Imagine the pleasant surround sound of the bagpipe and the ring of the first telephone.
For some travelers, vacationing in a remote area is the ideal getaway. But, for those in need of a more permanent solution to “escape from it all,” a small Scottish island is inviting people from around the world to become its newest residents. The Isle of Rum can be reached via helicopter and ferry, or by way of a scenic train ride. The small island off the coast of Scotland offers idyllic mountain landscapes, ample opportunities to encounter wildlife, winding paths perfect for cycling, and picture-perfect architecture at Kinloch Castle.
Scotland’s Endinburgh Castle, an engineering marvel of the 17th Century
The only thing that is missing from the island: people.
The Isle of Rum it’s currently home to about 30 residents. To grow that number, especially with younger residents, community leaders have put out a call for people who may be interested in the remote island life. The community “is looking for dynamic individuals or families who are keen to fit into the island way of life and help drive positive change for this young and growing community,” according to the Isle of Rum Community Trust’s website.
To ease concerns about securing housing on the island — the trust is building four eco-friendly homes for future residents. Rent will be priced at $589 per month, and potential residents have until Aug. 28 to apply for this housing. For those concerned about job prospects, the trust has also advertised a variety of opportunities from child care and fish farming to tourism. When considering applications, priority will be given to those who have either young children or skills not currently found in the community.
“With only one child in nursery and two in our primary school, we need more families to fill our school, as well as to be the next generation of islanders,” Isle of Rum resident Lesley Watt told the local Scottish news outlet STV News. For more information and access to the application, click here.
IfYou want to hear the braying of a jackass, listen to Cardi B Interviewing Joe Biden.
Pandering Joe and his shameless handlers have been dodging reporters who have a brain in their head because they might ask him substantive questions that he is not able to answer coherently. Under the guise of the coronavirus pandemic, the former vice president has been sheltering in place for about six months — hiding from legitimate and schooled reporters and, by extension, hiding from the American public.
Cardi B:At some point when spreading your legs is your only talent, it gets stale
After his hibernation, on Tuesday, August 11, the former vice president remotely made a public appearance to make his announcement of Senator Kamala Harris as his VP running mate. After that, his next remote presence of substance was to give an interview to ELLE, a fashion and entertainment magazine using (Cardi B) a mediocre rapper with the mental capacity of an eight-year-old child — as the interviewer. Should the American people take Joe Biden seriously? Is this interview/shenanigans a sign of things to come?
Fake News: Wanted, Real Journalists
Because of clown shows like this, more and more Americans are becoming distrustful of the news media. At the same time, there is a host of seasoned reporters as well as brilliant up and coming journalists that continue to break through rubbish, such as perpetuated by Cardi B masquerading as a journalist and Joe Biden as a serious contender for the presidency. There is a pandemic savaging the masses; subsequently, trustworthy journalists should disseminate newsworthy information based on intelligent conversations and newsgathering techniques. The entertainment clowns should stick to the circus.
Is Joe Biden is the best choice Democrats have to offer? Joe’s handlers want the American people to take him seriously and vote him into the highest office in America — well, that is entertainment the people can do without.
(CN) — “A survey released Tuesday shows Americans’ trust of the news media is declining even though they still see the institution as invaluable to democracy, indicating growing skepticism toward what many see as journalists straying from objectivity in the internet age.
The report assembled by Gallup and the Knight Foundation surveyed 20,000 Americans as part of the firms’ Trust, Media, and Democracy series, and it found that Americans are more pessimistic than ever about a perceived lack of objectivity in news coverage from a media apparatus driven by barely concealed agendas.
Fifty-four percent of people believe that reporters intentionally misrepresent facts, and 28% believe reporters make the facts up entirely, the survey found.
Like basically all aspects of civic life in the modern United States, the Knight/Gallup survey confirmed that distrust of the media breaks along partisan lines, with 75% of Republicans harboring an unfavorable view of the media and just 22% of Democrats sharing that unfavorable view.
