Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Pee Ueee!
From the AP -
Manure from millions of hogs fuels natural gas project
ALBANY, Mo. (AP) — One recipe for renewable natural gas goes: Place manure from about 2 million hogs in lagoons, cover them with an impermeable material and let it bake until gas from the manure rises. Then, use special equipment to clean the gas of its impurities and ship the finished product out.
That's the vision of one of the largest biogas projects of its kind in the U.S. currently being installed in northern Missouri, part of a long-term effort to turn underused agriculture resources into an engine for environmentally friendly farming practices.
The joint project, involving Roeslein Alternative Energy and Smithfield Food Hogs Production, will first convert manure from hogs on nine farms into renewable natural gas, with a goal of selling it as soon as 2016. The second phase would add native prairie grasses planted on erodible or marginal farm land to the manure to increase the biomass.
Developers expect the first phase to produce about 2.2 billion cubic feet of pipeline-quality natural gas, providing an alternative energy source while also keeping an estimated 850,000 tons of methane, a major greenhouse gas, from escaping into the atmosphere. Plus, the covers mostly eliminate the odor that can permeate the area around large hog farms, reduce the amount of waste-tainted water that leeches into the ground and capture thousands of gallons of clean water for re-use.
"We have the science to make farming work better for the environment. The question is do we have the political will, and the financial will, to do it," said RAE founder Rudi Roeslein, who has invested $25 million in the project.
A 2014 federal report showed 239 manure-based digesters were operating in the U.S. And the federal Department of Agriculture issued $6 million in grants last month for anaerobic digester projects, as part of the Rural Energy for America Project, an Obama administration effort to spark projects that generate alternative energy and reduce carbon emissions.
But Roeslein, the co-founder of St. Louis-based Roeslein and Associates, which designs and builds manufacturing systems, is not seeking government funding because he does not want to be dependent on federal bureaucracy as the project develops.
The first phase, with an estimated price tag of $120 million, began in 2013, when RAE and Smithfield agreed to place impermeable covers over 88 manure lagoons. That turns the lagoons into anaerobic digesters, which decompose the manure and force biogas to the top. Special machines will then collect and clean the biogas, leaving more than 98 percent methane with nearly the same chemical composition as natural gas, which will be sent into the national natural gas pipeline.
About half of the lagoons are already covered and equipment based on technology used in Europe will be installed next summer at a farm near Albany, Missouri, Roeslein said during a recent presentation on the farm. Duke Energy in North Carolina has agreed to buy about one-third of the finished product, due to be delivered next summer.
The project will mostly eliminate problems associated with manure lagoons, such as rainfall runoff and methane escape, which will save Smithfield hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Blake Boxley, the hog division's director of environmental health and safety.
"We saw a chance to reduce our company's carbon footprint while also showing that farmers can protect land and water while they are producing our food," he said.
The project is unusual because most biogas projects involve industrialized facilities, said Zhiqiang Hu, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Missouri. Anaerobic digestion systems are widespread in Europe, but U.S. farmers have hesitated to adopt the practice in part because the technology requires a lot of land, he said.
"Our farmers tend to use simpler means of handling waste," he said. "But for larger facilities, this production practice could definitely be helpful."
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:ab4e1d300d404f38be864624c993d1fb
Not a Happy Ending
From the Washington Post -
The story of the surgery that made Ben Carson famous — and its complicated aftermath
An excerpt -
More than any other moment in a dazzling career, the separation of the Binder twins launched the stardom of Ben Carson. The then-35-year-old doctor walked out of the operating room that day and stepped into a spotlight that has never dimmed, from the post-surgery news conference covered worldwide, through his subsequent achievements in his medical career, to publishing deals and a lucrative career as a motivational speaker — all paving the way to his current moment as a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
But while Carson frequently deploys anecdotes from his compelling life story — a hardscrabble childhood in Detroit, his climb to the Ivy League, his journeys through spiritual faith and advanced medicine — he only occasionally cites and never dwells on the story of Benjamin and Patrick Binder.
