Charles has waited for years for this moment. His mother declined to
retire. He reportedly has already dismissed about 100 staff who served him as
prince after moving into the role held by his mother, thereby taking on many of
her own staff. He might also get rid of some royal castles while he’s at it. When
he curses out a leaky fountain pen, that’s now become world news.
Not only are blockchain technologies and crypto currencies replacing dollars
and cents, but paper bills and coins are also becoming obsolete, though eventually
may become collectors’ items. Some banks, like Wells Fargo, do not even accept
cash deposits. US Treasury is considering bringing out a digital dollar.
Sexual assault
in the military—mostly against women--was
probably less common when service units were divided by gender.
He’s smirking at you, Donald.
Fox News,
Illinois mayor blasts Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 'hypocrisy' after migrants
shipped to 'Republican suburb' Turnabout is fair play.
Republicans chortled when migrants were being sent to majority Democratic
cities, but the Republican mayor of a Chicago suburb where migrants were
recently dropped off is sputtering now. Much publicized efforts by the Texas
governor and now Florida’s governor, both Republicans with national ambitions,
to disperse migrants to northern Democratic enclaves is actually doing everybody
a favor, in my view. The US does need more migrants, just not as many who actually
want to come. Our population needs more workers though these irregular migrants
won’t be authorized to work right away.
National
Review, Buses of Illegal Immigrants Arrive outside Kamala Harris’s D.C.
Residence
These were refugees from Venezuela, sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a group certainly deserving of help. Their country’s leadership has reduced Venezuela from being Latin America’s most prosperous country to a place of deprivation and political oppression.
Some 10,000 migrants have already
been sent to DC. Actually, it’s good to disperse migrants around the
country, not to have them all clustering at the border or only in southern
states. And the migrants can also introduce new cultural practices and offer increased
ethnic diversity to other communities.
Not to be outdone
by Abbott, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who like
Abbott, aspires to the US presidency, sent some migrants to Martha’s Vineyard,
where they were cordially received, though felt confused about where they actually were.
The migrants have since been moved to a military base on the mainland.
Amnesty International’s report on Haitian asylum seekers in the US, released on Sept. 22, is called ‘They Did Not Treat Us Like People’: Race and Migration-Related Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Haitians Seeking Safety in the USA. “It details how these human rights violations, along with mass expulsions under Title 42, are the latest chapter in a long history of detention, exclusion, and the practice of trying to deter Haitians seeking safety in the United States, rooted in systemic anti-Black discrimination.” A rally on behalf of Haitian migrants is being held by Amnesty activists on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 22.
Amnesty Int’l in the UK has this to say about climate change: "The scale and the
disproportionate impact of climate change on the most vulnerable is what makes
this a human rights issue...Amnesty International UK has a unique role in
the climate movement, which has primarily been seen as an environmental
issue, to highlight the human rights impact of climate change and to place
people at the forefront of climate justice."
Reuters, Pope
asks Nicaraguan government to let expelled nuns return
Unpretentious, unthreatening Ukraine, after being aggressively attacked by a much bigger, more powerful, better-equipped Russia, is holding its own, albeit with outside help, including massive equipment expenditures and military advice from the US but without any foreign boots on the ground. Now Ukraine is even on the offensive in some parts of the country, turning the Russian label of “fascists” right back against the invaders. Of course, once the war is over, Ukraine will face a really massive rebuilding task. This war, like most wars, is unnecessarily destructive—in fact, nearly all wars are completely unnecessary period, except, perhaps to someone like Vladimir Putin.
The nullifying of Roe vs. Wade, not unexpectedly, has aroused defensiveness among abortion providers and their supporters. Most Democrats are betting that “abortion rights” will incentivize women voters in Nov. "There are those in the [Republican] party who think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before," Nancy Pelosi mocked sarcastically. NPR and other mainstream outlets typically refer to pregnancy support centers as “anti-abortion rights” organizations. ABC News refers to “anti-abortion rights backers,” not simply to anti-abortion or pro-life advocates. Abortion is often touted by supporters as a purely “medical decision”. Political correctness still requires a sharp divide between the unborn and the live baby that emerges seconds later, whereas human
development actually follows a continuum.
“Access to abortion care
is a fundamental right,” says a donation request coming into my Yahoo account right
now. Funding for pregnancy crisis or help centers is needed more than ever, but
where are the appeals for those organizations? Americans over 65 are predicted
to soon outnumber children, so assistance and incentives for bearing and
raising children are now needed more than ever.
Yahoo News, Sen. Lindsey Graham's abortion ban proposal roils Republicans, energizes Democrats Graham’s proposal would ban most abortions after 15 weeks, not in itself a new idea. But this would be a national ban, not just in Graham’s home state of South Carolina, though it faces little likelihood of passage. In Germany and France, the abortion limit is 12 weeks with no big hue and cry there about that. By 15 weeks, actually almost 4 months, a woman should realize she is pregnant and have decided whether she wants to terminate the pregnancy. There could always be exceptions for rare circumstances. Graham’s abortion proposal doesn’t seem so extreme and I disagree with fellow Democrats who are loudly opposing it. But Republicans running for reelection would prefer to avoid that divisive subject altogether. Here in DC, I will continue to vote the straight Democratic ticket regardless; I don’t have the energy nor care for the public visibility required to open up a wider, more nuanced discussion of “abortion rights.” Probably Democratic officeholders are counting on those like myself who are less than enthusiastic about “abortion rights” not to jettison the party.
Of course, concern for children hardly ends with their birth. Too many parents leave a small child unattended in a car or bathtub. Raising a baby to adulthood is a long-haul proposition, as I know only too well after having been a single parent and the birth, adoptive, and foster mother of 5. And even in adulthood, when they are living far from you, you can lose them, as I found out with my older son and foster son.
NBC News, Second possible U.S. death from monkeypox reported in
California (Deaths linked to monkeypox have occurred
only in those with serious pre-existing conditions.)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in a
weekly report on monkeypox that a case analysis found that 61% of people in the
U.S. who have developed the viral disease also had HIV or another sexually
transmitted infection or disease...According to the World Health Organization,
98% of monkeypox cases outside Africa have involved men who have sex with men.
Pets of monkeypox victims have also come down with the illness,
especially if pets sleep in their bed.
We may sometimes feel weary of conflict and struggles, but that’s always been the reality of life, with just a few respites of relaxation,
pleasure, and fun between. At least that has been my experience in more than 8 decades. The honeymoon doesn’t last forever. If everything
came to us without effort, we’d probably soon become bored and listless. Sports
competitions and entertainment are created to keep our juices flowing vicariously. Humans are
made for work and striving, or as we used to say when I worked at the occupational
therapy association, everyone seeks purposeful activity.
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