Sixty-one percent of Republicans surveyed said attacks on the media are justified, whereas 70% of Democrats said such attacks are not justified, according to the report.”
Democrats have painted themselves into a blue corner.
America’s 2020 Presidential election is the strangest to take place in the nation’s history of 244years of independence. Forty-four Presidents heretofore and their opponents ran against each other on platforms based on, for the most part, political ideologies. The 2020 presidential elections have born some strange fruits. The sitting President (Donald J. Trump) is running against a new coronavirus pandemic that has killed more Americans than World War 1 (116,516) combined with those killed in Vietnam (58,220) over two decades. While on the other hand, his democratic opponent(Joe Biden) is racing against time and the clock of mental acuity.
Is Biden’s Race Against Trump or The Clock? Tic Toc.
Biden’s presidential race is also one of racial politics. Before he selected Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, the former vice president was under tremendous pressure to pick a woman as his running mate, and not just any female — but a “woman of color.” Had Bidenchosen a qualified Black or white male or white female, there are threats that some members of the Democratic party might decide to cut off their nose to spite their face. The internal conflict will, undoubtedly, be a beautiful body to look at from the outside. What will it look like come November 3rd? A big blue face — one of self-mutilation — castration, and eventual beheading. The screams for attention from a sect with suicidal tendencies are shouted loud and clear on MSNBC and CNN cable “news” channels every day.
Coronavirus, a political disease made for television.
Talking heads are on every daily Podcast and television talk show that will tolerate them speaking with authority and laying down ever-changing “facts” about the COVID-19 plague. The poppy shows and their shenanigans have led a broad swath of Americans not to take the disease as seriously as they should. Could President Trump be correct when he suggests that the coronavirus was manufactured in Wuhan China and deliberately sent to the United States? The Chinese Government has denied this claim, but there some evidence that could back up the President’s claims.
Kamala Harris: many believe she’s a prude and a phony
Now with time running out on what appears to be the former vice president’s ability to execute the office of the Presidency — which is an extremely stressful job — over the long term. Biden’s pick of Harris should be troubling for progressive liberals. Kamala Harris’ Prosecutorial record shows that she’s put over one thousand five hundred (mostly low income) people in jail for marijuana offenses. And when asked if she ever smoked marijuana, Harris shrugged off the question with a laugh. Also, Harris is accused of keeping people in prison beyond their eligibility for parole so they could perform free labor for the state of California. Democrats have painted themselves into a Blue Corner with Joe Biden at the head of the ticket and a questionable flip-flopper as his second in command.
They are learning while vacationing with family south of theborder.
As the debate rages on to decide whether or not schools should reopen this fall, parents of students slated for online learning can opt for a virtual classroom with the shores of Mexico as its backdrop. Four Seasons Punta Mita, a five-star oceanfront resort on the Pacifico coast, is now offering specialized programming designed to make distance learning more convenient and fun for both kids and parents.
The Four Seasons Punta Mita is extending its usual All Seasons kids program; now to include a tech help hotline; as well as a study buddy program; and “world-schooling” classes such as art, history, culture, and language, as well as after-school sports. With this “school cation” experience, kids won’t be stuck inside all day either. Pool and beach cabanas can be reserved and transformed into private work stations with ocean views. Each study cabana is outfitted with Wi-Fi, a TV monitor, headphones, a portable charger, a lap pad, and snacks such as fresh fruits, smoothies, and popsicles.
Paradise Found:The Garden of Mexico
While the kid’s study, parents can lounge by the pool, visit the spa or take advantage of other resort amenities before the children rejoin them for some family-friendly activities once school is over. For accommodations, families can choose between the three-, four- and five-bedroom hacienda-style villas and private beach homes, allowing families to create a home-away-from-home atmosphere. Features include private pools, patios, and grilling areas, as well as daily access to a personal host who takes care of every detail throughout guests’ stays, from groceries upon arrival to special in-villa activities.
