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June 5, 2018
Dear Friends:

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          In this newsletter is:

1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018
2. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) Slouching Toward World War III: Big Power Rivalry On The Arabian Peninsula
          b) Organic Genetically Modified Organisms
          c) Climate Roundup
                    i) Ellicott City, MD: Another 1,000-Year Flood
                    ii) Rio Bravo Del Norte (Rio Grande): Two Thousand Miles Of Dry
                    iii) Hurricane Season: Off To An Early Start
                    iV) May 2018: Third Warmest May On Record
          d) Lawyers To Trump: You Can Go Obstruct Yourself

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1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018

We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 7, FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM (and most subsequent Thursdays until peace is established). Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be around 90. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign.

2. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org)
          a) Slouching Toward World War III: Big Power Rivalry On The Arabian Peninsula
          b) Organic Genetically Modified Organisms
          c) Climate Roundup
                    i) Ellicott City, MD: Another 1,000-Year Flood
                    ii) Rio Bravo Del Norte (Rio Grande): Two Thousand Miles Of Dry
                    iii) Hurricane Season: Off To An Early Start
                    iV) May 2018: Third Warmest May On Record
          d) Lawyers To Trump: You Can Go Obstruct Yourself

SLOUCHING TOWARD WORLD WAR III: BIG POWER RIVALRY ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
“And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?”
—William Butler Yeats (The Second Coming)
Russia will be supplying surface to air missiles to Qatar. Saudi Arabia threatens war against Qatar over the missiles and accuses Qatar of supporting terrorism.

Hey that's a good one. Saudi Arabia has been bombing the crap out of Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, for years, with lots of help from the United States and lots of civilian casualties. By what Right do they call others terrorists.

Oh, does anyone remember Osama bin Laden's nationality? Anyone remember the nationality of 15 of the 19 terrorists that brought down the twin towers 17 years ago?

ORGANIC GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.”
—Cree Amerindian Prophecy

Six months ago, I reported that Galapagos Finches were found to have evolved into a separate species in three generations (instead of the hundreds previously thought necessary by evolutionists). I opined at the time, “This is important because humanity may not have hundreds of generations left to adjust to a rapidly changing climate, largely of its own making.”

Now here's another similar example: Saltwater steelhead trout have evolved into Lake Michigan fresh water trout in little more than one short century.

Isn't evolution wonderful! Nature has been genetically modifying organisms for billions of years. As far as genetic modification goes, humans are bungling oafs in comparison.

Perhaps Nature may modify a few of us so we can survive on a polluted world of our own making. Maybe Nature will even give some of us the genetic ability to eat money.

CLIMATE ROUNDUP
Ellicott City, MD: Another 1,000-Year Flood
Ellicott City, Maryland was hit two years ago with a 1,000-year flood. Last week they were hit again with a second 1,000-year flood. Bad luck? or maybe climate change. Lots of other floods happening around the world now.
Rio Bravo Del Norte (Rio Grande): Two Thousand Miles Of Dry
This once mighty river has been only a trickle since April. For the river to dry up this early in the year is virtually unprecedented.

Much of the southwest United States is in severe to exceptional drought.
Hurricane Season: Off To An Early Start
The North Atlantic/Caribbean Hurricane Season is off to an early start. Late May Subtropical Storm Alberto came ashore on the Florida Gulf Coast and traveled North almost to the Canadian border killing nine. Some are predicting another terrible hurricane season in the Caribbean and North Atlantic.

Here's an interesting article on the recent increase in the intensity of hurricanes worldwide.
May 2018: Third Warmest May On Record
The Copernicus Center has declared May 2018 as the third warmest May on record, after 2016 and 2017 respectively. The La Niña event of the past six months has officially ended and with it apparently, the somewhat cooler global temperatures that La Niña events tend to bring.

To sum up: climatewise, we are in deep doo-doo.

LAWYERS TO TRUMP: YOU CAN GO OBSTRUCT YOURSELF

In a 20 page legal letter to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, leaked to the New York Times, Donald Trump's attorneys opine:
“It remains our position that the President's actions here, by virtue of his position as the chief law enforcement officer, could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself, and that he could if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired.” (emphasis mine)
Opposition lawyers were quick to brand the memo “ludicrous;” but I disagree. I think Donald Trump should go obstruct himself.

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Wage peace,

Helen
helenm (at) fidnet.com

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