Trees and Felines
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John Presco
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When I saw Lauren….I thought…”ENT”.
‘Furious’ judge extends order barring Trump administration from removing more trees from DC public golf course
She wants to know if the government deliberately tried to evade previous orders.
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Trump says ‘Triumphal Arch’ will be used as a sniper and drone facilityPresident Donald Trump is arguing that another one of his projects around Washington, D.C., is being built for national security purposes.
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A federal judge on Tuesday extended her order barring the Trump administration from carrying out any further tree removals at Washington’s East Potomac Golf Course until at least Oct. 26, court records show.
D.C. District Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Trump administration attorneys on Monday after they told her that more than 400 trees had been felled at the Washington D.C. public course that President Donald Trump wants to turn into one that can host professional tournaments.
The attorneys had previously pledged to provide notice to plaintiffs in the case about any irrevocable harm that would occur at the golf course through government actions.
“More than just being upset and furious right now, I am just beyond disappointed in the government. I have done everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt in this case. I have done it repeatedly. I have done it for months,” Reyes vented Monday after attorneys for the government told her how many trees had been cut down.
Judge warns of ‘serious consequences’ if administration begins work at East Potomac Golf Course
The golf course has been the subject of litigation brought by the D.C. Preservation League in response to President Donald Trump’s efforts to turn it into a course that could host professional tournaments.
Reyes is expected to grill Interior Department official Gregory Wischer, a political appointee who has been a point person on many of Trump’s major D.C. beautification projects, and acting director of the National Park Service Jessica Bowron in next Monday’s hearing.
She also ordered written briefs from both the D.C. Preservation League, which is suing the government to stop the project, and the government over whether she should grant a more extensive preliminary injunction that would block the administration from making further renovations to the course as litigation plays out.
Reyes repeatedly pressed for answers in Monday’s hourslong hearing on who within the Trump administration had ordered the removal of the trees.
“I am just at a total loss to understand what has happened here … that the government precisely intended to do precisely what it has done, which is intentionally delaying letting the plaintiffs in the court know what was happening, so they could put a plan in place to clear hundreds and hundreds of trees.”
The government provided notice to the plaintiffs at 4:55 p.m. last Friday that tree-cutting would occur at the golf course over the Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend.
The National Park Service began cutting down trees on Saturday and the D.C. Preservation League filed for a temporary restraining order on Sunday.
Trump says work will begin on DC golf course despite judge’s warning
Marissa Ann Piropato, a Justice Department attorney admitted to the court in Monday’s hearing that 430 trees were cleared over weekend.
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“You did not do your best! You did your absolute worst!,” Reyes interrupted.
The government testified that the plan to cut down trees was part of a plan put in place in 2019 to remove dead, dying and hazardous trees around the golf course.
“No one else can say what the basis of the urgency was and when this idea was first identified, because we are talking now with potential multiple misrepresentation to the court and the only reason — the only reason I have not yet entered a show cause on contempt is that I never put this in a formal order,” Reyes said. “Which, believe you now, I am regretting.”
Reyes says she wants clarity on who specifically gave the orders to remove the trees on Saturday and whether it was a deliberate effort to evade her previous orders issued in the case as litigation remains ongoing.
“The questions go to whether or not I’ve been lied to,” Reyes said during Monday’s hearing. “Whether I’ve been lied to in declarations about the plans, whether or not I’ve been lied to about the timing of things … I am beyond disappointed in the government right now. I wanted you all to be better than you have been.”
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Reyes had warned Justice Department lawyers of “serious consequences” if the administration began major work at the course without getting approval and notifying the court in advance.
“I’m going to say this one more time, and I do not want a situation where something has happened and then I’m being told by the government or by a foundation or by a bulldozing company that it’s too late to do anything about it,” she said. “If anything like that happens … there are going to be serious consequences.”
Trump promises the course, which he said will be renovated and redesigned through a public-private partnership, will be “one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World” on the site and said it will be open to the public.
5/12/2023
The Amazon and Tolkien Fulfilment Clause
Amazon operates enormous data centers in Morrow County and wants to build six more. It’s seeking tax breaks that would cover five of them. Dave Killen / The Oregonian
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Dear Governor Kotek; I have been posting on your Facebook ideas how the J.R. Tolkien Legends can come to Oregon, and Oregon be seen as a co-owner of a Literary and Artistic Genealogy and Legacy that I have come to own in so many amazing ways. I am seventy-six years of age, and will not live forever. However, my Family Legend will. How do I make the State of Oregon Heir to my visions and work. I have worked with the homeless and would like us to find a way that any monies realized from this Literary Estate, can go for low-cost housing for the homeless. Will this housing be on a money-making real estate market – eventually? Has a new way to make investments in housing the homeless yet to be discovered?
