Saturday, September 08, 2018

Forensic linguist who found Unabomber weighs in on who NYTS op ed anonymous writer might be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSB6T9RJe6o I went to one of his presentations last year when he was promoting his book. Unabomber used to say something backwards, and his own brother identified him once FBI/James Fritzgerald publicized this fact in the news. But it took a long time before he was stopped and bombings and deaths went on. --For writers, novelists, it's called a verbal tic. Some favorite thing they like to say. One person I know says, "you know, you know" all the time, maybe as a place holder while he's thinking. People are pointing to use of the uncommon word "lodestar" All kinds of guesses Mattis Pompeo Coates Kushner Sanders Pence But I don't think it is Conway. Maybe somebody not glamorous such as Mark Felt the legendary Deep Throat, whose identity was revealed decades later, though Woodward, Bernstein and Bradlee knew all along. Today, John Dean of John Watergate fame testified at Kavanaugh Hearing. I think the op ed is helping tilt the balance against trump and that can only be a good thing. Every little push helps until the humpty dumpty falls off the wall and can't be put together again. 9-8-2018

Young man wearing plaid shirt removed from trmp rally--due to expressive face--OFFER him show biz jobs, NOW.

Quote of the day--In America, anyone can wear tartan or plaid. From wikipedia.

Tartan etiquette Burberry Check Since the Victorian era, authorities on tartan have stated that there is an etiquette to wearing tartan, specifically tartan attributed to clans or families. This concept of the entitlement to certain tartans has led to the term of universal tartan, or free tartan, which describes tartan which can be worn by anyone. Traditional examples of such are Black Watch, Caledonian, Hunting Stewart, and Jacobite tartans.[67] In the same line of opinion, some tartan attributed to the British Royal Family are claimed by some to be "off limits" to non-royalty.[68][69] Even so, there are no rules on who can, or cannot, wear a particular tartan. Note that some modern tartans are protected by trademark law, and the trademark proprietor can, in certain circumstances, prevent others from selling that tartan.[12] The "Burberry Check" of the English fashion house, first designed in early 1920s, is an instantly recognisable tartan that is very well known around the world[70] and is an example of a tartan that is protected.[note 14] Many books on Scottish clans list such rules and guidelines.[12] One such opinion is that people not bearing a clan surname, or surname claimed as a sept of a clan, should not wear the tartan of their mother's clan.[73] This opinion is enforced by the fact that in the Scottish clan system, the Lord Lyon states that membership to a clan technically passes through the surname. This means that children who bear their father's surname belong to the father's clan (if any), and that children who bear their mother's surname (her maiden name) belong to their mother's clan (if any).[74] Also, the Lord Lyon states that a clan tartan should only be worn by those who profess allegiance to that clan's chief.[75] Some clan societies even claim that certain tartans are the personal property of a chief or chieftain, and in some cases they allow their clansfolk "permission" to wear a tartan.[note 15] According to the Scottish Tartans Authority—which is closely associated with the Scottish tartan industry—the Balmoral tartan should not be worn by anyone who is not part of the British Royal Family. Even so, some weavers outside of the United Kingdom ignore the "longstanding convention" of the British Royal Family's "right" to this tartan. The society also claims that non-royals who wear this tartan are treated with "great disdain" by the Scottish tartan industry.[77][note 16] Generally, a more liberal attitude is taken by those in the business of selling tartan, stressing that anyone may wear any tartan they like. These "rules" are mere conventions; there are no laws regarding the wearing of any tartan.

TRMS--Friday Broadcast--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8hX0ZnWOY Presdt Obama gives a speech in Champagne Urbana Says it's a dangerous time. George Papadopoulus sentenced to 14 days in prison--etc. 9-7-2018

Friday, September 07, 2018

TRMS is now celebrating its 10th anniv. but I have only watched her since Nov 2016.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-10-years-old-already-thank-you-for-watching-1315565635942?v=raila& Anyway, CONGRATS and I'm glad you dispensed with the props. 9-7-2018

Others on twitter have suggested Hunk wrote it--the NYTs op ed. I think it's a man.

