Friday, July 5, 2019

DO NOT Use UPS - You Cannot Talk With a Live Human If Your Package Is Lost

Do not use the United Parcel Service. You cannot talk with a live person. There is a telephone number, but when you ask to speak to an agent you are disconnected if you:
say Agent
say Live Agent
say Customer Service
say lost package
don't say anything and wait

If you say track a package you are disconnected unless you give a tracking number. If you give a tracking number you are disconnected even if the response the automated machine gives you does not resolve your problem.

This telephone number is what United Parcel Service (UPS) provides, but as stated above, it is just a tool for the company to dodge speaking with you:
800-742-5877.

These pages are similarly ineffective. They yield you know way to communicate with a live human. The email tabs do not lead to actual email addresses. They lead to interface pages that ultimately do not lead to actual communication with UPS about lost packages.

https://www.ups.com/us/en/services/customer-solutions.page

https://www.ups.com/upsemail/completeInfo

Do not use UPS. You are gambling with whatever you are sending. They lose packages. 
If you visit a UPS location they refer you to the website. But the website is useless and has no way for you to actually get responses.
And if there is now way to speak to representatives of the company to speak about the issues there is no accountability system.

This page will not come down until UPS reforms its practices and creates a system whereby clients can speak with the company.

Consumer Reports acknowledges that the UPS system is beset with inability to get packages back: https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/if-your-ups-package-falls-through-the-cracks-its-up-to-you-to-notice/

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

West Coast #CloseTheCamps Protests vs. Trump's camps - Tue., July 2

Protest Trump's camps! - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 afternoon update - From Closethecampsnow.org:

All times Pacific Savings Time

We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers. Horrifically, these conditions aren't an accident. They are the byproduct of an intentional strategy by the Trump administration to terrorize immigrant communities and criminalize immigration—from imprisoning children in inhumane conditions to threatening widespread raids to break up families to covering up reports of immigrants dying in U.S. custody and abuses by ICE and CBP agents.

It’s going to take all of us to close the camps.

This Tuesday, July 2, while members of Congress are home for the Fourth of July holiday,
we will gather at their local offices in protest. Our demands:
  1. Close the Camps
  2. Not One Dollar for Family Detention
 and Deportation
  3. Bear Witness and Reunite Families

California:
5:30 pm:
Corner of Ygnacio Valley Road and N. Civic Dr. | Walnut Creek
Ygnacio Valley Rd. & N. Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94597

5:30 pm:
580 freeway overpass at Ardley Ave
overpass near: 1615 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland, CA 94602
4:30 pm:
Corner of Vermont and Wilshire Ave.
3200 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90010
 
In Oregon:
6:00 pm:
Lincoln City City Hall
801 SW Hwy 101
Lincoln City, OR 97367

6:30 pm - SW Portland suburbs:
Snyder Park - (Sunset Blvd entrance) - Sherwood
15198 SW Sunset Blvd
Sherwood, OR 97140

 

SE USA protests July 2 evening against Trump's detention camps!

Protest Trump's camps! - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 afternoon update - From Closethecampsnow.org:

Click this link to find protests near you.

We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers. Horrifically, these conditions aren't an accident. They are the byproduct of an intentional strategy by the Trump administration to terrorize immigrant communities and criminalize immigration—from imprisoning children in inhumane conditions to threatening widespread raids to break up families to covering up reports of immigrants dying in U.S. custody and abuses by ICE and CBP agents.

It’s going to take all of us to close the camps.

This Tuesday, July 2, while members of Congress are home for the Fourth of July holiday,
we will gather at their local offices in protest. Our demands:
  1. Close the Camps
  2. Not One Dollar for Family Detention
 and Deportation
  3. Bear Witness and Reunite Families
In North Carolina:
6:30 pm:
2000 W 1st St, Winston Salem, NC 27104

In Florida, near Daytona Beach:
5:30 pm:
22 S Beach St, Ormond Beach, FL 32174

In north Texas:
5:30 pm:
100 W Houston St
Sherman, TX 75090

Updated: Protest Against Trump's Camps -Jul. 2! - link to protests across US -NYC area sites listed

Protest Trump's camps! - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 afternoon update

Click this link to find protests near you.

We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers. Horrifically, these conditions aren't an accident. They are the byproduct of an intentional strategy by the Trump administration to terrorize immigrant communities and criminalize immigration—from imprisoning children in inhumane conditions to threatening widespread raids to break up families to covering up reports of immigrants dying in U.S. custody and abuses by ICE and CBP agents.

