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Revenge/Retaliation/Escalation in the Middle East
oh boy, at least 10 rockets (from either Iran or Iraq - they are not sure where-from as yet) have hit a military base in Iraq, which is also housing U.S. forces. Good Grief!!!
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Ukraine Plane Flight 752 shot down over Iran
After days of denial (plausible deniability - smh!), Iran has finally admitted that their military "accidentally" shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane, trying to justify this by saying that it was all provoked by U.S. military "adventurism" - the assassination of Soleimani. Of the 176 who died in this crash, 57 were Canadian. Many were students. It always seems to me that innocents get caught in the way when powers go at each other.
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Late Breaking news from last October: #StopGlorifyingYourOppressor
The Pew Research Center published an ongoing study article, last October of 2019, about the Disaffiliation of Christianity, which has been on the rise since 2016 when you-know-who became POTUS.
Article Title (and link embedded): In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace Here is a brief excerpt from the article above: "The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” now stands at 26%, up from 17% in 2009," (paragraph 1, The Pew Research Center: In US, Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace; October 17th, 2019). ********************************************** ********************************************** ********************************************** It's taken the last four years, I think, for people to realize that religion plays a key role in teaching people how to kneel down to oppressive power regimes disguised as any venue or type of religion that persecutes others in the name of power, glory and (…) -- all of which is so T O X I C and not good for the human race itself, and beyond. #StopGlorifyingYourOppressor I like that hash tag too (a senior librarian friend of mine, used it in her post today) as a way for women to not bow down to oppression of any kind or type because domestic violence abusers and oppressors are like a form of cancer: oppressors/oppression can kill you whether oppressor and/or oppression is identified as female or male (any human being, regardless of how they identify). In other words, stop glorifying anyone or any religion or any person whose behaviors and choices cause harm to others.
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Gabrielle Bouchard is the president of Quebec's largest women's federation (Federation des femmes du Quebec), and tweeted the following Tuesday:
"Heterosexual relationships are really violent. In addition, the vast majority of those relationships are based on religion. It may be time to have a conversation about banning them and abolishing them." This tweet was in response to the murder charge on a 51 yr-old guy of a 22 year-old sex-worker (he had been in a halfway house, after having been paroled for the murder of his partner!). She has "apologized" for this tweet (there was a comment that the Quebec gov't is re-evaluating $120,000 in public funding). Personally, I like the way her mind works, and chuckled over her original tweet several times today. Even re-reading the above original tweet, I chuckle. I checked her twitter page, and saw a photo of her, and a partial line drawing above her of what looked like a unicorn... https://twitter.com/__Gabbrielle___ |
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Northern Ireland's first same-sex wedding took place on Tuesday after the government lifted a ban on gay marriage in the province, marking legalisation of the practice throughout the United Kingdom.
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Weinstein has been found guilty on 2 of 5 counts: one count of 3rd degree rape, and one count of criminal sexual assault. He was placed into custody - and was led out of court in handcuffs (the judge granted his defense team's request for him to be placed in a medical facility while waiting sentencing - on March 11th). Of course, his defense team will be appealing.
He is also facing similar new charges in L.A. in the weeks to come. Big cheers to the D.A. and the two brave women who accused him. |
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WHO (The World Health Org.) has just announced that the world must prepare for a pandemic re: the coronavirus.
It must be serious, cause stock markets are selling off as the coronavirus is threatening the global economy (stocks falling sharply). Please take care. |
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As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic. In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure and never replaced anyone. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31...ency-response/ |
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Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was rerouted to a New York City hospital Monday night as authorities transported him to the jail on Rikers Island. Weinstein's attorney Donna Rotunno said Monday night that Weinstein was at Bellevue Hospital under observation for high blood pressure and heart palpitations. It wasn't clear whether he would stay overnight or go on to the infirmary at Rikers Island on Monday night. The city Department of Corrections had no comment other than to say Weinstein was remanded and transferred into custody. WOW a rush to the hospital because of high blood pressure and heart palpitations? That bastard must have some GREAT insurance coverage! |
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Rush Limbaugh Claims The 'Common Cold' Coronavirus Is An Effort To ‘Get Trump’
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"Should Trump declare a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak"?
I COULD be mistaken but I doubt this will ever happen, WHY because he'd have to admit he was wrong and we all know he NEVER does that! https://news.yahoo.com/should-trump-...204620677.html |
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Republican senator tells Trump to "let the professionals do the talking’"after he repeatedly contradicts expert health advice.
A senior Republican senator has told Donald Trump to “let the professionals do the talking” after the president repeatedly contradicted medical experts in recent weeks. Mr Trump has sought to downplay the threat posed by coronavirus in the US, even as public health officials have warned of the potential for a serious outbreak. The president has said a vaccine for the virus could be available “relatively soon”, despite experts saying it will take at least a year to produce one, and last week suggested virus cases were “going very substantially down, not up” as officials recorded numbers increasing. Republican senator Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the Senate health committee, has intervened to assert that nonpolitical public health officials should be leading the response to the virus.“My advice to the president and the vice president is let the professionals do the talking,” Mr Alexander said. |
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my bff (in Seattle) says she went to 7 stores looking for toilet paper..there was none ..i woke up thinking maybe i should send her some?
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My Dad (RIP) who died three years ago believed in buying things in bulk. And he generously purchased stuff in bulk for me and my sister, too, when he found a really good deal. So I am sitting on a lifetime supply of toilet paper and paper towels. I'm ready for the zombie apocalypse.
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Breaking news.
I read today that a great majority of people are hoping that summer with warmer weather will stop the virus. OMG. It may slow down the virus as far as warmer wetter air goes but it is unlikely it will stop it. Just think also of the millions of people going all over the world on summer vacation. I don't think this will help stop the virus. Some people will do what they want regardless. We all have to look out for ourselves and our loved ones and not depend on others to do it.
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Men & the Coronavirus
I have seen on several American news stations over the past few days, journalists stating (in great surprise) how they have seen - for the first time! - men in public washrooms washing their hands! Shocking news, eh? OMG! ... laughing ...
And, on Dateline London (BBC) (a round-table discussion group of foreign correspondents), which I have just now watched (Velshi was on at the same time, and his voice grates on me - "ashes in the mouth", same as Trump and Bernie, bleh!), I have just seen a Russian journalist (Alexander Nekrassov) state that he didn't understand why it was so important to wash one's hands after going to the washroom (yikes! - smh). Globally, I think that is why so many people are buying face masks, and not buying hand sanitizers to the same degree. I have not bought any face masks but I do carry some bacterial wipes in my backpack. I've had them for years. I do have a male friend who I bumped into on the bus this week, and am thinking how to broach the subject with him the next time we go out for lunch, oy! |
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