A Necessary Read.

4/9/1585 - The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.

I can agree!

Guest Expert post by Hillary Clinton on BlogHer.com today!

#2 is an if/maybe, not a fact.

Hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. 

If female farmers had the same access to resources as their male counterparts, the number of the world’s hungry could be reduced by 150 million people. 

870 million people currently suffer from hunger. 98 percent of these people live in developing countries, with the largest proportion living in Asia and the Pacific. 

Another 24 million children could be hungry by the year 2050 due to climate change and irregular weather patterns. 

According to the World Food Programme, hunger is the “single biggest solvable problem” facing the world today. It costs just $0.25 per day to provide a child with the nutrients he or she needs to live.

Today in history

6/2/1774 - Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/congressional-republicans-stand-behind-russia-investigator?bfsms=1&utm_term=.vcO2Rm7MK

"Congressional Republicans stand behind Investigator that says Trump is trying to fire him." Story. David Schaedler 6/13/2017

Techno News

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/05/nasa-seeks-industry-help-with-lunar-landings-potentially-sample-return/ – More on Techno News

NASA sampling industry moon landings? It looks like NASA is looking ahead. And well it ought to, due to long range planning of previous Moon landing. We all should do that sometimes.

David Schaedler 5/4/17

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Russian Election Investigation

What happened to the Russian Election Investigation? I first heard about it when bold assertations of definite incursions into our Democratic Election process was apparent. Then, a determined investigation. Last, they threw out Nunes, who had ties that were in appropriate. Now, submerged again. So, what’s happening? No news. Are they quietly disbanding? If our elections were voided by a foreign power, which would be a first, we are in a questionable state of governance. Who really tipped the scales? How was this done? Can we insure it doesn’t happen again? Look what happened. Our chosen president has decided to begin a war with another country, already in it’s own Civil War. Regardless of how badly they acted, he can only do that by an action of Congress. Which he had not done. In doing this, Russia, who has sided with Syria, has said he has broken international law by provoking this war. Russia has many states under it and following it. America used to have other countries following it, what now? With a new administration, the world governments must choose, and knows something about it. Since we only have one world, we must walk a tightrope, too. Admittedly, I am an American, and must not provoke the powers that be. But how badly has this gone? By starting instigation into another’s war, he, and America, has been label a criminal. Which is not what the US has been. We were once called ‘The World's​ Policeman’. And from that, we were discouraged, too. When will we ever get it right? Right now in America, our police seem to be under fire. Body cameras and videos of police harassment of suspects and innocent victims are abundant. It seems the police can’t get it right. Or maybe we can’t see they are doing their best. The truth is, in the last number of years, crime has fallen. So things are really okay. But they want to do better. Well some things go only so far. As to “The World’s Policeman”, we can’t expect other cultures to be like US, who are quite different, a 'free’ country. David Schaedler. 4/11/17

Why not Washington, Oregon or California? More Sun, later. In that case, include any free space state. Spread out the time the Sun is shining, Maybe even in each time zone.

Elon Musk: We Can Power America by Covering Small Corner of Utah With Solar

Elon Musk said that the U.S. could meet its electricity needs just by covering a small corner of Utah or Nevada with solar panels

We have the technology, our governments just need to stop listening to the fossil fuel lobby. However, as long as the fossil fuel companies keep giving them money, that’s rather unlikely.

LOOK!

I saw it, all kinds of porn on certain Tumblr posts. This was just like FB, but they cleared up. Is Tumblr going to follow?

Why a Chihuahua shakes can be any number of reasons, from anxiety to being underfed and having low blood sugar. Another reason is being disoriented. There are more, to be sure, read the article above.

David Schaedler