I don't think it's Kellyanne Conway because she always wants to hang on, and she speaks gobblydegook, but these people argue she has greatest motive now to prep for post trmp era.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/morning-joe-thinks-kellyanne-conway-wrote-anonymous-new-york-times-op-ed/?via=twitter_page

old city on volcanic tuff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civita_di_Bagnoregio

So honored to meet Reza in person in 2012.

https://www.theguardian.com/personal-investments/ng-interactive/2018/may/02/national-geographic-photographer-reza-helps-refugees-tell-their-stories

trmp says on Air Force One whe does not want NYTs op ed writer in high level meetings--

only one small problem HE DOES NOT KNOW WHO IT IS! very funny. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/09/07/lead-panel-2-live-jake-tapper.cnn Tapper's guests here say in Clinton's WH ppl wld leak using terms used by their colleagues. very funny 9-7-2018

trmp cartoon search results--maybe google is rigged says trump.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+cartoons&safe=active&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQp8Oyl6rdAhVKmlkKHVIlAz0QsAR6BAgAEAE&biw=768&bih=364&dpr=2.5

My textile designs on Spoonflower--

Yes, link opens--on top you will see thumbnails for all my designs. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images -----Original Message----- From: Kyimay Kaung To: gingerlykaung Sent: Fri, Sep 7, 2018 3:18 pm Subject: my kilim inspired textile designs, available on Spoonflower https://www.spoonflower.com/designs/7971559-kaung-great-oak-life-1-2014-198-by-kyi_nome
All textile designs copyright Kyi May Kaung. Hope the link opens. Starts from $17.50 a yard depending on fabric you choose, also you can have them make one of their garments for an extra fee. I like the stretch pants. Of course, as custom designed and printed fabric etc, it is more pricey than goods from China wh come off backs of Chinese workers. This is all done in USA. I have no real business connection with them, just one of many designers who use their online workshop and shop. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images

Save the date, my wearable art exhibit etc--Kilim designs.

https://www.spoonflower.com/design-challenge/kilim https://www.google.com/search?q=kilim+hawaii+quilts&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjj48Osm6ndAhVIMd8KHUrxCgcQsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=768&bih=364
Thanks -- for taking me. Magnificent exhibition. Also 2 Turkish Fests at Textile Museum, 701 21st St, DC. Sept 15 and 30th and ongoing Kilims of Anatolia exhibit. Call first because events free but require registn. Look on Textile Museum website. Also, about Spoonflower, it is a custom design print shop. I was thinking of Hawaiin quilt Kilim inspired appliques. Also last but not least, I will show my wearable + fiber art again on Nov 2 and 3. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images

Watergate building complex--photos by KMK except for first (from wiki)--In 1970s when I was reading abt Watergate in Time Mag. little did I think one day I would live in DC.

Quote of the day--from Watergate wiki.

Soviet Union In June 1973, when Leonid Brezhnev arrived in the United States to have a one-week meeting with Nixon,[132] Brezhnev told the press, "I do not intend to refer to that matter—[the Watergate]. It would be completely indecent for me to refer to it. ... My attitude toward Mr. Nixon is of very great respect." When one reporter suggested that Nixon and his position with Brezhnev were "weakened" by the scandal, Brezhnev replied, "It does not enter my mind to think whether Mr. Nixon has lost or gained any influence because of the affair." Then he said further that he had respected Nixon because of Nixon's "realistic and constructive approach to Soviet Union–United States relations ... passing from an era of confrontation to an era of negotiations between nations".[133] United Kingdom Talks between Nixon and Prime Minister Edward Heath may have been bugged. Heath did not publicly display his anger, with aides saying that he was unconcerned about having been bugged at the White House. According to officials, Heath commonly had notes taken of his public discussions with Nixon so a recording would not have bothered him. However, officials privately said that if private talks with Nixon were bugged, then Heath would be outraged. Even so, Heath was privately outraged over being taped without his prior knowledge.[134]

Deep Throat (Watergate) wiki

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Thursday, September 06, 2018

Some think NYTs op ed backfired.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/06/republicans-trump-oped-backfire-809427

The Rachel Maddow Show, 9-6-2018--must watch, very clear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7-WpncK73s

Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars accts.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html

854 blog hits today.

