Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Donald Trump’s Covid-19? That question is asked by Vox columnist Sigal Samuel. Before one can answer that question, one has to decide what to use as a standard for judging what is moral and what isn't. Theists can turn to their religious literature for a standard. For examples, Jews can turn to the Tanakh; Christians … [Read more...] about Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Donald Trump’s Covid-19?
Risk of nuclear catastrophe increases despite UN efforts
Risks of nuclear conflagration have worsened because trust among nuclear weapon powers has fallen and they are improving their arsenals instead of disarming. This is frustrating decades-long anti-nuclear efforts by the United Nations and other campaigners. Ringing alarm bells, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the UN General Assembly that progress towards the total … [Read more...] about Risk of nuclear catastrophe increases despite UN efforts
An Urgent Pre-Election Message to My Fellow Americans
Here in the United States of America we are a little less than a month from Election Day. I have some advice for y'all: PLEASE don't let Election Day and the period afterwards RUIN YOUR LIFE. You can feel how you want to feel about it. I NEVER tell folks how they should feel. Who in the *BLEEP* am I to tell YOU how to FEEL when we FEEL how we FEEL for SO many reasons. But … [Read more...] about An Urgent Pre-Election Message to My Fellow Americans
Trump unilaterally cuts off stimulus talks with Democrats: stocks tumble
President Donald Trump has unilaterally cut off stimulus talks with Democrats -- a move that caused the Dow Jones to immediately tumble 400 points. It's notable that in explaining why, Trump again frame it as an issue about "Democrat" states and Democrats asking for too much. President Donald Trump effectively killed any chance at a new coronavirus relief package ahead of … [Read more...] about Trump unilaterally cuts off stimulus talks with Democrats: stocks tumble
Practicing the Art of Bridging Differences
An Ageless Goddess principle, based on the Divine Feminine, is that connection and mutual understanding are more important than separateness. We’re called on to build a bridge of understanding when we are on differing sides. But bridging conflict and differences involves risk-taking, and it scares me. I want to avoid this. Sometimes, I don’t speak up when I feel strongly about … [Read more...] about Practicing the Art of Bridging Differences
‘Just Blatant Voter Suppression’: Groups Sue to Stop GOP Texas Gov. From Eviscerating Ballot Drop-Off System
"Gov. Abbott's order takes healthy, reasonable, safe options away from some of this state's most vulnerable voters." by Jessica Corbett Common Dreams In Texas—which has 38 electoral votes, the most of any swing state—rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's recent move to limit drop-off locations for absentee ballots to just one per … [Read more...] about ‘Just Blatant Voter Suppression’: Groups Sue to Stop GOP Texas Gov. From Eviscerating Ballot Drop-Off System
Trump Catches Covid (Cartoon)
Biden opens up 16-pt national lead over Trump: CNN poll
Washington (AFP) - Former US vice president Joe Biden has opened up a 16-point national lead over President Donald Trump less than a month before the November 3 presidential election, according to a CNN poll published on Tuesday.The Democratic presidential candidate leads the Republican incumbent by 57 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, according to the nationwide CNN … [Read more...] about Biden opens up 16-pt national lead over Trump: CNN poll
DONALD: The DIM, DIME, DAMNATION: The Deadly Ignorance of Ignoring Deadly Peril
"Dim, Dime, Damn," an old epithet in our farmer family which meant, a dim person not alert, dangerously ignorant, whose say-so was not worth a dime, becoming the damnation of us all. There is in my family a story from an old poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, based on the ancient story of the ErlKonig/Erl King who endangers the innocent, claims to not have done so, tearing … [Read more...] about DONALD: The DIM, DIME, DAMNATION: The Deadly Ignorance of Ignoring Deadly Peril
POTUS MEDICAL REPORT (Cartoon)
The coronavirus cases in Trump’s inner circle
Washington (AFP) - The coronavirus has not only reached the White House, infecting President Donald Trump, but it has also spread among members of his family, inner circle and his Republican allies.The following is a list of some of the people surrounding the American president who have tested positive for Covid-19:His familyTrump, 74, announced early Friday that he and First … [Read more...] about The coronavirus cases in Trump’s inner circle
Trump leaves hospital for White House — removes mask immediately
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump checked out of hospital Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowing to quickly get back on the campaign trail.Shortly beforehand, Trump had tweeted that Americans, who have lost nearly 210,000 people to the virus, have nothing to fear.A series of … [Read more...] about Trump leaves hospital for White House — removes mask immediately
How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
A 19th-century engraving depicts the Angel of Death descending on Rome during the Antonine plague. J.G. Levasseur/Wellcome Collection, CC BY Andrew Latham, Macalester College Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history. Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little … [Read more...] about How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
The Trump Bethesda Carnival Weekend
In the already topsy-turfy era of Trump, this past weekend may go down as the most macabre carnival of his reign. After the denier in chief himself contracted the dreaded COVID-19 virus (and probably exposed many others), it should have been the weekend when “a White House long in denial confronted reality”; when Trump's braggadocio finally turned into at least a modicum … [Read more...] about The Trump Bethesda Carnival Weekend
THE ULTIMATE OCTOBER SURPRISE IS NOT A SURPRISE AT ALL
Karma (noun): The sum of a person’s actions decide that person’s fate…The intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. And so it has happened. Trump testing positive for the coronavirus – four weeks before the election, no less – certainly looks like the ultimate October surprise. But when we consider his long string of actions (or, more … [Read more...] about THE ULTIMATE OCTOBER SURPRISE IS NOT A SURPRISE AT ALL
Parents look for the graves of their missing children in Tijuana
TIJUANA, Mexico — A smell of death draped the unfinished two-story house on Calle Loma Alta on Tijuana’s eastern side. Neighbors report sometimes hearing screams coming from the abandoned property.Inside, the floor was littered with empty Coca-Cola bottles and dozens of children’s toys and grade school notebooks. Clothes were piled everywhere, and partially burnt mattresses … [Read more...] about Parents look for the graves of their missing children in Tijuana
Trump Sent Innocents to Hell, Then Was Locked into A Self-made Hell : Old Story, Masque of Red Death
Gather 'round my children I've a tale to tell like our fathers used to sing: "Dont dig a grave for the other man-- lest you yourself fall in" cpe A short version of The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe [It was a plague:] The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.... There were sharp pains, and … [Read more...] about Trump Sent Innocents to Hell, Then Was Locked into A Self-made Hell : Old Story, Masque of Red Death
Trump may yet spring an October surprise to avoid defeat
The first day of October brought surprise with the announcement that Donald and Melania Trump have both tested positive for Covid-19 and Trump has been transferred to a hospital. But the real October surprise may still be ahead. The expressions of sympathy for the first couple from opponents, including Joe Biden, are dignified. But they are mixed with a growing hope that … [Read more...] about Trump may yet spring an October surprise to avoid defeat
PASSING THE TORCH: who is next in line if Donald is incapacitated or Dead
This list of succession, is by Jackson Cote who also notes that Ms. Cho, [who is Mitch McConnell’s wife] could not serve as potus because she is not a USA born person. You can read the rest of Cote’s article on history of this constitutional amendment, how it evolved, was amended, changed, over time. … [Read more...] about PASSING THE TORCH: who is next in line if Donald is incapacitated or Dead
