You see his words
& miss the focus?

Imagine a war going on & Hillary needs to use the room
No wonder, as Mr. Trump said, 'we are not winning wars anymore'

As Trump said: it's cause America is not winning (wars) anymore?
In his game plan, you win a war, you get to keep the country; Iraq, Afghanistan.., till the debts are more than paid.

or else you will land up like what's happening right now in India

indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/npa-rbi-loan-bad-loan-band-aid-wont-do-banks-need-deep-surgery-says-raghuram-rajan/

since losing East Pakistan, what is now Bangladesh; the P Military had set sights on remaining part of Kashmir; the portion India holds. This would complete their land connection to China.

India cannot back off an inch for security reasons. We had watched silently when China annexed Tibet and what did the Chinese do? Mount their missiles in high altitude Tibet. Don’t have to fly planes now to nuke any part of the world!!

The civilian government in Pakistan has generally sought to negotiate with India; makes economical & cultural sense for both sides; and when we are close to a deal; the P Military would swing in with a coup.

For a few decades now, since General Zia who set the SOP, 'death by a thousand cuts'; P. military has been sending hired guns to Kashmir; before the winters closed in. No need for coups; though Gen. Musharraf did it again in '98.

Now we have a Kashmir problem in earnest.

Is there a chance? Oh, yes; we call it military adventurism.

1. 2001: They tried to blow up Parliament while it was in full session; imagine that? What kind of war is this?
There was a military mobilized / standoff; Clinton asked us to calm down.

2. 1999: Kargil war - a Himalayan route to China

3. 2011: P's Intel agency and the Bombay shoot massacre.

4. To top this all, P_Military is aware about India having a 'No first use' policy. All they have to do is keep stoking the Kashmir fire and bide time.

Yesterday Obama / Kerry propose to dole out nearly a billion in cash and artillery to 'promote peace and stability in the region

Today they warn both KSA and Pakistan of 'possible' NPT based sanctions.

Brazilian women rushing for abortion, ok; but what about the 2,700 babies born already with micro-cephaly last year?

i suppose the Br_government is attempting a cover up with Olympics in for summer.-

For a moment imagine if the virus created babies with ape-ian bodies and human brains; painful, tragic but a visible horror.

Now consider what the virus is doing, creating babies with brains limited to the size of apes but with human bodies.

These are not idle speculations. I have seen a full grown woman-child, retarded (not Zika) and the relief the parents experienced when she passed away in her twenties. The woman-child was highly good nature-d used to rush to play with neighbor kids but the kids used to shy away. There was no joy in the house; the parents withered.

I write these things because in India we have not eliminated Malaria after all these decades with DDT and what not. And don't let those mosquito repellent ads fool you. These drones can land on the rim of an eyelid. In Chennai, where I live, mosquitoes are just routine, keeps breaking the slumber, that's all.

John Kerry in his proposals said the Budget includes $860 million towards sustaining ties with Pakistan and making progress to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat violent extremist groups"

$265milllion in military hardware.

"Overseas Contingency Operations fund (OCO)will ensure the safety of Pakistani nuclear installations (pointed towards New Delhi); peace and progress with Afghanistan and promote improved relations with India."

Defense Intel Agency's Vincent Stewart warned the US Armed Services Committee that "Pakistan's nuclear arsenal continues to grow ... increasing the risk of an incident or accident".

For M2 members' info:

1. India has declared a nuclear 'no-first-use policy' in existence since 1999.

2. Pakistan has an extremely friendly relationship with China after it ceded a part of Pak occupied Kashmir to China.

3. Afghanistan has been the military playground of Pakistan since the Russians occupied it (since 1979?).

4. Pakistan refuses to bring to trial mastermind Masood Azhar who is credited with recent attack on India's airbase Pathankot and has provided him with 'protective custody'. Latest is MA is in a safe haven in Afghanistan(!)

Coca Cola is introducing a milk product in India very soon and it is not the carbonated variety Vio!!

The product will be targeted at school children, they said.

Reminds me of the time I was traveling by rail. There was no one in the compartment. There was still some coke remaining in the bottle, so i drained it out on the cup which still had some yogurt in it. Closed it and went to sleep; best thing to do in a rocking train.

Next, i was woken by a loud bang. Looked around, nothing; except the yogurt cup was rolling on the opposite berth.

Looked in, nothing.

So I surmised that mixing yogurt & coke & rocking it is creating a bomb.

Now school kids in India take a lot of rice and yogurt (curds); it's the climate. I hate to think what would happen on the playground during lunch hour when they sip in coke milk.

Thank you Mr. Trump, we want America to become greater, you know what, that makes the cake grow bigger... and so..,
thank you, thank you..,

and so when America becomes greater, you know what..,
our slice of the cake gets larger.

Thank you, thank you.
Just a thought, Mr. President.., how are we going to reduce the 21 trillion down to some 2 to 3 trillion?

Zika or no Zika, the Rio De Janeiro carnival is on.
7 Feb 2016 to 8 Feb 2016

70,000 fans cheered at the Sambadrome as feathers, glitters. flesh and floats passed by in a blur.



Brazil responding to WHO's declaration.

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Trump said.

Well, I can bat even at middle of the night without switching on the lights and still score.

Puff, the lady vanishes.

While on the subject, Bangladesh is not an easy country even for the Bengali. Population density is around 1000 people per square mile. If we deduct forest, marshy land, rivers, etc., it would easily be 2000 people / sq.mi. In other words, towns and cities are packed.

Mostly poor, hot and humid. They survive by exporting garments to the West. Not an easy country at all.

The local news here, beat me to it with a center page article today: 'Zika virus is spreading explosively, says UN health chief.' - Indian Express.

From the article it appears that WHO is not declaring a crisis in their recent meet, effectively giving clearance for the Games to go on. Did some Googling on the WHO Director for Infectious Diseases (North Americas, USA) and guess what? He is a native of the Caribbean; another hot spot for Zika!

With reference to link from Karma: the vaccine is in R&D and expected delivery is year end. Makes sense to postpone the Games to 2017.

Classic example of IOC, WHO and others waiting till critical mass.

Those widows drive a hard bargain.
i generally look at the tires first..
if they are a bit on the worn out side then may be there's a deal.

Dashed off a letter to the local news paper requesting they publish updates. Hope the morons publish news-we-can-use for a change. We here, are still struggling with Dengue fever.

Thank you Alleoops.

From Wiki: Past and present areas affected by the Z virus.

The hatched areas (India among them) indicates sero survey data. This means a 'Study measuring a person's risk of developing a particular disease.' India is at high risk with mosquitoes year round.

While in Bangladesh..
Treat their people as your reservoir of patients??

So then is the Olympics in Brazil on?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3421467/Can-Olympics-survive-Brazil-s-Zika-outbreak-Crisis-female-spectators-ATHLETES-warned-not-organisers-rely-dry-season-kill-mosquitoes.html

Once the virus is in blood stream it stays right there; to be siphoned off by other mosquitoes.

If it comes to India, we had it. This is mosquitoes country.

Commonsense says Games should be postponed!!!

Ad line could be...
"Wanted retd, basket ball player"

An obituary notice from an old r. digest..
"MacGregor died. Volvo for sale."