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Trump's cybersecurity team members resign in protest

by Kathleen

Aug 29, 2017

More resignations,

"citing several reasons for leaving, including President Donald Trump's controversial response to the riots in Charlottesville that were sparked by white supremacists; Trump's decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate deal; and his "insufficient attention" to possible cyber threats posed to American infrastru...See More

Over a quarter of the members on Trump's cybersecurity advisory council have resigned en masse

The resignation cited several reasons, including Trump's "insufficient attention" to cyber threats against American infrastructure, including election systems.

Business Insider | businessinsider.com

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Watch the Felix Sater connection

by Chalky

Aug 28, 2017

"A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, that he said would help Mr. Trump win the presidency.

The business associate, Felix Sater, wrote a series of emails to Mr. Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, in which he boasted about his ties to ...See More

Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal âWill Get Donald Electedâ

Emails show that Felix Sater promised to get Vladimir Putinâs support for a Trump Tower in Moscow. âOur boy can become president,â he wrote.

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Chalky http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/is-felix-sater-a-channel-of-trump-collusion-with-russia.html

"What all three channels have in common is documented proof that officials working for Trump had an utterly blase attitude about soliciting Russian cooperation for the Trump campaign. When promised Russian-produced dirt on Hillary Clin...See More

Aug 28, 2017

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Chalky https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-attorney-says-they-discussed-moscow-tower-deal-during-campaign-1503955486

"Michael Cohen, an attorney for the Trump Organization, discussed a prospective real-estate deal in Moscow with Donald Trump on three occasions during the presidential campaign, Mr. Cohen said in an interview with The Wall Street Jo...See More

Aug 28, 2017

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Climate Change and Texas Flooding!

by T.E.C. - Iowa

Aug 28, 2017

If you are wondering the role of climate change in the Texas flooding the estimate is, if Harvey dumps 4 feet of water on the Houston area in 2017, research suggests it would only have dumped 2.64 feet of rain if it had arisen in the 1749 hurricane season." (1749, because CO2 was at the pre-industrial level of 270 ppm rather than 407 ppm!)

...See MoreIf you are wondering the role of climate change in the Texas flooding the estimate is, if Harvey dumps 4 feet of water on the Houston area in 2017, research suggests it would only have dumped 2.64 feet of rain if it had arisen in the 1749 hurricane season." (1749, because CO2 was at the pre-industrial level of 270 ppm rather than 407 ppm!)

Yet, not a peep from the news media - be it the major networks or the weather channel. If the following are not discussed at some point we have become a people who gets their butt kicked and never asks, "Why did that happen?"

The cause of the extra rain from Climatologist Michael Mann!

1. Sea level rise attributable to climate change - some of which is due to coastal subsidence caused by human disturbance such as oil drilling - is more than half a foot (15cm) over the past few decades.

2. The Clausius-Clapeyron equation tells us there is a roughly 3% increase in average atmospheric moisture content for each 0.5C of warming. Sea surface temperatures in the area where Harvey intensified were 0.5-1C warmer than current-day average temperatures. That means 3-5% more moisture in the atmosphere.

3. Not only are the surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico unusually warm right now, but there is a deep layer of warm water that Harvey was able to feed upon when it intensified at near record pace as it neared the coast. Human-caused warming is penetrating down into the ocean.

4. The stalling is due to very weak prevailing winds, which are failing to steer the storm off to sea, allowing it to spin around and wobble back and forth. This pattern, in turn, is associated with a greatly expanded subtropical high pressure system over much of the US at the moment, with the jet stream pushed well to the north. This pattern of subtropical expansion is predicted in model simulations of human-caused climate change.

5. There is more!

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/harvey-goes-82517.jpg?itok=bHeSudoa

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"Birthers" stick together

by Chalky

Aug 26, 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-asked-sessions-about-closing-case-against-arpaio-an-ally-since-birtherism/2017/08/26/15e5d7b2-8a7f-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html

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Former Senator John Danforth

by Chalky

Aug 24, 2017

"...he is the most divisive president in our history. There hasn't been a more divisive person in national politics since George Wallace."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/trump-is-exactly-what-republicans-are-not/2017/08/24/9909a320-8832-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html

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The End of Capitalism as We Know It!

by T.E.C. - Iowa

Aug 24, 2017

I have written that the invention of a robot like "Data" of Star Trek would mean no one has a job and the guy who owns the robots owns everything. Data may be futuristic, but the idea is not.

In the article, "Robotic sewing gets big investment, could transform industry", we find that the Tianyuan Garments Co. of Suzhou, China is building a...See More

Robotic sewing gets big investment, could transform industry

Completely automated, robotic sewing systems could revolutionize multiple industries.

Woodworking Network | woodworkingnetwork.com

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40,000 documents about Trump dossier...

by Chalky

Aug 23, 2017

...submitted to Senate Judiciary Committee.

That might explain the major POTUS meltdown in Phoenix.

This is going to get messy.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/22/trump-dossier-figure-questioned-behind-closed-doors-on-capitol-hill.html

Trump dossier figure questioned behind closed doors on Capitol Hill

The head of the firm behind the infamous anti-Trump dossier was interviewed for hours behind closed doors Tuesday on Capitol Hill, sources confirmed to Fox News.

Fox News | foxnews.com

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Chalky Those 40,000 documents may be a gold mine for the intelligence community and Robert Mueller.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-trump-dossier-documents-likely-to-advance-russia-probe-1031202372000

Aug 23, 2017

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Bob R/CA the deliverance won't come from a GOP-controlled capitol hill, it will have to come from a federal courthouse. Help us obi wan mueller, you're our only hope....

Aug 23, 2017

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