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Rolla Peace News June 13, 2017 |
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================================= Dear Friends:In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017 2. PLEASE ATTEND JUNE 19 PUBLIC HEARING ON BUEHLER PARK 3. HOW EMBARRASSING CAN IT GET? 4. SEN. MCCASKILL SPEAKS OUT (FOR ONCE) 5. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Stephen Kinzer On Saudi Arabia b) I Got You elected President, Now I'm Going To Get You Impeached c) Three Years Later: Still No Potable Water In Flint
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We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017, (and all subsequent Thursdays until peace is established) from Noon to 1:00 PM. Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the 80s. 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. PLEASE ATTEND JUNE 19 PUBLIC HEARING ON BUEHLER PARK The Rolla City Council will hold a public hearing on the Buehler Park master plan at 6:30pm, Monday, June 19 in council chambers at city hall, 9th and Elm. Please attend and ask the City Council not to build a dog-park in Buehler Park. There is more info here. 3. HOW EMBARRASSING CAN IT GET? (SEE ANSWER BELOW) Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting yesterday, wherein he boasted about his “accomplishments,” then turned to his buddies for confirmation. This is what he got: Mike Pence: “Greatest privilege of my life, to serve as vice president to a president who’s keeping his word to the American people.” Reince Priebus: “We thank you for the opportunity and blessing to serve your agenda.” “You’ve set the exact right message,” said Jeff Sessions. “The response is fabulous around the country.” Reince Priebus gave away a secret there — we aren't supposed to know that the administration is only serving Trump's agenda; we are supposed to think they are serving the people, not that most of us were fooled. Want to see it live? It's even more nauseating, but if you can handle it, click on this link: Or, for a shorter clip, this one's only a little over a minute. The Common Dreams article also contains an appropriate Monty Python episode, if you'd like a little comic relief, and a short spoof by Senator Chuck Schumer. Note that if you are using Internet Explorer, the Schumer video won't play — no idea why — but it plays on Chrome. 4. SEN. MCCASKILL SPEAKS OUT (FOR ONCE) As Republicans seek to sneak their Trumpcare bill into law by keeping its terms a secret from not only the public, but apparently even Democratic senators, our own Senator Claire McCaskill reads them the riot act. In general, I'm not a fan of Sen. McCaskill, but she deserves a medal for her outstanding rant. See it live in this article. (Scroll down a ways.) And as above, this video won't play in IE, but works fine in Chrome, and probably in Firefox as well. It appears that Republicans are not even making a pretense of working for their constituents these days. In an interview with Axios, two GOP aides told the reporter that the completed bill will be withheld from the public “indefinitely.” When asked why, one of the aides replied “We aren't stupid.” You can draw your own conclusion as to what that means. 5. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Stephen Kinzer On Saudi Arabia b) I Got You elected President, Now I'm Going To Get You Impeached c) Three Years Later: Still No Potable Water In Flint STEPHEN KINZER ON SAUDI ARABIA This article by Stephen Kinzer is a must read. He details how Saudi Arabia spread radical Islam to Indonesia and elsewhere and spreads terror thoughout the Islamic world (with money and support from the United States, of course). Under a Saudi-led blockade and bombing regime, hunger and pestlence are now endemic in Yemen Cholera cases may reach 130,000 this month. This is not Religion. This is apostasy. In all fairness, I must point out that there is little difference between what Saudi Arabia is doing to Yemen, what Israel is doing to Palestine, and what the United States is doing to Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. I GOT YOU ELECTED PRESIDENT; NOW I'M GOING TO GET YOU IMPEACHED In case you missed the three hours of James Comey's testimony before Congress; here it is condensed into one sentence. Very likely, Comey's pre-election anoucement that he was investigating Hillary's emails, swung the balance in a close election to Trump. I guess Comey is unhappy with his payback; so now he's going to try to get Trump impeached. With all the brouhaha, few are asking whether the Director of the FBI should have the power to make or break presidents; and indeed, whether we are giving far too much power to all our investigative agencies. I find myself standing up for Donald Trump far too often. So for the record, I think he should be impeached. No, I think he should never have been elected. Why? — because of what he has done, what he might yet do, and above all, his utter disdain for the human race and the planet we live on. I do not think he should be impeached just because some former Director of the FBI says he is a liar. THREE YEARS LATER: STILL NO POTABLE WATER IN FLINT It has been three years since the State of Michigan poisoned the city water supply in Flint. Families poisoned by the toxic water-supply, are facing eviction for non-payment of toxic water bills, yet no one has gone to jail for poisoning the water supply for a city of 70,000 people. Rolla Peace News is distributed by email once a week on Tuesday evenings (except on rare occasions) and is posted on the web at http://tomsager.org (click on Grassroots Rolla: top of rightmost column). If you don't wish to get notices of peace events in the Rolla area, let me know and I'll take you off this list. If you want to be added to this list, let me know. Wage peace, Helen helenm (at) fidnet.com ### |