Monday, October 28, 2013

--They've opened a computer center 3 mornings a week that I can use.  I've moved into my new apartment in senior housing near downtown Las Vegas this past month; and this is incredible that they re-opened the computer room which had been closed about a year. The housing complex is administered by the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.

--I'm busy editing the social uplift topics, plus doing some other stuff.

--I've discovered that the African Union is informed about the Nigerian northeast violence, but I was listening to the BBC last night to those reporters based in Nigeria and they evidently didn't appear to consider the problem serious.  The Nigerian economy is incredibly strong; and that's a real plus.  I want to become up-to-date in the Kenyan terrorist recent attack, since there's obviously something the Kenyans are lax in doing to vouchsafe security against such disturbances that could be informative as to the state of security throughout.  Also, I've just heard that the terrorists were in touch with people in Norway about the time of the attack.

--The BBC has reported on Tuesday that the UN Forces in the Congo have chased out of the country terrorist group, "the 23" with the assistance of the US Military in a supportive and advisory capacity.   That's a vital role the military can do without placing combat troops in harm's way, in most cases, I think.  Dick Cheney, former Vice President, on the Charlie Rose Show last night also supports a training role for the US military and pointed out that there should have been left in Iraq military personnel to help out in this capacity.  I might add the comment that Rose made about the Iraq war: would that the war had not cost in lives a dear number and in dollars nearly a trillion to the US--what with a quick getaway at the end. 

--African leaders are saying, I am led to believe, that if they receive assistance to control internal terrorism, they will be in position to handle the corruption problems extant virtually throughout the continent!  Clearly, the message is getting through to them; and I applaud the foreign NGOs for their persistence in reminding these governments.