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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...

Among Trump’s lies during the recent SOTU address, he stated that “we enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history.” Actually, there have been larger cuts, as a percentage of GDP. He bragged that new tax law gives “tremendous relief for the middle class.” The middle class gets an average tax cut of $930 in 2018 (increasing their taxes), but the top level gets a little more than 65% of the tax cut benefits.  Remember, the middle and lower level benefits expire in 2026, while the wealthy and corporations have no expiration dates on their cuts.   Trump said cutting the corporate tax rate will “increase average family income by more than $4,000.” This is hyperbole. A long-term false estimate from WH economic advisers based on questionable assumptions and ‘trickle-down’ theories. Some workers received an average $1,000 bonus, (also taxed at a higher rate).     State and local government revenue cuts in trump’s budget reduces local revenues. S...

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