January 28, 2015

Will America eventually pay reparations to Iraq?

with something like this as a precedent

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/18/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-un-idUSKBN0JW1DH20141218

and perhaps in a slightly different world order, might we all become responsible for reparations down the road?

or will the bill go to the politicians who pulled it off?

January 17, 2015

Did we learn ANYTHING from John Edwards?

I thought it was very instructive.
Candidates (more than one at the time, they ALL knew)
will ignore, or disregard the ultimate reality in pursuit of a selfish dream or cooperative effort meant to benefit something besides the common interest.

In spite of reality and the ultimate discovery of UNACCEPTABLE betrayals that will be played as cards before the election is over.

Is that the sort of election we should settle for?
John Edwards had one particular affiliate in that primary and those "debates"

It cant happen here. again.

How do you feel about a Clinton/Edwards ticket in 2016?

January 15, 2015

Is a Barbara Bush vs Chelsea Clinton election in our future?

Of course, I mean the former First Lady versus the child of their opponent.
Can Barbara step in 8 years down the road, once Jeb drops the ball?
Will Chelsea be there for us?

January 13, 2015

What issues will we be voting on in the 2016 General Election?

I am curious what topics people think will be effectively on the table during the next Presidential election?
Torture? Pardons? Legalization? Gay Marriage? Flag Burning? Work Visas? Tax cuts?

What choices will we be facing?

January 7, 2015

Is Labor dead in the DEMOCRATIC Party?

or long since buried?

January 5, 2015

murder by numbers

13 months ago-
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24672212/san-jose-four-people-die-exposure-overnight-three


notice the population figures.

of course the heat can be even deadlier

http://sm.stanford.edu/archive/stanmed/2007spring/heat.html

http://ced.berkeley.edu/faculty/ratt/readings/ALL_THE_CLIMATE_PAPERS_2012/Basu%20and%20Malig%202011%20harvesting.pdf

January 5, 2015

Cold War radiation exposure results in $800,000,000 in federal payments

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/11/30/4261832_cold-war-radiation-exposure-results.html?rh=1


More than 8,000 current or former workers of the Department of Energy nuclear site in Aiken, S.C., have received at least $800 million in federal compensation and paid medical expenses for job-related illnesses, Labor Department data shows.

The payments under a little-noticed federal program represent a fraction of the staggering nationwide toll of a nuclear weapons industry born out of the Cold War: More than 104,000 sick workers have received almost $11 billion in compensation and medical expenses.

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program was created in October 2000 to identify workers who grew ill after being unknowingly exposed to hazardous materials at nuclear plants during the Cold War, like the then-named Savannah River Plant of Aiken.

Many former workers of the Savannah River Plant who are sick from, or have died from diseases like cancer, beryllium disease, silicosis, asbestosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are eligible for compensation or medical expenses. In the case of a worker’s death, their survivors can file a claim.