John Boorman who also made Beyond Rangoon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boorman

James Dickey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dickey

Plot of novel Deliverance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance_(novel)

Graphic--pivotal scene from James Dickey's novel Deliverance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntC0xJo2bSU

10 mins ago--Cory Booker says releasing Kavanaugh documents, risking his own Senate seat.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/06/politics/kavanaugh-hearing-document-booker-testimony/index.html

--Breaking News--Sen. Cory Booker says he is releasing documents, knowing he can be ousted from Senate seat. Sen. Hirono says same. Booker responds to man reading rules, "Great, bring the charges."Follow me on Twitter.

Arguing that the public has a right to know SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh's history, Sen. Cory Booker released 12 pages of documents labeled "committee confidential," including an email from Kavanaugh about "racial profiling." 86 replies 266 retweets 592 likes Adam Best Retweeted Kyle Griffin ‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 2h2 hours ago Mazie Hirono announces that she'll also release a Committee confidential document to the press, says that if Cory Booker is going to be punished, "count me in, too." 228 replies 3,837 retweets 11,725 likes Scott Dworkin ‏Verified account @funder 2h2 hours ago Cory Booker is the patriot we need right now. 🇺🇸 119 replies 1,474 retweets 5,528 likes CNN Newsroom Retweeted CNN ‏Verified account @CNN 3h3 hours ago Democratic Sen. Cory Booker says he is “knowingly violating the rules” and will release a document labeled “committee confidential” on racial profiling, one that he asked Judge Brett Kavanaugh about last night https://cnn.it/2Q7OqlR 427 replies 701 retweets 2,351 likes Mikel Jollett Retweeted Mikel Jollett ‏Verified account @Mikel_Jollett 3h3 hours ago This is called political courage. Senator Cory Booker says he will release the confidential emails HIDDEN by the Republican Party to expose that they and Kavanaugh are LYING, even if it means he is ousted from the Senate. 566 replies 5,730 retweets 16,435 likes Show this thread People View all Cory Booker Verified account @CoryBooker ‏ U.S. Senator from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker Verified account @SenBooker ‏ The U.S. Senate Office of Cory Booker, D-NJ. Tweets by staff. Scott Dworkin ‏Verified account @funder 2h2 hours ago BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker says he’s releasing emails "about racial profiling" to "expose" Kavanaugh docs "being withheld from public,” saying "I understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate." 🇺🇸 ABC News Video See the whole picture with @ABC News. 464 replies 2,848 retweets 6,651 likes CNN Politics ‏Verified account @CNNPolitics 2h2 hours ago Republican Sen. John Cornyn reads the Senate rules related to disclosing confidential documents. Democratic Sen. Cory Booker responds: “Bring the charges” 202 replies 594 retweets 1,708 likes Show this thread Red T Raccoon ‏ @RedTRaccoon 3h3 hours ago Cory Booker is releasing committee confidental documents. He admits that he is breaking Senate rules and can be ousted from the Senate. 112 replies 527 retweets 1,509 likes Show this thread Brian Schatz ‏Verified account @brianschatz 2h2 hours ago I’m proud of Cory Booker. 