Trump admin separating migrant from relatives
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Posted:Jul 1, 2019 10:31 am
Last Updated:Jul 8, 2019 2:16 pm
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Reports show the Trump admin is again separating from relatives at the Mexico border. Remember this at voting time...
A year ago, when Donald Trump was separating migrant from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border, we rose up and forced Trump to end the policy.
But now, largely through lawyers at the border, we've learned that the Trump administration is again illegally separating from their families and detaining them in the most inhumane conditions—putting them in cages, forcing them to sleep on concrete floors, and leaving them hungry, alone, and terrified, without even soap or toothbrushes.
A -year-old girl told one of the lawyers that there's nothing to do but cry.
An 8-year old boy told a lawyer, "They took us away from our grandmother, and now we are all alone. They have not given us to our mother. We have been here for a long time. I have to take care of my little sister. She is very sad because she misses our mother and grandmother very much … We sleep on a cement bench. There are two mats in the room, but the big sleep on the mats, so we have to sleep on the cement bench."
A -year old boy said, "At Ursula [detention center], we have not been able to shower. The toilet is out in the open in the cage; there is no door for any privacy. There is water but no soap to wash our hands. There are no paper towels to dry our hands. We have not been given a toothbrush or toothpaste to brush our teeth."
A -year-old girl at one of the camps told a lawyer, "We are in a metal cage with 20 other teenagers, with babies and young . We have one mat we need to share with each other. It is very cold. We each got a mylar blanket, but it is not enough to warm up. ... The lights are [on] all of the time."
Most of these have family, including parents, in the United States. But the Trump administration is taking them away from family and classifying them as "unaccompanied minors."
A lawyer who is part of the teams interviewing at the camps explained, "There were at this facility who came across with parents and were separated from parents. There were other at the facility who came across with other adult family members. We met almost no who came across unaccompanied. The United States is taking away from their family unit and reclassifying them as unaccompanied ."
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fix heart break
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Posted:Jul 1, 2019 5:51 am
Last Updated:Jul 1, 2019 11:21 am
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Everyone will experience heartbreak during their lives, but some break-ups are more serious than others. For example, discovering that your long-term partner is leading a double life can cause severe trauma. To counter that, Alain Brunet, a psychologist who has studied PTSD for decades, has developed a therapy to heal what he calls “romantic betrayal”.
In his lab at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, Brunet studies victims of “romantic betrayals” using reconsolidation therapy, a method combining medical treatment and therapy sessions. And it works: 70 to 84 per cent of the participants in a study Brunet concluded in November 2018 have experienced relief following their post-break-up stress.
“We don’t treat the symptoms, we treat the memory,” Brunet says his method is even better than fiction: “Because you don’t forget your memory – who would want to forget their love story?” Instead, the therapy “re-consolidates” the memory by removing the trauma from it.
An hour before a therapy session, the patient is given a dose – between 50mg and 80mg – of a beta-blocker called propranolol, and is asked to write a summary of the traumatic experience, following a strict format: a first-person text in the present tense that describes at least five physical sensations felt at the time of the event. By reading the summary out loud, the patient “reactivates” the memory, and does so over four to six weekly session, under the influence of propranolol. At every reading, the memory is “recorded again” while the drug suppresses the pain it contains. By the end of the therapy, patients tell Brunet that skimming through the text feels like “reading a novel” – the story is there, but the pain is gone.
Brunet stresses that, if not complemented by therapy, propranolol is ineffective. “The pill or the session alone will not work,” he says.
Brunet originally developed reconsolidation therapy to help survivors of violent attacks recover from PTSD. He was studying psychology at Montréal University in 1989, when a fellow student shot 14 people on campus. Brunet wasn’t present at the scene, but he helped to deliver psychological care to survivors – an experience that deeply marked him, he says. In November 2015, after years of research, Brunet had just received conclusive results on the efficacy of reconsolidation therapy when Paris was shaken by a series of terror attacks that claimed 130 lives. He set up Paris MEM, a programme geared towards volunteer survivors struggling with trauma, where he applied his therapy for the first time. Brunet trained 200 doctors in 20 hospitals across France, and so far 400 patients have been treated.
On heartbroken patients, Brunet says, his therapy “works admirably well, even better than on patients with PTSD”. His study focused on 60 people aged from 30 to 60 who had suffered a grave romantic betrayal, such as being harassed by a former partner or being abandoned overnight. Healing that type of traumas can be as difficult as treating violence-induced PTSD, Brunet says: “Greek tragedies have been written about it. It’s not a banal incident. People often cite a breakup or a divorce as their worst life experience.”
His reconsolidation therapy could be applied to other pathologies stemming from painful memories: prolonged grief, event-based phobias (such as a people becoming terrorised of dogs after being bitten), even some eating disorders or bouts of depression, if they can be sourced from a precise memory. “This will change psychiatry care,” he says.
Yet Brunet is struggling to commercialise his method; the pharmaceutical industry has shown no interest, as propranolol is no longer patented. Instead, he’s giving talks and training doctors in France and in Canada, and is planning a new study in his Montréal lab to further improve the therapy protocol. Brunet is certain of one thing: “People don’t want to erase their memory. They want to move on.”
