Trending News : March 2018

Friday, 30 March 2018

Key Trump Administration Member Just Broke The Law, White House In Full Blown Panic

The way the morons in Donald Trump’s White House behave, it’s almost like the Trump administration WANTS to self-destruct. From the president to his top advisors and staffers, there is no shortage of stupidity and sloppy slip-ups that continuously keep the administration in trouble, and one of the top administration members just committed a big no-no.

Earlier today, Richard Painter — former White House Ethics lawyer for George W. Bush — alerted Americans that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had violated the Hatch Act due to a pathetic campaign fundraising email that was sent out by Trump’s own son, Eric Trump.

The email from Trump’s idiotic son read:

“Every time I see our incredible Press Secretary Sarah Sanders go to bat for America against a sea of reporters that do everything they can to try and trip her up, I remember why we do what we do: to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”

As soon as he got the email, Painter wrote on Twitter:

“Sarah Sanders @PressSec: please read the Hatch Act and ask Eric Trump to stop sending me email using your official title to raise money for his father’s and your boss’s campaign.”

The Hatch Act was put in place to ensure that “programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation. ” These employees are also not allowed to use email or social media to send or distribute any content for political contributions. By using Huckabee Sanders’ official federal employee title in the email, this looks like a direct violation of this law.

Several others on Twitter also tweeted about the email, some posting screenshots:

Many people are now saying that this violation deserves “fil[ing] in court.” According to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), while violating the Hatch Act is not a jailable offense, penalties can include “removal from federal service, reduction in grade, debarment from federal service for a period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, letter of reprimand, or a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.”

While it was Eric who sent the email, not Huckabee Sanders, she could still be in hot water if she was the one who gave Eric permission to use her title for the email.

SOURCE: http://century.report/2018/03/30/key-trump-administration-member-just-broke-the-law-white-house-in-full-blown-panic-details/

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Trump called Roseanne Barr after successful series premiere

Washington (CNN)After posting gangbuster ratings for the reboot of her late 20th-century sitcom, Roseanne Barr received a call from President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

The White House declined to provide any additional details about the call, which occurred on a day when the President had no public events.

A vocal Trump supporter, Barr's revived "Roseanne" has been viewed as the latest chapter in the culture wars. It premiered Tuesday on ABC to a whopping 18.2 million viewers.

Trump has historically been highly attuned to television ratings, including his own as the host of NBC's "The Apprentice."

"Roseanne" originally ran on the network from 1988 to 1997. It portrays the fictional blue collar Conner family, who live in Illinois.

In the first episode of the new series, Barr's character reveals she is a Trump supporter, a fact that causes strife with members of her family.

In real life, Barr is also a vocal Trump supporter, though she lives on a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii and not in Illinois.

SOURCE: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/roseanne-donald-trump-call/index.html

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Ngangkari healers: 60,000 years of traditional Aboriginal methods make headway in medical clinics

PHOTO: Healer Cyril Mckenzie at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after being called for an appointment. (Facebook: ANTAC)

Ngangkari healers were considered the treasure of Aboriginal communities, and now their 60,000-year-old tradition has made its way to South Australia's Royal Adelaide Hospital and rural clinics.

Eighteen registered Ngangkari healers set up the Anangu Ngangkari Tiutaky Aboriginal Corporation (ANTAC) more than seven years ago.

Chief executive Francesca Panzironi heads a team visiting major hospitals and rural clinics in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.

"It all started with friendly chats, a cup of tea and kangaroo tails," she laughed.

PHOTO: Francesca Panzironi heads ANTAC with 18 Aboriginal healers like Debbie Watson from the APY Lands. (ABC Riverland: Sowaibah Hanifie)

More recently they have been working in regional clinics across country SA and the new Royal Adelaide Hospital.

"I think about 95 per cent of the Australian population doesn't know this knowledge system exists," Ms Panzironi said.

Getting recognition in mainstream health

ANTAC's objective is to provide a platform for Aboriginal healers to be recognised in the mainstream healthcare system as a form of complementary alternative medicine.

While she was a university lecturer, Ms Panzironi identified a gap in literature on Australian Aboriginal healing.

She said the most comparable form of alternative medicine to Ngangkari healing was reiki, a Japanese technique for stress reduction.

Depending on a client's problems, Ngangkari healers offer three main techniques — a smoking ceremony, bush medicines or spirit realignment.

"The healer identifies where the issues are and, through a specific method of healing, which is called panpooni, they take away whether it's pain, a blockage, or some kind of obstruction, with their hands," Ms Panzironi said.

"The most unique method of healing they use is the realignment of the human spirit.

"They see the spirit as the core component of the human body.

"If it's not in the right place it can cause problems, whether physically, emotionally, mentally. With their healing touch they push it back in the right place."

Complementary treatment for clients.

PHOTO: Anangu healers working in city hospitals and regional clinics have gained popularity with people of all backgrounds.(Facebook: ANTAC)

The Ngangkari healers are popular with clients of all backgrounds.

Ms Panzironi said some people who used the healing technique for pain management experienced relief of their symptoms.

But for Indigenous people especially, the healers have been making a world of a difference by improving attendance rates at medical appointments.

Ms Panzironi said the treatment did not replace the role of mainstream medicine, but it could be used in conjunction with other treatments.

"I remember once the manager of the hospital said to me 'Oh my god, I have never seen so many Aboriginal people in the hospital smiling and being so happy to be here'," she said.

