Friday, April 21, 2017

The Children Of Yemen And Somalia Starve While Islamist Religious Fanatics Wage War

     As famine grips Yemen and Somalia, where millions of children face starvation, death or permanent disability from malnutrition, violent Islamist religious fanatics cannot stop waging war. They cannot control their bloodlust, their zeal to kill for god. While children starve, they continue killing.

Nuclear Proliferation, Iranian Theocrats And Hezbollah. The Face Of Oppression, Not Resistance

     An Iranian dissident group claims Iran is covertly and actively seeking nuclear weapons. This group, discredited by some, nonetheless has been accurate in their past assessments regarding Iranian nuclear weapons activities.
     Iran's mullah theocracy and its reactionary, not revolutionary guard and Hezbollah occupation army of Lebanon, parts of Syria, Yemen and Iraq, are not a resistance. They are not fighters for freedom. They are not fighters against oppression. They are the Shia face of Islamist aggression, imperialism, bigotry and hate. They are the Shia version of the Sunni Islamists fanatics.
      Iran's theocrats and Hezbollah do not hide what they want. They do not hide what country they want to destroy. They do not hide their thirst for war and blood. They will not allow Lebanon to be free. They will not allow Israel to exist without making every effort to destroy it. Iran will not allow their own oppressed minorities to live in peace. Its theocrats are religious fanatics, and just because they are not Sunni Islamist murderous psychopaths like ISIS does not make them any less dangerous.
       The Iranian dissident group revealed the locations where Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. If Iran is adhering to the nuclear agreement, then they will allow these sites to be inspected. If Iran is not adhering to the nuclear agreement, it is only a matter of time before the world faces a threat far greater than North Korea. The North Korean murdering dictator was raised in a belief system that this life is all there is. The Shia (and Sunni) Islamist fanatics have little regard for this life, certain that something far better awaits, and therefore this world is of little value to them.
       The more there is nuclear weapons proliferation, the more all human life on this planet is imperiled. The mere existence of nuclear weapons anywhere is a threat to all life. But religious fanatics with nuclear weapons spells certain apocalyptic disaster.
     
   
   

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Abused Animals Without Defenders. The Animal Organizations And People That Have Failed Them

      The level of animal suffering should be far less than what it is now but it is not because......
      Animal organizations refuse to stop investigating animal cruelty and dogfighting, no matter how ineffective and harmful this has proven to be.
       Law enforcement continues to minimally respond to these crimes, let off the hook by ineffective, self serving and harmful animal organizations.
       No one questions the efficacy of these organizations, or stops buying into their propaganda and marketing.
       If the people that profess to love animals would only care about the animals that they do not see, and not just the tiny few that come to their attention. If only they would care about the animals suffering on the streets, or in the hands of abusers, which are more than 99.9 per cent of the abused domestic animals out there.
        If only concern was not limited to high publicity abuse situations or situations that generate publicity and self promotion.
         If only animal organizations would stop exploiting animals by pretending they are really doing something to ameliorate the terrible conditions that almost every abused animal lives in.
         If only these organizations would quit exploiting animals by their endless presentations of pathetic, sorrowful animals, while making a fortune from these animals but doing little to nothing to improve the lot of almost every abused animal.
          If only the animal movement people did not put their own need to feel good over all else.
          If only the animal movement did not require mindless conformity completely lacking in self examination and criticism.
          If only manipulative, exploitative people that pretend to care about animals did not gain so much personal wealth, fame and fortune on the backs of animals and people.
          If only the animal movement was not cult like and self righteous, exploitative people would not have become so prominent and enriched from the movement.
          If only the concept of no kill did not take over uncaring minds that give no consideration to the welfare of wildlife, the plight and suffering of domestic animals that live on the streets or in the hands of abusers, or how no kill can easily lead to animal hoarding, filthy overcrowded conditions, and the enormous diversion of resources away from addressing real cruelty and suffering.
          Sorry animals, you really are voiceless and defenseless. It is truly a sad world full of pain and suffering.

         
         

Selfish, Corrupt, Cruel, Incompetent Leadership Is Killing Venezuela; A Day Of Mass Protest

     Venezuela is an example to the world of how selfish, incompetent, corrupt, cruel leadership can take a country and grind it to the ground. Leadership that has brought nothing but poverty, pain and despair.
Today mass protests were held in Venezuela, barely covered by the press. We can only hope the rulers with guns do not continue to prevail over the people that are armed with nothing but the desire for freedom.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Animal Welfare, Trump, Erdogan, Obama; The Common Thread

     Donald Trump congratulated Erdogan, Turkey's president, on winning a recent referendum in Turkey. The referendum gives Erdogan more power, and is a further erosion of Turkey's democracy. Did Trump understand it is not something worthy of congratulations?
      Trump got elected by making promises. People believed Trump's promises, just as they believed Obama's. Now that Trump is in power, he is over his head, just as Obama was. People with big egos believe they should hold positions of power they never should have, while others are forced to endure their learning curves.
       When it comes to animal welfare, tell people what they want to hear and the money flows.
Ditto for conservation and an array of other issues. For politicians, tell people what they want to hear, and the reward is power. Empty words and promises makes poor leaders powerful, and ineffective organizations rich.
     
     

Monday, April 17, 2017

More Of The Same - Jeff Sessions War On Drugs. And Just Say No

      The new attorney general has announced a war on drugs and wants the people of the United States to follow the words of Nancy Reagan and just say no.
      What have the existing and previous wars on drugs given? Other than a black market that has destabilized nations, strengthened gangs and terrorist organizations, and that cost trillions? The trillion dollar drug trade has contributed to corruption on all levels, including in law enforcement itself. And what is there to show for it other than trillions spent, full jails and prisons, stronger gangs, and no shortage of drug addicts? 
        Doing more of the same will yield more of the same. And it has not been good. 
        Regarding just saying no....It might be wiser to ask instead why do so many people say yes. Why do so many people self medicate? What is lacking in the treatment of addiction, and in the treatment of the emotional and physical pain that drives many people into the world of addiction?
      

Destroying The Scarborough Shoal And the Rest Of The South China Sea So Nobody Gets To Eat

     Let us separate from the territorial dispute and claims regarding the coral reefs, shoals, atolls and islets of the South China Sea and instead examine the consequence of dredging the ocean floor, destroying the seabed, and pouring the material and concrete onto shoals, reefs and atolls. Turning healthy marine areas into dead zones is the epitome of short sightedness and stupidity.