Category: Global Issues
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AN ANGEL FROM THE DARK
BOY IN A GOLF CART RESCUES US ON A RAINY NIGHT As the eye of the tropical storm Cristobal raged on some 600 miles west of us, bands of rain stretched out all the way to Fernandino Beach, Florida, where we sought shelter after escaping on June 6 from Orange Beach, Alabama. It was a…
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THREE THINGS MOMMA HONDA NEVER TOLD YOU
NO SPARE WHEEL, NO GOOD SERVICE, NO CUSTOMER CARE My wife and I love to take photos of the state welcome signs when we cross state borders. During our current trip across the US, from Arizona to South Carolina, heavy traffic on the I-10 made us miss the first two – in New Mexico and…
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WHO WILL ARREST UNITED AIRLINES?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will guard the guards?) When an individual violates the “social distancing” rules, he/she can be arrested and prosecute it. And when a major airline does it, who will arrest them? Take a look at what happened on a May 9 flight from Newark, NJ to San Francisco. https://twitter.com/ethanjweiss/status/1259165939037331456… Quis custodiet…
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LIFE AFTER CORONA: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
CORONA TO PUT FINAL NAIL IN INDUSTRIAL ERA’S COFFIN WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM HISTORY? As we speak, the coronavirus has infected less than 3.5 million people globally and killed 246,000. The deadliest pandemic in history – the Spanish Flu of 1918 – killed over 50 million people – more than the World War I…
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AMERICANS FLEE URBAN JUNGLES EN MASSE, MOSTLY FROM EASTERN “BLUE STATES”
Long before the COVID-19 hit New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Illinois – the four hardest hit American states, all “blue” (Democratic) – an exodus from these urban jungles had begun. After the Coronavirus, the flight from these polluted and crowded places where crime, disease and drugs fester, is certain to intensify.
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CHINA POLICY FOLLY EXPOSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC BLOWBACK
WE HAVE BEEN WARNING FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS THAT RUSH TO BUILD FACTORIES IN CHINA WOULD LEAD TO A BLOWBACK. AND NOW IT HAS. NOW GREEDY MULTINATIONALS SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR FOLLY The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed both the perfidy and the folly of US-led western China policy. China now has the US and…
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NEW COVID-19 CASES ARE DECLINING ALMOST EVERYWHERE
The latest coronavirus data from all over the world and across the US suggest that we may have reached the apex of the crisis. But a huge spikes of new cases and death rates in Britain and Netherlands, and a big jump in New York death count, imply we must stay the course in “social…
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A CORONA SUPERMOON
The moon last night was as beautiful as it was surprising. My wife and I had no idea this was going to be a full moon, let alone a “supermoon” (the largest moon of this year – when its nearest to Earth) when we went out for our usual sunset walk. About half way through,…
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ARIZONA “MARCH MADNESS:” GOVERNOR DECLARES GOLF “ESSENTIAL SERVICE”
“March madness” normally refers to one of our national pastimes – the playoffs of the best college basketball teams. This year, however, with “social distancing” shutting down sporting and cultural events across the U.S. and around the globe, the expression seems to apply to the state of mind of the Arizona state governor.
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DID RELIGIOUS SERVICES PLAY A PART IN SPREAD OF VIRUS?
74% of all U.S. coronavirus cases are in just 8 predominantly Catholic states; 73% of all European cases are in just 5 predominantly Catholic countries
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