It’s going to take all of us to close the camps.

This Tuesday, July 2, while members of Congress are home for the Fourth of July holiday,
we will gather at their local offices in protest. Our demands:
  1. Close the Camps
  2. Not One Dollar for Family Detention
 and Deportation
  3. Bear Witness and Reunite Families
 
Click this link to find protests near you.

In the New York City area -all events, Tuesday, July 2, 2019:

Brooklyn:
4:00 pm
Reo. Max Rose's Brooklyn office
8203 3rd Avenue (Bay Ridge)

Westchester County:
6:00 pm
Patriot's Park
Broadway at College, Tarrytown

Suffolk County:
5:00 pm
Resistance Corner of Route 112 & Route 347
Port Jefferson Station

Click this link to find protests near you.

In New Jersey: Elizabeth Detention Center7:00 pm
625 Evans Street, Elizabeth 07201
4 blocks southeast of North Avenue and Dowd Avenue, directly south of the Newark Liberty Airport.
From downtown Elizabeth take Trumbull Street east, under I-95, then left on Dowd Avenue.

In New England: Central Falls, RI Detention Center
6:00 pm
Wyatt Detention Center
950 High Street
Central Falls, RI 02863 - off Exit 30 of I-95.

Maryland:
5:30 pm:
Congressman Andy Harris' office
15 E Churchville Rd Ste 102B, Bel Air, MD

5:30 pm:
CASA of Maryland Press Conference at Southeast Anchor Libary
3601 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224

Washington DC:
7:00 pm
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Yes, You Can Cut the Cord on Cable AND Internet TV

Wonder if you can over the air analog channels? Well, those are very few and far between.
Wonder if you can get free digital channels where you are? You can see where there are channels, to the tenth of a mile from your location. This first tool definitely factors in the impact of elevation, as reception results will vary greatly as you move from plain to valley to spot nestled in mountains.

First, take a look at TV Station Locator Tool.
Enter in your full address or your zip code. This will tell you how close the stations are and whether a mere indoor antenna will do.

Another tool, not a precise is Antennas Direct. You can surmise from the name that this site is marketing antennas right on the site.
This site is handy for presenting the stations in your receiving range, in ranges below 35 miles, and between 35 and 49 miles, and 50 to 59 miles.

An interesting article on why an antenna should be part of cord-cutting strategy:

5 Reasons Why an Antenna Should Be a Part of Your Cord Cutting Setup.

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

The Next Ocasio-Cortezes & Other Takeaways From Tuesday's primaries

There were several winners and losers in Tuesday's primaries in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and Washington.

The progressive winners :
An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-like shoe-in for the final election:
Rashida Tlaib (at left), winning Michigan's 13th congressional district Democratic primary in Detroit and some western suburbs. Tlaib is leading Brenda Jones by 33.2 percent to 29.2 percent. This race had later returns than other contests in Michigan, but the win looks assured with 96 percent of precincts reporting.
Tlaib was endorsed by the Justice Democrats and Our Revolution.

Andy Levin appears to be winning the 9th district contest, 52.2 percent to Ellen Lipton's 42.6 percent. Votes are not complete, with 84 percent of precincts reporting as of 4 am.
UPDATE:
Final returns show that Andy Levin won the primary with 52.5 percent.

In Kansas, Brent Welder appears likely to be the Democratic party nominee from the 3rd congressional district. Results were slow coming in. At last report (4 am) he was leading with 36.6 percent to Sharice Davids at second place with 35.1. However, as only 51 percent of the precincts were reporting, the race is fluid and different results could be reported by the end of Wednesday.

As in the Ocasio-Cortez vs. Joe Crowley match-up in New York, cash did not translate into victory; albeit, Welder was not outspent 10 to 1. The last report, July 18, in OpenSecrets.org had Tom Niermann  leading wit $723,192 raised to Welder's $677,990. Davids was third in receipts of $344,704 raised.

In Kansas' 4th congressional district (Topeka and environs) James Thompson (at left) enjoyed a landslide victory over Laura Lombard, 65.3 percent to 34.7 percent.  Welder and Thompson also had the endorsements of Justice Democrats and Our Revolution. Welder enjoyed the endorsement of Demand Universal Healthcare.

