Thursday, August 2, 2018
NJ FAST NEWS on the go...
Trump Now Seems Fine With Letting North Korea Keep Its Nukes: Donald Trump can't decide if he wants to kiss Kim Jong-un on the lips or kiss his ass.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Repeal the 2nd Amendment NOW!
Twenty-two people were injured by gun violence in a shooting at a 24-hour art festival in Trenton, New Jersey, where two men are believed to be the shooters, with one of them killed by police. While there were no deaths, four people are in critical shape, one a teenager. It was an all-nighter that started at 3 PM featuring 1,500 pieces of art. There was an attempted carjacking near the festival but law enforcement hasn't been able to tie it in with the shooting. In other words, at this point there is minimum information available, but we do know it was another senseless shooting.
First, we need to know what the weapons were, how the assailants got them, and why they picked this particular event. Not that it will explain that with guns everywhere in the U.S., the fact of where the guns came from may no longer be relevant. In just 2018, there have been 26,570 incidents of gun violence, which have ended in 6,568 deaths, and with 12,359 more injuries. There have been 1,547 children killed or injured. And there have been 130 mass shootings like the one in Trenton. But the imbeciles that populate the U.S. Congress, because of the NRA, are scared to make a move.
Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Assn. head gun nut, has been spewing his 2nd Amendment crap for years, and apparently it has registered with congressional members, the general public, and most certainly with his gun nut membership. It is time to repeal the 2nd Amendment and start over. Gun permits should be radically limited and right to carry only for law enforcement or those with an absolute need. Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said in March of this year in a NY Times op-ed piece, "Repeal the 2nd Amendment." It, of course, got nowhere.
Stevens says this nonsense of the people arming themselves against a tyrannical government is, "a relic of the 18th century." Basically, that puts the 2nd Amendment and everything that comes from LaPierre and his NRA in the same category. In a reaction to the demonstrations of schoolchildren after the Parkland, Fla. gun massacre, "They reveal the broad public support for legislation to minimize the risk of mass killings of schoolchildren and others in our society." This should include...
"legislation prohibiting civilian ownership of semiautomatic weapons, increasing the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old, and establishing more comprehensive background checks on all purchasers of firearms. But the demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment."And Judge Stevens explores history...
"In 1939 the Supreme Court unanimously held that Congress could prohibit the possession of a sawed-off shotgun because that weapon had no reasonable relation to the preservation or efficiency of a 'well regulated militia.'”The militia thing is there but at least the Supreme Court had the common sense, and, apparently, the legal foundation to say a sawed-off shotgun wasn't included in the intent of the Founding Fathers to represent protection. In keeping with that Stevens is implying that assault rifles are not a necessary weapon for protection, thus, they should be outlawed. You may not know this but in the "long-settled understanding of the Second Amendment’s limited reach by ruling, in District of Columbia v. Heller, that there was an individual right to bear arms. Stevens was one of four dissenters.
Many of you may also know about Arizona's loose gun laws and an unusually high rate of gun violence. It is in the top 16 in the country. Here are the stats...
- Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 15.2 per 100,000
- Total firearm deaths 2016: 1094 (suicides: 755, homicides: 303)
- Violent crime rate: 470.1 per 100,000 (12th highest)
- Permit required to carry handgun: No (Citizens allowed to carry a concealed handgun with or without a permit.)
- Poverty rate: 16.4% (8th highest)
Like former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said, the 2nd Amendment is a relic of the 18th century.
Read more: Gun Violence Archive 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Classified report proves Trump's N. Korean Summit failure
Oh God, what the hell am I doing? |
According to the classified report, the Oval Office lunatic has decided to make a move recommended by China last year but rebuffed, "to halt joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea while denuclearization, a proposal known as “freeze to freeze,” was a significant reversal of Washington’s previous position." N. Korean experts exclaim that...
"the agreement between the Trump administration and the regime of Kim Jong Un contained very few concrete plans of action."I am definitely not a John McCain fan but the Senator is knowledgeable in foreign affairs and he disagreed with and criticized Trump for his handling of the meeting with Kim Jong-un. Specifically, "arguing that Trump was wrong to agree to suspend joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises." He expressed simply that T-rump got nothing in return for what he gave away, one of which was canceling the military exercises. We need something "concrete" re. denuclearization, and how about N. Korea's record on human rights, McCain commented.
Trump's decision to suspend military exercises worried even some of his supporters on Capitol Hill in that it, "undermines our security and alliances.” You have to wonder what the man is doing after all the abuse he directed at Kim Jong-un in the past like calling him a "rogue," "madman," "gangster," and "maniac," the latter one of the very words used to describe Donald Trump today. And after all the insults flung at Kim in rapid fire fashion, he comes home from the Summit calling the N. Korean leader, "very smart." That's for sure, the way he suckered T-rump into this Summit meeting.
The world is also asking, what the hell was Trump thinking when he saluted a N. Korean general when he was being introduced. I was in the Navy and was taught that you do salute rank, and as an enlisted man the officer always returned my salute. But doesn't this dufus know that he is the President of the United States, in a foreign country, and his salute might be interpreted as honoring the human rights atrocities of N. Korea? Sarah Sanders said it was courtesy but Chris Cillizza of CNN had this to say...
1) Trump didn't really know what he was doing. And that is because he admittedly made absolutely no real preparation for what was perhaps one of the most important foreign policy meetings the United States has ever participated in.
2) Trump knew exactly what he was doing. He was in a kissing ass mode, which he had initiated earlier to impress Kim, and his salute of the general was just follow up in keeping with "sending a message of respect to Kim."Unfortunately, this is a summary of Donald Trump's success at the Singapore Summit...
