We are now on the brink of a new form of government, undreamed of by Aristotle, who spoke of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy. We are headed to a psychopathocracy, which has something in common with the degraded form of classical regime types that Aristotle warned against .
Month: January 2017
Some lawmakers push for impeachment proceedings to restart
The committee suspended investigating articles of impeachment targeting Gov. Robert Bentley after a request from Attorney General Luther Strange because Strange was doing “related work.” However, in more than two months there hasn’t been a public update on what the related work may be.
Homeland Security pick faces questions on wall, immigration
In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks to media as he stands with retired Marine Gen. John Kelly at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Kelly is likely to be pressed about plans to build a border wall and other steps to boost immigration security at a Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 10, for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary.
President Obama Speaks With National Geographic About Climate Change and the Environment
In a recent interview with National Geographic , President Barack Obama speaks with environment writer Craig Welch on the well-being of our Earth. Obama was on the atoll to tour Midway’s 1,100-acre Sand Island and view the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
Hanzo Launches Fortune 100’s “Best Kept Secret” for Web and…
Customers such as Twitter, LinkedIn, PayPal, Allianz, T Rowe Price, Ameriprise, United Healthcare, Coca-Cola, John Deere and the Department of Justice rely on The Hanzo Platform to ensure integrity of legally defensible content, collecting, preserving and analyzing content to prepare for multiple use cases within the Enterprise. Hanzo Preservea comes pre-built with the industry’s most common connectors to natively archive all website and social media content.
After Obamacare, what’s next?
Let’s try to get this straight. Donald Trump campaigned as the champion of lower-paid working people who deserve better than they have.
Bill to OK fish-farm bird kills revived
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford introduced legislation Monday that would allow aquaculture producers to kill a migratory bird that feasts on Arkansas catfish.
Montana lawmakers to form panel to look at Obamacare repeal
In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Montana Republican legislators are forming a panel of lawmakers and industry leaders to try to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act in the state.
American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity Urges Senate to …
After a review of the voting record of Senator Sessions, in addition to his many statements and actions as reported by the press and recounted by civil rights and government leaders, we cannot in good conscience remain silent. The American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity urges the United States Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for the position of Attorney General of the United States.
Moby says he was asked to DJ at Donald Trumpa s inaugural ball
An avid Hillary Clinton supporter, the electro producer called the President-elect “an actual sociopath” during his election campaign. He also released a pair of satirical anti-Donald Trump songs called ‘Trump Is On Your Side’ and ‘Little Failure’.
Quicken Loans founder accuses DOJ of shakedown
Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, whose company has refused to settle a lawsuit with the Department of Justice, said he’s looking forward to new leadership under President-elect Donald Trump. The Justice Department sued Quicken in 2015 following a three-year investigation, claiming the Detroit-based company approved hundreds of mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration that didn’t meet federal guidelines.
Palestinians await Israeli outpost’s evacuation
Once planted with tomatoes, cucumbers and okra, the wind-swept hilltop now hosts the white trailer homes of an Israeli settlement outpost that took root more than 20 years ago. Now, Abdel-Kareem and other Palestinian landowners are set to reclaim the property they watched stripped from them, hoping to finally put to rest a bitter, years-long legal saga on Feb. 8 – the latest court-ordered deadline for the evacuation of the Amona outpost.
Natalie Portman: Actresses too often treated as ‘objects of desire’
The star, who campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the US presidential election, said there is still a lack of decent female parts in Hollywood – and suggested that society has a problem with female leaders. Natalie, 35, told Radio Times: “We are so often put in roles as objects of desire, with a male view, as opposed to subjects of desire with complex weaknesses, and moments of strength and focus – and you can be all of those things.”
GOP senator cites ‘civilization-warping crisis of public trust,’…
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska demanded in a statement on Saturday that President Donald Trump further explain his allegations that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the election campaign. “The President today made some very serious allegations, and the informed citizens that a republic requires deserve more information,” Sasse said.
Emotional Senate Hearing Finds Backpage.com Complicit in Underage Sex …
“Those children were sold, and they simply tried to sanitize it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the definition of evil”, said Sen. Claire McCaskill, glaring at the five company executives sitting in front of her.
Trump’s student debt plan offers hope
Despite decrying universities as echo chambers, President-elect Donald Trump has retreated to his own self-reinforcing machine: his Twitter account. Tweeting on a daily basis, in the midst of criticism coming from across the spectrum and the world, Trump can immerse himself in social media, where thousands of likes and retweets comfort him but only perpetuate confirmation bias.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Retail sales, Tesco, Whitbread
UK retail sales continued to grow at the end of last year as Britons made a late dash for Christmas gifts and festive foods, according to industry figures that add to signs the economy ended 2016 on a strong note. The British Retail Consortium pointed to challenges ahead from rising costs and political uncertainty but said its members went into the new year having enjoyed solid sales growth over the crucial Christmas period.
Continue reading As President Obama Departs, We Owe Him Our Thanks a ‘
The final days of the Obama presidency are upon us. His popularity is rising with the economy, and with the increasingly stark contrasts to his successor.
GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal
A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night that he wanted to work in a step by step manner to repeal Obamcare once a replacement was “available to the American people ” – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the chairman of the Senate’s HELP Committee and has been a leading voice
Obama’s farewell speech will be a call to action, aides say
Several of the thousands who lined up Jan. 7, 2017, for tickets to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech, to be held Jan. 10 in Chicago, share their thoughts on what the presidency meant to them. Several of the thousands who lined up Jan. 7, 2017, for tickets to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech, to be held Jan. 10 in Chicago, share their thoughts on what the presidency meant to them.
