantime, the ever emboldened Erdogan smiles deliciously as he offers to ‘take back’ all the non-Syrian refugees he released into Europe – for a price – a pretty penny price of about $3.3 billion. Calling it ‘cooperation’ a term that is better defined as ‘Bribery’. And no doubt the EU will comply, maybe just as the UK makes it’s Brexit thus preserving their ‘fair share’ of the $3.3 to perhaps $20 billion that Turkey may ultimately demand. Of course we can completely trust Erdogan at his word…

Hollande spits back that the UK will suffer ‘consequences’ should they exit. And Germany will be left to absorb the bill.  But hey, the governments know what they are doing – right?

Romney and the GOP – Fall From Grace

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The Romney fall from grace added a new dimension to the GOP. There is something to the integrity of being silent. Especially when castigating a person that was once considered a valuable asset to that person making defaming and seething commentary. And unfortunately for all, Romney’s rant lowered him to such a degree that it may have risen Trump. There is value in loyalty and when someone burns that loyalty, their entire character becomes the focus – instead of the person to whom they attempt defilement.

This is true between spouses, between family, between friends and colleagues. Integrity is called into question – not Trump’s – but Romney’s.

To further complicate the matter, our good friend McCain who advocates for bombing pretty much everyone, who has disdain for pretty much everyone, who honors deceit and duplicity, has come to the forefront to honor the rant of Romney. We know that McCain is deeply embedded in the Soros agenda, and so the innuendo is whomever is a friend of McCain would follow – is a friend of Soros. As in – Romney.

Personally I am embarrassed by the antics of the GOP and their petty, bullying in-fighting. I have adamantly changed parties to Independent as a result – although I can say I would never ever vote for either Hillarygate or Bernieism. While the media is quick to point out that Cruz and Rubio are simply giving Trump a dose of his own medicine, they fail to understand that these supposed Christian men have fallen off their entire platform into a pit of heinous likeness. They mimic the man they say they abhor. Which, of course, makes them abhorrent…

Still, while Cruz and Rubio have agreed to release a very debriefed, brief ‘summary version’ of their tax returns, they continue to claim Trump has something to hide which of course means they have something to hide or they would have voluntarily released – everything. You can’t condemn someone and then fitfully hide yourself, it simply doesn’t fly.

In that regard, why aren’t the GOP candidates picking apart the Hillary and Bernie tax returns? Hillary is purportedly attempting to vilify the uber echelon all the while make more money than the uber echelon, making fabulous contributions to herself via the Clinton Foundation, and racking up a million plus in additional travel expenses over and above the millions reported by the Foundation. The Clinton’s are money machines openly castigating – money machines. And the GOP is silent. On the other hand, Bernie Bern would seem to have made little attempt to create a retirement nestegg, spending nearly everything which might bode for his stint as a presidential persona. Spend Spend Spend. Save? Nothing – because the government will support you.

The GOP has even threatened to create a new third party which everyone knows is the absolute gateway to a Hillary/Bernie coup. And interestingly, Bernie and Hillary barely ever exchange barbs…instead they focus where they should – on the rival – not the ego. Not to say Hillary’s ego doesn’t exist, she scares most people with her sinister grin and self lauding smirk and makes people want to run and hide at her very presence, much less the awful photos.

While the GOP keeps trying to rummage through their trashbin and liken themselves to Reagan, no one shows up. They haven’t the honor, the integrity, the heart, the belief or faith that would make anyone believe that they believe. You see, Reagan may not have been perfect, he may not have been the best, but he did try, he did believe, he did want, he did have faith and he did Love. With a capital L. And these boobs don’t even come close. Another interesting stat – Reagan was at one time – a Democrat.

The rumor mills are ablaze with the notion that Rubio had affairs. At the same time an interesting article surfaced about Trump’s children and how amazing they are! The Biblical notion arises that you can tell a man’s character by his children has to be relevant. The fruit of the tree. Trump’s wife Melania comes across as amazing, she believes in raising her own child without nannies, she is articulate, she had her own success, she has a degree and she has values that she holds to without waver. Of course, she is amazingly beautiful, but that goes without saying.

In the end, while everyone is looking for conspiracy or truth, the GOP is utterly, completely, imploding – and they don’t even seem to care enough about the party and instead resort to infantile, barbaric barbs that are so base only a ten year old can relate – and they can’t vote.

As to the guy who took note of Trump’s children, Doug Giles, I like the way your mind works!

