Donald J Trump Lacks Presidential Qualities. Trump Is No President Obama.

Dan Rather on Donald J Trump and North Korea

The following is a 'copy and paste' of what Dan Rather wrote on Facebook this afternoon of April 19, 2017 about little Donnie Trump and the Trumpster alternative facts concerning the actions being undertaken by the United States of America in regards to North Korea:

As far as I am concerned, this week brought perhaps the most dangerous and destabilizing events in the presidency of Donald Trump, and it has been almost completely overshadowed by a cavalcade of news such as elections in Georgia and the Bill O'Reilly story. 

But while many of us may be preoccupied, make no mistake the world is watching - and is worried. For over a week, the American people and the world were led to believe that the United States was sending an aircraft carrier strike force to the waters off of North Korea, in an escalating tension over the standoff with that troublesome nation over its nuclear and missile ambitions. 

President Trump boasted about his show of force. “We are sending an armada, very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier," he said. The National Security Advisor and the Secretary of Defense both reiterated the information. Except it wasn't true. The carrier USS Carl Vinson and its accompanying ships were heading in the other direction, thousands of miles away. 

How and why can this happen? There are no good explanations. Incompetence, deceit, a lack of communication? This is how wars can get started by accident. This is how allies can feel betrayed and adversaries emboldened. Our world is less stable today because of this situation. And this was supposed to be the relative area of stability within the Trump Administration - national security. 

The fact that this has gone on for days is inexcusable. The world's nations rely on being able to trust what an American president says, especially on an issue like this. More than anything else that has happened, more than the missile strike in Syria or even the worrisome congratulatory phone call to the increasingly dictatorial president of Turkey, this is a foreign policy debacle that is shaping world affairs in big ways. I hope you all take the time to read much of the fine reporting that has been done on this event. It is something we all should be talking and thinking about - a lot.

ref:
 https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10158545169960716

Rebirth. Easter. Jews.

The Dalai Lama once said:
“Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.”

Today is April 16, 2017. I read on an internet web page, "This year Orthodox Christians and the Catholics are celebrating Easter on the same day – but this is not always the case." Follow the embedded link in its title to read the entire article Why Orthodox Easter is the Same Day as Catholic Easter This Year.

I also read the following on the internet:
"What is the true meaning of Easter Sunday? Why does the date of Easter change every year? What is the Golden Number and how is Easter calculated? Why are eggs associated with Easter? Here are some answers from The Old Farmer’s Almanac."
Open this embedded link to read the entire article.

There are alot of "tweets" on Twitter that mention Easter Sunday. Read them here, if you wish.

On my other blog, Roland's Ramblings, back on  April 24, 2011, I wrote something that is also true this year when I scribed "Today is still part of the week-long Pesach, aka the Jewish Passover." I entitled that entry Easter Ham and Jews that you can read also, if you are so inclined.