PHOTO: Indigenous women Kelly Matthews (L) and Lyn Ackerman are happy to see a healer because it connects them to their culture. (ABC Riverland: Sowaibah Hanifie)

Riverland Community Health has been inviting the Aboriginal healers to its clinic for only a few months, and the results have been life-changing for some.

Aboriginal health consultant Kelly Matthews said before the healers' involvement, it was a struggle to get Indigenous clients to see a conventional doctor.

"It's a fear. It's how a doctor communicates. The first thing is to listen and not be judgemental," she said.

"Sitting in the sitting room they feel self-conscious. I hate it myself and my skin is pale.

"I'd rather go to the Aboriginal clinic where you sit back, can have a yarn, catch up with family and friends."

Since the healers have been involved with the clinic, appointments have been completely booked.

Respect between healer and client

Lyn Ackerman has had more than nine heart attacks, and after one occasion she contracted an infection from the surgical supplies used to unblock her arteries.The Darumbal woman lives in Berri, miles away from her Queensland mob, and said the distance left her feeling spiritually empty.

She said the healers' power for Indigenous people lay with their ability to reconnect them to culture, the lifeblood of their spiritual being.

Ms Matthews believed traditional medicines were a pathway to improving Aboriginal health.

"They're more open. Because they are traditional they're respected. The healers also respect the clients," she said.

PHOTO: Healer Debbie Watson makes her own bush medicine from natural ingredients. (ABC Riverland: Sowaibah Hanifie)

Making hospitals culturally acceptable

Ms Panzironi has been advocating for mainstream doctors to better understand the role Aboriginal healers can play in complementing other treatments.

It is an opinion shared by Jon Wardle, a senior lecturer in public health at the University of Technology Sydney.

He said having the Ngangkari healers in a hospital setting would educate other staff about how Aboriginal healers could make the space culturally acceptable.

"A lot of GPs don't understand traditional medicine, so automatically they have to be sceptical of something they don't understand," Dr Wardle said.

"This gives a good insight into how effective these treatments can be."

He said including healers in a hospital setting could also reduce the risks alternative medicine could have, such as physical trauma caused by under-qualified therapists, or interactions with prescriptions drugs if a patient was offered herbal medicine.

The Ngangkari healers have their own form of registration, which Dr Wardle said would reduce these potential harms.

"Really people shouldn't expect a miracle cure, they shouldn't reject other treatments," he said.

"The important thing is to have all options on the table, so if those other options are needed, they are available."

PHOTO: Anangu healer Cyril Mckenzie working at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. (Facebook: ANTAC)

SOURCE: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-28/aboriginal-healers-complementary-medicine-finds-its-place/9586972

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

World War 3: Turkey's Erdogan calls for 'ARMY of Islam' to ATTACK Israel on all sides

TURKEY’S President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have announced they want to create an “army of Islam” to wage war against Israel, it has been revealed.

Less than a month ago the Turkish state’s mouthpiece the daily Yeni Şafak ran an article for Erdogan titled “A call for urgent action” and on the newspaper’s website headlined “What if an army of Islam formed against Israel?”

It called for the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to form a joint army to simultaneously attack Israel from all sides.

The article said: “If the member states of the OIC unite militarily, they will form the world’s largest and most comprehensive army.

“The number of active soldiers would be at least 5,206,100, while the defence budget would reach approximately $175billion (£124billion).”

This was accompanied by an interactive map providing formation of military forces for a joint Muslim attack on Israel.

World War 3: Erdogan called for an army of Islam

The article provided additional details of the plan, saying: “It is expected that 250,000 soldiers will participate in the first of a possible operation.

“Land, air and naval bases of member states located in the most critical regions will be used.

“Joint bases will be constructed in a short period of time… It is possible for 500 tanks and armoured vehicles, 100 planes and 500 attack helicopters and 50 ships to mobilise quickly.”

Erdogan did not deny his support for the report and has on several occasions said he would like to resurrect the Ottoman Empire.

The tyrant has established military bases in Qatar and Somalia and recently reached an agreement with Sudan to acquire a Sudanese island in the Red Sea to be used as a military base.

World War 3: There was a map for a joint Muslim attack on Israel

He has also repeatedly threatened to invade Greek islands in the Mediterranean and has recently invaded Syria under the pretext of fighting Kurdish terrorism.

Erdogan has also locked up journalists and activists who have spoken out against his regime.

But the European Union is urging members to approve a further €3.7billion (£3.28billion) to help Turkey deal with Syrian refugees who arrived in their country.

Brussels will now push to get Turkey the extra €2.7 billion (£2.4billion) from national governments, some of whom may be unwilling to pump new cash into the country.

Europe's relations with Erdogan has been fraught in recent years but the EU depends on Turkey to keep a tight lid on immigration from the Middle East, where the war in Syria has killed hundreds of thousands and pushed millions from homes.

World War 3: Turkey has recently invaded Syria under the pretext of
fighting Kurdish terrorism

However, a draft document seen by Politico notes that if countries do not contribute and order the money be taken from the EU budget only, “standard EU rules would apply and the member states would be excluded from the governance of the facility (for refugees in Turkey).”

Top EU officials will meet Erdogan on March 26 in the Bulgarian city of Varna despite misgivings among many on the European side.

The bloc's top migration official Dimitris Avramopoulos will announce on Wednesday that the European Commission proposes the extra funding on projects benefiting Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Turkey has accepted 3.5 million refugees from Syria, and the EU is already spending a first €3billion (£2.1billion) instalment to help them.

SOURCE: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/936954/World-War-3-Turkey-Erdogan-army-of-Islam-Israel-war-attack-all-sides-latest-news

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