The – Reverse Kissinger’
When Richard Nixon went to China, he encouraged a Sino-Soviet split that redounded to America’s benefit. Today, Donald Trump could curb China’s ambitions by going to Moscow.
Volkswagen Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in Emissions a Conspiracya
Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt was arrested by the FBI on Saturday for his alleged role in the company’s suspected “scheme” to cheat emissions standards, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. Schmidt, who led the automaker’s U.S. environmental regulatory compliance office from 2012 to 2015, allegedly conspired with other VW employees to defraud the federal government – and American consumers – by concealing the installation of a device designed to cheat emissions tests.
George Madison Stevens
Services for Mr. Stevens, who passed away Jan. 5, 2017 after a courageous 11-year battle with stroke and Alzheimer’s, will be conducted Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017 at 2 p.m. at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. with a Masonic service and military honors to his life to follow the visitation.
NAACP continues protests outside office of Sen. Sessions
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Jared Kushner
President-elect Donald Trump appointed his influential son-in-law Jared Kushner as a White House senior adviser Monday, putting the young real estate executive in position to exert broad sway over both domestic and foreign policy, particularly Middle East issues and trade negotiations. Trump has come to rely heavily on Kushner, who is married to the president-elect’s daughter Ivanka.
Alabama Prosecutor: Jeff Sessions Helped Secure the Death Penalty for the KKK
Senator Jeff Sessions begins confirmation hearings on Tuesday to become the next attorney general. Since President-elect Donald Trump nominated the Alabama Republican to the post in November, critics have resurrected old allegations that Sessions is racist.
Pence ends chapter as Indiana governor; heads to Washington
It was the last official act former Gov. Mike Pence had to fulfill. He attended the swearing-in ceremony for Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Meryl Streep overrated? Donald Trump picks a decorated star
President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” following her speech Sunday night at the Golden Globe awards. While “overrated” is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor.
Fla. Airport Shooting Suspect Appears In Court, Is Assigned A Public Defender
Esteban Santiago, 26, was escorted into federal court in Fort Lauderdale in manacles. He told U.S. magistrate Judge Alicia Valle he understood the seriousness of the crimes he is charged with.
Hold These Truth tells story of WWII, presents lessons for today
Hold These Truths is a one-person show that tells the story of Gordon Hirabayashi and his resistance of the forced imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. About 200 Japanese-Americans from Alaska and 880 Unangax people were put in camps during the war.
President Obama didna t pardon rapper C-Murder
In this Aug. 16, 2006, photo, Rapper Corey Miller, who once went by the stage name of C-Murder, arrives at the premier of Spike Lee’s new documentary on Katrina “When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts” in New Orleans.
Sanders: Dems won’t repeal Obamacare
Bernie Sanders insisted Monday he would challenge President-elect Donald Trump on issues such as repealing Obamacare but urged fellow Democrats against simply obstructing the incoming administration. “I’m going to do everything I can — and I believe I speak for virtually every member of the Democratic caucus, that we’re going to do everything that we can to improve the Affordable Care Act,” Sanders said at a town hall in Washington sponsored by CNN and moderated by Chris Cuomo.
US Supreme Court urged to look at Saginaw court camera ban
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to intervene in the case of a man who wants to use a video recorder at Saginaw County courts. Robert McKay asked the Supreme Court on Monday to declare there’s a First Amendment right to record what happens in courts.
D.C. officials vow to fight for uninsured if Obamacare repeal passes
D.C. officials have vowed not to leave the city’s most vulnerable residents without health insurance if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act, despite the possibility of a $623 million shortfall for health care in the District. As the chairman of the D.C. Council’s newly formed Health Committee, Vincent Gray is uniquely positioned to take the lead in dealing with the aftermath of a dismantled ACA in the District.
Trump inauguration passed up by Marin congressman
Rep. Jared Huffman says he will skip the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Huffman, D-San Rafael, who made the announcement over the weekend on his Facebook page, will have some company.
Dead whale brought to Angel Island for analysis
A dead whale found in the bay over the weekend has been secured to a pier on Angel Island for analysis by researchers from the Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences. The 50-foot whale carcass – believed to be that of a sub-adult female blue or fin whale – was spotted Saturday morning at Oakland Harbor’s Howard Terminal.
Australian police say they are helping with 1MDB investigations
The Australian Federal Police have said they are working with international law enforcement agencies to investigate companies associated with the 1MDB scandal. FILE PHOTO — A man walks past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, March 1, 2015.
Thousands call for release of man who shot dead his daughter’s rapist
Campaigners are appealing for clemency for an Alabama father who shot and killed the man who sexually abused his daughter when she was just a child. Campaigners are appealing for clemency for an Alabama father who shot and killed the man who sexually abused his daughter when she was just a child.
Kushner to Take Unpaid White House Role
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, will be named a senior adviser to the president and will work for free, according to two people familiar with the matter. It’s not clear what Kushner’s portfolio would be.
Trump Advisers to Meet With Paul Ryan on Tax Reform, Obamacare
Top advisers to President-elect Donald Trump will meet Monday evening with House Speaker Paul Ryan and his policy staff to discuss taxes and other policy issues, according to two people familiar with the plans. Topics on the agenda include tax reform, the budget, Obamacare and infrastructure, said one of the people, who’s a Trump adviser.