I just read an article that suggests there was unethical business practices in Amazon securing a billion dollar tax free haven in Marrow. This dovetails nicely with the La Mota ethics scandal. I applaud the resignation of Fagan and the search for new Ethical Frontiers. This is a huge giveaway, not unlike the two hundred million you obtained to help the homeless. Is Uncle Sam getting his fair share? The Republican’ are refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless Biden makes drastic cuts. Howmany other giant corporations are not paying their fair share?.
On my blog, Royal Rosamond Press, you will see me dressed as Uncle Samaclaus, the beloved Grandfather of All Government Giveaway Programs. This pic was taken at the second Eugene Occupy. I have a scheme on how I can be Grandfathered in-to the Amazon Giveaway Bonanza! I was once homeless, but thanks to SHIPS, I ended my chronic homelessness. I got sober at Serenity Lane thirty six years ago, and have been seeing a therapist for three years. I am YOUR SUCCESS STORY! However the woman nest door has huge sub-woofers, and for four months has practiced ‘Acoustic Violence ‘ on me and my Service Cat, Classy. I write about twelve hours a day on my blog that may be the largest in the world. I need Peace and Quiet. My lack of sleep is destroying my health. I get SS1 because I suffer from PTSD.
On my blog you will see the Amazon Fulfilment plant. I want a thousand foot appartment cut in the corner of it – overlooking the Columbia!. I will live here – rent free! I will get Amazon healthcare and a thousand a month. I want a small electric car to go shopping. In an emergency, a Amazon helicopter will fly me off the roof to the nearest hospital. Also, I want Amazon to purchase the old power plant and turn it into a Guild and Museum for Fantasy Authors. There will be limited residency. Perhaps solar panels could fill the large arias, and The Guild could sell it excess electricity.
Governor, I hope that being upfront is helpful in you considering my proposal and the needs of the State of Oregon. I am kin to Christopher Lee who played Saruman. We do not want Oregon’s Literary Legacy and Windfall to fall into the wrong hands. The two towers you see on the old plant, and the electrical devices, can be used to do – evil! I have a daughter, but she keeps going over to the dark side. In a couple of days I will write you and ask for moneys to go to England to attend the showing of a woman’s paintings. She lived over a hundred years. This journey will secure for Oregon – a Grail Ring!
Oh, by the way, I ran for Governor as a Republican, and voted for you!
Sicenerly
John Presco
2/23/2022
IVAN and ELFINE
I went to the planet Felinia in my dreams. I began Elfine at the same time I began the Gideon Computer. It is about Ivan (John) a Russian Diplomat who ends the Cold War so he can live in Steinbeck Country and grow lettuce on his farm. He learns he sired a daughter on the planet Felinia and she is coming to earth to see her father. She is sixteen, the age of my daughter when I first beheld her.
There is a strange battle. The space shuttle exploded after I wrote it. I freaked. I got sober. I did not know I was kin to Ian Fleming. I think Putin is going to hit our computers. The world might end.
John
The Russian Prophecies – Come True
Posted on November 14, 2017 by Royal Rosamond Press
On March 27, 2014, I published ‘The Russian Prophecies’ that have come true! How did this happen? How come no one saw John (Ivan) Trump coming, and his undying love for the ex-head of the KGB.
Well, I saw it coming, and I stuck my neck out – with predictable results! I have been demonized and abused. Senior Prophet Abuse is now a major concern – or should be!
Jon ‘The Seer’
Russian Prophecies
Posted on March 27, 2014by Royal Rosamond Press
I recognized Amy as a fellow Seer the moment I saw her paintings. Seers can see the future. Folks who can do this, are known as Prophets. Those who can’t see, have got to get behind us and let us do our work! Stop poking our eyes out with your inane judgments which are made to get us prophets to look at you, just you, and not the God-head! We Seers take all the risk, and here come the parasites who are cowards, afraid to appear crazy in the slightest. A Seer told me my science fiction novels were being dictated to me by a powerful entity that roams the universe and comes to the aid of planets in dire distress. I foresaw the coming of Putin and the new cold war. Elfine was written in 1986. I made this video on Jan 4 2014 two months before the new cold war begun.
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My Avatar – Elfine
Posted on January 29, 2013 by Royal Rosamond Press
In 1986 I decided to become a writer and began ‘Elfine’. Elfine was born on a planet of cat-like humanoids, and was sired by Ivan who descends from famous Vikings. He is a Russian diplomat who travels to Felinia, the planet of felines. On his second trip, he brings his daughter back with him. I did not know then that Ivan means, John. Elfine falls in love with Jonathan, a young friend of Ivan. There is a great tree under a dome on a large ship that heads off to a new planet.
When I saw the movie Avatar, I beheld Elfine. I did not own a typewriter, and it is handwritten. I have so much to do. I do not need anymore hurdles put in my way. Maybe I am a Genius? I am a Seer – for sure!
Drew does cats and alien creatures.
In the border is a note that says “for Leslie”. Leslie lived in my Berkeley hotel down the hall. She was 22. We loved each other, deeply, but I was afraid to become a pair because I barely survived my three year relationship with a severe alcoholic. Leslie was a Seminole Indian from Florida who had a number tattooed on her wrist because she was from a rare tride that was on the rolls. She hated this mark, and was furious about whites destorying the planet. She was beautiful, tall, and regal. Leslie was my Muse and model for my drawing of Elfine.