ZIKA – A Monsanto, Syngenta, Vaccine Fraud?

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According to a report by the National Institute of Health, vaccinating pregnant women for the flu provided no measurable difference in the determination of contracting the flu or having any risks therein. In addition, hospital visits for vaccinated and unvaccinated women were no different. In other words, the flu vaccine provided no measurable protection from any respiratory illness.

However, according to Mayo Clinic, and the US Department of Health, the flu vaccine was the triggering cause of Guillain Barre. Numerous lawsuits have been filed and settled. Given that in 1986 the pharmaceuticals were relieved of any liability for their vaccines, who pays?   The government, through a fund supported by taxpayers – you and I – at a cost of over $2 billion.

Included in the inserts for the flu vaccine that warn of potential side effects is listed – Guillain Barre.  Oops.

Given the US has the largest instance of both Guillain Barre and microcephaly – and the smallest incidence of Zika virus mosquitoes, the link seems rather feeble at best.

In a report issued by the Oxford Journal in 2013, there was a direct link between Guillain Barre and the H1N1 flu Vaccine.

Why the attempt to create a new causal trend in the Zika virus?

A. By diverting the causal affect from vaccines to a mosquito – there go the lawsuits…

B. Zika will create a new vaccine – profit motivation and eliminate the flu vaccine fears.

C. Further destabilization of the Brazilian economy

D. Glyphosate poisoning

E.  All of the ABOVE

In 1975 the cost of vaccinating a child for all illnesses was $10. It is estimated by the National Institute of Health that cost will be $1225 per child as of 2020.

As of 2012, a child received 49 vaccinations before the age of 6. As of 2016, there are now 76 vaccine doses administered to a child between birth and 18 with an additional 271 waiting approval by the FDA. And there are no studies that show the interaction of vaccines and their potential risks. The studies only cover a singular vaccine administration.

The largest vaccine pharma is GlaxoSmithKline based in the UK with annual revenues over $35 billion compared to roughly $13.7 billion in 1999. Their nearest competitor, Bristol-Meyers-Squibb had revenue of $16.5 billion in 2015, down from $20 billion in 1999. An independent organization provides ratings of the pharma industry according to their improvement in making vaccines and medicines more available – Access to Medicine Index – funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. GlaxoKlineSmith is ranked No. 1 despite eight major lawsuits for; adulturated drugs, false advertising, antitrust, kickbacks, market manipulation, bribery, tax fraud, price fixing and an ongoing investigation for foreign corruption and fraud.

And while pharma profits are a known grunge affect, and Bill Gates hand in the till is also well established, there are shadow political and GMO ploys as well:

I.   Soros and the US were backing the loss of Dilma Rouseff, President of Brazil, in the 2014 election cycle. The favored insert was Aecio Neves as their chosen President. Why? To put a hole in the BRICS who pose a very steadfast opposition to the Soros agenda. Rouseff is steadfastly aligned with the BRIC nations, and Neves would have changed that alliance to an EU/US bloc. The loss of Neves in 2014 left an angry hole and every viable means to create destruction within the country has been the pinnacle of action since. It’s called – revenge.

Enter – Zika, another mosquito born virus that has been around for decades. Enter the creation of a pandemic. Enter – warnings against Brazil travel. Enter assertions that the virus is ‘linked’ to a host of diseases that could damage children envitro, and now in addition, cause a rare neurological disorder, Guillain Barre. Warnings circulate NOT to visit Brazil! Warnings circulate to ban the Olympics.

Who are the BRIC countries? Brazil, China, Russia and India. They stand in firm alliance and offer a viable opponent to the World Order of Soros. Without their defeat, Soros goal can not be achieved.

To date, according to the CDC, there are no locally generated Zika virus cases in the US– and 107 travel related. And while the fear media claim that upwards of 4 million people are infected with the virus, it is an abstract number given that according to WHO: a) 80% of people bitten have no symptoms, b) a large percentage simply get flu symptoms, c) few even consult a doctor. There are NO commercially available laboratories for testing the Zika virus – the only source is through the CDC as well as a ‘few’ health departments in the US and one in Brazil.

