Joinfortmill
Joinfortmill's JournalThe upcoming Presidential Election is going to be about Women's rights and equal rights for us all...
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/helen-reddy-i-am-woman-song-feature/
The backstory to the song I Am Woman....
'Bombshell NY Times report claims Trump could owe $100M after double-dipping on tax claims'
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-taxes-2668234251/My words: Will this finally take this lying, cheating, traitorous m*fucker down?
'Former President Donald Trump could owe the IRS more than $100 million after claiming dubious tax breaks on his skyscraper in Chicago, a bombshell New York Times report revealed Saturday.
The Chicago Tower — Trump’s most recent major construction project and completed in 2009 — has been a huge money loser since building began
But the IRS is accusing Trump of writing off his losses twice — effectively double dipping on the tax benefits gained from the tower’s financial losses.'
'Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says'
https://apnews.com/article/police-shooting-airman-florida-8bcc82463ada69264389edf2a4f1a83dMy words: They never identified themselves. Ben Crump is the attorney, so there's going to be a huge payout for this fiasco. But that won't bring this poor dead soldier back.
"MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday...Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was in his off-base apartment in Fort Walton Beach when the shooting happened on May 3.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in a statement that Fortson was on a Facetime call with a woman at the time of the encounter....According to Crump, the woman, whom Crump didn’t identify, said Fortson was alone in his apartment when he heard a knock at the door. He asked who was there but didn’t get a response. A few minutes later, Fortson heard a louder knock but didn’t see anyone when he looked through the peephole, Crump said, citing the woman’s account.
The woman said Fortson was concerned and went to retrieve his gun, which Crump said was legally owned....As Fortson walked back through his living room, deputies burst through the door, saw that Fortson was armed and shot him six times, according to Crump’s statement. The woman said Fortson was on the ground, saying, “I can’t breathe,” after he was shot, Crump said."
'Boeing cargo plane forced to land at Istanbul without front landing gear Incident involving Boeing 767 jet...'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/08/boeing-cargo-plane-forced-to-land-at-istanbul-without-front-landing-gearMy comments: Another one bites the dust. Feds should take them over. They've become too dangerous. This whole fucking mess is about fucking greed. Note: I stand by my opinion, but given the comments, I felt it best to print the entire article. Three different planes are mentioned in this article: 787, 767, 737. End my comments.
"A Boeing cargo plane has been forced to land at Istanbul airport without its front landing gear, in the latest setback for the embattled planemaker...Nobody was hurt in the incident, in a flight operated by the delivery company FedEx, according to Turkey’s transport ministry...The Boeing 767 aircraft, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday, informed the traffic control tower at Istanbul airport that its landing gear had failed to open and it landed with guidance from the tower, the ministry said.
Emergency services were standing by for the landing. The ministry did not give a reason for the landing gear’s failure and said its teams were conducting examinations at the scene as part of an investigation...Video of the incident shows the plane’s back wheels touching down, followed by its fuselage, with sparks and smoke streaming from its underside. The plane then skids to a halt, remaining on the runway...The runway has been temporarily closed to air traffic, but traffic on the other runways at the airport was continuing without interruption, the airport operator IGA said.
The incident comes at a time when Boeing’s safety record is under intense scrutiny, after a string of crises and safety issues...Boeing on Tuesday said it had informed regulators about possible failures to carry out mandatory safety inspections on its 787 Dreamliner planes. The US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration, said it was “investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records”.
It followed separate allegations by a whistleblowing engineer that Boeing took shortcuts to reduce production bottlenecks while making the 787...The US manufacturer pledged this year to turn around its safety culture after a door panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max plane in mid-air in January...Boeing had been trying to ramp up production of the 737 Max, its bestselling model, to move beyond the crisis triggered by two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019. 737 Max planes were grounded worldwide for the best part of two years.
FedEx was approached for comment on Wednesday’s incident. Boeing declined to comment."
Beautiful Blue Eyes? More like Reptilian Eyes, You Snake...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-was-just-resting-those-beautiful-blue-eyes-of-his-in-court-you-morons'Trump Says He Was Just Resting His ‘Beautiful Blue Eyes’ in Court'
'“Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today,” the 77-year-old posted on Truth Social during a break in proceedings. “I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!”'
'A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them'
https://apnews.com/article/election-lies-trump-republicans-2024-legitimacy-f9b015fb3ead18f5c7b1432415680361My words: A glimmer of hope out of the darkness Trump has wrought.
'ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online. So Gabriel Sterling, a Republican who had defended the 2020 election in Georgia amid an onslaught of threats, posted a message to his nearly 71,000 followers on the social platform X explaining what had happened and saying that all votes would be counted correctly...
Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, is part of an effort begun after the last presidential election that seeks to bring together Republican officials who are willing to defend the country’s election systems and the people who run them. They want officials to reinforce the message that elections are secure and accurate, an approach they say is especially important as the country heads toward another divisive presidential contest. The group has held meetings in several states, with more planned before the Nov. 5 election...
“It’s about democratic principles at a higher level –- what does it mean to be a conservative who believes in democracy, the rule of law?”...He said an aim is to have a structure in place to support election officials who might find themselves in situations like that of Georgia’ secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger in 2020...A guiding principle for the group is that Republican officials should “publicly affirm the security and integrity of elections across the U.S. and avoid actively fueling doubt about elections in other jurisdictions.”'
'Trump, Project 2025, the Supreme Court and the Election with Hillary Rodham Clinton'
' Rodham Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 presidential nominee, joins Defending Democracy to talk with Marc Elias about the harm Donald Trump has done to our democracy and America’s global standing. Plus, Secretary Clinton talks about her thoughts on the GOP’s plans for 2024, Supreme Court justices and President Joe Biden.'
My words: We could have had her, people. Grab your favorite beverage and settle in for an intelligent, informative conversation, especially when she speaks about SCOTUS (in the second half), there are a couple of surprises I won't give away.
It's not about age, people, it's about mental and physical health and vitality....
Rolling Stones Live in Houston Texas - Start me up April 28th 2024
When Biden beat Trump in 2020, America said loud and clear, 'We're done with this bum. Joe is our guy!'
But like the cockroach he is, Trump was not easily squashed. We need to step on this M*F*cker once and for all.
And, we will. The name, TRUMP, is going down in infamy. But, we must always remember, like the cockroach, there are many more like him. Trump needs to be held up as an example for his treachery. He must be squashed under the heal of the law and convicted for his crimes.
As for the SCOTUS, your turn is coming. Justice will prevail. Keep the faith, people.
Ok, so I'm going out on a limb here about the attack on Israel.
My words: Below is a brief, not all inclusive, summary of events. In a nutshell, Israel retaliated fiercely. There's been a lot of criticism about just how fiercely. But, I remember as a child and young woman when the Holocaust in Germany was revealed with all the justifiable reactions of shock and horror were questions like, "Why didn't they fight? Why did they just go like lambs to the slaughter? Where was their resistance?" The implications raised by these questions was that in some way, the Jews were to blame for their own suffering. In 1933, they (the Jews) tried to act/react with reasonableness, and yes, there was some resistance, but it could not match the might of the Nazis, and six million Jews were slaughtered.
No country would take them. The doors to the world shut them out. They were trapped. Below is a video of "Remembering the MS St. Louis" https://mjhnyc.org/blog/remembering-the-ms-st-louis/
'...the MS St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany, on its way to Cuba. On board were more than 900 Jews fleeing the Third Reich and hoping to find refuge in Cuba, and eventually the United States, but the ship was turned away from both countries. Forced to return to Europe, many of those passengers did not survive the Holocaust.'
When it was all over, the Nazis had slaughtered six million Jews along with millions of other innocent people. The horrors perpetrated upon the Jews of Europe was so great and so horrific that the world said they must have a Homeland of their own, and Israel was created. The cry, "Never Again" and 'Never Forget" arose. And they didn't forget, people, but maybe we did.
War is hell, so we should be very careful when we unleash it. I do hope that the suffering of the Palestinian people will soon cease, but never forget who started this horror.
1. Israel was attacked
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67480680
2. Israel retaliates
https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-palestina-gaza-air-and-ground-attack-by-hamas/
3. Hamas did not return all the hostages. Where are they?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/number-hostages-still-alive-gaza-remains-mystery-officials-say-rcna148294
4. Gaza crisis grows under intense bombardment as Israel retaliates against Hamas atrocities
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/israel-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-war-thursday-intl-hnk/index.html
5. Iran attacks Israel
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/14/iran-attacks-israel-with-over-300-drones-missiles-what-you-need-to-know
6. Israel attacks Iran
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-israel-used-air-to-surface-missile-called-the-rampage-in-iran-attack/
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Name: JoGender: Female
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