What about Mr. Trump’s taxes? The president’s commentary, made in a Twitter post, comes amid reports that Mr. Trump has expressed an interest in reining in the e-commerce business.
Private companies want to replace public transport. Should we let them?
Gotta be kidding – everyone in past history in US just milked public transit…….. at expense of the poor.

Companies like Uber and Citymapper are scrapping for a piece of the mass transit market – with or without the support of public bodies
The sleek black van seemed a lot like a taxi. After summoning it to my location in central London using my smartphone, I walked a short distance to the pick-up point and clambered in. But then, just as I moved to close the door, a stranger climbed in after me.
She introduced herself as Anna. It was Anna’s third time using Smart Ride, the new service from Citymapper, the route planning app that has branched out to offer its own transport services. Smart Ride uses a fleet of minivans that move around the city on a fixed network, matching up passengers based on pick-up points and destinations. Citymapper calls it “a solution for dynamic shared transportation in cities”. Essentially, it’s a cross between a taxi and a bus.
East Coast and Texas metros had the most H-1B visas for skilled workers from 2010 to 2016
The employment of high-skilled foreign workers with H-1B visas centered in large East Coast and Texas metro areas in fiscal 2010-2016.
Source: East Coast and Texas metros had the most H-1B visas for skilled workers from 2010 to 2016
Interview: Liu Heung Shing – photographer
Source: Interview: Liu Heung Shing
Remember the Resource Officer Who Shot the School Shooter in Maryland? It Never Happened
Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association and people who believe in the magical fairy tale of armed school employees preventing school shootings were all forced to eat their words with a supersized cup of “shut the fuck up” Monday, when authorities investigating the case of the Maryland school shooter who was stopped by a “good guy with a gun” announced that—contrary to earlier reports—the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Source: Remember the Resource Officer Who Shot the School Shooter in Maryland? It Never Happened
Rise/Set #photochallenge #haiku
My awareness times of day – thanks
Palmetto rise
colors of the sun merge
Equator sizzle
I love sun rise and sunset. Different parts of the world have their own unique glow.
South Carolina sunrise, Ugandan Sunset, Santa Barbara winter sunrise
Happy Wednesday to WordPress Photographers as we enjoy Sunrises and Sunsets.
Analysis: Kim Jong-un’s Beijing visit shows China is winning at North Korea diplomacy, not Trump

Kim Jong-un’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing sends a powerful message to the US that regional ties run deep, writes Stan Grant.
Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement
Unspeakably criminal! The department is aiming to roll back Obama administration attempts to curtail racial, ethnic and income segregation in federally subsidized housing and development projects.
In world first, UK reports high-level gonorrhea resistance
Putin condemned for saying Jews may have manipulated US election
Putin condemned for saying Jews may have manipulated US election:
Jewish groups and U.S. lawmakers condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that the 2016 U.S. presidential election may have been manipulated by Russian Jews.
Putin’s remarks came during a long and occasionally surreal interview with NBC News on Saturday, in which he speculated that nearly anyone other than the Russian government could have been behind a program to disrupt the election. U.S. intelligence agencies believe Putin ordered the effort to undermine faith in the U.S. election and help elect Donald Trump as president.
“Maybe they’re not even Russians,” Putin told Megyn Kelly, referring to who might have been behind the election interference. “Maybe they’re Ukrainian, Tatars, Jews — just with Russian citizenship.”
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