115 replies 1,029 retweets 7,487 likes Matthew Chapman ‏Verified account @fawfulfan 2h2 hours ago Matthew Chapman Retweeted Adam Best I'm feeling really good so far about my former statements that Cory Booker and Kamala Harris are our best choices for president. Matthew Chapman added, Adam Best Verified account @adamcbest Cory Booker was the first Senator to say a President under investigation shouldn’t get a SCOTUS nominee. Now he’s risking his own ass to release Kavanaugh documents Republicans were trying to hide. He’s been the Democratic MVP of this Supreme Court process. 30 replies 212 retweets 1,045 likes Brian Krassenstein ‏ @krassenstein 2h2 hours ago Cory Booker, risking possible Senate Expulsion in order to provide this nation with the transparency our Constitution affords us, is nothing short of heroic. This appears to be a turning point, where Democrats finally do whatever it takes to defend America from a runaway party. 310 replies 2,905 retweets 9,024 likes Kyle Griffin ‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 3h3 hours ago Cory Booker says he's going to violate Senate rules and release an email kept confidential on "racial profiling" to "expose" that docs being withheld "have nothing to do with national security." "I understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate." (ABC) 357 replies 2,759 retweets 7,020 likes Red T Raccoon ‏ @RedTRaccoon 3h3 hours ago Cory Booker right now. This is big. 35 replies 139 retweets 577 likes Show this thread Kaivan Shroff ‏ @KaivanShroff 2h2 hours ago Cory Booker is right, Now is the time for CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE in the face of extreme injustice. #StopKavanaugh #BringIt 19 replies 248 retweets 576 likes Adam Best ‏Verified account @adamcbest 2h2 hours ago Cory Booker was the first Senator to say a President under investigation shouldn’t get a SCOTUS nominee. Now he’s risking his own ass to release Kavanaugh documents Republicans were trying to hide. He’s been the Democratic MVP of this Supreme Court process. 137 replies 2,236 retweets 7,940 likes Ed Krassenstein ‏ @EdKrassen 1h1 hour ago Cory Booker doesn’t follow rules. Rules follow Cory Booker. 104 replies 458 retweets 2,730 likes Kyle Griffin ‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 2h2 hours ago Democrats were saying "bring it on" as John Cornyn told them that Cory Booker had clearly broken Senate rules. 144 replies 843 retweets 3,676 likes CNN ‏Verified account @CNN 48m48 minutes ago New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has released documents from Brett Kavanaugh's time as a White House staffer under President George W. Bush related to abortion and affirmative action. Read them here: https://cnn.it/2QauKxt 144 replies 266 retweets 556 likes Victor Stoddard liked Red T Raccoon ‏ @RedTRaccoon 2h2 hours ago Hey protesters in the Kavanaugh hearing. Pay attention to what's going on. We don't need you interrupting when Cory Booker is explaining something important. 23 replies 194 retweets 919 likes CNN Politics ‏Verified account @CNNPolitics 21m21 minutes ago Read the committee confidential document Sen. Cory Booker released on Brett Kavanaugh https://cnn.it/2Q9FFra 25 replies 39 retweets 52 likes ABC News ‏Verified account @ABC 2h2 hours ago "Apply the rule and bring the charges," Sen. Cory Booker challenges Sen. John Cornyn. "I stand by the public's right to have access to this document." https://abcn.ws/2wIi9bS 3:09 Video See the whole picture with @ABC News. 252 replies 1,205 retweets 3,493 likes Joyce Carol Oates and 1 other Retweeted CNN Politics ‏Verified account @CNNPol