“Traveling is a life journey, as is knowledge acquisition. Learning can truly happen anywhere,” said the property’s General Manager John O’Sullivan in a statement. “At Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, we are here to support kids and parents in this new learning paradigm with educational classes inspired by our destination and caring team members to help kids with their school work.”
Clay County Sheriff Daniels ordered his side chick arrested. Wife files for divorce.
At one point, the fling between Florida’s Clay County Sheriff Darryl “Jack” Daniels and Cierra Smith was excellent. They would meet at the dark end of the street, as Percy Sledge sings. Hiding in shadows, where they don’t belong, living in darkness to conceal their wrong — the Sheriff and his correctional officer side-chick.
Cierra Smith: Sheriff Daniels’ Side Piece.
Hell has no fury like two women scorned: Burning down the house.
There comes a time when a cheating spouse finds religion or simply put; they get tired of the fling — running, hiding, peeping around corners and dodging. The intrigue and the thrill disappear. The once sweet forbidden fruit becomes sour. It’s time to move on. But where will s/he go? Invisible heart-strings aren’t cut as quickly as unbiblical birth strings. The attachment formed between “cheating” lovers is sometimes from another place and time. Needs and wants are satisfied, and the appetite for self-destruction suppressed, so the magic of love can bloom.
The jilted wife will not stand by her man. Tammy Wynette?
Three losers, the wife, the Sheriff, and his “throw-down” side piece — Ms. Smith goes to Hollywood Snitching. Hey look at me, I’m on TV. Hi Mom, are you proud of me? I made it, Momma; I made it. He paid me 35K Momma, not quite the same as Trump paid Stormy Daniels but close.
Charges filed, ultimatum given step, down or get arrested.
On Thursday, Clay County Clerk of Courts released documents with the charges filed against Daniels: one count of evidence tampering, a third-degree felony offense, and three counts of knowingly giving false information to law enforcement, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Big booger bear Sheriff Darryl “Jack” Daniels
Once the six-year affair was discovered — last year — by Sheriff Daniels’s wife, she pressured Daniels to drop Ms. Smith. But Ms. Smith didn’t have the heart or strength to walk away. So the began to follow Daniels around — allegedly stalking him. Daniels ordered one of his deputies to arrest Smith for stalking. What a scum bag he is. Daniels and Smith started seeing each other seven years ago when she was an eager 21-years-old Correctional Officer, and 48-year-old Daniels led the corrections department.
Even after his suspension, Daniels said that he would seek re-election. His arrest and suspension came just days before the elections, and Daniels and his supporters cry foul and claim it’s all political maneuvering.
Seattle lost its first black police chief to a 40% pay cut.
The 30-year police veteran has agreed to step aside as the head of the approximately 1500 police force in Washington State’s largest city. Carmen Best was appointed as interim chief of police on January 18, 2018, to replace outgoing Chief Katleen O’Toole. On August 13, 2018, the Mayor of Seattle, Jenny Durkan, made her officially chief of police — she was the first black woman to hold that position in Seattle, an Island city of Washington State.
Ex Seattle Chief of Police Carmen Best
Carmen Best joins a cloud of about half a dozen chief of police — across the nation — who have stepped down in the wake of the George Floyd protests and riots. Since the wide-spread rioting, looting and burning, there has been a call to “Defund the police.” Seattle police annual budget of $410 million would be reduced by about 2% (three million dollars) stems mostly from cuts from the salaries of the command staff, attrition, and the layoffs of about 100 officers. Chief Best’s annual salary will be reduced from $294, 000 to about $194, 000. According to a national survey, Best makes about 45% more than the national average salary of police chiefs. Nine of the thirteen Seattle Police Commanders make more money annually than the governors of all fifty states.
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant
Kshama Sawant is at the forefront of the movement to slash police salaries. Sawant and leaders in the Black community are at odds with the way Chief Best is handling the leadership role of the SPD. Many Seattle residents have decried the brutish tactics used by SPD in the early days of the George Floyd protests.
