Is our Water safe?

UPDATE: Sam Heady, Water Dept. Director, responed...see in comment section.

EPA data finds more than 70MILLION Americans are living in home with tap water that is laced with hormone-warping 'forever chemicals'

... is OUR area affected?

PFAS was present in 33 percent of systems tested by the US EPA last year
The tests were conducted at 3,700 water systems across the country in 2023
READ MORE: Chemicals in common products may contribute to early deaths

More than 70 million Americans are drinking from tap water that contains toxic 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer, official data suggests.

These microscopic, man-made chemicals, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), can take thousands of years to break down in the environment or in the human body, hence the name 'forever chemicals.'

They have been linked to several lasting health problems, including several types of cancer, hormone disruption and liver damage and the health problems they cause are quietly costing the US $250 billion a year in healthcare.

I reached out to our Water Department Director, Sam Heady, to respond.

2022 Water quality Report on the City's web site.

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Chemical Abortion Pill RU-486

Abortion industry pushes horrifying alternative as panic over Roe v. Wade's fate sets in

Kristan Hawkins--she took to the pages of National Review and blasted the move from the abortion industry in no uncertain terms.

According to Hawkins, a common chemical abortion pill is RU-486, a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol. The effects of the pill are horrifying.

"The first drug starves a baby by cutting off progesterone, sometimes called the 'pregnancy hormone,' that equips the uterus to feed and protect the baby," she wrote. "The second causes horrific contractions, expelling what can be a living infant."

Read about the horrifying drug

Is this what you liberals want? It's murder.

Mad Dog speaks

Mattis told reporters that it was in our “vital national interest” to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons factories.

Read about it...

Syria and its latest chemical atrocity

‘Animal Assad’ Just Pissed Trump Off, Trump Says He’ll Pay ‘Big Price’

As the President just tweeted: Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price...

Read about it...

As the then Secretary of State John Kerry under Obama said in 2014: “We struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out [of Syria]."

Russia defends Syrian illegal atrocities - "One step from war"

Allen West says, "Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed that Russia will not accept the United States strikes on Syria. The Russian defense of Syria’s President Assad now brings a warning to the United States that we are one step from war. It appears that President Trump will not be intimidated by Vladimir Putin and has responded.

Are we in real danger of war?"

Read this... and decide.

President Trump's speech regarding Syria

My fellow Americans,

On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent.

Assad choked out the lives of innocent men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack.

No child of god should ever suffer such horror.

Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.

It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.

There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the UN security council.

Years of previous attempts at changing Assad’s behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically.

As a result the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies.

Tonight I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria, and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types.

We ask for god’s wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world.

We pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed.

And we hope that as long as America stands for justice that peace and harmony will in the end prevail.

Goodnight and god bless America and the entire world. Thank you.

Syrian Chemical Attack Survivor's Plea to Trump

It's over for Big Sugar - No more dumping in Lake Okeechobee

No more toxic green slime--

Earthjustice contended that the South Florida Water Management District was violating the Clean Water Act by allowing the agricultural companies (Big Sugar)  to send fertilizer-laden water into public water supplies, instead of cleaning it up first. They just won an eleven year legal battle. The government can wear you down and wear you out using your own tax dollars to fight you.

U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in the Southern District of New York ruled today that the water transfer practice does, indeed, violate the Clean Water Act. Read how it got in the jurisdiction of a New York judge. And read about how environmentalists can make a difference.

It has to make you wonder why we even have to go to court to sue government and/or their agencies to do the right thing. Thank God this judge was sensible and knew his stuff.

Nothing left but his ashes

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Doodles is believed to be one of 580 dogs in the U.S. that have died in the past six years from eating pet jerky from China. Baffled by the cause and seeing another surge in illnesses, the Food and Drug Administration reached out to owners and veterinarians to help it find the poison behind the sickening of at least 3,600 dogs and 10 cats since 2007. Read more...

Doodles was fed french fried looking snacks several times a day until his health failed in the eight weeks leading up to Sept. 9, when he at last succumbed to kidney failure thought to be from pet products made in China. The FDA has been investigating these products and they have one common denominator--all coming from China. They just can't determine what is in the products to cause sickness and even death.