Check out the Epilogue in Rick Wilson's book, Everything Trump touches Dies.

https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Trump-Touches-Dies-Republican/dp/1982103124#reader_1982103124 I didn't know there was gossip about Hope Hicks, but I did think reports of her ironing his jacket and pants while he was wearing them was weird. That's maybe why the jackets look over-ironed and smooth at the shoulders. I have not seen closeups of the pants. To me they look like cheap polyester made in China. 9-6-2018

Night of Camp David--this book is too expensive to buy right now--

https://www.amazon.com/Night-Camp-David-Fletcher-Knebel/dp/0060124202 I bought and read 7 Days in May, about a coup in America,(fiction) before it rose to its current price of $50. I hope someone will bring out cheaper editions if they can contact the writer's estate and get permission. 9-6-2018

NBC Nightly News--9-5-2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdnPxT9-GJQ

Kyi May Kaung--The Rohingya Genocide in Burma--2012-2017

https://www.amazon.com/Rohingya-Genocide-Burma-2012-2017-Actvists/dp/1981805028

Tim Cope--On the Trail of Genghis Khan.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1408825058/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1408825058&linkCode=as2&tag=gc0a7-20#customerReviews

The Guardian on 25th Amendment

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/06/trump-op-ed-new-york-times-who-wrote-it-mike-pence-pompeo-deny-authorship

Trevor Noah says it best--

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trevor-noah-nyt-op-ed-donald-trump_us_5b90ed16e4b0162f472a204a

MSNBC--Nicole Wallace talks to Rachel Maddow--about NYTS op ed.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-on-anonymous-op-ed-somebody-is-pulling-the-fire-alarm-1313797699568?v=raila& Someone pulled the fire alarm. 9-6-2018

Page views today 586

Rachel Maddow 9-6-2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQcn6dakq0 Fiction and fact. 9-6-2018

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Amusing--good for gutsy woman--how trmp's tweets propelled Omarosa's book from #17 to #1

on NYTs bestseller list! https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/22/media/omarosa-unhinged-best-selling-book/index.html

Rachel Maddow on Bob Woodward book.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-woodward-book-paints-donald-trump-as-unfit-to-serve-1313055299558?v=raila&

Impt--Pence breaks with Trump on Sessions, praises AG

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pence-breaks-trump-sessions-praises-attorney-general-n906751 Wow, trmp finally going DOWN?? 9-5-2018

NYTS ope ed from Sr Trump Official is causing a real stir--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsCvk5ytH50

Page views yesterday 558

Kavanaugh Hearing, 2nd day--live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQIhqWZNSSw

Rick Wilson book, Everything Trump Touches Dies.

https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Trump-Touches-Dies-Republican/dp/1982103124#reader_1982103124

shouting match between "buvanka and bannon" reported in Woodward book excerpt published in Washington Post.

https://whatsnew2day.com/ivanka-trump-smiles-in-the-midst-of-shouting-reports-with-steve-bannon/

Woodward book to be released next week, prompts internal witch hunt in WH for leaker

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/politics/trump-woodward-book-leakers/index.html But there may be more than one or everyone may be leaking. 9-5-2018
This cartoon is from 2017

Hmm--info wars alex jones jsut trying to make a splash after his accounts closed down--

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/05/marco-rubio-alex-jones-clash-808374 Not unlike trmp. If we disregard trmp, he may one day be in jones' position if not in jail. 9-5-2018

Live--2nd day of Kavanaugh Hearings--this includes helpful live blog or tweets.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing_us_5b8fc727e4b0cf7b003b6cf4 Check my Twitter acct above for retweets/cartoons etc in real time. --

Bob Woodward turns his fire on "Cheeto Jesus"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bob-woodward-bane-of-presidents-turns-his-fire-on-cheeto-jesus
Illustration also from The Daily Beast.

Jeff Bezos donates $10 m to Veterans Super PAC

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-jeff-bezos-donates-10-million-to-veteran-focused-super-pac-in-first-major-political-venture/

Twitter and Facebook CEOs currently at Hearing--

https://www.pscp.tv/ABC/1kvJpaEknRMxE?t=26s

trmp trade war effect--US trade imbalance surges to 5 mth high as exports fall.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-tradefigures/u-s-trade-deficit-surges-to-five-month-high-as-exports-fall-idUSKCN1LL1ME

Yesterday--Diane Feinstein's opening statement on Kavanaugh Hearing--important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2QThtYGyCA

Kavanaugh Hearings day 2--live--NPR

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/05/644615158/kavanaugh-hearings-day-2-senators-questions-to-take-center-stage Repubs and nominee obviously stalling with Bible quotes, feigned ignorance etc--disgusting. 9-5-2018

Plane from UAE quarantined at JFK airport after sick passengers--breaking news.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-flight/emirates-plane-quarantined-in-new-york-with-sick-passengers-airline-idUSKCN1LL1XM

