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Why feed them when they are nothing but a burden on Social Security. Nothing but costs for health care insurance. As trumps supports say just let them die an be on their way. Its all simple economics. A simple cost-benefit analysis.

Oh for gods sake. STFU, Bond...Bond... even trump can't be that stupid. "British Prime Minister Theresa May has received assurances from the White House it would not repeat allegations that Britain's GCHQ spy agency had helped former U.S. President Barack Obama eavesdrop on Donald Trump, her spokesman said on Friday. A spokesman for May said that the charge, made on Tuesday by Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano, that the UK's signals intelligence agency GCHQ had helped Obama to wire tap Trump after his victory in last year's U.S. presidential election, was "ridiculous". "We've made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and they should be ignored and we've received assurances that these allegations will not be repeated," May's spokesman told reporters." http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wiretapping-idUSKBN16O16Q US makes formal apology to Britain after White House accuses GCHQ of wiretapping Trump Tower The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House. Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening – initially made by an analyst on Fox News - that GCHQ was used by Mr Obama to spy on Trump Tower in the lead-up to last November's election. The comments prompted a furious response from GCHQ, which in a break from normal practice issued a public statement: "Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct 'wiretapping' against the then president-elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/us-makes-formal-apology-britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/

Donald Trump is set to overturn an Obama-era vehicle emissions rule following a letter from top car manufacturers, including Volkswagen. This comes as the German manufacturer is embroiled in a series of legal disputes over attempts to cheat emissions tests. In a visit to Detroit, the heart of the American auto industry, the President is expected to reopen a review on fuel standards due to come into force in 2022. The move will effectively either weaken or delay the implementation of the new standards. It follows months of lobbying from the Auto Alliance trade group, which has been writing to President Trump since his victory in last year’s election, asking him to do just this." https://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2017/03/15/trump-vehicle-emissions-standards-volkswagen-car-lobby/

Coming soon to a US city near you!! Why is China’s smog so bad? Researchers point far away to a melting Arctic By Eli KintischMar. 15, 2017 , 2:00 PM In China, the winter of 2013 was an “airpocolypse.” A thick soup of harmful smog cloaked its biggest cities, contributing to at least 90,000 deaths and sickening hundreds of thousands more. Things haven’t gotten much better since then, even though the country has enacted tough new emissions controls. A new study may explain why. Melting sea ice and increasing snow across Siberia have altered large-scale weather patterns, replacing currents that used to ventilate China with stagnant air that lets pollution accumulate. “The ventilation is getting worse,” says study author Yuhang Wang, an atmospheric scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. “We think climate change, as it is driving rapid warming of the Arctic, is having a large effect on pollution in China.” Air pollution, a perennial challenge in China’s rapidly growing cities, became a full-blown national crisis during the winter of 2012–13, when 70% of the nation’s 74 largest cities logged pollution levels above government air quality standards. Of special concern were high levels of “PM2.5,” particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers that can lead to heart and lung problems. Citizens flooded the social network Sina Weibo with photos of themselves wearing colored air masks and giant buildings vanishing beneath blankets of smog. Stock prices of air purifier companies surged as the term PM2.5 became a catchphrase. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/why-china-s-smog-so-bad-researchers-point-far-away-melting-arctic

Shortey has been charged with three felony counts, including, Engaging in child prostitution Engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of a church. Transporting minor for prostitution/lewdness. http://www.koco.com/article/moore-police-recommend-3-prostitution-related-charges-against-sen-ralph-shortey/9135664

Trump travel ban: Second US judge block new executive order Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked US President Donald Trump's new travel ban, which was due to begin after midnight on Thursday. The order would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees. Both judges questioned the legality of the ban, which critics say is discriminatory. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39287656

At 22, Karim Baratov was already living the high life. Despite having been expelled from high school in Ancaster, Ont., he owned luxury cars, a large home and an online business called Elite Space Corporation. Photos on social media showed him holding a fan-shaped pile of $100 bills, skydiving, eating a $255 steak, hoisting a bottle of Grey Goose vodka and posing in front of a convertible, women in tight skirts in each arm. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/russian-hackers-charged-in-yahoo-data-breach more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4316650/Russian-spies-facing-U-S-charges-Yahoo-hack-source.html

