Medicare for All of 2019

Colorful drawing of people holding up cards in the air and the words Medicare for All

The Medicare for All Act of 2019, is scheduled to be introduced into the Congressional House by Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of Washington State this coming Wednesday, February 27th. She hoped to have more than 100 cosponsors at the time the bill is introduced.

Grand Jury Watch Rally for Donna Dalton

Woman outside holding a sign that says Protect and Serve not Kill and Coverup

Wednesday, February 27, 12pm
Join us Wednesday, February 27 in front of the Franklin County Courthouse for a rally to have a visible presence during the grand jury. TIME TBD, WILL EITHER BE AT NOON OR 4/5pm PENDING THE STATUS OF THE GRAND JURY THAT DAY. Donna Dalton was killed by Columbus Police Officer Andrew Mitchell on August 23, 2018. CPD have completed their investigation of the shooting and the case is being presented to the grand jury during the final week of February.
We must make our voices heard and hold space for Donna Dalton and her family. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
We are also asking folks to call Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien once a day, every day, until the grand jury concludes, demanding he indict Andrew Mitchell for the killing of Donna Dalton. For details visit the Facebook call-in event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/327837431173682/?ti=icl

U.S. Sale of War Planes to New Zealand Faces Popular Resistance in U.S. and New Zealand

The U.S. State Department uses public funds and public employees to market private products designed for mass killing to foreign governments. Few corporations have benefitted more from this socialism for the oligarchs than Boeing. In one recent example, the U.S. government has persuaded the New Zealand government to buy four “Poseidon” planes from Boeing that are designed for working with submarines, of which New Zealand possesses zero.

The purchase price of $2.3 billion in New Zealand dollars, $1.6 billion in U.S. dollars, may be too small for White House occupant Donald Trump to hold an illustration-enhanced media event about. And “at least they buy our instruments of death” is not a case that needs to be made for New Zealand in the way that it apparently does for Saudi Arabia. Still, the deal is troubling to people in both countries, and they are speaking out.

Will Bernie Sanders Waste His Supporters' Money Again by Not Really Wanting to Win?

Ok let's get one thing straight: Bernie Sanders was my kind of candidate, but if he had really wanted to win in 2016 he would have challenged the primary election results ten ways to Sunday. In Massachusetts, Bill Clinton illegally campaigned inside the polling wire, glad-handing and back-slapping as Secretary of State William J. Galvin looked the other way, merely issuing a "reminder" later to everyone that electioneering inside the wire was illegal.

Poisoned and confused - no way back to grandmother's house

"In modern times, an increase in chemical production has led to widespread environmental chemical contamination that can affect normal hormone function in those exposed, particularly in vulnerable populations, such as children and pregnant women. Many of these identified endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which include pesticides and substances used in manufacturing a multitude of products, have been reported to interfere with thyroid hormone function, yet public health policy does not fully address the risks to vulnerable populations."

Brain disorders in children linked to common environmental toxin exposures https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180324103152.htm

Psychosexual outcome of gender-dysphoric children https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18981931

Thailand Legalizes Medical Marijuana & Kratom

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Medical marijuana and kratom became legal in
Thailand on February 18 after the king signed a royal decree allowing
doctors, patients, schools, farmers, entrepreneurs and exporters to
cultivate, possess and dispense both drugs.

The move raised hopes among many that it paves the way for legalizing
recreational marijuana soon.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn signed the medical law February 18, two
months after the military government's parliament unanimously approved
it, a legislative sequence required by the constitution.

The decree was published, as required, in the Royal Gazette and said
the Narcotics Act of 1979 was amended to make medical marijuana legal.

Patients with prescriptions can receive medical marijuana and kratom.
Farmers need a Narcotics Control Board permit.

Recreational use of both drugs is still illegal. Possession of illegal
cannabis is punishable by up to 15 years in jail under the amended
law.

Most of Thailand's medical marijuana and kratom is initially expected

The New York Times Is Scared of Peace

Asia, Culture of Peace, North America

Director of World BEYOND War

The New York Times and the people it gives voice to are very worried that Donald Trump may be too much in favor of peace in Korea, more in favor of peace than of disarming North Korea prior to peace — a sure recipe, of course, for never arriving at peace.

North Korea has disarmed in the past when there were real steps toward peace from both sides.

North Korea is no threat to the United States — the actual United States, not its mission of global domination.

The United States has no business in Korea and would facilitate peace and disarmament, make itself better liked around the world, and save many billions of dollars by getting out.

Alleged "Spy" Monica Witt Is No Justification for US War on Iran

By William Boardman, Reader Supported News

19 February 19


Inside the government, some officials called her “Wayward Storm.” Her real name was Monica Elfriede Witt, an exemplary Air Force counterintelligence agent who had studied Persian and carried out covert missions in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. 

– New York Times lede, February 13, 2019

… American authorities have struggled to conclude exactly why she turned on her country.

– New York Times “think piece,” February 16, 2019

I served in the Air Force for 10 years and participated in both the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. After viewing so much corruption and the damage we were doing both to Iraq/Afghanistan and to the perception of the U.S., I decided I needed to do as much as I could to help rectify the situation.

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