Et tu Assaf…our Idol…?

Generations of oppression increase the probability of corruption and those committing the corruption see it as payback or some other delusion that denies nobility and grace to those whose lives are stolen.

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Since the eruption of corruption in the PA is insisting on being nothing but a false alarm of a volcanic lava that refuses to explode, today’s story of corruption might be of interest because of the names mentioned.

We are used to PA officials being part of all the misconduct, mismanagement, abuses, corruption… but to see the name of the Arab Idol Mohammad Assaf among those who have benefited from the vehicles custom exemption seemed a bit of frustrating. After all, this is a man that millions have been invested in him by most Palestinian ” audience.” he really does not need more benefits on account of the poor. This is a man who travels around the world to solicit money for refugees. The only people who should be exempted from such tax are supposed to be the disabled, and “diplomats and parliamentarians, and I guess ministers and know we have many of…

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An Old Killer Arises

Most everyone knows of the problems Viet vets had upon their return from the war zone….PTSD and those damn symptoms of Agent Orange….well a new killer has been discovered after all these years….

A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet—test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested through raw or undercooked fish and a rare bile duct cancer, per the AP. It can take decades for symptoms to appear. By then, patients are often in tremendous pain, with just a few months to live. Of the 50 blood samples submitted, more than 20% came back positive or bordering positive for liver fluke antibodies, said Sung-Tae Hong, the tropical medicine specialist who carried out the tests at Seoul National University in South Korea.

“It was surprising,” he said, stressing the preliminary results could include false positives and that the research is ongoing. Though rarely found in Americans, the parasites infect an estimated 25 million people worldwide. Endemic in the rivers of Vietnam, the worms can easily be wiped out with a handful of pills early on, but left untreated they can live for decades without making their hosts sick. Over time, swelling and inflammation of the bile duct can lead to cancer. Jaundice, itchy skin, weight loss, and other symptoms appear only when the disease is in its final stages. The VA study, along with a call by Sen. Chuck Schumer for broader research into liver flukes and vets stricken with the cancer known as cholangiocarcinoma, began after the AP raised the issue last year. About 700 veterans with cholangiocarcinoma have been seen by the VA in the past 15 years.

Just great!  As if these vets did not have enough on their shoulders…..now this….

May you all have a good Sunday…..be well, be safe…..chuq

Don’t Breach what you Preach

The only way to grow beyond today’s yin/yang is to step a bit beyond it, see it, then begin a new spiral that enlarges the universe.

نادية حرحش

Well, I need to start by saying that I feel “philosophical.” living to meet our minimum standards of virtue can only be defined as philosophical in this life.

I have to add before I go on another important statement: I must be depressed.

When I get to the level where I find my eyes filled with tears on every emerging situation, it means I am dwelling on a depressive episode that is beyond me. Experience proved, however, that realizing, being aware, conscious, does not help in anything.

Life is proving that all the opposite is what is healthy for surviving life… not realizing, not being aware, and not being conscious is the recipe for a healthy life.

Sometimes things just start coming together. They interlink, mingle, and you cannot differentiate anymore from what is personal what is not. Social, political, work, family, the beggar in the street, the episode of…

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Was Michael Flynn asked to wear a wire in Mueller hunt for evidence on Russia?

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Plea agreement includes clause showing Flynn consented to participate in ‘covert law enforcement activities” if required

The least-noticed sentence in Michael Flynn’s plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller may also be the most important one.

Section eight of the deal reached by Donald Trump’s former national security adviser in the inquiry into Russian meddling in the US election is entitled “cooperation”. It specifies that as well as answering questions and submitting to government-administered polygraph tests, Flynn’s cooperation “may include … participating in covert law enforcement activities”.

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Trump may have just tweeted himself into trouble

Michael Flynn is cooperating with the FBI, but it is what Donald Trump says, or tweets, that may be more telling.

Source: Trump may have just tweeted himself into trouble

In a tweet he’s admitted that he sacked Michael Flynn because he lied to the FBI over the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador.

It was AFTER the national security adviser was sacked that Mr Trump (allegedly) asked then-FBI director James Comey to drop the Flynn investigation, saying “he’s a good guy”.

He also subsequently tweeted that Mr Flynn was the victim of a witch-hunt and should seek immunity from prosecution.

I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!

Yet, by the President’s own admission today, he knew all along that Mr Flynn was guilty of a federal offence.

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