Source: FOTD – February 21 – Peony – Cee’s Photo Challenges

‘I wish the media would knock it off’

“I wish the media would knock it off. Until and unless there is some actual proof of Biden’s declining cognitive ability, you should stop talking about it. His age does not concern me, but I’m glad that he has the wisdom and experience that we used to respect. I think we should go back to respecting wisdom and experience. Please do.” Loree St Claire, 68, part-time home caregiver, Oregon

‘A red herring’

“Biden’s sure walking more stiffly and looking a tad more vacant at times than those days I used to run into him on the train between Wilmington and Washington. (As you know, he commuted every day.)

But other than that, he’s the same damn guy. All the defects and flaws. But those flaws never then interfered with his judgment. (Though it sure wasn’t perfect, as he sometimes over-promised as he does now.) Why has the perception so radically changed? I’m afraid that you, the media, but less the print than the broadcast media, are on the hook for a lot of this.

Every little jot and tiddle. And the GOP is ever so good as capitalizing on this rapt attention to Joe’s gaffes. The whole memory thing is, especially, a red herring. It’s about judgment, devotion to family and duty, and ability to pick good people arrayed around him. Talk about that, won’t you?” Dr Russ Maulitz, former family physician, US citizen in Tuscany, Italy

‘No one mentioned Biden’s age’

“I do weary of the news media’s harping on Biden’s age, certainly having the effect of campaigning against him. Age brings wisdom. I look forward to voting for Biden.

Also, I spent a couple hours today canvassing door-to-door for the Democrats locally. I was cheered by how fervent Democrats are about voting, even in the primary. One swing voter told me that we all have to be Democrats now. No one mentioned Biden’s age.” Lynne Small, Del Mar, California

Source: ‘I wish the media would knock it off’: Guardian readers on how to cover Biden’s age | US news | The Guardian

For the third time since war broke out in Gaza in October, the US vetoed a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations on Tuesday — even as it unveiled its own draft resolution that goes further in criticizing Israel than it had in the past. It’s a sign that, despite increasingly critical rhetoric from American officials and President Joe Biden, the US is still trying to influence strategy by working with Israel rather than openly opposing its war efforts, which comes in response to Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and in which more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed. Source: The dueling Gaza ceasefire resolutions at the UN, explained – Vox

Our Lady of High Grace- Later Pope John Paul visited here in 1992 years ago . But now we visited here last year . It was such a very interesting site…

Higuey Basilica-Punta Cana

“The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will deteriorate further and more people risk dying of hunger,” the Rome-based WFP, the United Nations’ food agency, said in a statement.

Source: UN food agency pauses deliveries to the north of Gaza | Reuters

Source: Russia to face ‘major sanctions’ over Navalny’s death this week: White House – National | Globalnews.ca

Source: Study shows 43% to 58% lower prevalence of long COVID among vaccinated people | CIDRAP

Escrevi no diário de ontem sobre a dor de uma mulher.
Em silêncio, estendi minha mão para amparo. Ela pediu que eu contasse sobre coisas leves, de como o quintal amanheceu ontem. Falei sobre as flores que nascem ao acaso e de como a vida miúda se encaixa na história.
Ela – tão miúda diante da vida – sorriu e ajustou o ombro e colocou a armadura de quem quer viver.

Mariana Gouveia

Source: Das coisas miúdas que conto por aí – O Outro Lado

La soledad

viaja

en mi mente

donde el silencio

se encamina

en concordancia

con la calma matinal.

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Senderos internos,

ignotos para muchos,

conocidos para pocos.

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https://taplink.cc/nbonetsala

Source: SOLEDAD – El plumier de Nenuse

The Wall Street Journal has emphatically stated that Gershkovich — known to be the first U.S. journalist since the Cold War’s end to be charged in Russia with spying — has been wrongfully detained and was a journalist just doing his job. The news organization said it will “continue to demand his immediate release.”

“It’s been nearly one year since Evan’s unjust arrest for doing nothing more than his job, and every day he remains in prison is an unconscionable attack on a free press. Evan is a journalist, and any suggestion or portrayal otherwise is fiction,” WSJ wrote.

Source: Russian court upholds journalist Evan Gershkovich’s prison sentence after nearly a year in jail – UPI.com