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Handyman
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Posted:Jul 1, 2019 5:46 am
Last Updated:May 9, 2024 6:31 am
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Hey girls, gather round
Listen to what I'm putting down
Hey baby, I'm your handy man
I'm not the kind to use a pencil or rule
I'm handy with love and I'm no fool
I fix broken hearts, I know that I truly can
If your broken heart should need repair
Then I am the man to see
I whisper sweet things
You tell all your friends
They'll come running to me
Here is the main thing that I want to say
I'm busy 24 hours a day
I fix broken hearts
I know that I truly can
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Healthcare for all
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Posted:Jun 29, 2019 1:33 pm
Last Updated:Jul 2, 2019 8:44 am
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Our health care system in the U.S. costs twice as much as other countries and has worse outcomes on average. We need to change. Many are driven to bankruptcy by medical costs and expensive drugs even with insurance. Deductibles, copays and other costs are out of control.
We need to get to Medicare for all, that costs much less and works well. We can intro it for the 55 to 65 year olds and let people choose to move over to single payer health care. If poor countries in Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia can do it, the U.S. can. We need to stop giving billions to health insurance companies and drug companies that suck money from the health system.
Employers can pay half as much to get better care with Medicare for all. Let the unions keep their better insurance but they will come around eventually.
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torturing
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Posted:Jun 29, 2019 1:13 pm
Last Updated:Jul 2, 2019 8:44 am
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The Trump admin is now all in on torturing to try to deter asylum seekers from Central America. This home made crisis is disgusting. The Flores case said could not be held more than 20 days in detention. Trump is violating that rule.
The case also ruled that were to be kept in safe and sanitary conditions. Another area violated. have to sleep on concrete, the lights are kept on and they have no access to showers, toothbrushes and toothpaste, soap and water. Infants do not have diapers and little ones are caring for babies. This amounts to torture in the U.S.
The prior rule needs to reinstated. Place the minors with family, friends or foster parents until their claims for asylum can be heard. Catch and release is the normal rule for those asylum seekers who are not criminals, insane or dangerous.
torture is not an American value.
We need a new president and new thinking or we lose our souls and our honor.
Seven or more have died in U.S. custody under Trump. None died with Obama.
If the facts do not outrage you then you do not understand the situation.
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Eliz Warren
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Posted:Jun 27, 2019 5:56 am
Last Updated:Jun 29, 2019 1:04 pm
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Liz Warren was the star of the first Democratic debate on Wed. She was smart, clear and effective. Her economic message resonated. She would make a great leader and president.
Of course any Democrat would be better than Trump. Warren has a much better style than Hilary Clinton, but can Warren escape the fear of misogyny? Will women vote for a woman to be president?
Julian Castro was also impressive and intelligent. Cory Booker had some moments too. Amy Klobuchar is also effective and reasonable. Only one can be the nominee but there is a need for good cabinet ministers and those jobs are important. The bad example of Trump's fools has shown the problem to be a serious one.
The quality of the Democrats inspires hope for the future if we can survive another 1.5 years of Trump. Trump is so bad he makes anyone else look good.
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Pillow princess?
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Posted:Jun 23, 2019 12:50 pm
Last Updated:Jun 26, 2019 3:00 pm
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I have met a passive female who does nothing but lay down and expect all the energy from the guy. Not my idea of fun. I don't understand why star fish expects others to pamper them and they do nothing for their partner. Why be so selfish? Why not help out some? I do not see the attraction for the partner... Masturbation sounds better than this one sided form of sex.
Please explain the point I am missing...
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Hostage taking
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Posted:Jun 23, 2019 12:40 pm
Last Updated:Jul 1, 2019 10:38 am
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Trump was threatening millions of deportations, but is on hold for two weeks as he demands Congress change the asylum laws or he starts deporting in two weeks. Normal Presidents don't take immigrants hostage to get the laws to change. Coercion does not work long term with adults or even these days.
Congress is a coequal branch of the Federal government now the Democrats control the House of Reps. Trump needs to learn what "compromise" means. He can look it up or have someone explain it to him with a picture book.
Trump is an ass. Some like ass but not this type I assume. Toying with people's lives is not nice. Trump never claimed to be nice. Right for once on something.
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2017 GOP tax cut
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Posted:Jun 19, 2019 11:28 am
Last Updated:Jun 22, 2019 2:22 pm
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If you did not get a cut when the Federal taxes were cut in 2017, you are not alone.
Remember those one-time bonuses some big companies announced at the start of 2018, when a large corporate tax cut went into effect? They added up to $28 per American worker.
Other aspects of the Trump tax cuts were barely more generous to ordinary workers in 2018, according to new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. The law slashed the average corporate tax rate companies actually pay by 48%, while cutting the average rate for individuals by just 4%. The tax cuts had a minimal impact on GDP growth last year, and overall incomes rose just 2% when adjusted for inflation.
