Thursday, July 05, 2018

Remember, it's summer


BULLY BOY PRESS &   CEDRIC'S BIG MIX   -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

CRIES OF END ICE ARE GOING OUT AT REGULAR INTERVALS.

 
WE DIDN’T CALL HER BUT FORMER CHILD ACTRESS ALYSSA MILANO CALLED US AND EXPLAINED SHE WANTED TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE “I REALLY NEED THE PUBLICITY IF I’M EVER GOING TO HAVE A CAREER AGAIN.  SO HERE’S MY TAKE ON ABOLISH ICE: NO.  NO, DON’T DO IT.  NOT NOW, WHEN IT’S SUMMER AND PEOPLE ARE THIRSTY AND WANT A COLD DRINK.  MAYBE AFTER AWHILE WHEN WINTER’S CLOSER, WE CAN RETHINK IT BUT RIGHT NOW AMERICA NEEDS TO FILL EVERY ICE TRAY IT HAS.”
 

WHEN WE THANKED HER FOR CALLING, MILANO CLOSED WITH, “REMEMBER, I’M NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE. I’M WHO’S THE BOSS CLASS OF 1992.”



FROM THE TCI WIRE:


Returning to the topic of the drought in Iraq,  Philip Issa (AP) reports:
Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of abating.
Citing high temperatures and insufficient rains, Dhafer Abdalla, an adviser to Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources, told The Associated Press that the country has only enough water to irrigate half its farmland this summer.


But farmers fault the government for failing to modernize how it manages water and irrigation, and they blame neighboring Turkey for stopping up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers behind dams it wants to keep building.


A water shortage in the summer?  It's been a 118 degrees Fahrenheit day for Iraq today.  And they suffer a water shortage.

The water issue is not a new one.  So why didn't Hayder al-Abadi do anything over the last four years as prime minister to address the issue?  Last February, some were sure that a hard summer would be avoidable due to some heavy rains that had fallen.  Now that notion is so outrageous that we'll be kind and not name the non-Iraqi outlets that pimped that lie.

The big lie, of course, is that voting helps Iraq.  Over and over, Iraq's prime ministers do nothing.  The problems are known.  They are identified.  Then four years fly by and nothing has been done.  Over and over this happens.  Starting to grasp why so few bothered to vote last May?



 2 hours ago
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How does this happen?

As Patrick Cockburn observes, this is a human-made drought.

It did not happen overnight.

Nor was it a surprise.


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Sunday, July 01, 2018

Guess who's retiring

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THIRTEEN YEARS AFTER AMERICA STOPPED CARING EVEN A LITTLE, SHERYL CROW HAS ANNOUNCED SHE'S RETIRING FROM RECORDING . . . AFTER SHE RECORDS AN ALBUM NEXT YEAR.

THE FORMER BEARD FOR MICHAEL JACKSON LAST HIT THE TOP 40 CHARTS BY HERSELF IN 2003 ("THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST") AND HER LAST HIT ALBUM WAS IN 2005.

FADED CHILD ACTRESS AND SOCIAL CRITIC ALYSSA MILANO OBSERVED THE SOLEMN MOMENT BY NOTING THAT HER FAVORITE SHERYL CROW "SONGS ARE 'FOOLISH GAMES,' 'AT SEVENTEEN' AND 'ELECTRIC YOUTH.'  SHERYL AND HER SONGS CHANGED MY LIFE."



FROM THE TCI WIRE:


An issue that's largely gone unaddressed would be the huge number of executions in Iraq since the 2003-invasion -- official government carried out executions.  Amnesty International has paid attention and they've found Iraq in the top three each year when it comes to most executions officially carried out.


 18 hours ago
Iraq PM calls for 'immediate' execution of all 'terrorists' on death row
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Executions are moving even faster in Iraq.  Doubt it?  BBC NEWS reported this morning, "raq has executed at least 12 people convicted of terrorism offences."  AP had also gone with 12 but quickly had to up it to 13 and noted, "Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is facing fresh questions over gaps in security after bodies of eight policemen and members of a pro-government Shiite militia were found on the side of a highway north of Baghdad this week. The eight were believed to have been abducted by Islamic State militants earlier this month." (Picking up a thread from earlier this week, we've never claimed that ISIS was defeated, unlike various news outlets.  Donald Trump supporters are correct that if a news outlet is claiming ISIS has been defeated, that would be a victory credited to Donald Trump.  If we believe ISIS had been defeated, we would have given Donald credit.  But it's not defeated.)


 15 minutes ago
Corrupted Government . Corrupted Justice Department . Fake election Results . And still have executions in this Country .




Iraq's legal system remains a joke.  Trials take mere minutes.  There are few who receive even adequate defense.  Evidence is not required for a conviction.  Women whose 'crime' consists of being married to a member of ISIS or someone suspected of being a member of ISIS can be imprisoned and sentenced to death.

