Butts

from the Mayor of Paris in a tweet: (translated by Google for us)

Ann Hildago says,

One butt is enough to pollute 500 liters of water! In Paris, smokers must take responsible actions. 24,500 fines were imposed in 2017 on those who persist in throwing their butts on the ground. Behaviors must change! #Cleanliness

Me:

Paris looks cleaner than when I arrived, and I see people who use designated places for cigarettes in Paris. It seems that more people are trying to keep the city cleaner.

it's not called bribery in politics

health care and Americans on their knees.

America wants more care not less - guess who doesn't listen?

.....excerpt below from NPR ... 

In fact, while many Americans want changes to the ACA, also known as Obamacare, they want it to be more far-reaching. A 46 percent plurality say they want to see the ACA do more, while just 7 percent want it to do less. Keeping the ACA and having it do less is essentially what GOP congressional plans are doing.

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/28/534612954/just-17-percent-of-americans-approve-of-republican-senate-health-care-bill

Special New Yorker

Once again today, I am reminded of all the special people that I lived with and never knew.  

Thank you Raymond Pfeifer, thank you to all the people who responded to the tragedy on 9/11 and shame to all the politicians that could even consider cutting funding for those that helped.

health, families, communities and caring 

NyTimes link here, please read it - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/nyregion/raymond-pfeiffer-dead-advocate-for-911-responders.html?_r=0