Our Journey — normabobb

Photo credited to Pexels.com Our journey is ours to determine, it’s not based on the assumptions of any one else. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

Our Journey — normabobb

Michael Regan confirmed to lead Environmental Protection Agency – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 03: Nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Regan previously served as the Secretary of the North Carolina Dept. of Environmental Quality. (Photo by Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images)

Regan has been serving as the secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality. He previously led the Environmental Defense Fund’s efforts to combat the impacts of the …

Source: Michael Regan confirmed to lead Environmental Protection Agency – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

U.N. Security Council agrees on statement condemning Myanmar violence

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday agreed on a chair’s statement condemning the Myanmar military’s use of force in cracking down on protesters against a coup last month, a diplomatic source said.

While the statement strongly condemns violence against peaceful protesters including women and children, it also calls for restraint by the Myanmar military,

Source: U.N. Security Council agrees on statement condemning Myanmar violence

Myanmar Anti-Junta Activists Mount Boycott of Chinese Goods as Protesters Face More Repression — Radio Free Asia

As protests and violent suppression by troops grind on in Myanmar, coup opponents are stepping up a campaign to make China rethink its support for the military junta, including a boycott of imports from their giant neighbor and threats against a major Chinese energy pipeline and port.

China, along with Russia, are seen as the main stumbling blocks to a meaningful response to the Myanmar crisis at the U.N. Security Council, which last month voiced concern over the state of emergency and called for the release of all those detained, but stopped short of condemning the coup.

Threats to attack the dual oil and gas pipelines, which run from southwest China’s Yunnan province to a $1.3 billion deep-sea port at Kyaukpyu in southern Rakhine state along the coast of the Bay of Bengal, have emerged on social media.

Source: Myanmar Anti-Junta Activists Mount Boycott of Chinese Goods as Protesters Face More Repression — Radio Free Asia

Yes, Annie! ““Democracy depends on understanding the connection.” ” -SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY, PART 2 — annieasksyou…

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

A friend who’s not all that interested in politics asked me the other day why, if President Biden ran on bipartisanship, everything he’s proposing is now being rejected by the Republicans. I responded that the American Rescue Plan, which will soon pass the Senate and be signed into law, has nationwide bipartisan support: 75% of the public support it, including 60% of Republicans. But the Republicans in both chambers have not been willing to legislate for some time.
Thomas L. Friedman, a New York Times opinion columnist who I find generally hews toward the middle politically, minced no words in a recent essay titled: ”What Trump, San Francisco and the Deer in My Backyard Have in Common.” The subtitle was “Democracy depends on understanding the connection.” (emphases mine throughout)

SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY, PART 2 — annieasksyou…

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The Asian Century – GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com

Already five DAX companies, such as VW, Daimler, Infineon, are generating their largest share of sales in China, more than on their German domestic market. To protect themselves against the risks of US economic warfare, German companies doing business with China are increasingly relocating their activities to the People’s Republic. Efforts to encourage their withdrawal from China have failed. Source: The Asian Century – GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com

10 things in life considered beautiful

Weird and Wonderful

1. Landscape

Have you ever had that moment where you are gob smacked? Well, I feel I have. The only way to find out is to travel to more than 3 holiday destinations in life. The more landscape you see – the more natural beauty you see.

There is nothing more satisfying than freeze framing a moment and seeing the beauty. Yes, take a photo it will last longer. We are mere ants living on this huge planet. As scarey as it may seem – venturing out is rewarding.

The problem is life is too short. The more we hold back wishing we had something. The harder it becomes to appreciate the world for it’s natural beauty. The more it is making people feel unwell in themselves. The less connected we are too our innate characteristics the worse we become towards one another. Nature has the ability to make us…

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