Another Right Wing Group Takes Over Federal Wildlife Reserve

All of the stock markets are sharply down today several percent.  The Dow Jones Industrials were down over 400 points and now are down 363 or something.  It’s the worst opening day for Wall Street since 1932.  Thom believes that an economic crash during an election year is somehow going to help democrats like Bernie Sanders.  I’m not at all certain of that.  Something else is going to have to happy in terms of clarity of thought- - before people can see through the bologna of Donald Trump.  A financial crash won’t cure anything.  So far "The Crash of 2016" is just a book title.

 Now there is another takeover of national wildlife federal lands up in eastern Oregon.  Clyven Bundy’s son is the ring-leader of this armed group.  These people are quoting from the Book of Mormon to support their rebel views.  They’re hoping to establish some freedom enclave.  The thing started off as a minimum mandatory protest of two people who had set fire to federal land.   This wildlife refuge was set up a hundred years ago by Teddy Roosevelt  to protect endangered bird species.  Thom says “We the people- - - have set up this wild life refuge”.   Right now this guy on the phone at ten to eleven is discussing the latest Saudi-Iran crisis.  The problem started with this father and son named Hammond, who had to go back to prison for setting fires on federal land on 2001 and again in 2006.  A judge reminded us that Federal minimum sentences are in play here and there is no way they could serve just two years of what should properly have been at least a five year sentence.

Washington's blog is going right wing fringe time.  They had an article saying that the Flouridation of water was some kind of a government conspiracy to cover up errors made in the Manhattan project or something.  Ingesting flouride does no good and has harmful side effects it's alleged contrary to what the American Dental Association has been assuring us of for sixty years.  I'll go with the word of the ADA over some right wing nut myself.  But yesterday they went further beyond the pale.  They said that the Sandy Hook shooting was completely staged and have some absurd logic and examples to support their assertion.  What is Washington's Blog going to allege next- - that the moon landings were all faked?

Saudi Arabia put to death 47 suspected Islamic terrorists including a Shiite cleric who apparently was involved in the “Arab Spring” even though he’s Shiite and not Sunni.  In later developments the Saudi embassy in Iran was attacked by supporters of the Shiite cleric, and who can blame them?  They are talking about divine vengeance on the Saudis.  Now Saudi Arabia has cut off diplomatic relations with Iran, I didn’t know that they still had at this late date.  I just think the Saudi government is out of control and really the biggest terrorists on the planet.  Meanwhile Donald Trump’s worst nightmare has come true.  Donald Trump’s speech are featured in a new Al Shabab vido, related to Al Qaeda.  The video featured a major appeal for African Americans in this country to join Al Shabab.  I think the Black population in this country has matured beyond such nonsense.  If they didn’t like Elijah Mohamed fifty years ago, they certainly won’t like these modern day terrorist or respect their views in any way now. 

Days of our Lives might as well be called the Wall of Death Hour.  You wouldn’t believe it.  Eric is drunk driving and hits Jennifer going the other way- - and I guess somehow Daniel and Brady are involved.  I always wondered why these two were two men driving together on Newyears Eve with their mates waiting.  But at any rate Daniel is as good as killed because he’s officially brain dead.  Brady has a crushed heart and is not expected to make it.  But to guild the lily even more Eric also has a heart condition and needs a heart transplant.  Daniel’s heart is compatable with both Eric and Brady’s blood and tissue.  So Maggie and Victor have to decide just who gets Daniel’s heart.  I’ve thought about it and I believe the heart should go to Brady.  Because Eric was the drunk driver that started this whole tragedy and I don’t see why he should profit from his own error.  My guess is that Victor agrees with me- - - but I bet Roman and Marlena have other ideas.  Jennifer is injured and Abigail’s son has a serious medical condition and could die.  So I think they’ve met their quota of horror scenarios for the New Year.  In fact it’s way more than enough.