II.   Oxitec is a British biotech company that has been releasing the genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil. They also claim to be able to diagnose the Zika virus. Coincidentally, their CEO AND Chief Scientific Officer, were formally with Syngenta, the GMO competitor to Monsanto. Their Regulatory Affairs Manager formerly worked in the UK obtaining commercial food approval for GM crops in Europe. She was instrumental in the botched ‘Golden Rice’ debacle, and her most recent post was with Syngenta. Head of Business Development was a former marketing guru for – sigh… Syngenta.

You see, Brazil is the second largest producer of GMO crops and pesticide use in the WORLD.

Which bodes the question – are Monsanto, Syngenta, and Bill Gates creating a false epidemic to hide the fact that glyphosate pesticides are truly the culprit?

Obamacare Bombs – Cuba an Option…

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A view into what Socialized Medicine really looks like…

In the UK the government sponsored healthcare is provided through a network of hospitals called NHS., National Health Service and it’s a mess, a ticking timebomb.

Hospitals are in debt and borrowing to keep afloat. Interest payments cut into benefits and staffing. With net expenditures doubling since 2004, the total reported debt is accumulating faster than anticipated with a projected 2.2 billion euro expected this year. But the debt is cumulative as more than 77% of the hospitals operate in the red. It has to end. It will implode. But it has now become “political”. As in no one wants the blame.

But the greatest stumbling block to socialized medicine is the wait time. In Denmark, they measure time in increments of yearly quarters. For example if they can get their wait time dramatically reduced to 3-6 months, that is considered a success.

The UK still has more physicians per person than the US, but far less than it’s neighbors, Germany, France, Denmark and The Netherlands. (Side note: Cuba has the largest number of physicians per capita – 68).

France is no different than the UK facing a $10 billion deficit. The notion that ones taxes covers the entire cost of medical care is not exactly the entire story. The guidelines that these hospitals follow prescribe who can get what based on factors such as age, life style and obesity. In addition, co-pays are common.  And private hospitals pick up the slack for the ‘elite’ or wealthy.  Given that the healthcare withholding is wage based, many in France who are self employed are opting out of the system and purchasing private insurance for far less. And while paying the 15% is compulsory, tens of thousands – don’t pay anyway.

Average physician and specialist salaries in the US are over 50% higher than the UK and France. But the education requirements are significantly different. In the US, a medical degree takes roughly ten years after high school. In Europe, it is six years at a cost of $60-$90,000 total. By contrast, 2 years of residency, 4 years of medical school, and four years of undergraduate and the cost dominos to half a million or more.

Cuba may become an option.

After being alienated for decades, Cuba put all its resources into churning out a host of doctors with a completely different mentality – its called cure the patient. With nearly 3 times the per capita doctors as the US, Cuba as emerged as a exemplary example of humanitarianism. Having sent over 185,000 healthcare professionals worldwide, including to Ebola countries, they are the first to arrive and the last to leave. While the government makes about $7 ½ billion annually in loaning out their doctors, the physicians only make about $30 per month. A number that may change dramatically as foreigners go there for their medical treatment given it is far less expensive and more aligned with curing rather than medicating.

By far the biggest dilemma for every healthcare system worldwide is the aging population. Age means more health care needs, means greater cost, means greater debt and fewer young people paying into the pool. In the US, the percentage of people over 65 now matches the percentage of blacks in the US – 13% and is expected to grow to 25.5% of total US population by 2050. Between 2010 and 2050, the number of people in the US over 60 is expected to double. Costs for the elderly are 5-6 times higher than for a teen, the cost for 85+ is 3-4 times greater than for those between the ages of 65-74. In other words, the exponential is somewhat like the magnitude of an earthquake…

Who is going to pay for that healthcare?

There are limited options:

  1. Cure rather than medicate. But US physicians make money for every prescription and the pharma industry has massive clout! Take away that income source, and we’ll need to either lower the cost of medical school, or lower the education requirements.
  2. Deny benefits for certain procedures after a designated age.
  3. Tax the youth and middle class more dramatically to prop up Medicare for retirees.
  4. Actually tackle Medicare and Medicaid fraud which estimates claim costs taxpayers anywhere from $60-$250 billion per year.
  5. Fly to Cuba for all your most expensive procedures (the UK and French go to India)

While for-profit hospitals are posting their largest gains ever topping out at over $5 ½ billion per, non-profits are failing.

And while hospitals are posting ever larger profits, insurance co-ops are closing doors faster than ever. Of the 23 created for Obamacare, 12 have already shut down since opening shop in 2013. That means a greater than 50% failure rate in two to three years. In the businessness world, that is not considered ‘healthy’…