Also receiving endorsements by some of the above mentioned progressive organizations, David Benac, Steve Friday, Chris Smith and Fayrouz Saad did not win the 6th, 7th, 8th and 11th district primary contests.

UNFAIR REPORTING ALERT:
Much of the U.S. press is projecting Rashida Tlaib as a candidate who would be the first Muslim congresswoman. However, authors of these stories are not taking into consideration Ilhan Omar, also. The latter is a rising star in Minnesota politics. She has been endorsed by the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, by the Justice Democrats and by Our Revolution to succeed Keith Ellison in the state's 5th congressional district. Minnesota's primary is next week, August 14, however, that state allows early voting. 

Washington state:
Both Justice Democrat candidates were unsuccessful in their quests for designation as the Democratic nominees for congress.

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Firenado (video) & grim new trends in Cal. wildfires

FIRENADO - the new weather phenomenon. California firestorms plus sudden spinning of air, carrying ground elements high in the air.

CBS News explained it:
"The ambient air temperature in the area was close to 110 degrees, "so that air is super fast rising into the atmosphere," Quinn said. 
"You need to think of this as the air being a solid, and if you're taking a chunk of that air, superheating it and rising into the air, it's leaving a void below it," he said.
As more and more air gets pulled in, it begins to rotate. The more air that gets pulled in, the faster the air swirls and the taller it gets.
"Firenados" also pick up burning embers, ash and flammable debris and extend hundreds or thousands of feet in the air. Those embers can then spread out, jumping fire lines and creating new fires away from the center." 
KTVB presented video capture from a police cruise dashcam.



Thursday, July 5, 2018

Remaining primaries in 2018 -- More Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez type victories?

Congratulations to the progressives winning this year, from Pennsylvania to Virginia to New York!

Reminder: the general election for the midterms is November 6, 2018.

Brand New Congress candidates --the site has endorsees for several of the states below.

Justice Democrats --primaries remain for their Florida, Hawaii and Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin endorsees.

Our Revolution --primaries remain for Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington.

Here's where and when primaries are remaining:

July 17: Alabama (run-off) (no BNC or JD endorsees)

July 24: Georgia (run-off) -Justice Democrat Lisa Ring (1st District - Savannah and elsewhere in eastern Georgia) is going directly to the final election as the nominee. Stacey Abrams, likewise, is the Democratic nominee for governor.

August 2 (a Thursday): Tennessee Danielle Mitchell, a Brand New Congress-endorsee for the 3rd Congressional District, is uncontested for the Democratic nomination. --Marc Whitmire, is BNC-endorsed but is a candidate running independent of party line for the 2nd Congressional District. Both of these seats are longshots in Republican strongholds.

August 7: Kansas; Michigan; Missouri; Washington

August 11 (a Saturday): Hawaii --Kaniela Ing (endorsed by the Justice Democrats)

August 14: Connecticut (no BNC or JD endorsees);
Minnesota --Ilhan Omar (endorsed by the Justice Democrats and Our Revolution)
South Dakota (no BNC or JD endorsees); Vermont (no BNC or JD endorsees);
Wisconsin --Randy Bryce, Justice Democrat-endorsed, seeking to take the seat of retiring Paul Ryan.

August 21: Alaska (no BNC or JD endorsees) Dmitri Shein is endorsed by Our Revolution, Wyoming (no BNC or JD endorsees).

August 28: Arizona (regular primary); Florida (regular primary); Oklahoma (run-off; no BNC or JD endorsees).

Where the Justice Democrats in Arizona are:
Mary Matiella (2nd District, SE part of state), Raul Grijalva (3rd District--SW part of state), an incumbent.
Deedra Abboud is running for the U.S. Senate nomination.

Where the Justice Democrat endorsees in Florida are (*also endorsed by the Brand New Congress):
Chardo Richardson*, primarying first termer Stephanie Murphy in the 7th District (northern Orlando metro area, including much of downtown Orlando - Murphy has not really been opposing Donald Trump) He is  is endorsed by Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats; Sanjay Patel, if the nominee,would be challenging Republican incumbent Republican Bill Posey in the 8th District (the Space Coast -Posey has supported the Trump agenda in Congress 90% of the time) Paatel is endorsed by the Justice Democrats,
Pam Keith, if the nominee, would be challenging incumbent Republican Brian Mast in the 18th District (Treasure Coast: Ft. Pierce to Palm Beach -Mast has supported Trump 93% of the time --The Tampa Bay Times called Mast's seat "Potentially Vulnerable"); Michael Hepburn*, in the 27th District (southern Miami metro area -The Republican is retiring) -- that contest is in a highly crowded Democratic field. The Tampa Bay Times called the seat "Highly Vulnerable".
Hepburn is endorsed by Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats.
September 4: Massachusetts --Ayanna Presley