Jon Presco
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of FloridaMain article: Miccosukee
The relocation to reservations and the federal recognition of the Seminole Tribe of Florida – a move largely supported by residents of the reservations – caused antipathy between the reservation Seminole and those who had chosen not to move. In particularly, a group known as the Trail Indians, who lived along the Tamiami Trail, felt disenfranchised by the situation. This was exacerbated in 1950 when some reservation Seminoles filed a land claim suit against the federal government that was not supported by the Trail Indians.[10]
Following the recognition of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Trail Indians decided to organize their own separate tribal government. They sought recognition as the Miccosukee Tribe, as they spoke the Mikasuki (Miccosukee) language. They received full recognition in 1962, and received their own reservation land, collectively known as the Miccosukee Indian Reservation.[10] The Miccosukee Tribe set up a 333-acre (1.35 km2) reservation on the northern border of Everglades National Park, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Miami.[27]
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- The Russian government warned of a “painful” response to the United States over its sanctions against Russia, multiple reports said.
- Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday that the US sanctions are part of “ongoing attempts to change Russia’s course,” CNN reported.
- “There should be no doubt that sanctions will receive a strong response,” the ministry said.
The Russian government warned on Wednesday of a “strong” and “painful” response to the United States over the Biden administration’s sanctions against the country over its invasion of Ukraine, according to multiple reports.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Russia will target “sensitive” US assets as retaliation.
The ministry said in a statement that the US sanctions against it are part of America’s “ongoing attempts to change Russia’s course,” CNN reported.
“Russia has proved that, despite all the sanctions costs, it is able to minimize the damage,” the ministry said in the statement. “And even more so, sanctions pressure is not able to affect our determination to firmly defend our interests.”
The ministry claimed that it was open to diplomacy with the US, but that the sanctions will be met with a fierce response.
It added, “There should be no doubt that sanctions will receive a strong response, not necessarily symmetrical, but finely tuned and painful to the American side.”
The ministry’s statement detailed no specifics, but explained that Russia will take “measured” steps out to retaliation by targeting “sensitive” US interests, The Moscow Times reported.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the “first tranche” of sanctions against Russia as a result of what Biden called “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
The US sanctions against Russia target the country’s sovereign debt, two large Russian financial institutions, and Russian elites.
“We’ll continue to escalate sanctions if Russia escalates,” Biden warned.
Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of two Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and ordered troops there.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is moving to declare a state of emergency in response to Russia’s aggression.
United Nations — The United Nations General Assembly gathered Wednesday for a session dedicated to discussion of the crisis unfolding on Ukraine‘s borders, with a record number of speakers slated to address what the United States says is already a Russian invasion. Among the senior officials expected to address the assembly were Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres — who cut short a planned international trip to speak at the General Assembly on Wednesday — told the assembly in his opening remarks that the world was “facing a moment of peril.”
On Tuesday, Guterres said the U.N. “and the entire international system are being tested, and we must pass this test.”
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield echoed his sentiment on Wednesday, calling it a “crossroads in the history of this body.”
The U.N. chief has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, where a simmering eight-year war between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces has escalated dramatically over the last week.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally recognized the breakaway regions of Donbas, Luhansk and Donetsk, as independent of Ukraine on Tuesday, and ordered his forces to enter the areas for “peacekeeping” duties.
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Guterres appeared annoyed by Putin’s use of the term, saying he was concerned about “the perversion of the concept of peacekeeping.”
“I am proud of the achievements of U.N. Peacekeeping operations in which so many Blue Helmets have sacrificed their lives to protect civilians,” he said. “When troops of one country enter the territory of another country without its consent, they are not impartial peacekeepers.”
“They are not peacekeepers at all,” Guterres said.
Ukrainian diplomats at the U.N. have appeared frustrated by the global body’s inability thus far to prevent a violation of its sovereignty, and they have made it clear that, as Guterres suggested previously, the standoff with Russia should be seen as a test.
“If the United Nations fails to deliver on its mandate and its flagship mission, it should be overhauled,” Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told CBS News this week.
© Provided by CBS NewsU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. / Credit: Mary Altaffer/AP
“As much as we all want Russia to de-escalate and choose the path of peace, that is not our decision to make,” the U.S.’ Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday. “This is President Putin’s war of choice. If he chooses to escalate further, Russia and Russia alone will bear full responsibility for what is to come.”
Noting the sanctions Russia has already been subjected to this week, the American ambassador called on the other U.N. member nations to “make clear that Russia will pay an even steeper price if it continues its aggression.”
“Now is the time to get off the sidelines,” said Thomas-Greenfield. “Let us show Russia that it is isolated and alone in its aggressive actions. Let us stand fully behind the principles of sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity for Ukraine, and for all Member States.”
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