The Supreme Court removed the injunctions by lower courts that previously blocked President Trump’s travel ban while awaiting the hearing in October. They approved Trump’s ban against entry of foreign nationals from countries with high instances of terrorism for a 90-day period. However, they also exempted anyone that has a ‘relationship’ with refugees already in the US. The Court also agreed to Trump’s order to reduce the number of refugees 110,000 to 50,000. [It remains to be seen how loosely the administration defines the word ‘relationship’ and how lax it is in demanding proof of that relationship. This feature could be interpreted in such a way that almost anyone could enter merely by claiming to have a personal or business relationship with a previous refugee – with no proof required. Voters beware.] –GEG
Offline is a documentary on the inevitability of the Earth being slammed by a mega solar flare – not the common type that interrupts communications and creates a light show in the Northern skies – but the big brothers thousands of times more powerful. These monsters deliver enough energy to blow apart the master transformers that supply the planet’s energy grids. When that happens, the lights go out for longer than anyone wants to think about. These X-Class solar storms hit the Earth every 150 years, on average. The last one arrived 156 years ago. We are overdue (
