Nobody ‘Stealing' Your Jobs, You Spend Too Much On Wars - Jack Ma Alibaba founde...

Published on Jan 20, 2017

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Chinese billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma believes that improper distribution of funds and hyper inflated US military spending, not globalization or other countries “stealing” US jobs, is behind the economic decline in America.

Rapid Changes in Earth's Core/Pole Flip?

Published on Jan 19, 2017

Views: 68,242

The Swarm Satellites are indicating a jet stream in the earths outer molten core and that it is quickly speeding up.

DIALECTIC: Why Hegel Knew There Would Be Days Like These

Reason & Emotion

Published on Jan 20, 2017

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The German philosopher Hegel helps us to understand that progress in societies is never linear, and that these societies may have to go through a variety of reversals before advancing, a process he termed ‘the dialectic.’ If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/xL5OuN 

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“There have been places and periods of history when only a congenital optimist could have had any hope for the future of our species. Think of the end of Athens’s golden age, the fall of the Roman Empire, the petering out of the Renaissance, the close of the Enlightenment, the rise of fascism…”
 

WATCH THIS: Planning & Zoning Meeting - 1/18/2017 [Approved Minutes]

A nervous chairman says there's a lot of commotion and interest going on in blue cards - over 15 are submitted.
Published: 19 Jan 2017
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Duration: 1:41:10

Item 3b
2200 Block of W Main Street of  Ella located west of Dobson & Main [northside'
60-unit proposed development  affordable senior housing on 2.41 acres designed by Perlman Architects in a transit-oriented development area

Action taken for items on Consent Agenda
Source: http://mesa.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

3Take action on the following zoning cases:

Page 1  City of Mesa
January 18, 2017Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing Meeting Minutes

3-a PZ 17001 Z16-061. District 6.  The 7300 through 7500 blocks of East Ray Road (south side).  Located east of Power Road on the south side of Ray Road. (5.22± acres).  Site Plan Review.  This request will allow for the development of an industrial building.  Eric Zitny, Ware Malcomb, applicant; Phx-Gateway Airport 193, LLC, owner. (PLN2016-00803).
Staff Planner: Wahid Alam Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Approved: (Vote: 7-0)
3-b PZ 17002 Z16-062.  District 3.  The 2200 block of West Ella Street (north side).   Located west of Dobson Road and north of Main Street.  (2.41 ± acres).  Site Plan Review.  This request will allow for the development of a multi-residential building. Tristam Kesi, Perlman Architects, applicant; Terra AZ, LLC, owner. (PLN2016-00819) 
Staff Planner: Mia Lozano Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Approved (Vote: 6-1)
Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following zoning cases:
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4-a PZ 17003 Z16-056.  District 6. The 11500 block of East Warner Road (south side). Located at the southwest corner of Warner Road and Meridian Road. (8 ± acres) Rezone from LC to RSL-2.5; and Site Plan Review.  This request will allow the development of a single residence subdivision. Jeff Giles, Clouse Engineering, applicant; 56th MD, Inc., owner. (Companion Case to Preliminary Plat "Warner Enclave") (Associated with Item 5-a.) (PLN2015-00450).  Continued from December 21, 2016 
Staff Planner: Lesley Davis Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Continuance to February 15, 2017 (Vote: 7-0)
5Discuss and take action on the following preliminary plats:
Page 2City of Mesa
January 18, 2017Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing Meeting Minutes
5-a PZ 17004 “Warner Enclave” District 6.  11500 block of East Warner Road. Located at the southwest corner of Warner Rd and Meridian Dr. (8 ±   acres). Preliminary Plat. Rezoning from LC to RSL-4.0; Site Plan Review. This request will allow single residence development. Jeff Giles, Clouse Engineering, applicant; 56th MD, Inc., owner.  (Companion Case to Z16-056) (Associated with Item 4-a.) (PLN2015-00450). Continued from December 21, 2016 
Staff Planner:   Lesley Davis Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Continuance to February 15, 2017 (Vote: 7-0)

For The History Books > Donald Trump’s Inaugural Speech, Annotated

January 20, 2017
Blogger's Note: separate from transcript or annotations  - this date will go down in infamy
Source: NY Times

Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.

