Once called the Tappan Zee Bridge, the three-mile Mario Cuomo span over the Hudson River took 15 years of planning and construction, cost $7 billion with finance charges and interest, but lacks one essential element - public transit buses running at high speed. Meanwhile, in the land of poppies and pandas, the world's longest connector, … Continue reading Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge costs $2.3 billion a mile; Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge price – $588 million!
Month: November 2018
Center for Constitutional Rights is fighting for all U. S. border jumpers, but hates Israel, an immigrant nation
London-born U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar yesterday (11/20/2018) barred the United States from refusing asylum to immigrants who crossed the southern border illegally. That restraining order upends a proclamation on Nov. 9. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) instituted the suit in San Francisco, claiming that asylum rights … Continue reading Center for Constitutional Rights is fighting for all U. S. border jumpers, but hates Israel, an immigrant nation
The caravan of millions of European refugees fleeing torture, slavery and murder that never arrived in America
This past Friday night marked the 80th anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom, when so-called demonstrators murdered 100 German Jews. burned 200 synagogues to the ground, and rounded up 30,000 Jewish men to slave in concentration camps. Immediately, the 566,000 Jews living in Germany and the millions in Poland, Romania and Russia, fearing future war … Continue reading The caravan of millions of European refugees fleeing torture, slavery and murder that never arrived in America
New NAFTA helps Mexico and Canada, not U.S.A. workers. Is The Trump confused – or just a sellout?
For years I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country. Our contribution to the nation is considerable. - Charles E. Wilson, 1953 As president of General Motors, Wilson … Continue reading New NAFTA helps Mexico and Canada, not U.S.A. workers. Is The Trump confused – or just a sellout?