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Here's an almost deadly reminder about armed civilians "trying to help."      He disarmed a possible church shooter — then…                                                                      

 Amazing. Florida allows anyone to buy a gun and carry open on the streets of the state. It virally allows anyone under the age of eight to shoot. Yet, rather than demand an inquiry into how t5hi9s could be allowed, he demands an inquiry into the Sheriff, in effect, blaming him for the onslaught. Donald Trump cancelled President Obama’s order to keep guns out of the hands of those with mental problems and a history of violence. Florida Governor Scott says, “People with mental problems should not be able to obtain guns.” They weren’t able to do so until Trump removed that restriction.  The Air Force neglected to report a man court-martialed for domestic abuse to the FBI. This was part of Obama’s restrictions, eliminated by Trump. Federal law prohibited him from buying or possessing firearms after this conviction. The man killed 26 people in a church.  The National Rifle Association (NRA) claims that it supports vigorous enforcement of our nation's gun laws and...

FYI:  Those gun proponents on the right have inundated social media with FALSE claims from many respected leaders since George Washington. They are the usual LIES told by the extremists of the right, ala Wayne LaPierre.  For example, the Douglas students speaking out against guns are NOT PAID ACTORS or paid Liberal antagonists. They ARE STUDENTS.  Now, George Washington DID NOT say, ”A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms  and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include our own government.” OUT OF CONTEXT. HE DID SAY, “Among the many interesting objects, which will engage your attention, that of providing for the common defence(sic) will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined ; to which end a Uniform and well ...

I know that you want (need) the facts. Especially now, after the notorious Wayne LaPierre, the ignorant, lying, belligerent, antagonistic leader of the NRA stated at CPAC today that it was the NRA that created the universal National Instant Criminal Background Check System.  It just takes a second to find the facts, but too many are willing to take as gospel, the lying words of a person who makes a living promoting the sale of guns. That is the purpose of the NRA, to represent gun manufacturers.  The NICS was enacted as a recommendation and MANDATE of the Brady Handgun Prevention Act of 1993. This followed there shooting of Brady during the Reagan assassination attempt. It took a while for there FBI to develop the rules and fight legal challenges by the NRA, and was finally launched by the FBI in 1998. The Brady Act mandated that dealers perform a background check. Before that, they simply asked a customer, “Are you a bad guy? “Do you have a record?” That was it....

CHUTZPAH? In India, conducting family business, Donald Trump Jr. said that any talk of his family profiting from his father's presidency is “nonsense." He is totally oblivious to the fact that ethical concerns about using the name of the American president to promote international business ventures are rampant. Junior is in India specifically to meet promoters and buyers of Trump-brand luxury homes in the country. He says his family is actually missing out on business opportunities because his father pledged to conduct no new foreign business while he was in office. Even though proof exists that this is a lie, h persists in relaying the falsehood.  Junior says people forget about "the opportunity cost of the deals that we were not able to do.” Asked, “Like what? He had no comment. "It's sort of a shame. Because we put on all these impositions on ourselves and essentially got no credit for actually doing that ... for doing the right thing,"...

From my cousin: January 16, 2018            TRUMP’S WALL (this in parentheses for you not to be printed but just need to know if you are able to take a photo I can send online and just circle to get my face) I also can suggest a photo of the Chamizal border conflict but don’t know how to get that to you as you did write me once and ask me to include a photo) Please contact me again at doctormicki@yahoo.com or call 480-231-6285 (Start here) BAD MATH AND BAD MOUTH PROP UP TRUMP’S WALL President Obama said,” a country surrounded by walls only imprisons themselves”. Senator John McCain said, “we became the most powerful nation in the world by tearing down walls, not building them”. President Reagan said, “tear down that wall” In 1963, JFK made a trip to El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico to settle a border dispute that had gone on for almost 100 years and involved “the Chamizal” a piece of land that bordered the Rio Grande. The ...

As part of his response to the shooting in Parkland, Florida, Donald Trump said his administration would "tackle the difficult issue of mental health ." A fter all, as he misstates, these shootings are mental health issues, not gun issues. So, what has he done? Trump said he wants $13 billion for both issues. But this month, he signed a two-year bill, including just $6 billion for opium and mental health care. The problem is, that same budget proposed massive cuts to Medicaid that they say would devastate the nation's mental health care system.  Slashing Medicaid, which pays twenty-five percent of mental health issues, means taking mental health care away from vulnerable populations who need it the most. These populations include problem children who are vulnerable to participate in the same attacks as the Parkland shooter.  We have no gun controls because it’s a mental health problem. And, we have a Republican Congress and President who swear to support men...

