UPDATE: The piece below briefly discusses the striking similarities between Hurricane Delta and the 2005 Hurricane Wilma. Some details: Delta formed in the same place as Wilma, over very warm water at almost the same time of the year. Delta intensified more than 85 mph to a Category 4 hurricane over an amazingly short period of 24 hours. During the same number … [Read more...] about Remembering Hurricane Wilma – Hoping Delta Will Not Be a Carbon Copy (UPDATE)
Pence and The Fly Who Fed Off Him
Imagine you're a fly. [Not a cockroach. That's another story for another time.] Imagine you're a fly. Then imagine you see a puff of yellow-white cotton candy sitting atop a rosy pink face. Imagine you smell the sticky substance emanating from the froppy cotton candy do. [Called 'extra strong hold hair spray' usually used for women's big elaborate up-dos]. … [Read more...] about Pence and The Fly Who Fed Off Him
Harris assails Trump virus ‘failure’ in newly civil election debate
Salt Lake City (United States) (AFP) - Democratic vice presidential hopeful Kamala Harris on Wednesday called Donald Trump's Covid-19 response a historic failure that disqualified him from a second term, in a pointed but mostly civil debate with Mike Pence who sought to portray her as extreme. With Trump's weekend hospitalization for Covid-19 throwing a new importance on the … [Read more...] about Harris assails Trump virus ‘failure’ in newly civil election debate
Trump and Covid 19
Don’t let Covid dominate your life. It’s just like the flu. I feel better than I have in twenty years. These comments came from President Trump after he left Walter Reed Hospital, most likely AMA- against medical advice. But since Covid landed on our shores, it has dominated Trump’s life as he tried unsuccessfully to get the disease under control. But when you have no plan or … [Read more...] about Trump and Covid 19
Donald, Pretender to a Throne::: TYPICAL TRAITS OF MENTALLY ILL KINGS
They usually wind up burning down the castle [if I cant have dominion, I will unleash scorched earth], or fleeing in the midst of a severe anxiety collapse, or being deposed, e.g., dragged out by the feet, or mocked until retreating by cover of night, or going into hiding whilst still asserting at every turn how he was mistreated. Rather than how he betrayed and took the … [Read more...] about Donald, Pretender to a Throne::: TYPICAL TRAITS OF MENTALLY ILL KINGS
Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Donald Trump’s Covid-19?
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