Seattle cop announces resignation then met with aggression from Protester
The wave of discontent that flows against Best “in some ways grew out of the shocking tactics used by the SPD in response to peaceful protestors.” In an ominous forewarning of the crackdown to come, on the first night of the protests, May 29th, the video was taken of a seven-year-old child maced by police officers. In response, rather than arresting the officers who committed this heinous assault, Seattle police under Best’s watch tracked down and arrested the photojournalist who captured the video.”
“Clouds of teargas soon filled the streets of Capitol Hill, along with the sounds and smells of flashbangs, pepper spray and rubber bullets used against nonviolent protesters, legal observers, and nurses. The severity of the Seattle Police crackdown on Black Lives Matter was also documented in shocking detail by a journalist at The Independentafter his arrest while covering the Seattle protests.
Since then, many Seattle residents have come to see Carmen Best as a weak and unimportant front taking orders from her white underlings. At the first sign of a disturbance, she takes the city pension and flees the scene. Carmen’s resignation will go into effect on September 02, 2020.
Another snowflake Seattle cop cops out with his chief (Carmen Best) tells protesters he’s quitting because of Black Lives Matter.
Guess Writer: Victor Magni
Below is a story in Politico about Seattle cop who quits because of BLM.
‘I’m leaving, you guys won: Moment furious Seattle cop tells activist he’s quitting because of constant unrest caused by BLM protests – just days after city’s Chief of Police resigned over huge budget cut
While the circumstances surrounding the video remain unclear, the officer, who is not named in the clip, tells an activist ‘you guys won.
The cop says he’s quitting the Seattle PD, and he will be relieved of duty in two months, adding ‘I’m f***ing gone, bro.’
The officer is asked if he is stepping down because of police brutality, to which the officer says he isn’t, rather that he’s tired of dealing with BLM protesters.
The Seattle PD hasn’t returned a DailyMail.com request for comment on the clip.
Unrest has been rife in the city, with protests and clashes with police occurring daily in the city ever since the Memorial Day police killing of George Floyd.
The undated video emerges just days after Seattle’s first black police chief, Carmen Best, announced she’d be stepping down amid defunding policies.
According to Texas Beaumont Police Department officials, on Sunday, August 09, 2020, at about 2:30 a.m., 18-year-old Luis Torres (of Port Arthur) was operating his vehicle while intoxicated when he slammed into officer Yarbrough’s patrol vehicle head-on. Yarbrough-Powell died on the scene; she was 23-years-old. The BPD Facebook page says: Officer Yarbrough and another officer were heading northbound on Cardinal Drive near Highway 347 when Torres hit them. Police arrested Torres at the scene. The BPD Chief James Singletary advised that her injured partner in the vehicle with her at the time of the accident is now recovering at home. “He has a long road ahead of him, Singletary said.
End of watch for officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell
Yarbrough-Powell was hired as a police cadet on August 13, 2018, and became a full-time police officer four months later on December 20, 2018. Yarbrough-Powell is survived by her husband of 10 months. The Beaumont Police Department has 260 sworn officers and 70 support staff civilian employees.
An organization (NLEOMF) that tracks the causes of line-of-duty deaths reports 577 officers died in traffic incidents, and 330 died from handgun related events over the past ten years. Today Sheena Powell will be laid to rest in her home town of Lumberton, Texas.
Fifty-five-year-old Kamals Harris is ready to run the country from day one has become one of the mantras from Democratic talking heads and political pundits. While on the other hand, President Trump says, “She’s very, very nasty.” Well, it looks like come January 20, 2021; a “nasty” woman will be the next Vise President of the United States of America. Many psychologists and psychiatrists have searched their minds trying to find a reason why Trump sees intelligent women as “Nasty.” Could it be that his social visionary lens and his mind are tainted, or could it be a reflection of his environment? Perhaps one day time will tell.
