Once paper strips’ efficacy is definitively proved and they are cleared by the F.D.A., Congress can quickly authorize the production and distribution, for free, of a year’s supply to all Americans. Then we’ll have not only a true day-to-day sense of Covid-19’s path. We’ll also have a far better means to quickly contain and end this terrible plague.
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Between Muzzling and burning cars .. infirmity is the master of the situation
Truth is strength. The power of oppression and intimidation, no matter how long it last, remains invalid.
And this land has been a land of truth since God leveled it to be….
And I am the daughter of this land.
Between Muzzling and burning cars … “infirmity” is the master of the situation
Between Muzzling and burning cars … “infirmity” is the master of the situation
The word “infirmity” appears to express it all. Somehow a certain equality in a term that modifies both sides, despite its absence, from the master and the slave in this situation.
Our lives as Masters and Slaves.
They are the masters and we are the slaves.
They are the powerful, the strong, the dominating, the ruthless, the controlling.
We are just followers who are harnessed for them, and for their sake: they can sacrifice us, enslave us, harness us for their interests and burn us if they wish, and set us as firewood for their warmth, after they exhaust all our benefits.
We have to accept with consent.
Keep quiet and mute.
Submissive and kneeling.
Fear, terror, and dread.
Ever since I started writing, I knew that every time, with every article, I knocked someone’s “comfort” as I knocked on the Freedom “Tank”. I was and will always believe that our liberation comes from our freedom, and our freedom requires us to enjoy a degree of awareness, knowledge, faith and dedication for what we believe in. Because free nations are built from societies whose weapons are morals and values and their ability to express and defend what is their right and know how to distinguish what is their duty.
Over the years I have written without fear. Every time I was afraid, I wrote more. And every time I feared, I wrote more. I believed that writing protects and immunes. I also believed that a free human is a fearless human. And my pursuit of freedom remains and continues to be a liberation from fear that shackles. There is no freedom in chains.
A journey that is neither easy nor will it be, and it cannot be. Freedom is dearly valued, and defending it is a sustainable business.
But … does the defense of freedom deserve to die for?
Does life deserve fear, terror and intimidation?
The day before I was exposed to what I might have expected one day.
I know that with every word I write, it is like walking on embers. I am not a fan of playing with fire, but I do not care about the flames.
I know how to avoid combustion.
To live requires us to mingle with risks, if we aspire to live in dignity.
I grew up as a Palestinian, who was accompanied by the word “freedom”, ever since my feet first touched the ground.
Liberty craves my emancipation for passion to live.
How can I anticipate liberation from occupation, while there is no freedom granted to us as people, from the leadership that struggles for our assumed liberation? How can I resent occupation, fight for my liberation when my leadership muzzles our mouths and deprive us from the basic freedom of expression to express the need for a change or to stave off corruption that surrounds us from all directions, as it is becoming a norm of living.
Despite my genuine believe and determination, always, that no matter how dissatisfied some may be from my words, and no matter how my topics disturbed the slumber of those who hold safely in their places and positions, and no matter how arguable matters are, with agreeing or disagreeing with me in some opinion and position. No matter how divert the views are, we must always maintain and adhere to that safe line of space among us that maintains and protects our differences with acceptance, tolerance and respect. Because our differences should never spoil our issues, on the contrary it is with our difference that we nourish. Especially that we are a nation that is supposed to be living under occupation. Our differences should unite us not kill us.
My car was set on fire, and the act appeared to be an act of an experienced person who knew that he only reality that exist is his act and the fire he blew. The flames of fire that spread to eat iron in moments, as if it was the only truth present in this reality.
Terrorism and the burning of everything that could reach their hands.
I think about terrorism, which has become our homeland. Between action and reaction. There are those who are terrorized and there are those who are terrorists.
I try to exclude what happened from my memory. I want to burn those moments, sweep its ashes and throw it away from me. I feel infirmed, but I also feel their infirmity. Those weak, cowardly, lurking far away, hiding and protected by their clout, their power, their weapon and their blazing bottles.
The question still twirls inside me: Will being muzzled protect us from their terrorism?
Will our silence, kneeling, turning a blind eye from the leadership corruption protect us from their power, their brutality and their oppression?
If silence was a solution, I would be the first to remain silent.
But as my life is secure and my preservation depends on the lives of those close to me. And so, I must be careful, afraid, and terrified. Likewise, their security and a free dignified life is my duty. If we all remain silent in fear, and fear from being harmed, we will not have a place to live even with submission, because they will continue to oppress and violate.
Freedom begins and ends with the ability to express.
Yes … corruption is exorbitant, and the hands of the oppressor are long and extended. But whoever wants to rot by this corruption is free to rot. And because God has bestowed on me with a very strong sense of smell I cannot cope with rotten mold.
Truth is strength. The power of oppression and intimidation, no matter how long it last, remains invalid.
And this land has been a land of truth since God leveled it to be….
And I am the daughter of this land.
The Chicks – March March
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Coronavirus update: Trump ambassadors sold stocks as president downplayed pandemic
Several U.S. ambassadors actively shed their stock holdings as President Donald Trump tried to downplay the coronavirus outbreak in its early stages.
Ambassadors to Uruguay, France, Morocco and Italy sold shares in transactions that could have made them millions of dollars, according to financial disclosure filings reviewed by CNBC. Much of their sales were in January and continued throughout February, the records show. Their transactions line up with a timeline of federal and congressional announcements as the virus started sweeping across the globe earlier this year.
Source: Coronavirus update: Trump ambassadors sold stocks as president downplayed pandemic
New name confirmed for Western Australia’s King Leopold Ranges
well done