Charges -- related to ISIS or otherwise -- are often based on personal grudges and not actual events.  The whole system is a mess.





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Sunday, June 17, 2018

How many fingers can he point at everyone else?


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SETH MACFARLANE SAYS HE'S EMBARRASSED TO WORK FOR FOX.

WE HAVE TO ASSUME IT'S DUE TO FAMILY GUY AIRING AIDS 'JOKES,' HAVING BRIAN BE A RACIST DOG (WHO BARKS AT AFRICAN-AMERICANS), MAKING 'JOKES' ABOUT PEDOPHILIA WITH THE CREEPY NEIGHBOR, PLOT LINES WHERE THE DOG BRIAN WANTS TO SLEEP WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL, QUAGMIRE DRUGGING A WOMAN AND ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HER BACK TO HIS PLACE AFTER WHILE FILMING A  REALITY SHOW, . . .

OOPS TURNS OUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A STATEMENT TUCKER CARSON MADE ON FOX NEWS.


FAILED ADULT ACTRESS ALYSSA MILANO CHIMED IN AND ASKED THAT WE QUOTE HER ON THE FAMILY GUY TOPICS.

 Jun 13
I can’t even imagine this kind of cruelty.


FROM THE TCI WIRE:


Over a year before (April 2013), we'd offered "Seamless transition? Shinseki wasted the last four years."  There was no excuse for it.  Leon Panetta, as DoD Secretary, told Shinseki he'd agree with whatever worked.  He was all for stating it.  Shinseki was the hold up.

Later when Barack met with Hagel and Shinseki, the understanding was that the issue would immediately move forward.  It didn't.  A year later, Shinseki finally resigned.


All this time later, the EHR still isn't a reality.

The foot dragging was bad in 2013 when it effected a smaller number of veterans.  Now it's effecitng a lot more.  Each year, in fact, the number effected increases.  I can go back to 2006 with Congress asking the VA and DoD to get this implemented.  That's 12 years ago and there's still no EHR.  This is a scandal and the only bigger scandal on this topic would be the refusal of the press to seriously cover it.

Dropping back to last Thursday's hearing . . .

 US House Rep Mark Takano: Dr. [Ralph] Erickson, last month, as you know, the VA entered into a contract with Cerner to support its efforts to modernize its electronic health records system.  With the development of a system where VA and DoD may share -- while -- while the development of a system where VA and DoD may share electronic health recordfs will directly increase the quality of and access to healthcare for veterans, it will also significantly improve the healthcare solutions as it will allow for the mining and analyzing of date on a much larger scale.  The impact this type of date is likely to have on VA's research arm will be incredible.





It would be, if it ever happened.  It would be able to pin point health clusters and issues that were developing and had developed.  But, for that to happen, the EHR would have to be implemented and you can't implement something when, as Erickson noted, it is still "under development."


Again, this is a serious issue and it's one we've covered for years.  It would be really great if this issue -- that everyone agrees is needed -- could be resolved and the EHR could be implemented.  Maybe someday.



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Friday, June 15, 2018

Just reading about it made me depressed

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A NEW STUDY FINDS TEENAGERS ARE DOING LESS DRUGS AND HAVING LESS SEX.
   
 
THE CENTER OF DISEASE CONTROL IS SURPRISED BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THE SAME TEENAGERS ARE MORE DEPRESSED.
 
LESS SEX AND DRUGS, GREATER DEPRESSION – WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED?
 
REACHED FOR COMMENT, FAILED ADULT ACTRESS ALYSSA MILANO DECLARED, “AS A FORMER TEEN I CHASED ALL MY BLUES AWAY WITH TEEN STEAM.  I HIGHLY RECOMMEND MY VIDEO WORK OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE DEPRESSED OR JUST CRAZY BUT ESPECIALLY FOR SOBER VIRGINS – I KNOW HOW AWFUL THAT CAN BE.” 

  


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At the end of last week, the big news should have been about the Defense Dept refusing to attend a Congressional hearing on burn pits.  VA's presence was requested and they attended.  DoD's presence was requested but they didn't attend and numerous Committee members commented on the no-show.

At THIRD, we offered "Hold Trump accountable for his Defense Department."

It should have been a major media story but the media doesn't appear to care about US veterans.  Oh, they'll offer up empty slogans but they don't really want to report.

Which is how one of the biggest scandals continues to take place with no media coverage.

I said we'd return to the House hearing and here it is.

US House Rep Julia Brownley:  Furthermore, until a fully operative integrated electric health record system is set up between the two agencies, VA will continue to be beholden to DoD's willingness to cooperate.

What's she talking about?


The EHR.

It's an important tool.  VA House Committee Chair Phil Roe noted in the hearing, "I think we have an opportunity to watch a population throught its life."

Yes, it is a wonderful tool, one that could help countless veterans.

Could.

"I hope we do it right," Roe added.

He has to hope that because it is still not a reality.