Like many stories from the frontiers of medical science, it’s a hard one to fit into an inspirational narrative — a tale of risk and loss and brutally tough options. And although Carson and his team achieved something unprecedented, with long-term benefits for science, it did not result in a happy ending for the Binders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-story-of-the-surgery-that-made-ben-carson-famous--and-its-complicated-aftermath/2015/11/13/15b5f900-88c1-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Vox%20Sentences%2011.16.15&utm_term=Vox%20Newsletter%20All
"Reading" People
The unspeakable tragedy in the massacre of hundreds of folks in Paris is senseless and heartbreaking.
It has been condemned widely here.
I was reminded of a recent conversation where I was asked if I ever read the Holy Quran. I answered that I had not, but instead I "read" people.
I "read" the way people treat each other. Muslims and Christians alike.
Sometimes, that's all we have to go by . . . for better or for worse.
That is what's happening in the world today.
We're judging an entire population by the barbaric actions of a violent few.
The folks here declare, "This is not Islam. This is not what the Holy Quran teaches."
That may be true, but unfortunately the only thing the world sees ("reads"), are the headlines of the murderous actions of the radical Muslims.
As I've said many times before, my experiences here in the Middle East have been extraordinarily positive. I've met some of the kindest, warmest, most generous people in my four years here. As a result, when I see the headlines, I'm able to put it in perspective, in juxtaposition if you will, to my personal experiences.
I recognize this as a unique experience, one that I am forever grateful for.
It has been condemned widely here.
I was reminded of a recent conversation where I was asked if I ever read the Holy Quran. I answered that I had not, but instead I "read" people.
I "read" the way people treat each other. Muslims and Christians alike.
Sometimes, that's all we have to go by . . . for better or for worse.
That is what's happening in the world today.
We're judging an entire population by the barbaric actions of a violent few.
The folks here declare, "This is not Islam. This is not what the Holy Quran teaches."
That may be true, but unfortunately the only thing the world sees ("reads"), are the headlines of the murderous actions of the radical Muslims.
As I've said many times before, my experiences here in the Middle East have been extraordinarily positive. I've met some of the kindest, warmest, most generous people in my four years here. As a result, when I see the headlines, I'm able to put it in perspective, in juxtaposition if you will, to my personal experiences.
I recognize this as a unique experience, one that I am forever grateful for.
Scrabble Master
Nigerian becomes first African to win World Scrabble title
Cowboy-hat wearing Wellington Jighere from Nigeria crushed his English opponent 4-0 at the World Scrabble Championship in Australia to become first African to bag the word game’s global title.
Jighere, 32, was among more than 120 competitors who travelled to Perth for the World English-language Scrabble Players’ Association Championship, which culminated in Sunday’s best-of-seven final against England’s Lewis Mackay.
“He had to battle for four days to emerge on top but once he got there – maybe he was a little fresher, or got a bit of luck – everything fell into place for him and he won four-nil,” said Adam Kretschmer, one of the organisers of the event. The Nigerian used such high-scoring words as “fahlores”, “avouched” and “mentored” as he puzzled his way to victory.
“It is the first time that an African has won in these world championships,” Jighere told The Guardian after the win.
But he conceded: “Nigel is still the master. It just happens that today was my day.”
He was referring to New Zealander Nigel Richards, who dominates English-language Scrabble, with three world championships, five North American titles and 11 wins at the prestigious King’s Cup in Thailand, sponsored by the Thai royal family.
Richards stunned the francophone world in July when he also won the game’s French version even though he doesn’t speak the language and only spent nine weeks studying the official Scrabble dictionary.
A trained engineer, Richards reportedly began playing Scrabble at 28 at the request of his mother, who was frustrated that his photographic memory was making their card games too one-sided.
He proved dazzling at the word game, even though he favoured mathematics at school and was never much of an English student.
A rival New Zealand Scrabbler once said Richards was “like a computer with a big ginger beard”, while Malaysian tournament organiser Michael Tang has called him “the Tiger Woods of Scrabble”.
On Facebook, Jighere said the Perth tournament – in which each player played 32 games over four days before the finalists were decided – had been exhausting.
“I really must endeavour to rest now,” he posted late on Sunday.
