Really? Democracy?Hillary Clinton won the election by 2,865,000 votes. She is not President.67% of Americans support a ban on assault weapons. There is no such ban.68% of Americans believe climate change is being caused by human activity. Our government denies it and refuses to act.79% of Americans believe abortion should be legal under any (50%) or some (29%) circumstances. There is no Federal protection for these services and access continues to shrink.By similar majorities, Americans want to protect the nation's air and water and the Everglades....
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
Marriott Hotels Declining Quality Has turned it into a Holiday Inn Chain. By Geniusofdespair
Marriott Hotels once had a certain cache. Not any more. I am so over the Marriott brand, they are now a 1/2 a step above a Holiday Inn. Just as Holiday Inn and Ramada went downhill so did Marriott. I have horror stories abound and I am a gold member not treated with respect. In fact I had one Corporate Executive be entirely rude to me. Remember, all I EVER wanted was for Marriott to set aside rooms that pets were never in. They could not.Her name...
Strike one for the National Archives: What a Blow to our Personal History. By Geniusofdespair
If you want to trace back the history of your brave relatives who fought in the Army or Air Force -- you won't be happy. We asked for the military records of my Father-in-Law who was a doctor under the command of General Patton. They played chess together. My Father-in-Law said when they wanted to stop Patton from moving forward...they didn't supply him with gasoline. That was the only way to hold him back. He ended the war at a Concentration Camp...
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Police Union Representatives at Daniella Levine Cava Fundraiser. By Geniusofdespair
Photo by Harry Emilio GottliebOkay police union people here are some tips. First: Steve Shiver, whom they hired, I don't want to shake your hand. My hands were behind my back, that should have been a clue but I was happy to leave your hand awkwardly in front of you waiting. It just wasn't going to happen. You were the only one to ever threaten me on this blog. The only one out of 8,118,599. I guess that makes you special.Police union guy number two...
Amidst Trump indifference and hostility to the executive branch, EPA Scott Pruitt stands out as the most loyal destroyer ... by gimleteye
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, fundamentally disrespects the executive authority of the White House except for the narrow range of interests that consume his ego.Holes in staffing and appointments of incompetents delineate vast areas of federal policy and programs where Trump literally has no patience or curiosity. This suits Republican donors from regulated industries to a T. They never had a better opportunity to lock down their...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Cambridge Analytica funder behind Heartland Institute climate denialists ... by gimleteye
Tonight, FIU is hosting a climate change workshop and including, as a matter of some controversy, a climate change denier from the Heartland Institute. “Climate Change in the Americas” is the theme of the 35th edition of the annual Journalists & Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean to be held on March 27-28, 2018, at Florida International University’s Miami Beach Urban Studios.As always: follow the money.The Trump election in 2016...
Monday, March 26, 2018
Miami should tell climate change denier on FIU panel: Fuck You ... by gimleteye
I'm old school when it comes to flaming others on the internet. Don't like it. Try not to do it. But FIU's inclusion on a climate change panel of a well-known industry funded denier is a bridge too far. The Miami Herald reported last week:James Taylor — no, not the singer — is the man to call when you want an official-sounding, educated voice on why climate change isn’t happening (it is), why humans haven’t caused it (we have) or why it’s actually...
Saturday, March 24, 2018
More photos and videos from Washington DC MARCH FOR OUR LIVES. By Geniusofdespair
The kids were from everywhere — Tennesse, Alabama, Massachusetts, New York, etc. What was it like to be there? It was like the Vietnam Nam war protest except painfully polite. People marching is logistically better than having them crushed in one place for 3 hours. I paid and got a front-row seat in the balcony of the Newseum. Seeing that sea of people from my perch on the balcony was jaw dropping. But, being on the ground and looking into their...
The March for Our Lives in Washington DC. By Geniusofdespair
A do nothing Washington has given its answer. So, march on, children, march on. - Colbert King, the Washington PostYesterday signs were posted around Pennsylvania Ave. prohibiting pistols Last night Pennsylvania Ave. was closed for “March for Our Lives” and parking was suspended near...
Friday, March 23, 2018
In Washington DC for Student Gun March. By Geniusofdespair
A lot of kids are on board my plane headed for the march tomorrow.10:11 - Friggin’ freezing here. No gloves. Have to find a dollar store.7pm - Pennsylvania Avenue is now closed. There is limited parking all over. A lot of young people around. Inspiri...
Marjory Stoneman Douglas would be proud of these kids
NOTE: I've been a board member of Friends of the Everglades for over a decade. The organization was founded in 1969 by Marjory to oppose the jetport in the Everglades and grew to encompass advocacy in many of the same fights we are waging today: suburban sprawl in wetlands, the outsized influence of Big Sugar on state politics, the failure to clean up serious, widespread water pollution across the state of Florida. Most Floridians will be on the...