“'Chairman Kim has told me that North Korea is already destroying a major missile engine testing site,' Trump said in the wake of the summit in Singapore on June 12, without detailing which site Kim had pledged to dismantle. But an analysis by monitoring group 38 North revealed that there is still no evidence that North Korea is destroying anything."Donald Trump was desperate for success at the Singapore Summit and it eluded him completely.
Read more: DONALD TRUMP’S KIM JONG UN MEETING ACHIEVED NOTHING AND NORTH KOREA ISN’T DESTROYING WEAPONS SITES, CLASSIFIED REPORT REVEALS
John McCain Torches Trump’s ‘Bad Negotiating Tactic’ With Kim Jong Un
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Trump crooked foundation revisited
There are accusations that...
"there’s a good chance that the Trump Foundation is only the grimy tip of the iceberg, when it comes to self-dealing and other dubious activities at small family foundations."That's a great opening to introduce an organization 100% owned and controlled by the President of the United States. Slate also says...
"In 2015, 109,550 private foundations filed tax returns with the IRS, and almost none of them will ever be investigated by their state’s attorney general."
"Is Trump-style self-dealing abnormal for the Gates Foundation or the Ford Foundation? Absolutely."New York attorney general, Barbara Underwood, said, "Mr Trump had illegally instructed the foundation to provide support to his presidential campaign by using the foundation's name and funds it raised to promote the campaign." Her petition also claims, "that Mr Trump used charitable assets to pay off legal obligations, to promote his own businesses and to purchase personal items, including a painting of himself." It was found that the Trump organization used Foundation funds to buy a $5,000 ad for Trump International Hotels in the DC Preservation League charity event programs.
It would appear that "in Trump’s mind, the Trump Foundation was never really a charitable foundation, created for acts of selfless generosity. Instead, it was little more than a money-laundering machine: Donors with their own ulterior motives could give tax-deductible donations to the foundation, and then in turn the foundation would be used whenever Trump wanted to funnel money to a nonprofit." And in that scenario you have the makings of a crook.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Emperor Trump rules like a dictator
The emperor has spoken |
Donald Trump said he wants "his people" to listen to him like North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's people listen to him. "He’s the head of a country. And I mean, he is the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same,"You idiot, his people bow down to this maniac because they are afraid if they don't he will kill them. It is so bizarre that an American president would make this kind of statement when most of the world agrees the man he is talking about should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Trump went on to praise Kim in this Fox News interview that was fortunately corroborated by other news media. He has also drawn criticism from...
"lawmakers for his friendly comments towards Kim, whose government has a notorious human rights record and a history of cruel treatment of prisoners, including Americans."And then later on Friday this dufus told White House reporters it was all a joke. He said he hit it off with Kim and that they shared "good chemistry." Remember when T-rump was calling Kim Jong-un "Rocket Man?" Now he says he "hated" calling him that. as if someone forced him to do it, which, of course, is absurd. Watchdog agencies say No. Korea has, "perpetuated human rights abuses for decades. It is recorded that...
"In his first five years in power, Kim has ordered 340 people to be executed, about 140 were senior officers in the country's government and military."Donald Trump is no doubt blowing the success of this Singapore Summit way out of proportion as far as his success with No. Korea; there was none. But his bullshit paints a good picture for voters in November. And, of course, there is 2020. God help us all!
Read more: Trump: Kim's people sit up when he speaks, 'I want my people to do the same'
Trump says he wants 'my people' to 'sit up at attention' like North Koreans, later says he's 'kidding'
Friday, June 15, 2018
Trump plus children have been charged in crooked Foundation dealings
Trump/Children-co-conspirators alleged Foundation lawsuit |
Certainly not in this county and I would venture a guess,
that looking around the world, Donald Trump is at the top of the list for being
a corrupt president. Other contenders that come to mind are
Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti, Slobodan Milosevic of
Serbia/Yugoslavia, and Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines. They all
screwed the subjects of their countries as well as the government they
represented. The big difference is they did it blatantly, accountable to no
one. Donald Trump makes a big secret out of his chicanery, always feigning
innocence.
Barbara Underwood, New York's attorney general, fled a
lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan accusing the...
"foundation Trump) and its directors - Mr Trump and his three eldest children - of unlawfully co-ordinating with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated self-dealing transactions, and violating laws under which non-profit organisations must operate."She added, "Mr Trump had illegally instructed the foundation to provide support to his presidential campaign by using the foundation's name and funds it raised to promote the campaign." Her petition also claims, "that Mr Trump used charitable assets to pay off legal obligations, to promote his own businesses and to purchase personal items, including a painting of himself." In other words the Oval Office lunatic used the Trump Foundation as a money machine to get him elected. The children involved in the lawsuit are Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr.
Underwood alleges, "a pattern of persistent illegal conduct over more than a decade that includes extensive unlawful political coordination with the Trump presidential campaign," also saying, "As our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his business to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality." The Foundation was supposed to be dissolved more than 18 months ago, making one wonder if it was kept open to funnel cash into Trump's campaign. Is this man so stupid to think he could get away with this?
Sam Stein, Political Editor of The Daily Beast tweeted, "Donald Trump personally directed his Foundation funds to be used to settle a lawsuit related to Mar A Lago. Here is the receipt."
Sure.
Read more: New York sues Trump Foundation, alleging 'extensive' lawbreaking
New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation
Read more: New York sues Trump Foundation, alleging 'extensive' lawbreaking
New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation
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