“I’ve not slept well in about a week. The fact that I was able to perform in spite of the sleeplessness still baffles me. It only goes to prove that God was deeply involved in this matter.”
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari telephoned Jighere to congratulate him, while the head of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Suleiman Gora, described the victory as “the climax” for him.
Nigeria had six slots for the tournament and Gora said the players prepared hard at seven training camps.
“We knew we would conquer the world because we have the competent and qualified players to do it. The Australians and the British are masters of English language but we are masters of English-language Scrabble in the world. That is the difference,” says Gora.
Jighere, an unemployed university graduate who has just finished his national youth service, went into the championship as a two-time African champion.
Gora described him as “the quiet type, humble and hardworking”, but who, before leaving for Perth, said he was confident of outright victory.
“I believed him,” says Gora. “I knew he had the capability.”
As well as disturbed sleep, Jighere and his teammates only arrived at the venue the day before the start because of a delay in getting visas.
“I, as the president of the federation, was not given a visa to go with the players because they said they were not convinced that I would come back to Nigeria,” says Gora.
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/books/nigerian-becomes-first-african-to-win-world-scrabble-title?utm_source=Communicator&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Manhunt%20for%20Paris%20attacker%20who%20got%20away
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| Nigeria’s Wellington Jighere holds his World English-language Scrabble Champion award in Lagos. Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP |
Cowboy-hat wearing Wellington Jighere from Nigeria crushed his English opponent 4-0 at the World Scrabble Championship in Australia to become first African to bag the word game’s global title.
Jighere, 32, was among more than 120 competitors who travelled to Perth for the World English-language Scrabble Players’ Association Championship, which culminated in Sunday’s best-of-seven final against England’s Lewis Mackay.
“He had to battle for four days to emerge on top but once he got there – maybe he was a little fresher, or got a bit of luck – everything fell into place for him and he won four-nil,” said Adam Kretschmer, one of the organisers of the event. The Nigerian used such high-scoring words as “fahlores”, “avouched” and “mentored” as he puzzled his way to victory.
“It is the first time that an African has won in these world championships,” Jighere told The Guardian after the win.
But he conceded: “Nigel is still the master. It just happens that today was my day.”
He was referring to New Zealander Nigel Richards, who dominates English-language Scrabble, with three world championships, five North American titles and 11 wins at the prestigious King’s Cup in Thailand, sponsored by the Thai royal family.
Richards stunned the francophone world in July when he also won the game’s French version even though he doesn’t speak the language and only spent nine weeks studying the official Scrabble dictionary.
A trained engineer, Richards reportedly began playing Scrabble at 28 at the request of his mother, who was frustrated that his photographic memory was making their card games too one-sided.
He proved dazzling at the word game, even though he favoured mathematics at school and was never much of an English student.
A rival New Zealand Scrabbler once said Richards was “like a computer with a big ginger beard”, while Malaysian tournament organiser Michael Tang has called him “the Tiger Woods of Scrabble”.
On Facebook, Jighere said the Perth tournament – in which each player played 32 games over four days before the finalists were decided – had been exhausting.
“I really must endeavour to rest now,” he posted late on Sunday.
“I’ve not slept well in about a week. The fact that I was able to perform in spite of the sleeplessness still baffles me. It only goes to prove that God was deeply involved in this matter.”
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari telephoned Jighere to congratulate him, while the head of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Suleiman Gora, described the victory as “the climax” for him.
Nigeria had six slots for the tournament and Gora said the players prepared hard at seven training camps.
“We knew we would conquer the world because we have the competent and qualified players to do it. The Australians and the British are masters of English language but we are masters of English-language Scrabble in the world. That is the difference,” says Gora.
Jighere, an unemployed university graduate who has just finished his national youth service, went into the championship as a two-time African champion.
Gora described him as “the quiet type, humble and hardworking”, but who, before leaving for Perth, said he was confident of outright victory.
“I believed him,” says Gora. “I knew he had the capability.”
As well as disturbed sleep, Jighere and his teammates only arrived at the venue the day before the start because of a delay in getting visas.