Chuck Todd: Woodward book and Trump WH

https://www.today.com/video/chuck-todd-woodward-s-fear-causing-worry-in-white-house-1313208387676?v=railb&

Mayo Clinic, uterine cancer and endometriosis pages.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/endometrial-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20352461 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/endometriosis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20354661 If you're female, you need to know, and if you are male, you do also as cancer can happen to anyone, including your loved ones. Breast cancer can occur in men. One thing I found with Burma and Thailand was they do too many hysterectomies, sometimes without informing the patient at all, or without adequate information. On one short trip, I "found" 4 victims of "forced hysterectomy" in a very small sample of about 20 women. All were very young. One allowed me to interview her under an assumed name she chose herself, and said she was properly informed, but only after being prepped for surgery. She complained that her work colleagues did not understand. We will all die of something or the other, but it is best to seek good medical advice and treatment. Ignorance or quack doctors kill too. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images

Remembering Dr. Theingi, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theingi_Theingi RIP. Dear Theingi, all kind and good.

Amazon hits one trillion $$$ level

https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/04/technology/amazon-1-trillion/index.html

Fall flu shot and chimney cleaning reminder.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/guidance-which-flu-vaccine-get-shots-kids-maybe-go-egg-n906291 Get your annual flu shots also for children with pediatrician, adults can get at community centers, CVS, Krogers, Giant etc. Clogged chimneys can kill whole family with CO2 --odorless--tasteless, in one night. You can also install alarms. Don't put these things off. Sept. is the month to do it. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images at Wednesday, September 05, 2018 No comments: Links to this post

Tuesday, September 04, 2018

TRMS--Kavanaugh Hearing, Intv of John Kerry--Woodward book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4iV49eX_Nc Kerry: trmp does not know what he's talking about. This is a dangerous time. Republicans except for few exceptions only interested in protecting themselves. (One of them has passed away.) WE have the chance to hold trmp accountable and send him on his way. They have alternate facts There are no alternative facts facts are facts. There's no agreement on facts. Differing on how to deal with problems is a different thing. 9-4-2018 Rachel Maddow--intro--Kerry in 1988 with help of Mueller, dismantled world's most sleazy bank BCCI--drug Noriega scandal.

Center for Reproductive Rights opposes Kavanaugh nomination.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-accused-of-misapplying-scotus-precedent-on-abortion-1312250947793?v=raila&

Troubling timing of Kavanaugh pick.

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/the-troubling-timing-of-brett-kavanaugh-s-confirmation-hearings-1312278595999

Carl Bernstein--Trump presidency a national emergency, Kelly needs to resign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6gP5rsS2MY

Jeffrey Toobin--This tweet alone may be impeachable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXnuJfes4h8

Amazon worth one trillion now.

https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/04/technology/amazon-1-trillion/index.html This must scare trmp as Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.

Interesting, as they say--transcript and tape of phone call between legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward and presdt trmp--

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/04/transcript-phone-call-between-president-trump-journalist-bob-woodward/?utm_term=.ae0c14ca3771 From Washington Post. I think Kellyane just giving usual run around and --well--he always says what a good job he's doing. 9-4-2018

One thing I will say, Kavanaugh looked frightened and so does trmp these days.

Bob Woodward's new book FEAR

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/07/31/exp-bob-woodward-new-book-on-pres-trump.cnn That'll teach trmp to call the media "fake news." Woodward has tapes, transcripts, memos, everything. 9-4-2018

Kavanaugh hearing live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDqHXRtXSA0

Another book about blithering dysfunctional office--By Bob Woodward

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45415151 I hope this tips the point, esp. as Kavanaugh hearings going on right this minute. 9-4-2018

TRMS--trmp's family separation policy, still 500 toddlers and children left in system--problems of Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdKptu8tpYA A must watch. 9-3-2018

Monday, September 03, 2018

New Yorker magazine dis invites Steven Bannon from festival after other speakers withdraw.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorker-cuts-steve-bannon-from-festival-program-after-outcry-1536020899

Blog hits yesterday 847, most from Indonesia.

