Congress Returns to DC

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But will they be able to move forward? The highest-paid group of public servants has so far managed to perfect the phrase government inaction and is returning to work. The question Americans should be asking is what are you going to do for me this time around?

After a lengthy vacation, US Congress is finally back in session and there is much to digest on the collective plate.

Guns: After a few high-profile mass shootings since they left for recess.

Who Was Coming To Dinner?

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How will Americans respond to Trump inviting Taliban leaders to Camp David during the upcoming primaries and general elections and why from a man who refused to serve in the military after so many have died post-9/11? Has POTUS crossed the line in his most shameful act as president?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that President Trump ended peace negotiations with the Taliban because the group had “failed to live up to a series of the commitments, they had made.”

From USA Propaganda To NPR

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National Public Radio has another leader following years of internal turmoil and controversy. The latest NPR chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable TV executive who for the past few years served as the topper for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, a federally funded foreign policy broadcast organization which is behind Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and my old alma matter Radio and TV Martí, where I was recruited to serve as GM-15/10 for the administration of President George HW Bush.

Hair Today More Tomorrow

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The latest trend appears to be letting the hair grow all over the body whether it is up high or really low. As a hairy person, all I can say is my body hair has protected me from insects bites and other unwanted sights and symptoms like sunburned days and nights.

Social Security Fraud

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If you are one of many Americans who like me, friends and neighbors have been receiving so-called Robocalls claiming to be from Social Security, do yourself a real favor and do not engage with these crooks, or call them back.

Public safety officials are warning the public’s that If you receive a call from someone claiming to represent the Social Security Administration, it's wise to be wary.

2020 Democratic Elections

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Does America long for a day when every vote counts and for majority rule to be the law of the land? Do We The People want our Democratic elections protected from the foreign intervention? If so, say so the best thing to do now is to speak up before it is too late.

Is the Grand Old Party involved in a criminal enterprise? Will Americans allow The Republicans to turn the US into a Banana Republic?

Trump Administration Broke US Law

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The US Government Accountability Office known as GAO has concluded that the US Interior Department and National Park Service violated the AntiDeficiency Act and the purpose statute by using funds from US Congress to pay government workers to clean park bathrooms and maintain sites when the federal government was shuttered during the record-long shutdown.

Anti-Asylum Legislation

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Do you support or oppose the Bill? Let your US Representative know how you feel - https://deargovernment.info/

S. 1494, the Secure and Protect Act of 2019 does not resolve the current humanitarian crisis at the border; instead, it would foreclose lifesaving protection and subject children as young as toddlers to prolonged and harmful incarceration. Even worse, the bill fails to address the root causes of the problems leading so many to flee in the first instance.

Ron For Your Life

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Nowhere to ron, or ron for your life, in fact, any other popular upbeat songs you may happen recall. To many locals, he is considered the Island’s emperor of images, a loyal friend and trusted colleague. There a few reasons why the most popular septuagenarian living on City Island, A Slice of New York City Paradise, would feel compelled to keep running his art gallery after all these years. The answer captured in one word. Desire, Ganas, 欲望... etc.

Cock-a-Doodle Don't

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According to @Springer Publications, a 76-year-old woman In Australia was the victim of a fatal rooster attack by her domestic animal on her rural property while collecting eggs. https://www.springer.com/

The bird pecked her lower left leg causing significant hemorrhage with collapse and death. The decedent’s past medical history included treated hypertension, hyperlipidemia, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and varicose veins.