“I, as the president of the federation, was not given a visa to go with the players because they said they were not convinced that I would come back to Nigeria,” says Gora.
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/books/nigerian-becomes-first-african-to-win-world-scrabble-title?utm_source=Communicator&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Manhunt%20for%20Paris%20attacker%20who%20got%20away
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Deja Vu
From The New Yorker -
Taunts, Tear Gas, and Other College Memories
BY CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
Hearing about the indignities faced by students of color at the University of Missouri, I am taken back fifty-four years, to when Hamilton Holmes and I entered, and then matriculated, at the University of Georgia as its first two black students. |
| Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes leave an administrative building at the University of Georgia in 1961.PHOTOGRAPH BY AP |
The initial response of many white students to our presence was overtly racist. One night, students and others gathered outside my dormitory and shouted, “Nigger go home.” The town police threw around tear gas, ostensibly to disperse an already-thinning crowd. By the time the state troopers arrived, the protesters were long gone. The university suspended me for, they said, my own safety. (Hamilton, who lived with a black family a few blocks away, was also suspended.) As I left the dorm that night, a group of girls who had been told to change their sheets, so as not to be affected by the tear gas, formed a semi-circle, and one threw a quarter at me and yelled, “Here, Charlayne, go and change my sheets.” Although “nigger” was their preferred shout-out, the students would also use other words they thought would be hurtful. They didn’t realize they were complimenting me when they yelled out “Freedom Rider.” And there were other, nonverbal incidents. Both Hamilton and I had our car tires flattened from time to time, and on at least one occasion the side of my little white Ford Falcon became a maze of knife scratches.
The first semester was the worst, and things died down after that. But what we might today call “microaggresions” were still evident: The time I went to see if I could work on the school newspaper and was welcomed by the editor, but never got an assignment. Or when professors went a whole term without addressing me in class. I never reacted to any of this publicly, but I spent a lot of time, especially early on, in the university infirmary with mysterious stomach pains. My one visitor was Hamilton, who was finding it difficult to make friends. Despite all the stress, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and went on to enroll as the first black student at Emory University School of Medicine. He became an orthopedic surgeon and, at one time, the medical director of Grady Memorial Hospital, the gargantuan public hospital in Atlanta. In 1995, he died, at the age of fifty-four. I read that they thought it was heart failure. Now that I know about P.T.S.D., and as I cope with my own post-college problems with claustrophobia, I wonder if that didn’t have something to do with it.
I still tear up when I speak of Hamilton, but have been comforted by the fact that the doors that were shut for so long to black students are now open. To be sure, many have come after me and are thriving, including on the football field where Hamilton was not allowed to play, despite his love of the game, because, so the argument went, either his teammates or the opposing team would try to hurt, if not kill, him. Today, the Georgia Bulldogs are a powerful force, impressive as teammates who accept each other for their prowess rather than for their color. As a team they send a powerful message, as do the football players at Missouri, who understood how to use their power off as well as on the field. But as I read this week the stories of young people at Missouri, I am struck by an awful déjà vu. My stomach hurts again, and this time the origin is not so mysterious.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/taunts-tear-gas-and-other-college-memories?mbid=nl_TNY%20Template%20-%20With%20Photo%20(5)&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=8253613&spUserID=MTE0Mjg5NDEzNjM4S0&spJobID=801420139&spReportId=ODAxNDIwMTM5S0?reload
Friday, November 13, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
A Cashless Society
Sweden Is Developing the World’s First Cashless Economy
An excerpt -
An excerpt -
Sweden’s rapid shift to virtual money is especially striking because it’s not the result of one coordinated government program, but an emergent phenomenon arising from many national legal, social, and technological trends. And it’s had a host of unexpected positive effects on Swedish life, beyond just convenience for consumers, with surprisingly minimal drawbacks. Unfortunately for those in other nations who might want to experience these benefits, for now this appears to be an isolated phenomenon rooted in a uniquely Swedish experience. But as the Swedes work out the kinks in this system and create a comprehensive, proven model, the world’s doggedly cash-rooted societies may begin to move towards a cashless existence with greater speed and confidence.
http://magazine.good.is/articles/sweden-becoming-first-cashless-modern-society?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
It's Been Brewing For a Long Time
What’s Really Going On at Yale
An excerpt -
For starters: the protests are not really about Halloween costumes or a frat party. They’re about a mismatch between the Yale we find in admissions brochures and the Yale we experience every day. They’re about real experiences with racism on this campus that have gone unacknowledged for far too long. The university sells itself as a welcoming and inclusive place for people of all backgrounds. Unfortunately, it often isn’t.