Kamala Harris displaying political savvy
At this point in our history, a time of unparalleled political rivalry, social upheavals, and the struggle for ethnic and gender equality, Senator Harris is a logical choice for Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate. Harris could serve as a spicy season in this experimental melting pot called The United States of America. With this pick, Biden has managed to check off several boxes at once.
Senator Harris, as she pointed out this afternoon in her first joint appearance with Biden, since her selection, “I’m a daughter of immigrants.” She is a woman, and She is black of
mixed heritage. Harris also said that she’s been in leadership roles for thirty years. And she went on to say, “America is crying out for leadership,” under Donald Trump. Harris’s late mother (Shyamala Gopalan-Harris / research scientist) is from India, and her father (Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University). Both met while in college as students at a civil rights protest rally.
Kamala Harris and her Mom Shyamala
Harris is a lawyer’s lawyer — as some pundits are apt to point out. She was a district attorney from 2004 to 2011 in San Francisco and Attorney General in California from 2011 to 2017 when she won a bid to the US Senate. Harris has made several political blunders and is known as a flipflopper on social issues — such as criminal justice and fair treatment of people of color. She’s known for being hard on minor criminalized offenses committed mostly by minorities.
Kamala and Joe Biden’s late son Beau were close friends, and the former vice president said that friendship between her and Beau, played a role in his decision to pick Senator Harris as his Presidential running mate.
The definition of nasty is very dirty, unpleasant, or offensive. An example of something “nasty” is the bottom of a dumpster.
President Trump and his posse have a hard time defining Senator Harris because she’s well-vetted from her run for the Presidency.
Are Bus Operators Adequately Protected From COVID-19 Carriers — While On Duty?
Just months away from retirement, sixty-one-year-old Bus Operator Steven Chang passed away after contracting the coronavirus. Chang contracted the dreaded COVID-19 scourge in late June, and by late July 27, 2020, Chang succumbed to COVID-19. At the time of his death, Chang’s work status was classified as a “Light Duty,” which means he spent time assisting other Bus Operators who are reporting for duty or signing off from their shift for the day.
Operator Chang was well-liked by most of his fellow Bus Operators and Supervisors. He’s fondly remembered as someone who was easy-going and always had a smile on his face.
Steven Chang and his wife Michelle
Chang’s Facebook Post in late June
“To my FB family I want to thank God for coming to my rescue of COVID 19 last Monday 6/22 I felt sick so I went for the testing in my area on Friday morning the result came back positive since then I lost my appetite, slight coughing and just was weak just want to sleep but praise the Lord I am feeling much better no hospitalization needed.
“I wasn’t driving the bus for three weeks, but I [was] assigned light duty in the office where I passed out the keys to the drivers picking up their evening shift that was the only way I could have contracted the disease.”
A Spike In Florida Coronavirus Cases
On June 01, 2020, there were 667 (one day reported) confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state of Florida. On June 27th one month to date of Steven Chang’s death, and about the time Chang suspected he contracted the scourge, Florida’s reported cases grew to a one-day count of 9,585 cases. By mid-July Florida had become a hot spot for COVID19, it reported a one-day count of 15,300 confirmed cases. On July 27th Florida had cut its number in about half of its peak to 8,892 confirmed cases.
On Saturday, August 08, Operator Steven Chang was laid to rest. His family had a “virtual” sendoff funeral for him with family members, friends and some of his co-workers delivered pre-recorded messages that were played at his funeral service.
Broward County Transit Bus Operator Steven Chang, a native of Trinidad Passed Away
The coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 to date, according to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), has taken a heavy toll on the populous worldwide, and as of August 09, 2020, COVID-19 killed 722, 285 people. There are19, 462, 142 confirmed COVID-19 cases — including 273,698 cases reported today. And to date, the United States has over five million reported cases and 162, 777 attributed deaths.
Essential Workers usually = A Less Desirable, High Risk, Field of Work.
Although all legal workers are essential parts of the operation of a gigantic machine, Operator Chang worked among a class of people considered necessarily crucial workers. Consequently, they are frequently exposed to the public and stand a higher chance of coming in contact with the coronavirus.