"Today’s target is a big one: the fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks. In 2011, the Obama administration began crafting sweeping new rules that would steadily increase the efficiency of US passenger vehicles through 2025. By the final year, the Environmental Protection Agency expects new cars and light trucks sold in the US to average roughly 36 miles per gallon on the road, up from 25 mpg today..... Except there’s a major twist here. Technically, if the federal government goes too far in weakening Obama’s fuel economy standards, California has a waiver under the Clean Air Act allowing the state to maintain its own, stricter car rules that other states can adopt — a messy possibility that automakers hate. On top of that, California has a waiver for a program pushing automakers to sell more “zero-emissions vehicles” (mainly electric cars). New York and eight other states have also adopted this ZEV mandate, and it’s a major impetus for US electric car sales. In the months ahead, Trump could conceivably ask EPA head Scott Pruitt to look into rescinding California’s waivers if the state won’t play along. This isn’t part of today’s announcement, and it’s wildly unclear if the courts would even allow this, but Trump’s reportedly mulling such a step" http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/3/15/14828070/trump-fuel-economy-standards Oh well Ohio and Alabama rednecks will be able to buy big wheel trucks that get crappy mileage fueled by fracked oil. Tillerson will be happy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/analysis-key-points-donald-trumps-first-budget-announcement/ The new chairman of the Democratic National Committee said President Trump will harm ordinary Americans if he succeeds in making the major cuts to federal agencies expected in his first budget. Trump will reportedly demand significant cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State Department to fund a boost in military spending. “Donald Trump’s budget will no doubt be terrific for people who can afford to spend their weekends at luxury resorts like Mar-a-Lago, and it would be a disaster for hardworking Americans struggling to get ahead,” Tom Perez said in a statement Monday, jabbing at Trump’s private resort in Palm Beach, Fla. "Budgets are so much more that a compilation of dollar figures — they are an expression of our values." http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321461-perez-trump-budget-cuts-a-disaster

Like every time he opens his mouth when other republicans are trying to get bill passed. -his "wiretap" when trumpcare is on the agenda. -his taxes to distract from travel ban. Meanwhile the republican political capital goes drip...drip..drip... like a leaky toilet.

Well first he has to build his wall: "President Trump will ask Congress for $1.5 billion this year to begin work on the wall he promised to build at the U.S.-Mexico border." http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/324118-trump-makes-15-billion-request-to-congress-for-border-wall Then patriots won't be needed for the southern border. That will save money.

OMG all of that melting sea ice will surely seal the fate of coastal communities across the globe!!! Hair on fire, hair on fire. It hasn't been this awful since 1928! If you say so. I'd be more concerned about the melting glaciers, since they actually do affect sea level. From your article "In November, sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic was at record low levels for this time of year due to climate change. The more the ice melts, the higher global sea levels will rise." As we all (should) know, sea ice has no impact on sea levels. Knowing your scientific world view is informed by CNN explains a lot. I suppose you subscribe to USA Today as well. I know its tough for scientists with a degree from bannon U to wrap their minds around earth sciences. But: "“That may not sound like a lot, but consider the volume of ice now locked up in the planet’s three greatest ice sheets,” she writes in a recent issue of Scientific American. “If the West Antarctic ice sheet were to disappear, sea level would rise almost 19 feet; the ice in the Greenland ice sheet could add 24 feet to that; and the East Antarctic ice sheet could add yet another 170 feet to the level of the world’s oceans: more than 213 feet in all.” Bell underscores the severity of the situation by pointing out that the 150-foot tall Statue of Liberty could be completely submerged within a matter of decades." “That may not sound like a lot, but consider the volume of ice now locked up in the planet’s three greatest ice sheets,” she writes in a recent issue of Scientific American. “If the West Antarctic ice sheet were to disappear, sea level would rise almost 19 feet; the ice in the Greenland ice sheet could add 24 feet to that; and the East Antarctic ice sheet could add yet another 170 feet to the level of the world’s oceans: more than 213 feet in all.” Bell underscores the severity of the situation by pointing out that the 150-foot tall Statue of Liberty could be completely submerged within a matter of decades. [url]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/arctic-ice-melts-cause-rising-sea/ "What the World Would Look Like if All the Ice Melted If we keep burning fossil fuels indefinitely, global warming will eventually melt all the ice at the poles and on mountaintops, raising sea level by 216 feet. Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like." http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/09/rising-seas-ice-melt-new-shoreline-maps/ LOOK BRENT.... A Friend!! VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV "Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) is accusing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of releasing "propaganda" that is "brainwashing our kids." http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/324252-gop-sen-epa-brainwashing-our-kids