And another -
Students should not have to become community organizers just to receive acknowledgement and respect from their administrators. It’s disheartening to feel like so few people in power have your back. Yes, we are angry. We are tired. We are emotionally drained. We feel like we have to yell in order to make our voices heard. While the stories in the press are about this one particular week at Yale, we’ve been working toward solutions for years.
https://medium.com/@aaronzlewis/what-s-really-going-on-at-yale-6bdbbeeb57a6
Honoring His Parents
My dad took off most of his vacation time for the year to act in Master of None. So I'm really relieved this all worked out. Tonight after we did Colbert together he said: "This is all fun and I liked acting in the show, but I really just did it so I could spend more time with you." I almost instantly collapsed into tears at the thought of how much this person cares about me and took care of me and gave me everything to give me the amazing life I have. I felt like a total piece of garbage for all the times I haven't visited my parents and told them I wanted to stay in New York cause I'd get bored in SC. I'm an incredibly lucky person and many of you are as well. Not to beat a dead horse here and sorry if this is cheesy or too sentimental but if your parents are good to you too, just go do something nice for them. I bet they care and love you more than you realize. I've been overwhelmed by the response to the Parents episode of our show. What's strange is doing that episode and working with my parents has increased the quality of my relationship to my parents IN MY REAL LIFE. In reality, I haven't always had the best, most open relationship with my parents because we are weirdly closed off emotionally sometimes. But we are getting better. And if you have something like that with your family - I urge you to work at it and get better because these are special people in your life and I get terrified when my dad tells me about friends of his, people close to his age, that are having serious health issues, etc. Enjoy and love these people while you can. Anyway, this show and my experiences with my parents while working on it have been very important in many ways and I thank for you the part you all have played in it.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Sweet Future
Beekeeping Offers a Sweet Future for Former Inmates
An excerpt -
In Illinois, however, some former inmates are finding the support they need to successfully start over in the form of an unlikely ally: The honey bee.
For the past decade, Chicago-based Sweet Beginnings has been providing full time transitional jobs, as well as a sense of community, for people reentering society following time spent in prison. The company, which cultivates, makes, and sells upscale honey and honey-based skincare products, turned its first profit this year, and has grown its operation to accommodate forty employees annually, reports The Guardian.
http://magazine.good.is/articles/bee-keeping-former-prisoners-sweet-beginnings?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
Quote
Race and the Free-Speech Diversion
BY JELANI COBB
". . . And this is where the arguments about the freedom of speech become most tone deaf. The freedom to offend the powerful is not equivalent to the freedom to bully the relatively disempowered."
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/race-and-the-free-speech-diversion?intcid=mod-most-popular
Courageous Athletes
From The Root -
Black Athletes Who Protested Racism
African-American athletes have long used their prominence to give voice to injustice and discrimination.
Tavon Austin, Jared Cook and Chris Givens of the St. Louis Rams pay homage to Michael Brown by holding their hands up during their pregame introduction against the Oakland Raiders at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis on Nov. 30, 2014. DILIP VISHWANAT/GETTY IMAGES
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Black athletes have long used their prominence and leverage to voice outrage over injustice and discrimination.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their gloved fists in the black power salute to express their opposition to racism in the U.S. during the national anthem Oct. 17, 1968, for first and third place in the men’s 200-meter event at the Mexico Olympic Games. At left is Peter Norman of Australia, who took second place. OFF/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
The protest that led to their iconic image took place at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Tommie Smith and John Carlos stepped onto the victory podium and raised their fists in silent but powerful protest against brutal discrimination back home. They did this during the medal ceremony at the playing of the national anthem.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali MICHEL CLEMENT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali added his voice to the civil rights movement. He also became a prominent figure in the anti-war movement by refusing to be drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. A federal court in Houston sentenced Ali in 1967 to five years in prison and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine.
