This has to be the biggest news of the day. Forty lightyears isn't that far. I've heard these planets were in the constelation of Aquarius. Perhaps we've already had contact. (CNN)Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study publishedWednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington. This discovery outside of our solar system is rare because the planets have the winning combination of being similar in size to Earth and being all temperate, meaning they could have water on their surfaces and potentially support life. "This is the first time that so many planets of this kind are found around the same star," said Michaël Gillon, lead study author and astronomer at the University of Liège in Belgium. The seven exoplanets were all found in tight formation around an ultracool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Estimates of their mass also indicate that they are rocky planets, rather than being gaseous like Jupiter. Three planets are in the habitable zone of the star, known as TRAPPIST-1e, f and g, and may even have oceans on the surface.
WASHINGTON — President Trump could issue new guidelines as early as Wednesday to rescind anti-discrimination protections for transgender students, overruling his education secretary who had pushed to keep them in place. “I would expect further guidance to come out on that today,” Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said, declining to provide specifics. Mr. Trump, he added, is “a firm believer in states’ rights.” Mr. Spicer declined to discuss details of a rift on the issue between Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, who was adamant that the administration move quickly to reverse an order from the Obama administration that allowed transgender students to use the restroom of their gender identity. But Mr. Spicer said during a White House news conference that Ms. DeVos was “100 percent” supportive of the president’s decision. Ms. DeVos initially resisted signing off on the order and told President Trump that she was uncomfortable with it, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the internal discussions.
Trump is rolling out his deportation policy. He’s eliminating a lot of the “exceptions to the rule” that Obama carved out. You might say our deportation policy is more ‘liberalized” now meaning we will see more of it. I decided a paste over a long article first to my personal files and hen here. It explains all of the imuendo and machinations of the edict. Also Trump is reinstituting his refugee ban on those seven Mideast countries. I'll try to remember then. Algeria, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. These are the seven countries Obama singled out as a travel advisary for Americans abroad. Apparently visas won't be questioned but the heart of the ban still remains, as I understand it. I guess we can try that for a while and see how it works out. Bill let me have one of his oranges for later on.
Yesterday President Trump finally came up with a statements condemning anti Semitism. However last Thursday at that strange press conference, a reporter asked President Trump about anti-semitism and Trump responded by saying "You said that was going to be an easy question. That was a hard question!" and then pauses and then attacks the reporter saying "I know the newspaper you work for and I'm not going to answer your question". Apparently the pros and cons for anti-semitism is not an easy thing for Trump.
WASHINGTON — President Trump could issue new guidelines as early as Wednesday to rescind anti-discrimination protections for transgender students, overruling his education secretary who had pushed to keep them in place. “I would expect further guidance to come out on that today,” Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said, declining to provide specifics. Mr. Trump, he added, is “a firm believer in states’ rights.” Mr. Spicer declined to discuss details of a rift on the issue between Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, who was adamant that the administration move quickly to reverse an order from the Obama administration that allowed transgender students to use the restroom of their gender identity. But Mr. Spicer said during a White House news conference that Ms. DeVos was “100 percent” supportive of the president’s decision. Ms. DeVos initially resisted signing off on the order and told President Trump that she was uncomfortable with it, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the internal discussions.
Trump is rolling out his deportation policy. He’s eliminating a lot of the “exceptions to the rule” that Obama carved out. You might say our deportation policy is more ‘liberalized” now meaning we will see more of it. I decided a paste over a long article first to my personal files and hen here. It explains all of the imuendo and machinations of the edict. Also Trump is reinstituting his refugee ban on those seven Mideast countries. I'll try to remember then. Algeria, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. These are the seven countries Obama singled out as a travel advisary for Americans abroad. Apparently visas won't be questioned but the heart of the ban still remains, as I understand it. I guess we can try that for a while and see how it works out. Bill let me have one of his oranges for later on.
Yesterday President Trump finally came up with a statements condemning anti Semitism. However last Thursday at that strange press conference, a reporter asked President Trump about anti-semitism and Trump responded by saying "You said that was going to be an easy question. That was a hard question!" and then pauses and then attacks the reporter saying "I know the newspaper you work for and I'm not going to answer your question". Apparently the pros and cons for anti-semitism is not an easy thing for Trump.
Today
is Wednesday February 22, 2017 and Wednesday is “Anything can happen day” from
the mouseketeers days. “Weekend Warrior”
replaces Ted’s ode to Detroit, in a song that wasn’t properly vetted. In other news President Trump yesterday appointed Mc Masters to fill the now vacant National Security Chief post. He seems like a good choice. I just hope Trump gets his bearings and is actually able to get the administration running smoothly. In other news the reason why we
didn’t use “Eye of the Tiger” on the “American Night” album is probably because
cosmically tigers were considered a jinx and the inclusion of this track would
foment negative vibes. Ask Mal Evans or
one of his associates. We
changed the Nugent substitution to “Writing on the Wall”, which has been a
track under consideration perhaps dating back to 1984. “When Friends Fall Out” dates back even
further to perhaps 1978 as a track we’ve had under consideration. One song is longer than the one it replaces
and the other is shorter than the one it replaces. At any rate today is the official release
date so don’t say you weren’t warned that changes may be made.
Thom Hartman is doing his little bit on the Crusades and how bloody and savage they actually were, on the part of us Christians. “The Knights Templer” of course became a suspect organization later on. Historians used the apocraliptic phrase of "Blood was up to the horse's bridals and to the rider's knees. They used the term "Dios Volt" or something or "God Wills It". "wollen" is the German ford for volition or will. Why can fight with God, after all? "Infidel" is a Latin term of course for "unfaithful". I would recommend you hunt down the transcript from today's show though this segment was a tape replay.