When we first started attending the VA hearings in Congress and reporting on them here, Bully Boy Bush occupied the White House.  And back then, an EHR -- electronic health record -- was going to happen -- Congress and the White House were going to make sure.

Then, a few years later, Barack Obama was elected president.  During the campaign, one of the things he spoke of was the need for the EHR.

The EHR, you may remember, was a medical record that would start with a service member's induction into the military.  It would follow the service member throughout their time in the military.  Once they left the military, it would follow them through the VA.

Former US House Rep John Hall was among the members of Congress who understood that an EHR would be very helpful to veterans.  Not only would an EHR prvent medical records from being lost, it would also allow a veteran to get a full disability rating much easier.  There would be no struggle to go back and get records and testimony on what happened ten years ago in spot X.  You'd have it on your EHR and you would get your full disability rating, not a partial one based upon what paperwork you (the veteran) could provide or find years after the incident.

On the campaign trail, then-Senator Barack spoke of the importance of this and how it would be easy to do.

So, explain it to us, how did Barack spend two terms in the White House and leave without the ERH being implemented?

And where was the press?

I know where we were.  Check the archives, we called out this failure to implement the EHR repeatedly -- year after year -- right here.

Money was being spent on this effort -- US tax dollars -- and it wasn't happening.



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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Einstein Tweets racism!

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IN A MOVE THAT HAS SHOCKED THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, ABC HAS CANCELLED IT'S TOP RATED SITCOM "ALBERT" DUE TO THE RACIST TWEETS BY SERIES STAR ALBERT EINSTEIN.


FORMER ACTRESS ALYSSA MILANO EXPLAINS, "HE CALLED THE CHINESE QUOTE 'INDUSTRIOUS, FILTHY, OBTUSE PEOPLE.'  PEOPLE!  AS IN 'YOU PEOPLE!'  CLEARLY ALBERT EINSTEIN MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED ON TV AGAIN."




Now, the top vote getter, Moqtada, has teamed with Hadi al-Ameri whose bloc got the second most seats in Parliament.


First, this move brings Moqtada very close to the 163 seats in Parliament needed to form a government.  By merging with Hadi al-Ameri, there is a combined 111 seats.  52 more seats are needed and that should not be too difficult to pick up.

Moqtada, from April and May of 2011, has political allies in leadership posts of many other blocs.  This would include the KDP (Massoud Barzani) which won 25 seats.  If he were to grab those, the PUK -- which has close links with the Iranian government -- would probably strongly 'suggest' that Jalal Talabani's PUK join with Moqtada as well.  They have 18 seats so that would bring Moqtada even closer to the 163.  (154 would be the total if both the KDP and PUK joined with Moqtada.)  (And the KDP is close with Iran as well.  But the PUK especially owes Iran after the backing and cover the Iranian government provided the Talabanis during the 18 months when Jalal Talabani was unable to speak or move but the Iranian government helped stifle efforts to call for Jalal to be removed from the office of president despite the fact that he could not carry his duties.)

Moqtada's other political allies include Shi'ite Ayad Allawi and Ammar al-Hakim.  Only one need join him and he's reached the 163 mark.

The whole point of the recount calls, for the US government, was to stop Moqtada from becoming a king-maker.  (Moqtada cannot become prime minister of Iraq himself.  He did not run for Parliament.  The prime minister has to be a member of Parliament.)  They griped about Iranian control and other issues.  (Violence was not one of the US government's issues but it never is, is it?  Gripes about Moqtada's refusal to go along with the invasion of his country came chiefly from US veterans.)

So Brett McGurk and US Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman worked very hard to rally support for various plans to wrest control from Moqtada.  That this has been very hard work is evident by the fact that Brett's hairline has crept further back -- and this is a man who had no hair left to lose -- not from the top of his head.


Moqtada read the room and knew what had to be done, team with Hadi al-Ameri.

This has two major results.

The first result is that talk of recounts and revotes -- unconstitutional moves both (per Iraq's Constitution) -- is now even harder to sell.  Had the US government been able to build an alliance with Hadi and Hayder al-Abadi, they might have been able to sell a recount or revote.  They would have had one of the top two winners (Hadi) calling for the move so it wouldn't have just played like the sour grapes of the losers like Hayder.  By teaming with Hadi, Moqtada has presented a united front and the US government better have a plan B because plan A just went up in flames.

The second result?  Brett never was very smart, was he.  He was good looking back when he had a full head of hair.  But pretty is never enough.  The plan Brett has been in charge of didn't just fail today.

Failure would be bad enough.

But this is worse.

Brett's efforts to secure Hayder al-Abadi a second term as prime minister resulted in the teaming of Moqtada and Hadi.  The two had issues and would not have naturally come together.  But now they have.  And grasp this, because the State Dept's already mainlining Tums this morning, Brett's efforts have united the two largest groups calling for all US troops out of Iraq.

And that's the nicest interpretation.


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