In 2016, Barack Obama required the Social Security Administration to submit records of mentally disabled people to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the FBI database used to determine whether someone can buy a firearm under the 1993 Brady Bill. This applied to approximately 75,000 people deemed to be mentally defective.   On February 28, 2017,  Trump signed a bill to undo Obama’s important executive action, thereby allowing those individuals with mental problems to purchase weapons.   House NRA Representatives voted 235 to 180 and Senate NRA Representatives voted 57 to 43 in favor of voiding these protections.  Now, these same NRA Representatives are claiming they can’t imagine how the Parkland shooting happened. They will look into it, but, “now is not the time to bring it up.”  “Too soon.” “But, it’s not guns…”

Mueller indicts 13 Russians for interfering in the American Democracy of Free Elections. Trump claims personal vindication: “The Trump campaign did nothing wrong — no collusion!” as he wrote on Twitter . Not a single word about the United States or our autonomy or safety or democracy.  When Nikita Khrushchev sent missiles to Cuba on October 13, 1963, a young man in the oval office, John F. Kennedy (a real President), said, ‘Not on my watch.’ He sent the entire military. When Muammar Gaddafi attacked a West Berlin Discotheque  in 1986, an old man in the oval office, Ronald Reagan (a real President), said, ‘Not on my watch.’ He sent Navy, Marine and Air Force planes to Libya.  When Osama bin ladin attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, George W. Bush sent troops to Afghanistan. Mistakes were made, but he did defend the United States as the Oath of Office demands. We, the united States of America was attacked by foreign powers.  Donald Tru...

New Block-Chain technology is the latest in internet-modification advances. A network of “nodes,” it allows information to be uploaded and distributed, but not copied, through a controlled system. Block-Chain is a method of safely creating and securely records: government; financial; personal; legal; confidential; elections; forms; and more, without fear of corruption or hacking.  There’s no central “data bank” from which this information can be hacked, modified or suborned. Loaded data is “held,” and constantly reconciled, on a massive database, which is not stored in one, but multiple locations. There is no single point of entry or failure. Possibilities for government and public use are endless. However, it needs further development. It is currently used in finance, now, and almost ready for general use.   By making voting results fully transparent and publicly accessible, distributed database technology could bring full transparency to elections or any other kind of...

FROM SNOPES: Magazine Obtains Ex-Playboy Playmate’s Account of Trump Affair The New Yorker has obtained an eight-page, hand-written account written by a former Playboy Playmate who said she had a nine-month extramarital affair with Donald Trump beginning in 2006. By Associated Press 16 February 2018  264 NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump had a nine-month extramarital affair with the 1998 Playboy Playmate of the year beginning in 2006, showing the woman his wife’s bedroom in Trump Tower and bringing her to his private bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to the woman’s eight-page, handwritten account of the relationship obtained by The New Yorker magazine. The woman, Karen McDougal, confirmed in the  story  published online Friday that she wrote the account but said she was constrained in what else she could say publicly about Trump because she’d signed a confidentiality agreement. The story said McDougal was paid $150,0...

Donald Trump addresses the Parkland shooting in a speech written for him by someone else, so he had to read slowly, and never mentioned guns as the problem. Rather, he passed it on as another mental health issue, promising to "tackle the difficult issue of mental health.” Mental health may be the cause of most shootings, but the ease of attaining an assault weapon provides the solution to act out on that emotional break. If someone has a mental problem, a break down of reality, and cannot find a means to fulfill their rage, it will dissipate or be greatly reduced. After such an episode, that violent person may feel upset, confused, remorseful, regretful, or embarrassed about their aggressive behavior. Lashing out in violent ways has recently been found to be nearly twice as common as previously thought. Experts have been trying to find “cures” and “remedies,” for dealing with these mental disorders. There are more than one.  Until they do, however, we must reduce their acc...

Is anyone beginning to think that Donald Trump considers himself a dictator or autocrat? He believes the non-applauding Democrats were criticizing him, not the president, but Trump himself, to be "treasonous." The man is ignorant and uninformed. about the laws and government of the United States. T rump must realize that when he accuses Dems of ‘Treason’ for not cheering his SOTU speech, he is not the Constitution, Dictator or GOVERNMENT, but, its CARETAKER.  Republican, Theodore Roosevelt,  said, “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public,” while Trump says that criticizing him was "Anti-American," Vile," Unconscionable" and "Treasonous." Despots executed those who disparaged their authority. Beware. Unnecessary and unreasonable military parades are generally provided for the amu...