A federal judge in Hawaii has placed a nationwide block on President Trump’s revised travel order, delivering a major blow to the president's policy just hours before it was set to go into effect. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson, a President Obama appointee, ruled after a hearing on Wednesday that the plaintiffs, the state of Hawaii and a Muslim leader, showed a "strong" likelihood to succeed in their lawsuit against the ban. They argue that the policy violates the Establishment Clause and proved that "irreparable harm" is likely if temporary relief is not granted. The temporary restraining order, which will be in place while the judge considers the case, blocks the sections of the travel ban that would have temporarily suspended the refugee resettlement program and barred nationals from six majority Muslim countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days. http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/324210-judge-blocks-trumps-revised-travel-ban

I was thinking that its time to just let this thread die like trumpcare. As Brent is the only anti-science denyer that ever posts here. Climate change drives thirsty koalas to special water stations http://www.reuters.com/video/2017/03/15/climate-change-drives-thirsty-koalas-to?videoId=371303086&videoChannel=118169 "Seventeen congressional Republicans signed a resolution on Wednesday vowing to seek "economically viable" ways to stave off global warming, challenging the stated views of President Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax. Republicans Elise Stefanik of New York, Carlos Curbelo of Florida and Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania introduced the legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, pledging to "study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates" and seek ways to "balance human activities" that contribute. Several Republicans who signed the resolution, which is non-binding, represent parts of the country most affected. Curbelo hails from Miami, where streets regularly flood at high tide due to rising sea levels. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-congress-idUSKBN16M235 What's happening in Australia is part of a global trend. Over the last year, about 12 percent of the world's reefs have bleached, due to El Niño and climate change. Scientists have predicted that nearly half of these reefs (more than 4,600 square miles or 12,000 square kilometers, or more than five percent of reefs) could disappear forever. That warming trend is expected to continue through the year, leading to what may be the longest global coral bleaching event in history. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160321-coral-bleaching-great-barrier-reef-climate-change/

The Dutch apparently having learned a lesson from US trump supporters have voted against Geert Wilders. Described as an inflammatory Islamophobe, he once compared the Quran to Adolf Hitler's autobiography. And he was convicted for inciting discrimination in December after calling Moroccans "scum". Dutch PM Rutte's party leads exit polls PM Mark Rutte's party wins Dutch election, first exit polls say, with Geert Wilders' anti-immigrant party trailing His centre-right VVD Party won 31 out of 150 seats, polls suggest. His party came far ahead of the next three parties, including Geert Wilders' anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV), the Christian Democrat Party and the liberal party, which each got 19 seats. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39285803 http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-15/dutch-election-will-far-right-geert-wilders-win/

They cover you with a nice clean sheet, and take you to the morgue. Yeah but the sheets will be: http://www.usalovelist.com/buy-bedding-made-usa-ultimate-bedding-source-list/ trumpcare saving entitlements one corpse at a time.

Next week the long knives come out. Who is to blame. trump vs Ryan

I've long advocated for requiring all govt officials to do their taxes themselves, with only a pencil and a 4-function calculator available. As long as elected officials in Washington accept money from lobbyists there will never be tax reform. Every line has a benefit for someone, some group. They will pay to protect themselves.

