No Justice, USA

It's now 33 weeks since Justice Antonin Scalia of the US Supreme Court passed away on 12 Feb, 2016. RIP.

The US Senate needs to hold hearings on a replacement.
They've yet to do anything toward a confirmation.

33 Weeks w/ No Justice !

Shame on the US Senate... 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) & geezer Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA; age 83) are leading obstructionists behind this inactivity. Get to work boys!

Mitch is Rich thanks to huge gifts from father-in-law, Chinese-born Si-Cheng Chao (second wife's dad).

Chief Executive Hot Seat

The US President is angry: both the US House & Senate overturned Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism (JASTA) law.

"The single most embarrassing thing the United States Senate has done" in decades, according to the White House spokesman (link).

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with poor marketing considering its power (they'd do better to ignore JASTA this week) stated the act: "is of great concern to the community of nations that object to the erosion of the principle of sovereign immunity, which has governed international relations for hundreds of years. ... erosion of sovereign immunity will have a negative impact on all nations, including the United States." (link). Understatement -- JASTA could especially lead to highlighting the USA's doubtful & often poorly executed imperialist operations around the world. 

CIA Director Brennan also lashed-out at the new law... Fearing personal liability?   Any accountability sucks when a lawbreaker.

But the Executive Branch of the US Government deserves the hot seat: key parts of the official 9/11 findings are still designated Top Secret.

They claim we too dum for the TRUTH

Fakum

Japanese Money Politics

A new initiative will offer a clearer view of big money flows in Japanese politics.

Data is scheduled to come online from 21 October 2016 at:
http://openpolitics.or.jp

政治資金センター
Japan Center For Money and Politics Foundation
 (一般財団法人)


Here's a description of what's to come (link to Japan Times article)

Let's Hope for transparency... But of course much political funds flow in Japan is unreported cash, "gifts" such as valuable art & swords, etc. which are unlikely ever to be traceable.

Hawai'i Steps Toward Freedom

Yesterday (23 Sept 2016) the US Government formally accepted existence of a Native Hawaiian Government - a cause for celebration. 

It was reaffirmed (link) that Native Hawaiians are "a political community that represents the continuous existence of an inherent indigenous sovereign." 

It's not treason or sedition for Hawaiians to create our governing entity. Our Native Hawaiian government might "reestablish a formal government-to-government relationship" with the USA... OR CHOOSE OTHERWISE  (and the US Federal Govt. ruling explicitly affirms such possible scenario). 

With a Native Hawaiian government, we can gradually correct local community problems... and also address other alliance possibilities. 

First step is Native Hawaiian self-government pushing forward, imua.