From CNN--2 Reuters journalists sentenced to 7 years each in archaic law for reporting on Rohingya Massacre.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/03/asia/reuters-journalists-myanmar-trial-verdict-intl/index.html A stain on a country that calls itself Buddhist and "democratic" yet still uses this colonial era law. SHAME. Sanctions should be put back on Myanmar. UN is pushing for Gen Min Aung Hlaing to be sent to ICC International Criminal Court. Scroll down for previous posts. 9-3-2018
Photo at Rohingya Conference in NY in 2012 with Nobel Laureate economist A K Sen.

Nobel economics laureate Douglas C. North on Institutions and lack of change.

https://www.amazon.com/Institutions-Institutional-Performance-Political-Decisions/dp/0521397340/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0521397340&pd_rd_r=1faa5d6a-afb5-11e8-ad5d-f9d1f1abea37&pd_rd_w=3PkoB&pd_rd_wg=6jDG4&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=18bb0b78-4200-49b9-ac91-f141d61a1780&pf_rd_r=JW5B2T2845H7QMFBKW2E&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=JW5B2T2845H7QMFBKW2E It's bc of the vested interests, everywhere from Burma to China and Russia. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images

Massive fire engulfs Brazil's National Museum--video.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-brazils-national-museum-video?CMP=twt_gu

State Department denounces stabbing of 2 US citizens at Amsterdam main train station.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/02/state-department-denounces-horrifying-amsterdam-stabbings-806123

Sunday, September 02, 2018

Famous White House photographer, David Hume Kennerly, took all the pictures for the McCain family.

Like everything else, the Senator planned well, went out in style and made important points. Bravo. A life well lived. 9-2-2018

As Navy jets from famous Blue Angels streak overhead, McCain buried in private ceremony in Annapolis MD--at the Naval Academy.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mccain/as-fighter-jets-streak-overhead-mccain-is-buried-in-annapolis-idUSKCN1LI0PH Rest in Peace, great hearted man and good human being,friend, husband and father. 9-2-2018

Grandpa Kitchen--Apollo fish in red sauce recipe.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1of9ELYwB623fWaAMRDVFA

Whole chicken biryani--Grandpa kitchen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMDhd3M0zDo Cooked with raw marinated whole chicken. 9-2-2018

Grandpa kitchen, chicke nuggets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rso-ItJ1W7s

At John McCain Memorial Service--National Cathedral, Washington DC--Renee Fleming sings Oh Danny Boy--

https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/renee-fleming-offers-moving-rendition-of-danny-boy-at-john-mccain-memorial-service-1311330883868?v=railb

Renee Fleming sings Oh Danny Boy--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXYdp_MwaLg

11 House seats move towards Democrats

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/politics/cnn-house-key-races-august-update/index.html

GIF of trmp from 2016 campaign--

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/10/20/what_does_donald_trump_do_when_he_thinks_no_one_s_looking_watch_this_gif.html "perverted charisma" He didn't raise his leg and pee like dog--author's pet. 9-2-2018

Human Right Watch wants to end Saudi arms sales--after Yemen bus attack.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/hrw-saudi-arms-sale-yemen-school-bus-attack-180902075014341.html Among the stupid things (and evil also) Burmese-Mon-Shan (by her own admission) racist geologist Yin Yin Nwe said was "HRW is not the UN"--well, of course it is not. That's just the point. She also said the "uneducated Rohingya women" did not know Gen. Thein Sein. But why should they? She also accused HRW of "Just asking one side." This is moral equivalence of for e g trmp saying after Charlottesville "2 sides" But there are no (equal weight) "2 sides" for say Nazis vs millions of Jews and gypsies etc. Burmese junta vs nearly 1 m Rohingya 1 m internally displaced 1 m migrant workers. A Chin acquaintance of mine came off the plane in Newark NJ and was met by the same young man who often met me at my train in Princeton. The Chin (theologian) had saved money washing dishes at the school cafeteria for his round trip air ticket. Young Man said U-- was mad when he came off the plane, he said "It's worth it to be Ne Win (Burmese dictator)--He only has to die once vs--" It reminds me of how I used to rant too, in the car when Young Man met me, almost every weekend as I went to see his mother,my childhood friend. kmk 9-2-2018

trmp admin withholds 100,000 kavanaugh documents

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/01/politics/trump-kavanaugh-bush-supreme-court-documents /index.html IF THERE IS SO MUCH DIRT according to their own reckoning, he's not a suitable Supreme Court nominee. 9-2-2018