We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. Together we will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships, but we will get the job done.
Every four years we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power, and we are grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent. Thank you.
Today's ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the people.
For too long, a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth.

This is literally true. The Washington area has become one of the most prosperous parts of the United States in recent decades, while much of the country has stagnated economically.

Binyamin Appelbaum, Economic Policy reporter

Politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs, and while they celebrated in our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

Mr. Trump begins with the theme that won him the election: a stark contrast between him and the political establishment, an us-against-them frame pitting ordinary American people against the elites.

Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House reporter

That all changes starting right here and right now, because this moment is your moment. It belongs to you. It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day, this is your celebration, and this, the United States of America, is your country.
What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. Jan. 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.

Mr. Trump's advisers had said this speech would be about reaching out and uniting the country. In this passage, we hear an appeal to members of both parties.

Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House reporter

The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of an historic movement, the likes of which the world has never seen before. At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction that a nation exists to serve its citizens.
Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families and good jobs for themselves. These are just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public, but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists.
Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. An education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. And the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

This echoes his convention speech, and it paints a bleak picture of America's streets. Violent crime increased about 4 percent in 2015, but that is a small blip in a decades-long decline in crime. The United States remains far safer than it has been in generations.

Matt Apuzzo, National Security reporter

We are one nation, and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams, and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny. The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.
For many decades we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

Corporate profits have reached record heights in recent years. The biggest American companies have benefited enormously from globalization. It's the workers who have suffered.

Binyamin Appelbaum, Economic Policy reporter

We've defended other nations’ borders while refusing to defend our own and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We've made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon.
One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores with not even a thought about the millions and millions of American workers that were left behind. The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world. But that is the past and now we are looking only to the future.
We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first.
Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.
I will fight for you with every breath in my body, and I will never, ever let you down. America will start winning again. Winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.
We will build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across our wonderful nation. We will get our people off of welfare and back to work rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.
We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and hire American. We will seek friendship and good will with the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.
We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow. We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth.
At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity.
We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. When America is united, America is totally unstoppable. There should be no fear. We are protected, and we will always be protected. We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and most importantly, we will be protected by God.
Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger. In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.
We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action constantly complaining but never doing anything about it. The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action. Do not allow anyone to tell you that it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.
We stand at the birth of a new millennium ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the miseries of disease and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow. A new national pride will stir ourselves, lift our sights and heal our divisions. It's time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots.
We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American flag. And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the wind-swept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky. They fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty creator.
So to all Americans in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words. You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
Together we will make America strong again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And, yes, together, we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you and God bless America! Thank you. God bless America.

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Mesa Police Sued Again for the 2nd Time Over An Officer-Involved Shooting One Year Ago

January 19, 2017

Daniel Shaver’s Widow Files $75 Million Lawsuit Against Mesa Police Department and Hotel report by Carlos Miller

Just over a week after Daniel Shaver’s parents filed a lawsuit against the Arizona police department that shot and killed their unarmed son, his widow also filed a lawsuit.
This one for $75 million in damages.
Laney Sweet filed her lawsuit Tuesday against the Mesa Police Department, including Philip “Mitch” Brailsford, the cop who killed her husband with an AR-15 with the words, “You’re Fucked” inscribed on it.
Also mentioned in the lawsuit is the hotel company where the shooting took place

According to the Associated Press, Sweet filed her lawsuit against the City of Mesa, the team of officers who responded to the hotel call, and La Quinta Holdings, the parent company of the hotel in question.

Police officer Brailsford was fired after the gruesome incident made local, national and international headlines. Only a heavily edited of on-the-scene bodycams was ever released, four months after into the litigation.

Video of the actual shooting is missing from what was released but disturbing images have been made public

 

 

 

Keep up with updates on this case by following the Justice for Daniel Shaver Facebook page. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2017/01/19/daniel-shavers-widow-files-75-million-lawsuit-against-mesa-police-department-and-hotel/