An excerpt from Business Insider -
Trump may have just had his 'worst week' yet
By Natasha Bertrand
The Boy Scouts were forced to apologize. the Pentagon was caught flat-footed. The GOP failed to pass a crucial healthcare vote.
The president openly undercut his attorney general. The White House communications director publicly attacked the White House chief of staff. The White House chief of staff was then ousted.
Congress backed the president into a corner on Russia, and the police department that hosted the president's speech on gang violence quickly denounced his remarks.
And that was just last week.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-scaramucci-reince-priebus-health-care-2017-7?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories
Sunday, July 30, 2017
An Idiot and a Fool
An excerpt from NY Magazine - (Italics is mine)
Reince Priebus: Requiem for a Minion
By Jonathan Chait
Priebus’s replacement, John Kelly, is more appealing to the president because he is a general and is untainted by having recorded any doubts about the viability of a candidate who grabs women by their genitals. Another article (link below) notes approvingly, “He won’t suffer idiots and fools,” which might be a problem, since the president is both.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/reince-priebus-requiem-for-a-minion.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/07/29/john-kelly-trumps-new-chief-of-staff-wont-suffer-idiots-and-fools/?utm_term=.d733ae1f3237
Reince Priebus: Requiem for a Minion
By Jonathan Chait
Priebus’s replacement, John Kelly, is more appealing to the president because he is a general and is untainted by having recorded any doubts about the viability of a candidate who grabs women by their genitals. Another article (link below) notes approvingly, “He won’t suffer idiots and fools,” which might be a problem, since the president is both.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/reince-priebus-requiem-for-a-minion.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/07/29/john-kelly-trumps-new-chief-of-staff-wont-suffer-idiots-and-fools/?utm_term=.d733ae1f3237
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Obamacare
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
Obamacare Is Alive Because It Has Made Life Better For Millions
Republicans could never admit this — and it came back to haunt them.
By Jonathan Cohn
The Affordable Care Act has survived yet another effort to snuff it out. And one reason is a simple reality that Republicans have rarely been willing to admit ― to their supporters, to the general public, and perhaps even to themselves.
It turns out “Obamacare” has made life better for a great many people.
Millions of Americans now have health insurance because the law has put it within financial reach. They are enrolling in Medicaid, or buying private insurance with the help of tax credits ― and taking advantage of laws that prohibit insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Millions more have insurance that is cheaper, better, or more comprehensive than what they could get before. They are more financially secure, they have better access to care, and they are probably getting healthier, too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-obamacare-survived_us_597ae374e4b02a8434b5774f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Obamacare Is Alive Because It Has Made Life Better For Millions
Republicans could never admit this — and it came back to haunt them.
By Jonathan Cohn
The Affordable Care Act has survived yet another effort to snuff it out. And one reason is a simple reality that Republicans have rarely been willing to admit ― to their supporters, to the general public, and perhaps even to themselves.
It turns out “Obamacare” has made life better for a great many people.
Millions of Americans now have health insurance because the law has put it within financial reach. They are enrolling in Medicaid, or buying private insurance with the help of tax credits ― and taking advantage of laws that prohibit insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Millions more have insurance that is cheaper, better, or more comprehensive than what they could get before. They are more financially secure, they have better access to care, and they are probably getting healthier, too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-obamacare-survived_us_597ae374e4b02a8434b5774f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Irresponsible & Unprofessional
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
NYPD Calls Unreasonable Use Of Force ‘Irresponsible’ After Trump’s Speech
The department said suggestions for using another standard for use of force “sends the wrong message.”
By Carla Herreria
The New York Police Department released a statement on Saturday reiterating their use of force policies after President Donald Trump suggested police officers be more rough with their suspects during a Friday speech to invited law enforcement officers.
In a statement emailed to HuffPost, the NYPD called suggestions for police officers to use alternative standards for use of force “irresponsible” and “unprofessional.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nypd-responds-to-trump-speech-use-of-force_us_597cf58be4b02a8434b6d20e?9oa&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
NYPD Calls Unreasonable Use Of Force ‘Irresponsible’ After Trump’s Speech
The department said suggestions for using another standard for use of force “sends the wrong message.”
By Carla Herreria
The New York Police Department released a statement on Saturday reiterating their use of force policies after President Donald Trump suggested police officers be more rough with their suspects during a Friday speech to invited law enforcement officers.
In a statement emailed to HuffPost, the NYPD called suggestions for police officers to use alternative standards for use of force “irresponsible” and “unprofessional.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nypd-responds-to-trump-speech-use-of-force_us_597cf58be4b02a8434b6d20e?9oa&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Black Beauty
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A Biodegradable Urn
From Wired -
TURN YOUR DEAD GRANDMA INTO A TREE WITH THIS SMART PLANTER
By Elizabeth Stinson
AFTER JAY JUNKER’S father passed away from cancer in 2014, the 33-year-old took his cremated remains and planted them in a field outside the family’s farm house in Vermont. His father, who Junker recalls as outgoing and nature loving, is now a white oak sapling that’s grown from 5 inches to just over 5 feet tall in the last two years. On nice days, Junker likes to take a stroll out to the meadow where his father is planted and spend some time reminiscing about how they used to ski and hike in the rolling green hills. “To me, this just seemed like the best way to keep in touch," Junker says. "The best way to keep someone in your life.”
Ashes by themselves don’t grow into trees, of course, but Junker had some help. He used a Bios Urn—a biodegradable urn that turns human ash remains into growth material for trees.
https://www.wired.com/story/turn-your-dead-grandma-into-a-tree-with-this-smart-planter/?mbid=nl_72917_p8&CNDID=
TURN YOUR DEAD GRANDMA INTO A TREE WITH THIS SMART PLANTER
By Elizabeth Stinson
AFTER JAY JUNKER’S father passed away from cancer in 2014, the 33-year-old took his cremated remains and planted them in a field outside the family’s farm house in Vermont. His father, who Junker recalls as outgoing and nature loving, is now a white oak sapling that’s grown from 5 inches to just over 5 feet tall in the last two years. On nice days, Junker likes to take a stroll out to the meadow where his father is planted and spend some time reminiscing about how they used to ski and hike in the rolling green hills. “To me, this just seemed like the best way to keep in touch," Junker says. "The best way to keep someone in your life.”
Ashes by themselves don’t grow into trees, of course, but Junker had some help. He used a Bios Urn—a biodegradable urn that turns human ash remains into growth material for trees.
https://www.wired.com/story/turn-your-dead-grandma-into-a-tree-with-this-smart-planter/?mbid=nl_72917_p8&CNDID=
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