Senator McCain being laid to rest in Annapolis today--

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/09/02/mccain-ends-81-year-journey-with-burial-at-naval-academy/23514693/

Laugh--New Yorker cartoon caption competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxyW5KGnlYs

how d j t f--ed up his own father's funeral.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/01/mccain-funeral-trump-shunned-219628

Federal judge (TX) denies request to end DACA.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-andrew-hanen-denies-states-request-to-end-daca-today-2018-08-31/

Page views yesterday 649.

NYTs Effort to flip Russian oligarch Deripaska

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/politics/deripaska-ohr-steele-fbi.html

Saturday, September 01, 2018

Full text of Presdt Obama's speech at Sen. MacCain's memorial services.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/read-full-text-barack-obama-s-speech-john-mccain-s-n905721

Special Counself Investigation--wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Counsel_investigation_(2017%E2%80%93present) Keep the link on file and read bit by bit. It is very long and detailed. Learn to skim intelligently in your reading. As time goes on, Google everything on your own, because wikipedia is constantly updated. Date at the bottom of each article says when it was updated. You know it is publicly edited,but I don't do wiki myself because already have too much to do. Also I have seen some mistakes, or poor editing and posting, repetition and errors with grammar. However, it is still a good first step in your research. Then open links to the references at the bottom of each article. I was surprised that even someone with a Princeton Ph.D. (in theology) had no idea what I was talking about when I said this, and was inclined to dismiss all of Wikipedia as "unreliable." This is just not so. KMKaung 9-1-2018

9-1-2018--From watching the live stream of the McCain National Cathedral Service just now--

Repubs, esp. Mrs McConnell looked decidedly uncomfortable, she looked around and seemed to roll her eyes, Kushner couple were subdued. Likewise Ryan, Flynn, Mattis.

Quote of the day--from McCain wiki--some say Palin paved the way for trmp.

McCain's decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate was criticised; New York Times journalist David Brooks says that "he took a disease that was running through the Republican party – anti-intellectualism, disrespect for facts – and he put it right at the centre of the party".[245] Laura McGann in Vox says that McCain gave the "reality TV politics" and Tea Party movement more political legitimacy, as well as solidifying "the Republican Party's comfort with a candidate who would say absurdities ... unleashing a political style and a values system that animated the Tea Party movement and laid the groundwork for a Trump presidency."[246] Although McCain said later in life that he expressed regret for not choosing the independent Senator Joe Lieberman as his VP candidate instead, he has consistently defended Palin's performances at his events.[247]

Page views yesterday, 459 and today 350 already and still only 7 AM.

And I have been blogging mostly about Indian cooking and wild boar castration. 9-1-2018

Rachel Maddow, new witness who flipped--Patten--money trail and fishy inauguration math of US 107m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SCDXHYwys8 If the Trump inauguration comm. got money from Ukraine funneled through Cyprus and disguised as "campaign donation" surely there is MAJOR COLLUSION. Also, why did Cambridge Analytica do research on Americans' thoughts on Russia and Putin. Did Putin plan to take over presidency in USA? If so now cover is blown, and whistle blower Christopher Wylie, he of pink hair, tweeted there is more to come. Wow, one can practically hear trmp rattling in his pod like dried peas. Stay tuned, especially to Rachel Maddow. 9-1-2018
It's all over, your "wife" American public is in on your affair, saw nude photos on your cell phone.

Horrible crime over bbc smoke between immigrants--

https://www.aol.com/articles/toronto-filmmaker-murdered-over-barbecue-120800000.html