The Western Australian Government has confirmed the Kimberley landmark will now be known as the Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges.
Atlanta mayor on Ahmaud Arbery shooting: White House rhetoric gives ‘permission’ to those ‘prone to being racist’ | TheHill — Truth Troubles
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said Sunday that rhetoric from the White House gives “permission” to people who are “prone to being racist.” Source: Atlanta mayor on Ahmaud Arbery shooting: White House rhetoric gives ‘permission’ to those ‘prone to being racist’ | TheHill
Atlanta mayor on Ahmaud Arbery shooting: White House rhetoric gives ‘permission’ to those ‘prone to being racist’ | TheHill — Truth Troubles
Coronavirus numbers still rising — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

The numbers from the Orange County Health Care Agency’s daily count of coronavirus cases, deaths and more continued to show movement in what health experts are calling the wrong direction. Thursday’s count of new confirmed cases was at 652, one of the highest tallies since the tracking begun. That brings the cumulative today to 15,065, […]
Coronavirus numbers still rising — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE
the “positivity” rate of what percentage of people tested got a “positive” result rose to 12 percent, compared to the threshold of 8 percent. The change in a three-day average of hospitalized is at 11.4 percent, above the threshold of 10 percent.
The city counts show Santa Ana with 3,061 cases and 95 deaths. Following are Anaheim (2,818 and 86), Garden Grove (823 and nine), Huntington Beach (717 and 40) and Orange (629 and 15). Westminster has 301 cases and 10 deaths while Stanton has 184 and three deaths.
Seriously, Just Wear Your Mask

This is not complicated, folks.
Soldiers isolating at army camp in Cork weren’t tested for nearly 2 weeks

Covid-19 testing regimes in the Defence Forces may have to be altered after it emerged that soldiers awaiting deployment to Lebanon weren’t tested for the virus for nearly two weeks after they went into quarantine at an army camp.
Catholic Priest in Indiana Suspended After Calling Black Lives Matter ‘Maggots and Parasites’

Regardless of their occupation, quite a few white Americans are dead set on ensuring systemic racism continues in this country. Take, for instance, a Catholic priest based in Indiana who told his followers that the Black Lives Matters movement is comprised of “maggots and parasites.”
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