When you buy snacks for your pet, be sure to look where it was made. Many pet shops, have not taken these products off their shelves although they are all well aware of the risks. There is only a consumer advisory out right now, which warns consumers that treats made in China may sicken and kill your pets.

Want to get rid of old electronics?

If you have electronic waste such as computers, printers, other electronics, or  hazardous waste such as paint, pesticides etc., this is the closest facility that will accept them.

Central County Transfer Station Lantana
1810 Lantana Road, I-95 & Lantana
Lantana, FL
Palm Beach County
Facility Contact: Mr. Robert Warobel
GPS: 26.583334, -80.102778
Facility Type: Transfer Station

Vladimir Putin

Nominated for Nobel Peace prize, crediting him with bringing about a peaceful resolution to the Syrian-U.S. dispute over chemical weapons

Read about Putin and the digs against Obama.

U.S. and Russia reach agreement

Prospect of American airstrikes on Syria stalled. Read about agreement.

President Obama called the use of chemical weapons “an affront to human dignity and a threat to the security of people everywhere. We have a duty to preserve a world free from the fear of chemical weapons for our children. Today marks an important step towards achieving this goal.”

We reach agreement with Russia on Syria

GENEVA — The United States and Russia agreed Saturday on an outline for the identification and seizure of Syrian chemical weapons and said Syria must turn over an accounting of its arsenal within a week.
The agreement will be backed by a U.N. Security Council resolution that could allow for sanctions or other consequences if Syria fails to comply, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said.

Read more... at the Washington Post.

They are crying- Christian woman in Syria

When the reporter asked her about Obama’s plan to punish the regime for killing civilians with chemical weapons, she cried, “no that’s wrong! It’s wrong!…it’s a big liar (sic) ...

Quote of the Day - Chuck Norris

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Assad placed Obama (and, hence, America) in checkmate when he launched chemical weapons upon his people. The temptation is to blow up his chess pieces. But the right and wise move is to step away from the table, quit playing his game and form our own.

~ Chuck Norris

A Strategy and a Plan

A senior Syrian official has warned that Israel will “come under fire” should the United states pursue any military aggression against the Assad regime.

As reported by the Israeli news site Ynet, Halef al-Muftah, a leading member of the Syrian Ba’ath national council, and a former aide to the Syrian media minister said today that the Syrian government has “strategic weapons aimed at Israel.” And like a rabbit in a snake's cage, Israel is being quiet on Syria.

The government always has to have a strategy and a plan when it's considering bombing a country. Rand Paul says, “I think the line in the sand should be that America gets involved when American interests are threatened. I don’t see American interests involved on either side of this Syrian war.”

It will now be up to our Congress as to whether we take any sort of retaliatory measure against Assad for his use of chemical weapons on his own people. This was clever Obama politics in action. Either way it unfolds, Obama  can blame it on Republicans. The house seems to be in agreement with the President--we don't want to look like wooses and besides, it is immoral to allow someone to gas his people.

In Saturday's Press conference, Obama stated, “While I believe I have the authority to carry out this military action without specific congressional authorization, I know that the country will be stronger if we take this course, and our actions will be even more effective.” After that, Obama left for a golf game.

Know they enemy - What is the truth?

Is it the Syrian government or the rebels using chemical weapons in Syria? We keep hearing that it is the Syrian government.

U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria's civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent Sarin which has been classified as a weapon of mass destruction in UN Resolution 687.
There is no evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law, said commission member Carla Del Ponte. Turkey says it's the rebels.

Read more... at Reuters.

Read more... at Atlantic Wire.

Tearing down the barriers - Russia, Friend or Foe and who is telling the truth?

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It just keeps getting worse. No one is really sure who to believe.

Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA), disclosed during a congressional hearing Wednesday that the Obama administration has asked him about sharing sensitive missile defense data with Russia during talks over the past several years aimed at reaching a missile defense cooperation agreement.

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When Ronald Reagan told Russia "tear down that wall" he meant the Berlin wall. The wall came down but 25 years later, and many intelligent experts agree that Russia is still not our "friend." We keep removing barriers to prove that they are. We are kidding ourselves. I'm not sure if Russia is our number one enemy as Mitt Romney said, but I am starting to think that we are our own worst enemy.