September 6 (a Thursday): Delaware --running for U.S. Senate: Kerri Harris

September 11: New Hampshire

September 12 (a Wednesday): Rhode Island

September 13 (a Thursday): New York (state offices)

Justice Democrats who have already won (*endorsed by Brand New Congress)

Nebraska: Kara Eastman, for U.S. House, District 2
New York: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez*, for U.S. House, District 14
Pennsylvania: Jess King, for U.S. House, District 11, uncontested
Texas: Lorie Burch, for U.S. House, District 3
Vanessa Adia*, for U.S. House, District 12, uncontested
Adrienne Bell*, for U.S. House, District 14
Lindsey Fagan*, for U.S. House, District 26

Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Real Reason Why Trump's in Full Meltdown Over Bannon's Comments

President Donald Trump is in full meltdown mode over former aide and strategist Steve Bannon's comments:

Bannon's exposed how Donald Trump called his daughter Ivanka "as dumb as a brick"!


Ivanka Trump is 'as dumb as a brick' according to Steve Bannon, new book claims

The comments were detailed in a new book, 'Fire and Fury: Inside theTrump White House', by Michael Wolff



Meanwhile, Trump is playing a risky game of getting his personal lawyers to issue cease and desist orders to Bannon, demanding a retraction and full appology, as reported by CNBC.

Ironically, the book was written with the cooperation of the Trump 
White House. 

Of course, Sarah Huckabee Sanders went at lengths today in her press briefing to rationalize Trump's positions on the book. And Trump gave a curious appearance by video in the conference. 

Incidentally, the book officially goes to commercial release tomorrow --according to cable news reports, in text, e-book and audiobook formats. According to the Los Angeles Times, Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' gets its formal release next Tuesday, January 9.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Holiday TV Specials of the 2017 Season

(Times might be an hour earlier in the Central Time zone)
Saturday, December 9, 2017

8 pm "Rudolph" (CBS)

9 pm "Frosty the Snow" (CBS)

9:30 pm "Frosty Returns" (CBS)

Sunday, December 10, 2017
12 pm "Holiday Affair" 1949 (TCM)

Tuesday, December 12, 2017
6:40 pm "The Polar Express," 2004 (Freeform)

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

6:40 pm "The Santa Clause" Freeform
8 pm "Johnny Cash Christmas" Get TV, Fios 495



Saturday, December 16, 2017

12:15 pm "A Christmas Carol" 1938, TCM
8:00, 10:15 pm "Miracle on 34th Street,"1947 AMC
8:00 pm "I Want a Dog for Christmas," 2003 ABC

Thursday, December 21, 2017

10:55 pm "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" ABC Freeform, (DirecTV: Channel 311)

Friday, December 22, 2017
8:00 pm "I Love Lucy Christmas Special" --two back to back colorized episodes of the classic sitcom, CBS
8"00 pm "Christmas in Connecticut" 1945 TCM 


Sunday, December 24, 2017

2:00 am "A Christmas Carol" 1938, TCM

11:05 am "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" ABC Freeform, Channel 311
8:00 pm "It's a Wonderful Life" 1946 NBC

Monday, December 25, 2017

All day, "Christmas Story Marathon" TBS -Turner Broadcasting System, Channel 247
Time, TBA "Doctor Who Christmas Special" BBC America, DirecTV 264

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

8:00 pm "Happy New Year Charlie Brown" ABC 

9:00 pm "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" ABC 


Thursday, December 30, 2017

8 pm "Charlie Brown Christmas" ABC 

8 pm "Andy Williams Christmas Show" Get TV, Fios Channel 495

9 pm "Perry Como Christmas Show" Get TV, Fios Channel 495

10 pm "Bing Crosby, the Sounds of Christmas" Get TV, Fios Channel 495


Hallmark Channel on Directv Channel 312

Get TV on Fios, Channel 495


Sunday, May 21, 2017

WATCH: Very Explosive Documentary Exposes Trump's Russian Connections

The Dutch Zembla TV outfit has published a powerful, credible case that Donald Trump has ties with Russian figures practicing racketeering.
Trump, 2013, on the eve of his Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow

ZEMBLA - The dubious friends of Donald Trump: the Russians

After Trump's colossul 1990s bankruptcies, Trump turned to lenders of last resort: Russian mob figures. The key figures from Kazakhstan are named. The main hinge with the Trump Organization is the Bayrock Group. 

