Protests Breaking Out in Cuba

 "We are not afraid!" is the chant being heard in the streets of Cuba as thousands of protestors take to the streets protesting for food, vaccines, and freedom. Live videos on facebook such as the one on the page CiberCuba (https://www.facebook.com/CiberCubaNoticias/videos/4285648528153682/) show people in the streets chanting. Reports are saying the protests are from San Antonio de los Banos all the way to Havana. Videos are showing people saying they are hungry and tired off all that is going on, just a short period after a hurricane hit Cuba. Below is a photo of the protests.

Opinion: How did a covid-19 vaccine come out so fast, but we can't make an HIV vaccine?

 To understand this concern/opinion you first have to understand how the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine was made. As we all know, humans contain genetic code called DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid), well viruses contain RNA as well. The vaccines made for covid-19 use this genetic material to train your immune system to fight this virus (either through mRNA strands or by using a viral vector to deliver the genetic nucelic acid). Its actually pretty neat and the concepts have been around for a bit... but it has me wondering.

We know Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a single strand RNA virus, so why have we not been able to create similar vaccines for it? See, they are both in the realm of riboviria, which means that they are RNA-dependent viruses, so something has to give. Is it that the medical research community doesn't believe these vaccines are effective? Or that they are making too much money on treating HIV? Or maybe its that they aren't being pumped enough government money to care yet? Who knows. Hopefully someone will make a vaccine soon though... or at least give us some answers as to if it is even possible.

What does Binh Ho do for a living? What Bank does Bihn Ho own?

 After doing some digging we found that Mr. Binh Ho (now known from HBO Max's "House of Ho")  owns a large share of SWNB Bancorp INC. This company owns Southwestern National Bank and SWNB Investments and works with other banks in the region with its National Bank status.

Through Instagram we were able to confirm Mr. Ho's full name is Thu Binh Si Ho. It also appears that he and his son Washington Ho (who is listed on LinkedIn as a shareholder of Southwestern National Bank) are involved in multiple businesses including Voltstreet (an energy advising & consulting company) and may even be somehow involved with Golden Bloom Farms in Oklahoma (where Washington Ho's wife is from)... that's before mentioning whatever their deal with HBO was. One thing is for sure though - the House of Ho is diversified.

Getting Gary Johnson to 15%: add to the polls.

If you go to the websites of any of the national polling groups, it seems that all you will see when it comes to the 2016 election is useless information about Trump or Clinton and how they are neck and neck in the competition to be the lesser of two evils. Until now. In the past few weeks Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President has gotten up into the 11% range, meaning 1 in 10 Americans support Johnson over Trump and Clinton, and Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate is rising as well after Bernie Sanders endorsing of Clinton and the DNC email leaks. If either 3rd party candidate can reach 15% in most national polls, they become eligible for Federal funding and access to the general debate, which would be a MAJOR boost to their campaigns.

So... how do we get Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein for that matter to 15%? You participate in polls, you raise awareness, and you show the world there are real supporters out there. That being said, here are 4 public polls where you can add your support for Gary Johnson or Jill Stein to help them reach the magical 15 (these are not major opinion polls though... but it does help):

A site to select your choice for president:
http://voteforthepresidentonline.com/vote-online-now/

The GOP online straw poll. They don't publish results, and its just party wide, but it does strike fear:
https://www.gop.com/presidential-straw-poll/

Another site to select your choice for president:
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/poll_will_you_vote_for_hillary_clinton_or_donald_t.html

YouGov does some of the major polls, so just watch out (or email them about) polls for Gary Johnson or Jill Stein:
https://today.yougov.com/

Western US Organizes to watch Jade Helm Exercises

Most of you have probably heard one thing or another about the Jade Helm 15 military exercises going on across the western US, but if not I will fill you in. Essentially the exercises are taking place from California to Texas on non-Government land and involve roughly 2000 special forces troops. The exercises are meant to practice counter insugency, and similate different invironments, but have troubled some people. The most troubling things are the maps that have been released showing both Texas and Utah as "hostile territory" and the fact that these drills are not on military bases but out in public. Some people have been scared.

The news of the drills have led the Governor of Texas to mobilize the Texas State Militia to moniter the exercises, and report back to the state government, as well as citizen groups to form to report all the activities, such as the group "Operation Counter Jade Helm." With the recent terror attack in Tennessee, some are claiming that the government is trying to hide the news of the exercises from the public, but those watching seem to stand strong in their effort.

Of course numerous conspiracy theorys have come from the drills such as "Jade" being a codeword for a chinese takeover, or 15 being a backwards reference to Area 51, but it is troubling none the less. Feel free to read more and form your own opinion at: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Texans-organize-Operation-Counter-Jade-Helm-to-6378017.php

Update: When I last checked, the groups facebook event had been taken down, but the article contains a link to: counterjadehelm.info

The Work of Evil Leaders: From Dictator Books, to those of Terrorists

Just a couple years ago, my aunt brought me the book "History Will Absolve Me" from her most recent trip to Cuba. Needless to say this sucked me into a genre- a genre that doesn't really exist out loud, but certainly has its influence. I'm talking of course about dictator literature. When you fist read about dictator literature there are four books that instantly come to mind. First is Hitler's "Mein Kompf"- the book that set the fatherland ideology that fueled the rise of Nazi Germany. Second is Chairman Mao Zedong's "Little Red Book"- which set in motion his version of Chinese communism as well as the precedent of dictator books. Then of course Saparmyrat Turkmenbasy's "Ruhnama"- the book that led everyday life in Turkmenistan, including universities and the drivers tests. Finally is Muammar Gaddafi's "Little Green Book"- the book that led Libya as an obvious play on Mao's title.

These are the books that everyone speaks of though. The thing that bothers me though, is these leaders are not the only dictators that wrote books- just the ones with countries and territory. In my further research, I have found solace in finding authoritarian writing in terrorists as well, which could be considered just as crazy of militant leaders. Though Osama bin Laden lacked the determination to write an entire book, his right hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri wrote a book called "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner" and the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Anwar al-Awlaki wrote "Allah is Preparing Us for Victory." Both of which are relatively short, but should be considered the writing of insane authoritarians none the less. So if your craving reading the world's most hated people's written words- dig right in!

Edit: Recently translated to English is scarcely talked about book, "Masoneria" written by Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain. Written under the name "Jakim Boor" Franco wrote the book as a series of articles for the Spanish magazine Arriba and details his suspicion of freemasonry. He later became convinced that every copy of the book was bought up by the freemasons to prevent it from getting out.

The Force That Acted: Bringing Physics and Mathematics to Monotheism

Newly released on Amazon in print and ebook, the book "The Force That Acted" is an attempt to bring science into the world of monotheism in a unprecedented act of solidarity between science and religion. The first part of the book explains the mathematical evidence for the existence of a God-like power, using Newton's laws in accordance with the Big Bang asking the question "if an infinite ball of mass with infinite gravity suddenly explodes, what outside force that can forgo that mass and gravity can set that object at rest into motion?" The book also goes into the properties of zero and infinity as well as Gödel's Ontological Argument to tie mathematics into a well rounded proof of a superior being. The second part of the book goes into a more Abrahamic view of monotheism, explaining the role of Jesus of Nazareth in Buddhism and Islam as well as the historical and psychological aspects of these schools of thought. For more information, check out the links below:
http://www.amazon.com/Force-That-Acted-Andrew-Edwards/dp/1506181228/
https://www.createspace.com/5248272
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S40TE64

Also check out:
Ruhnama by Turkmenbasy
Or the Ebook