Open Letter To Republican Members Of Congress

Filosofa's Word

Dear Sir or Madam …

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of a few things that you have obviously forgotten. You were not elected to the United States Congress to force your own will or vote for your own wishes, but rather you were elected to represent We the People, to vote in accordance with our wishes, not your own.

When you block legislation that would ensure we are all able to vote in elections, then you are not representing us, for nearly everybody in this country supports allowing everyone the opportunity to vote, to have a voice in our government. You may remember that we pay taxes in order to have representation. When you refuse to legislate gun laws that would make this a safer nation for us all, then you are not representing us, for the majority of people across the political divide have…

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Enfrentan a los opuestos

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Los gobernantes con tendencias absolutistas y dictatoriales, suelen recurrir a la tentación y a la práctica de debilitar, fracturar y enfrentar a la sociedad. Saben que la gente y los pueblos débiles, enfermos, ignorantes y empobrecidos, carentes de identidad y de proyecto común e integral, son proclives a la enajenación y a la manipulación, y resultan más violentos y reactivos. Con el apoyo de medios de comunicación mercenarios, tales gobernantes y políticos optan por aprovechar y explotar la carga negativa de la sociedad y aplicar, entre otras estrategias, la lucha radical, agresiva e irracional entre los opuestos, es decir, fomentan adversidades, enfrentamientos y contradicciones en hogares, escuelas, centros laborales, espacios públicos e instituciones. Convierten en enemigos a los opuestos: ancianos-jóvenes, padres-hijos, hombres-mujeres, académicos-analfabetos, patrones-trabajadores, magnates-pobres, religiosos-ateos, morenos-blancos. Una sociedad que se odia y agrede por diferencias religiosas, culturales, económicas…

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ICU Beds Overflow as COVID-19 Surges in Nepal | UNICEF USA

Doctors are struggling to treat patients gasping for breath in Nepal, where confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased sharply in the past two weeks. UNICEF is on the ground, working with partners to support strained health systems and deliver critical lifesaving supplies.

“Two weeks ago, we didn’t even have 10 patients in the COVID-19 ward,” said Dr. Subash Prasad, intensive care specialist at Tribhuvan University Hospital in Kathmandu, the nation’s capital. “Now we have admitted around 75 people who have tested positive for coronavirus since then. And two weeks ago, we didn’t have any patients in the ICU. Now the 12-bed COVID ICU is full.” There are only 1,127 ICU beds in this country of 30,000 people.

The catastrophic second wave of COVID-19 cases that hit India first has spread to nearby nations especially Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Very low levels of vaccination in most South Asian countries (less than 10 percent in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal) is adding to concern that the virus will spiral even further.

Source: ICU Beds Overflow as COVID-19 Surges in Nepal | UNICEF USA

Hook, Line, Bits, And Bytes

yaskhan

Around the globe 
In bits and bytes~
Safari’s window

Social distancing
Only got closer—-
Milky Way Binary

Between here and there
Holding of time...transcended
Stylus of rhetoric
Drift of computer jargon,

Space bound chatter
Haiku Bits;
Pressed
Typo
Keys lost
In translation

Thoughts shape:
Shape of words
Emoticons
Changing shape of syllables :

Byte of metaphors, similes —
Forever memories...

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Man kann etwas tun

Senioren um die Welt

Man kann etwas tun, jeder kann das. Es macht so wenig Mühe, und es kostet nichts. Gerade in dieser schwierigen Zeit der Pandemie ist es besonders wichtig. Das Einfachste und Unkomplizierteste ist ein Lächeln, das man einem anderen schenkt. Es erhellt nicht nur ein wenig den Tag desjenigen, für den das Lächeln bestimmt ist, sondern gibt einem auch selbst das Gefühl,  etwas Positives getan zu haben.

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There’s More Than One Way to Shoot in a War — Pacific Paratrooper

The camera-toting soldier Shooting with cameras rather than guns.  Signal Corps photographers were the “eyes” of the military.  Whether taking motion pictures or still photographs, often in the thick of the action, military photographers captured and produced scores of images for the purpose of strategy and intelligence, map-making and simply to document historic moments.  Photographers […]

There’s More Than One Way to Shoot in a War — Pacific Paratrooper

WATCH LIVE: DeWine: It is time to end the health orders

“Ohio’s cases per 100,000 are the lowest compared to all its neighboring states,” DeWine said of recent stats reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Me: a meaningless comparison. If people slack off and don’t get vaccinated… and infection and deaths ramp up… it will be our fault but what would DeWine do then? Is he going to be sure that all Ohio state employees are vaccinated?)

Source: WATCH LIVE: DeWine: It is time to end the health orders

COVID-19 in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Wednesday – Chicago Tribune

Northwestern University announced Wednesday that students will be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine next academic year. In a letter to the school community, administrators wrote the decision was made as confidence in the vaccine’s effectiveness has increased and the supply has grown to meet the demand in Illinois.

Source: COVID-19 in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Wednesday – Chicago Tribune

Senate Democrats skeptical of extending $300 unemployment benefit – By NICHOLAS WU and MARIANNE LEVINE 05/11/2021 09:53 PM EDT | Just Sayin’ (me: Don’t punk for elitist GOPers)

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said there had been “report after report indicating” it was “not accurate” that the benefits discouraged work. He cited the need for childcare and the reduction of public transit service in many cities as several of the factors affecting the labor market. Reducing benefits in the way Republican governors had done would leave many people with effectively no income, he said. 

Several economists also highlight a Yale study from last year that found “no evidence” that the initial $600 boost in federal unemployment benefits from last year’s CARES Act increased layoffs or discouraged workers from returning to their jobs over time. 

Source: Senate Democrats skeptical of extending $300 unemployment benefit – By NICHOLAS WU and MARIANNE LEVINE 05/11/2021 09:53 PM EDT | Just Sayin’

💥 Saturday And Wednesday Collided 💥

Filosofa's Word

I have to confess, last night I completely lost track of the day of the week, and thus did not realize that today would be Wednesday, hence I did not prepare a ‘good people’ post!  Now, another feature such as ‘Jolly Monday’ or ‘Saturday Surprise’, I would just move on, not worry about it, and try to do better next week, but I know how you all count on Good People on Wednesday.  As it is late at night and I am not quite up to par tonight, I dug back through the archives and found this post that was actually posted on a Saturday back in 2018, but I always thought it qualified as a ‘good people’ post, too.  And so, without further ado …


Is it Saturday?  Or is it Wednesday?  There seems to have been a collision on this blog of Saturday and Wednesday … what shall…

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