“On the whole,” CRS found, “the growth effects [of the tax cuts] tend to show a relatively small (if any) first-year effect on the economy.”
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed at the end of 2017, cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, while lowering the marginal tax rates most individuals pay. It also changed the way taxpayers itemize deductions, including the controversial new cap of $10,000 on the deductibility of state and local taxes. The overall cost will be about $1.5 trillion in foregone federal revenue through 2027, with annual deficits already soaring toward $1 trillion.
About two-thirds of Americans got a tax cut in 2018, but most of the gains went to the highest earners. That’s partly because they pay the most in taxes. The law, which passed with only Republican votes, could have kept the top brackets intact instead of lowering them, while directing larger tax cuts toward the middle class. But it didn’t, with the bill’s backers arguing more money in the wallets of the wealthy would stimulate spending and growth. Many economists dispute such “trickle-down” theory, and the CRS report finds no such stimulus in 2018.
There was broad agreement that the top U.S. corporate rate of 35% was too high, since it’s much lower in other developed countries. But it probably didn’t need to go as low as 21%. White House economists said lowering the corporate rate to that level would eventually boost household incomes by $4,000 to $9,000 per year. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other Republicans argued the tax cuts would generate so much growth and new tax revenue that they’d pay for themselves. There’s no sign either of those things is happening.
The biggest effect of the tax cut in its first year was a record-breaking surge in corporate stock buybacks. Public companies repurchased $806 billion worth of shares in 2018, 55% more than the year before. Buybacks could go even higher this year. There’s nothing inherently wrong with buybacks, but nobody touted the Trump tax cuts as a needed buyback stimulator.
Companies buy back shares when they think it’s a better use of capital than spending it on equipment purchases or research and development or new investments. That doesn’t mean corporate investing has stopped. Nonresidential fixed investment grew 7% in 2018, which sounds good. But it’s not a notable increase from prior years; other factors explain some or most of it. “It would be premature to conclude that the higher rate of growth of nonresidential fixed investment was due to the tax changes,” CRS found.
Wages picked up in 2019, but there’s little evidence companies are passing tax savings along to their employees. About 1,900 companies announced one-time bonuses related to the tax cuts last year, according to Americans for Tax Fairness. In total, they committed about $4.4 billion to bonuses for about 5.4 million workers, or about $815 per worker. That’s real money, but not enough to change the picture nationally. When averaged across the entire U.S. workforce, the bonuses were only $28. One-time bonuses can work against workers if they come in lieu of annual raises, since they don’t boost base pay or compound future earnings.
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Two term limit for president
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Posted:Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am
Last Updated:Jun 19, 2019 11:26 am
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Amendment XXII
Two-Term Limit on Presidency
Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951
Section 1
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Trump wants to stay for life, but this Amendment says no...
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Upgrading electronics.
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Posted:Jun 16, 2019 8:42 pm
Last Updated:May 9, 2024 6:31 am
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The audio video world keeps evolving. I got a new 32 inch Roku tv for the guest bedroom. It is designed stream various free and premium services. Amazing how much content there is there. This tv set is 80p which is not the best as 4K is around, but not needed for 32" set. The speakers are too small and in the back so a sound bar is the next step, from Bose for $0.
There is 8K on the horizon and speaker systems with subwoofers.... But that is overkill for a bedroom not used often.
No wonder people are not having sex often with all the phones, games, computer, tv and movies watch...
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Jimi Hendrix
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Posted:Jun 16, 2019 8:35 pm
Last Updated:Jun 23, 2019 4:54 am
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Many believe Jimi Hendrix was the greatest guitar player ever. I do.
Just watched the documentary about his life and career in a movie called Jimi Hendrix Voodoo . If you like wild rock this is a real treat.
Sad that he died in 1970 at age 28. He was smart and had a great creative spirit too.
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Another low
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Posted:Jun 15, 2019 1:48 pm
Last Updated:Jun 17, 2019 6:57 am
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Just when you think the Trump cannot go lower, he does. Now Trump says he see nothing wrong with getting opposition dirt on competitors from Russia or other foreign sources. He would not report them to the FBI. In other words what he did in 20.
Trump does not realize that part of the problem is when a foreign person does you a favor you owe a favor in return. Or can be compromised in the duty of loyalty to the U.S.
The only other problem is that foreign help is illegal. Dirt has a value and getting valuable assistance from foreign sources is illegal, so says the FEC chair and anyone who can read the law.
Democrats and some Repubs made a chorus of opposing the illegal Trump claim. More Democrats want to impeach the ass.
Why does Trump keep saying so many untrue and illegal things? Because his base loves this shit that outrages the left wing and the normal folk. Trump is entertaining in his idiocy.
If you vote in a disruptor and reality tv celeb, what do you expect to happen? You get a fool who says stuff, who brings chaos and provides some comic relief. I doubt the Senate Repubs will remove Trump, so we just need to his sorry ass to the curb in the 2020 election. If we do not then we deserve the result and can kiss democracy goodbye for a while.... I would like to see Trump in prison for tax and bank fraud. Lock him up...
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