Thom Hartman is doing his little bit on the Crusades and how bloody and savage they actually were, on the part of us Christians. “The Knights Templer” of course became a suspect organization later on. Historians used the apocraliptic phrase of "Blood was up to the horse's bridals and to the rider's knees. They used the term "Dios Volt" or something or "God Wills It". "wollen" is the German ford for volition or will. Why can fight with God, after all? "Infidel" is a Latin term of course for "unfaithful". I would recommend you hunt down the transcript from today's show though this segment was a tape replay.
Yesterday was an eventful day in soap land. Today was the day
Sonny, Gabriel and Chad were rescued.
Paul Norita rescued Sonny as there was a Di Mira guard at the door that
Officer Deveroux had to contend with.
Meanwhile Chad and Gabriel took all their clothes off to have sex even
though in the process they were exposing themselves to more cold because after
a while they seemed oblivious to the cold.
The scene doesn’t play well in reality.
Shane’s brother destroyed the computer hard-drive containing the Orwell,
the name of his computer program that would guarantee mass spying.
DEPORTATION MEMO
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The Trump administration on Tuesday released a pair of memos outlining aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, potentially resulting in millions of deportations if the White House puts muscle and money behind the policies.
The guidelines lay out sweeping changes from the narrower approach taken by former President Obama. The only Obama policy that survives is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that allows people who entered the country illegally as children to stay, usually for work or school.
But the White House said even DACA could be ultimately eliminated, as President Trump looks to take a tough approach.
The memos, signed on Friday by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, vastly increase the number of immigrants who are considered priorities for deportation. Reflecting that reality, the memos direct immigration enforcement agencies to hire thousands of new agents to apprehend people living in the country illegally, with local police and sheriffs’ offices enlisted in the effort.
Immigrant advocates reacted with alarm to the memos, fearing they signal the start of a mass-deportation program that will tear families apart and deprive people of their due-process rights. They said the guidelines could affect up to 8 million people.
“In my many years of practicing immigration law, I have not seen a mass deportation blueprint like this one,” said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center.
Administration officials insisted that the memos simply outline Trump’s own priorities for who should, and who should not, be deported.
“No,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said when asked whether mass deportations are the goal.
“Those people who are in this country and pose a threat to our public, or have committed a crime, will be the first to go, and we will be aggressively making sure that that occurs,” he said.
The Department of Homeland Security guidelines do not change U.S. immigration law, which the president already has broad discretion to enforce.
Proponents of scaling back immigration celebrated the guidelines but cast them as an “interim solution” until Congress passes new laws.
“The number one thing is they’ve erased orders and policies and internal practice that’s built up over the past four administrations,” said Roy Beck, founder of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for less legal and illegal immigration.
Beck said illegal immigration would persist until its underlying cause, the availability of jobs for people who immigrate without permission, is eliminated.
Under the Trump administration’s guidelines, any immigrant who is convicted, charged or suspected of a crime is considered a priority for removal.
That is a break from Obama administration policy, which focused its enforcement activities on serious criminals, recent border crossers and terrorism suspects.
Federal authorities will expand the use of “expedited removals,” which allow immigrants to be deported at a faster pace.
For the first time, agents in the interior of the country will be allowed to start expedited removal proceedings for immigrants who cannot prove they have been in the country for more than two years. The process does not require a court order.
That power was previously restricted to officers within 100 miles of U.S. borders, so they could quickly detain and remove immigrants as they entered the country.
“The memo contemplates a massive expansion of people being removed from the country without ever seeing the inside of a courtroom,” said Tom Jawetz, vice president of immigration policy at the liberal Center for American Progress.
Trump is also restoring programs, halted under the Obama administration, that allow local law enforcement officials to collaborate with federal immigration authorities.
Those programs, known as 287(g) and Secure Communities, deputize local law enforcement officials as immigration agents and allow them to incarcerate immigrants suspected of criminal activity for longer periods before they are turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In another policy shift, the memos open up the possibility of deportation or criminal prosecution for adults who help children enter the U.S. illegally.
That change is meant to discourage Central American children who make the often-dangerous trek into the country. The number has surged over the past three years, with minors fleeing gang violence in countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
But the memos from Kelly say the system is being abused. They say 60 percent of unaccompanied minors are placed into the care of one or more parents living illegally in the U.S.
“Regardless of the desires for family reunification, or conditions in other countries, the smuggling or trafficking of alien children is intolerable,” one of the memos says.
The memos leave many questions unanswered, such as where officials will house the people swept up in raids.
Agencies are told to “allocate all available resources to expand their detention capabilities and capacities,” but Congress would likely need to appropriate more money to build new detention centers.
There’s also the future of DACA, which remains unresolved.
Trump last week said the future of the program is a “very, very difficult subject” that his administration will handle “with heart.”
Immigration hard-liners are pushing Trump to stick by his campaign promise to end the program.
“I’m very puzzled by the fact that he’s leaving DACA ... in place,” Beck said. “He promised so many times on the campaign trail that he would end those on day one.”
Faced with a flurry of questions Tuesday, Spicer stressed that the administration’s priority is to strictly enforce the law.
Immigration enforcement agents felt hampered by Obama’s guidelines, Spicer said.
Trump “wanted to take the shackles off individuals in these agencies and say, you have a mission, there are laws that need to be followed.”
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