We see the essential details: that Trump's business doings of the last 20 years are intertwined with organized crime figures with Bayrock. We see his deposition with a dubious disavowal of familiarity with Bayrock managing director Felix Sater, followed by the revelation that Trump soon after bestowed Trump Organization legitimacy on Sater, with a Trump Organization business card and email address.

The video has strong credibility with powerful quotes by author and former CIA agent Malcolm Nance, attorney Frederick Oberlander and unofficial Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio.

After you watch the video you will come to the same conclusion that Oberlander, that charges can be brought against Trump, and after that it will be "all over."

US publications in the last week addressing the explosive revelations:
Fortune:
Here’s A Closer Look At Donald Trump’s Disturbingly Deep Ties To Russia
The Oregonian: 
Donald Trump closely tied to Russian mob, could face racketeering charges, Dutch TV doc claims

And earlier: The Financial Times of London: 
Trump’s Russian connections: Donald Trump’s ties to Russia are back under the spotlight after the CIA concluded that Moscow had interfered in November’s presidential election to help the Republican candidate
And a Forbes writer appearing at the DC Report blog: 
The Kazakhstan Connection: Trump, Bayrock And Plenty Of
Raw Story: 
Here’s why Comey may have stayed silent on the Russia probe before we voted — and it should terrify Trump

Saturday, February 11, 2017

All the Town Halls You Need to Protest At -- A Directory, with Dates, Times, Places, Street Addresses

*Directory of Congressional Town Halls
The new rage among the people is to appear at town halls of members of Congress, and maybe senators also, and let them know that you don't want medical care access shredded or that you would like a Trump presidential cabinet that wasn't filled with ill-experienced self-serving cronies masquerading as department secretaries.

Here it is: all the town halls (currently known):
Town Hall Project 2018 : Upcoming Events: 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yq1NT9DZ2z3B8ixhid894e77u9rN5XIgOwWtTW72IYA/htmlview?sle=true

Please send all questions/comments/updates to townhallproject2018@gmail.com




















**Compiled by volunteers from each Congress member's official website, Twitter, or Facebook.

Glossary:
Town Hall - A forum where members of Congress give updates on the current affairs of Congress and answer questions from constituents
Office Hours - Serves the same purpose as a Town Hall, however Elected Officials are not always expected to attend
Ticketed Event - Oftentimes county party events, local fundraisers, or campaign functions. There may be a fee for admission.
Tele-Town Hall - A town hall conducted by conference call.

And here, THE new playbook that progressive grassroots are using to challenge the Trump administration, Trump allies, or even Democrats that are more concerned with their own coziness with powers that be than actually serving the people: The Indivisible Guide.

Here's the link to the book on a web page: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web

And also links for downloading the book in PDF, in English or Spanish: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/download-the-guide

IT'S COFFEE PARTY TIME, FOLKS! 




Friday, January 13, 2017

Less Than 7 Days to Download Climate Data From Government Sites -Some of These Pages Have Vitally Information You Should Save

Many scientists, in and outside of the United States government, are actively downloading climate data from U.S. government websites. They are fearing that the incoming Donald J. Trump presidential administration will strike out climate data that climate change skeptics do not appreciate.

You might say that to suspect such an action is jumping to conclusions. Yet, it is better to err on the side of caution. It is entirely plausible that the information would be purged.  Trump has a highly politicized view of science and scientific agencies. It is quite conceivable that under his new appointees agencies will remove climate data, particularly that data which indicates how temperatures have risen remarkably and how current trends indicate that temperatures will rise further.

Additionally, temperature increase is not the only matter of concern. The impacts of climate change have ripple effects. Icebergs, ice sheets, glaciers and snow cover are melting. When those materials melt or fall into the oceans sea levels will rise.

Thus, some of the coastal areas will flood, particularly low elevation areas. Because of certain factors, not all coastal areas will feel the same impact. For instance, the Southeast of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean coast will "sink" while the coasts of southern California will not feel anything near the same impact.

NYC 2050s inundation levels from Level 3 Hurricane -Trump would preserve this NASA.gov page?