The Black 14
The Black 14 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING ARCHIVES
Fourteen black University of Wyoming football players asked their coach to allow them to wear black armbands during a 1969 game against Brigham Young University, which was operated by the Mormon Church. They wanted to protest the church’s policy of banning African Americans from entering its priesthood. Coach Lloyd Eaton dismissed the athletes from the team, which set off a series of federal court cases, known as Williams v. Eaton, over free speech.
The Syracuse Eight
The Syracuse Eight SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Nine black Syracuse University football players (who mistakenly became known as the Syracuse Eight) boycotted practices and games over “institutional racist mistreatment of players,” according to the university’s archives. They made great personal sacrifices for their protest, but it ultimately brought about change.
Serena Williams
Serena Williams at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 18, 2015, in Indian Wells, Calif. JULIAN FINNEY/GETTY IMAGES
Tennis superstar Serena Williams ended her 14-year boycott of the $5 million Indian Wells, Calif., tournament earlier this year. Back in 2001 Richard Williams, the coach and father of Venus and Serena Williams, said that the Indian Wells crowd hurled the n-word at his daughters when Venus withdrew from a match against Serena.
St. Louis Rams
Tavon Austin, Jared Cook and Chris Givens of the St. Louis Rams pay homage to Michael Brown by holding their hands up during their pregame introduction against the Oakland Raiders at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis on Nov. 30, 2014. DILIP VISHWANAT/GETTY IMAGES
Five St. Louis Rams football players showed their solidarity last year with protesters in Ferguson, Mo., by jogging onto the field for pregame introductions with the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture, a reference to the testimony of some witnesses who said that Michael Brown had his hands up before white Police Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot the unarmed black teenager.
Miami Heat
Members of the Miami Heat wearing hoodies in solidarity with Trayvon Martin in 2012
TWITTER
In 2012 LeBron James tweeted a photo of himself and his Miami Heat teammates wearing hoodies. The NBA stars added their voices to those demanding justice for Trayvon Martin, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt when neighborhood-watch volunteer George Zimmerman fatally shot the unarmed black teenager in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman’s acquittal in 2013 sparked nationwide protests.
Derrick Rose
Derrick Rose YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT
Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose came onto the court for warmups last year wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt. Those were the last words of Eric Garner, a Staten Island, N.Y., man who died when a white police officer used a choke hold to arrest the unarmed man for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indictNew York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/11/black_athletes_who_protested_racism.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content%26
Monday, November 9, 2015
Today's Funny
Donald Trump was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation two weeks ago in upstate New York.
He spoke for almost an hour about his plans for increasing every Native American's present standard of living. He referred to how he had supported every Native American issue that came to the news media.
Although Mr. Trump was vague about the details of his plans, he seemed most enthusiastic and spoke eloquently about his ideas for helping his "red sisters and brothers."
At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented him with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name, "Walking Eagle." The proud Mr. Trump accepted the plaque and then departed in his motorcade to a fund raiser, waving to the crowds.
A news reporter later asked the group of chiefs how they came to select the new name they had given to the Donald.
They explained that "Walking Eagle" is the name given to a bird so full of shit it can no longer fly.
He spoke for almost an hour about his plans for increasing every Native American's present standard of living. He referred to how he had supported every Native American issue that came to the news media.
Although Mr. Trump was vague about the details of his plans, he seemed most enthusiastic and spoke eloquently about his ideas for helping his "red sisters and brothers."
At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented him with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name, "Walking Eagle." The proud Mr. Trump accepted the plaque and then departed in his motorcade to a fund raiser, waving to the crowds.
A news reporter later asked the group of chiefs how they came to select the new name they had given to the Donald.
They explained that "Walking Eagle" is the name given to a bird so full of shit it can no longer fly.
h/t - Forrest
SHADES OF BLUE | Official Trailer
This was being filmed in Frankie's neighborhood when I was in New York in July.
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