On June, 29 Miami-Dade Transit officials were informed that bus driver Lakeisha Snipes tested positive for the coronavirus. She learned she had the virus on June 25, on Wednesday, July 01, she died from COVID19. Snipes was 42 years old. Snipes had just returned to work in late May from a two-month leave of absence because she had underlying health conditions ― including high blood pressure and breathing issues. Snipes’s last day on the job was June 25. Snipes’s cousin Kim Cox says the Miami-Dade county bullied Lakeisha into coming back to work.
Miami-Dade bus driver Lakeisha Snipes: victim of COVID-19
Kim Cox, Snipe’s cousin, said Snipes told her, “they bullied her into coming back to work. MDTA PIO, Luis Espinoza, said, ” Ms. Snipes had leave time available as well as other options, such as the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).”
There are times when Bus Operators are forced to come in close contact with passengers. For example, when a passenger who uses a wheelchair asked for seat belt securement. The Operator then at the time is drawn in as close as six inches to one foot (of the passenger) to carry out this task of applying these specially designed seat belts and hooks to the wheelchair.
Tips for transit workers
For transit station workers, potential sources of exposure include having close contact with a transit passenger with COVID-19, by touching surfaces contaminated with coronavirus, or by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.
Limit close contact with others by maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet, when possible.
Avoid touching surfaces often touched by transit passengers.
Practice routine cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces, following the directions on the cleaning product’s label.
Use gloves if required to touch surfaces contaminated by body fluids.
Proper hand hygiene is an important infection control measure. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
The above recommendations and guidelines are courtesy of Transit Officials
On July 20, 2020, Joy Reid switched from her regular Saturday, Sunday morning talk show AM Joy to a more coveted 7:00 p.m. slot. Reid has anchored the AM Joy show since 2016.
Joy Reid has been filling in for Chris Matthews since his sudden departure, in March, from his 7 pm shows Hardball with Chris Matthews. On her departure monologue from AM joy, Ms. Reid reminisced that the’s been watching Hardball with Chris Matthews for 20 years. Reid said she created a Dream Board, and on it, she wrote down some of her most ambitious goals. (1) Write a best selling book and (2) Be a guest on Hardball. Today Reid’s dreams have come true — not only has she appeared on Hardball, she now the face of the show Hardball.
Joy Reid Former Host of MSNBC AM Joy Show
Reid continues, ” Six years later, after working on a successful campaign that elected the first Black President, that dream also came true. I’m so blessed to be a part of the MSNBC family. I’m so proud to bring the perspective of a Black woman, the daughter of immigrants, the wife, and mother of kids who are more vulnerable to police violence because of their skin color.
MSNBC Struggles to Find A Suitable Replacement For AM Joy Time Slot.
After Joy Reid jumps to her prime time show, MSNBC is left struggling to find someone with comparable talent and skills to take her place. She’s left some big shoes to fill. The network has fallen back to using a slew of bright, talented guess that frequented AM Joy Saturday and Sunday morning show. But for the most part, they all seem as they have been thrown into a chasm that they’re not quite capable of filling. Some people are better at answering questions than posing questions.
Joy Reid doing the prime time ReidOut
All qualified candidates need not apply: Blacks Only.
MSNBC network is caught in a similar quandary as Joe Biden is, in terms of finding a replacement for Joy Reid and selecting a suitable vice-presidential candidate, respectively. It’s a damn if you do pick the wrong vice presidential candidate and probably damned if he chooses the right vise presidential running mate — if the person isn’t black and or female.
On Monday, July 20, 2020, The ReidOut premiered with an exceptionally high rating for the 7 p.m. time slot. Reid managed to rope in more than 2.6 million viewers, making her show the second-highest-rated cable program that airs at 7 p.m. Speaking comparatively, Fox News drew 2.1 million viewers, and CNN brought in 1.3 million — according to Nielsen.