Mitt Romney, in an Op-Ed piece to Foreign Policy Magazine: "Without extracting meaningful concessions from Russia, (Obama) abandoned our missile defense sites in Poland. He granted Russia new limits on our nuclear arsenal. He capitulated to Russia's demand that a United Nations resolution on the Iranian nuclear-weapons program exclude crippling sanctions.

Moscow has rewarded these gifts with nothing but obstructionism at the United Nations on a whole raft of issues. It has continued to arm the regime of Syria's vicious dictator and blocked multilateral efforts to stop the ongoing carnage there. Across the board, it has been a thorn in our side on questions vital to America's national security. For three years, the sum total of President Obama's policy toward Russia has been: ‘We give, Russia gets’"

Of course, Russia and the liberal Democrats smeared him. And Russia thinks it knows Obama better than we when Pravda wrote on the rebels in Syria who are linked to Al-Qaeda to overthrow a sovereign government--according to them, it is the rebels who are using chemical weapons on Syrian troops.  And Obama wanted to arm the rebels, the Muslim-Brotherhood, who we know want to take down our way of life.

Sodium Hydroxide barrels wash up one mile south of Lake Worth Pier

Kava Bars and Hookah Bars - Lake Worth going to Pot?

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The expression used to be that things were going to the dogs. In Lake Worth it's going to pot, well, almost.

All of us who used to smoke and/or drink are insufferable when it comes to what we now consider nasty, stupid habits. Personally I think smoking is nuts and it's unbelievable to me how people continue this ugly and dangerous habit. I admire those who quit like Loretta. Laws are in effect to protect people. Why don't we have any Code that protects the consumer from himself?

We have two businesses that have gravitated towards the latest fad for getting legally high and for making easy money off primarily the younger population that thinks it cool. However, there are a few older people, rejects from the 60's, who imbibe as well.

We have had a Kava bar here for awhile. A few months ago it set up a tent on the sidewalk and had loud outside music. It brought back the planters of palms that were previously rounded up by the City because it was reported that some questionable activities were happening behind the leaves and losers were hanging out. When walking by the establishment with its door wide open, it had the affect of 1,000 cigarettes blowing right in your face.

Some worry about our city being invaded by illegals and others worry about all the other progressive lifestyles with their influence, but businesses with known addictive substances as their main attraction, are far worse. All I can do is hope these fads are short-lived or that they some day disappear.

Now a Hookah bar has opened.

Hookah Bar
We have a Hookah House that has been described as having a very nice decor--over the top on decorating. Being totally turned off by smoke, I have not been in it. It is coming before the Commission tonight to get a proximity waiver that has already been approved by the P&Z. Now it also wants to be a bar so that the consumer can have a drink at the same time it is "hookahing" it. The hours of operation will be from Noon until 2am, seven days a week.

Each hookah session typically lasts more than 40 minutes, and consists of 50 to 200 inhalations that each range from 0.15 to 0.50 liters of smoke.

In an hour-long smoking session of hookah, users consume about 100 to 200 times the smoke of a single cigarette; in a 45-minute smoking session a typical smoker would inhale 1.7 times the nicotine of a single cigarette. The water used to filter the smoke does not remove harmful cancer-causing chemicals from the smoke as is believed by some. Source: Wikipedia.



Kava Bars
Described by Kava Dot Com as the second most widespread intoxicating beverage after alcohol, Kava is a cold herbal drink consumed over much of the Pacific Islands and Hawaii, and might just be an interesting (and much healthier) alternative to hitting the vodka or other narcotics. I can't understand why the smoke was so heavy and those passing by could barely breathe besides nearly tripping on chords placed on the sidewalk for their outside entertainment.

Medical literature sometimes claims Kava has a "potential for addiction" because "it produces mild euphoria and relaxation." But the owner there is not described as a mellow fellow. I was told that a nearby shop owner is suing him for causing a disturbance.

In a traditional setting, a moderately potent kava drink causes effects within 20–30 minutes that last for about two and a half hours, but can be felt for up to eight hours. Some report longer term effects up to two days after ingestion, including a feeling of mental clarity, patience, and an ease of acceptance. The effects of kava are most often compared to alcohol, or diazepam. Source: Wikipedia