Be sure to download the images of anticipated sea level rise at the Sea Level Rise Viewer page. This page has topics which the Trump administration leaders probably will not want to remain online: Sea Level Rise Inundation, Inundation Uncertainty (which leads to an external, i.e., non-governmental site --smart, Obama administration scientists) Mapping and Portraying Inundation Uncertainty, Marsh Migration Due to Sea Level Rise, Social Vulnerability Index (also leading to an non-governmental site), the social impacts --in case people have not considered the wide ranging impact of the changes-- Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Data by Census Block Group and Coastal Flood Frequency. Some of this is dynamic: visuals of sea level rise with maps and photo simulations showing disastrous results. Other pages are less immediately striking: pdf texts from four years ago. Here are more visual presentations: Sea Level Rise - Map Viewer - Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts This has state by state map zoom-ins to access depictions of sea level rise for gradation increases of one to six feet.

Take a look: will Virginia or will Florida first experience more flooding of communities? See the changes in the encroachment of water with a 3 feet increase in sea level.


The above chart shows the projected sea level rises in various points in the metro New York City area over the 21st century. This points to a big impact. A 30 cm rise is the equivalent of one-foot. This is projected to impact greater New York in the next fifteen years, based on several agency studies in Canada and the United Kingdom. And note that two to three foot increases in sea level are predicted to happen within this century. When you cross-reference this with maps presently found at National Air and Space Administration (NASA) sites you will see that significant sections of New York City will be submerged. The same goes for the metropoli of Miami, Charleston, Norfolk and Boston.


The beginning of the text "Rising Seas: A View From New York City" by Vivien Gornitz, 2000, at the NASA.gov site reads:
Rising oceans will eat away at the nearly 2400 km of shoreline encircling the greater New York City metropolitan region — presently home to 19.6 million people. Sea level has already climbed around 27 cm in New York City and 38.5 cm along the New Jersey coast during the 20th century. These local rates exceed the global average of 10-25 cm/century because the East Coast is slowly sinking, as the earth's crust continues to readjust to the removal of the ice from the last glaciation, around 15,000 year ago. But present rates of sea level rise could accelerate severalfold, as mountain and polar glaciers melt and upper ocean layers heat up and expand, due to global warming.

Clearly, these are ominous projections. So, can we expect the incoming Trump administration to retain this data? NASA might be even more directly under the presidential thumb, as the agency administrator reports directly to the president. In contrast to the NOAA, there is no parent department above NASA.

And then, there will be the ordinary news that we can well suspect may no longer be accessible after the Trump appointees make their imprint on vital agencies. So expect stories such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's "U.S. Winter Outlook predicts warmer, drier South and cooler, wetter North" to vanish. Yep, anticipate reaching the frustrating 404 message after you do your Google searches.

There are some sites which might fall lower on the risk scale. That is, they might survive the Trump administration. For example, consider the already very short-term oriented Climate Prediction page of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with a 6 to 14 day horizon. Actually, for the record, already the U.S. Hazards Assessment page leads to a 404 page. The non-controversy igniting Monthly and Seasonal Outlook page showing temperature and precipitation is still available.

Yet, consider that the structure of the agencies might imperil them. The NOAA is under the supervision of the Department of Commerce (soon to be under the direction of Secretary Wilbur Ross). Consider the interests of businessmen. You can imagine that the DoC under Trump would have so much more impetus to press an anti-climate change position than a mere environmental supervising department.

Friday, December 30, 2016

2016, the Horror Movie That We're Living Through

Prince, David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Muhammad Ali, Leonard Cohen, Gwen Ifill, George Michael, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds dying.

And the Trump election.

An excellent video on 2016 as a horror film.

2016: The Movie (Trailer) -- the horror movie we're living through

Monday, November 21, 2016

Blue Over Healthcare and Trump Nightmares? --- Canada's Invasion Plans vs. the US -- If You'd Believe the Post

The Canadian Invasion can't come soon enough! Liberate us from outrageously expensive private healthcare, liberate us from Donald Trump.

The New York Post posted a review of sorts a year ago of a book on Canadian and U.S. plans to invade each other during different parts of the Nineteenth Century.

The secret Canadian plan to invade the US


The Post's story draws mainly from Kevin Lippert's "entertaining new history" “War Plan Red.”

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Pictures That Trump Would Rather Keep Secret

Donald Trump was embarrassed by these photos and unsuccessfully tried to suppress them.

Pictures That Trump Would Rather Keep Secret