Latest poll: http://www.gallup.com/poll/206030/global-warming-concern-three-decade-high.aspx?g_source=POLITICS&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles

Yes and his absence of twats about this is likely acknowledgement that he released the few documents on the advise of bannon. All part of his MO to stay in the news and distract attention. The 2-3 weeks will coincide with the final report on Trump Tower spying and/or the collapse of the trumpcare bill.

Stick to college level teaching. You obviously know very little about the tax code and how business taxes operate. This is one of the reasons he is resisting. A bunch of half-baked accountant wannabes trying to understand his tax filings. It would take an office of accountants months to figure out his 2005 return. You guys already have it? Please... Believe it or not but there are plenty of democrat leaning tax lawyers that would have his returns analyzed and dissected. Like a tuna in a sushi restaurant. Just as fast.

Yeah, its spelt P..A..N..A..M..A.., B..A..H..A..M..A..S..

Kushners Set to Get $400 Million From Chinese Firm on Tower A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, stands to receive more than $400 million from a prominent Chinese company that is investing in the Kushners’ marquee Manhattan office tower at 666 Fifth Ave. The planned $4-billion transaction includes terms that some real estate experts consider unusually favorable for the Kushners. It provides them with both a sizable cash payout from Anbang Insurance Group for a property that has struggled financially and an equity stake in a new partnership. The details of the agreement, which is being circulated to attract additional investors, were shared with Bloomberg. It would make business partners of Kushner Cos. and Anbang, whose murky links to the Chinese power structure have raised national security concerns over its U.S. investments. In the process, an existing mortgage owed by the Kushners will be slashed to about a fifth of its current amount. The deal would value the 41-story tower at $2.85 billion, the most ever for a single Manhattan building: $1.6 billion for the office section and $1.25 billion for the retail section. The new partnership will refinance $1.15 billion in existing mortgage debt. "This is a huge, huge exit strategy for an office building," said Joshua Stein, a New York real estate lawyer. "It does sound like a home run of a transaction for Kushner and his group.” "At the very least, this raises serious questions about the appearance of a conflict that arises from the possibility that the Kushners are getting a sweetheart deal," said Larry Noble, general counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. "A classic way you influence people is by financially helping their family." The transaction would allow the Kushner Cos.’ investment in the tower to be salvaged by lenders and businesses that could have extensive dealings with the federal government, while also permitting the Kushners to buy back into the building’s more lucrative retail spaces and maintain a 20 percent stake. The deal would allow Vornado Realty Trust -- which is partnered with Trump in his two most valuable properties -- to exit a troubled asset with a 10-fold payout on its stake in the building’s offices and a doubling of its investment in its stores. It declined to discuss the deal." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-13/kushners-set-to-get-400-million-from-chinese-on-marquee-tower

Thats a very good point. I wonder if the AARP has heard of this yet. They will not be happy when they find out that trump and the republicans want to put them out of business.

The article would have one believing it has been in continuous production for 60 years. Not true. Production stopped in 1986, then resumed in 1996. And reading about mid-air refueling of a 172 was news to me! It sort of references that "The only time its production ceased for an extended time was in the late 1980s, when stricter US laws restricted the manufacture of all light aircraft." But it is a great design. manual flaps, "omni-vision" and a swept tail were the only changes. The swept tail does look better and the omni-vision is nicer. Other than it heats the cabin up quicker in the summer. The electric flaps are not a improvement. The Flight Design would be an improvement IMO. http://flightdesign.com/wordpress/?page_id=36 ...............C-172.....................C4...................c-182 Engine,..........145.................180....................230 hp Useful load.....918 lb................1320..................1142 Stall.............50kn....................48....................49 cruise...........124kn..................160kn...............145 range...........640nm.................1200.................915 seats.............4........................4.....................4 Fuel GPH........8.4.....................8.4..................13.8 Construction...Al......................Carbon............... Al http://cessna.txtav.com/en/piston/cessna-skyhawk#_model-specs http://cessna.txtav.com/en/piston/cessna-skylane#_model-specs Flight Design has built 1700 two place carbon, certified aircraft.