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Facebook does not exist for your pleasure: Remember that. By Geniusofdespair
I decided to boost our brand "Eye on Miami" on Facebook for some unknown reason. I do crazy stuff sometimes. I guess I am trying to get people to join the Eye on Miami Group on Facebook. Don't know what that is about? Neither do I, but look on the Right Side of this page there is a giant Facebook link to the Group. Hit it. Join it.Well, back to the story, I am paying $2 a day for 3 days to boost the post on the left to see what happens....
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
MORE, on the Facebook debacle ... a five-alarm fire in American democracy ... by gimleteye
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are huddled away, trying to figure out their next steps now that the role of Facebook data in promoting the election of Donald Trump and the Alt-R is coming clear. Their shameful disgrace is spreading across Western democracies because elected representatives allowed Moscow Center an open door to exploit the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of human nature; proliferating the scum of nativist fears and anxieties (in...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Unattributed Quote Of The Day ... by gimleteye
"Many people don't understand that we are the sink at the end of the rest of the world's brain drain. Other countries send us their best and their brightest and most want to stay. Over 50% of PhDs in math and engineering awarded in the US in recent years have gone to foreign nationals. 80% of these students want to remain in the US post-graduation. In 2016 all five of the American recipients of Nobel Prizes were born elsewhere. At Harvard, close...
Monday, March 19, 2018
Picture of the Day: Lenny Bruce. By Geniusofdespair
1960 Album Cover - Lenny Bruce's Standup Comedy ActThis is a 1960 Lenny Bruce Album Cover. Lenny is the comedian that was always getting arrested for indecent humor. He pushed all the boundaries. Note the album cover and you might understand his humor and how radical he actually was. Remember it is 1960. Even more racism then we have now. Alabama’s Governor George Wallace was leading the South’s fight against federally ordered racial integration...
Trump Russia Collusion ... by gimleteye
Click on this link: Think You Know How Deep Trump-Russia Goes? Think Again: This Chart/Info Will Blow Your MindIt is turgid reading but useful to understand that Trump’s context is a Russia mafia woven into his businesses for many years. Donald Jr. publicly acknowledged the outsized influence and participation by Russians in real estate businesses bearing the Trump brand. He didn't say "mafia" or that the Russian mob always ties back to Putin. In...
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Bridge Collapse and No State Attorney Investigation Considered? By Geniusofdespair
Before the bodies were even removed from the rubble Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced there would be no investigation on criminal charges by her office of the FIU bridge collapse. WHAT????On March 16th reporter Jim Defede posted on Facebook:In an absurd development, the Miami-Dade State Attorney @KathyFndzRundle has already ruled out criminal charges in the @FIU bridge collapse that killed six people saying “charges are probably the most...
Stormy Daniels is fit to end the sonnet ... by gimleteye
UK Guardian Carole Caddwalldr just broke open the story of the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower. Click here, to read the story. This morning, Facebook banned the whistleblower. Rupert Murdoch set the stage, long ago, with a profit model to extract billions by ginning up base emotions. Under Reagan, the Fairness Doctrine disappeared. Mark Zuckerburg weaponized Murdoch's model and helped put a mobbed-up grifter in the WH. Putin saw the opportunity...
Friday, March 16, 2018
Eyeonmiami’s Facebook Group. By Geniusofdespair
We have a Group on Facebook called “Eye on Miami Group”. No link just search it once you are in Facebook. Then join. You can post stuff. I wish I could give you a link but if you hit on the skyline you get there eventually. WAIT. This appears to be the link:https://m.facebook.com/groups/10580027909293...
Munilla Construction : the FIU bridge collapse is a tragedy but what about Munilla itself? ... by gimleteye
Eye On Miami from time to time has dipped into the story of the massive influence of Munilla Construction aka MCM. You won't hear electeds opine on the influence of Munilla because of their outsized weight as campaign contributors to political campaigns. Read our archive, he...
Thursday, March 15, 2018
The Trump Outlet Website: Get your Trump Junk. By Geniusofdespair
$19.99 at the Trump Outlet, $10.99 at Walmart, and $1.99 on EbayI am really intrigued by the Trump Outlet. Where is the money going for all this overpriced Trump gear? Charity? I calculate they have sold almost 1/2 million dollars worth of ugly hats. They charge $33 for posters.I looked at the Trump Outlet privacy policy and found this interesting for Trump's re-election campaign, mining private information of those stupid enough to buy this...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Build that Wall Donald. By Geniusofdespair
It sounded like Donald Trump, your President, was talking about the Flying Wallendas when observing the different wall proto-types in California. No, he was talking about those Mexicans and other immigrants who he supposed had the skills of the Flying Wallendas to get over the proposed wall.All of those horrible immigrants with thoughts of doing harm to all of us, by perhaps getting a job picking fruit on a farm or wiping your babies ass.Of course,...
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