RRR; THE NEW KKK

You don't have to think too hard to understand the game plan; one that has been at play from the day the a black man took the oath of office. The rage felt by old conservative white men who in their wildest dreams never imagined a day when a black man would lead this country has fueled this unprecedented attack that will not let up until the day Obama leaves office; the sooner the better if these clowns have their way. 

House Votes To OK Lawsuit Against Obama

The vote to allow Speaker John Boehner to sue Obama was 225 to 201. Five Republicans voted no, while no Democrats voted in favor of pursuing the lawsuit.

NCAA ACKNOWLEDGES FOOTBALL SCRAMBLES BRAINS

Now that the NCAA acknowledges that football scrambles brains maybe parents will think twice before sending their kids off to be possibly brain damaged for no other reason than playing a game and entertaining themselves. The writing is on the wall but it's doubtful people are smart enough to read it.

NCAA settles concussion suit with $70M fund

"Changes were necessary to preserve the talent well of kids that feeds the game of football," he said. "Absent these kinds of changes, the sport will die."

FROM THE TANNING BOOTH TO THE ONCOLOGY WARD

In an economy driven by profits first regardless the consequences it takes a crisis to get anyone's attention.



Even though anyone with average intelligence is aware that tanning booths are dangerous the industry continues to thrive, and people willingly subject themselves to harmful radiation with a real threat of getting skin cancer just to get a "tan."



This self destructive behavior is reinforced by those who market it as safe and are allowed to flood the media with false advertising and little consequence.


Every year, 5 million Americans are treated for skin cancers. About 400,000 of those cases are directly linked to indoor tanning, according to Lushniak. The rate of melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, has tripled over the past 30 years to 63,000 new cases annually. And roughly 9000 patients per year die of melanoma — many of them adolescents or young adults.

“That’s one person every single hour that’s dying from melanoma,” Lushniak told the Post. “It’s one of the most common types of cancer amongst U.S. teens and young adults. So when we’re looking at impact, the term in epidemiology that we use is ‘years of potential life lost.’ We’re really talking about a tragic disease here, something that really affects the young.”

“That’s something, from a public health perspective, we have to do something about,” Lushniak said.

The Surgeon General’s report contains the usual advice to individuals: wear sunscreen, wear protective clothing, limit exposure, and be smart about time in the sun. Lushniak also comes down hard on the dangers of tanning beds.

“I’ve got to … call out the facts,” he told the Washington Post. “And the facts are that indoor tanning is a source of ultraviolet radiation, period. Ultraviolet radiation is a known carcinogen, period. This is a needless exposure to ultraviolet radiation.”

Surgeon General's Report: "We Need To Do Something" About Climbing Skin Cancer Rates

HOW THE 1% WASTE WEALTH

When it comes to hoarding the 1% hold the championship title hands down.



Billions of human beings survive on $1.00 a day while a very small and obviously greedy elitist spend their time and resources looking for ways to waste money.



One of the ways these wealth laden bulimics binge and purge is in real estate where billions are wasted on mausoleums glutted with  bathrooms, bedrooms, garages,pools,bowling alleys, etc. that serve no practical purpose and only serves to feed egos.



The waste is insidious and is slowly destroying the culture and society. Much like cancer it metastasizes and will eventually be terminal and beyond repair.  



Billionaire Heiress Petra Ecclestone Shopping Spelling Manor For $150 Million

MINDLESS BLOOD LUST

Americans are obsessed with violence and are more and more seeing it as a form of entertainment. Contact sports is a prime example; the bloodier the better. There's nothing that pumps them up more than witnessing over sized kids pummel each other mindless just to entertain themselves.



It's gotten so bad in fact that parents are willing to sacrifice their kids to the "game"claiming it builds character and being completely mindless about the potential and very real danger they subject their children to.



It also plays out in the streets when a recent incident in front of a nightclub in which a woman was literally pummeled to death by 2 other women while a cadre' of pumped up gawkers grabbed their cell phones; not to call 911 but to record the action. 

The bystander effect is an inherent trend among people, however, in recent years and with the aid of technology, an entirely new social phenomenon has been born. One that takes the bystander effect a step further. With desensitization that has become a natural byproduct of the Internet and the media, as well as the social media craze that has enticed a generation to capture everything they see, the notion to pull out a camera in the most inappropriate of times has become as monotonous and predictable as the workings of an assembly line.

In the case of Kim, she was knocked unconscious before her attackers continued to beat her. Not surprisingly, there is video footage of the event, with bystanders crowded around, cell phones in hand.

Bystanders are not just avoiding involvement as in the case of Kitty, they are, in fact, directly involving themselves in the incident, but not doing anything to stop it. Yes, film has helped authorities make arrests, but it doesn't save lives.

It’s discouraging to think that we have become a culture that is more likely to record an incident, such as the beating of Kim Pham, rather than make any effort to prevent the worst possible outcome. But after all, we are a generation that chooses to stare emotionless through a screen. If the person next to you started dancing, you would probably instinctively reach for your phone.

If you turned around to notice a beautiful sunset, your hand would probably find it’s way to your pocket while you fumbled for the camera icon. And if a 23-year-old were being mercilessly beaten on the street, too many of us would once again reach for our phones, perhaps excited by the thought of uploading it online later on, or texting it to a friend.

Two women found GUILTY of beating newly-wed to death after 'photobomb'

UKRAINE SEPERATISTS AND US NAVY SHOOT DOWN AIRLINER

TERRORISM?  ACT OF WAR? ACCIDENT?



Well, that depends.

On July 3, 1988, in an unprovoked move, US carrier USS Vincennes fired two missiles at an Iranian passenger plane, Iran Air flight 655 that was on route to Dubai.

All 290 innocent civilians perished. The passenger airliner, so recognizable even from the ground was “mistaken” for a jet fighter (jetfighter is two-thirds smaller than a passenger plane). 

The United States called its own act of terrorism “a regrettable accident”.

In short, the Malaysian airliner is easily recognizable from the ground, according to reports, but the Iran Air plane was ‘mistaken’ for a much smaller jetfighter.

Listening to the media news surrounding the MH 17 incident, one cannot help but conclude that the USS Vincennes captain, Will Rogers III was too dumb and blind not to see the easily recognizable passenger plane, or else, he was/is a terrorist.

In spite of this stark reality, in 1990, President Bush Sr. awarded Capt. Rogers the Legion of Merit decoration “for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as commanding officer … from April 1987 to May 1989.”

Shoot down of commercial airliner precedent rests with U.S. warship Vincennes

 

THE AIRLINE THAT COULDN'T FLY STRAIGHT

What comes first?



Money or human life?



There is no rational reason for an airline to fly over a war zone and doing it is irresponsible and negligent on the part of the carriers that do.



The downing of this commercial airliner was an accident that could have been avoided.

Why was MH17, a civilian airliner, flying over a war zone?

In the weeks before MH17’s downing, several Ukrainian planes and helicopters had been shot down. But although MH17 had reportedly flown a few hundred miles north of its planned course, in order to avoid a thunderstorm, its altitude should have marked it out as a passenger plane. No one thought that commercial jets would be in any danger over eastern Ukraine.