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"We will not stand by and do nothing again." Joe Biden referenced the Holocaust during his speech in Israel during which he reiterated the US support of Israel. But he also offered words of caution rooted in America's own experience following 9/11. "Justice must be done. But I caution this, while you feel that rage, don't be consumed by it. After 9/11 we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes." Biden spoke of the plight of the hostages, the need for humanitarian aid, and more during a speech he made before leaving Israel. It's worth a watch. 2House ArrestYesterday, the scoundrel and election-denying Jim Jordan fell short of his quest for the House speakership when 20 of his GOP colleagues voted against him. Following an increased pressure campaign, another vote was held today. This time 22 of GOP colleagues voted against him. While I feel a deep sense of relief that Jordan is not the Speaker of the House (for now), this sh-tshow is anything but a cause for celebration. As many as 200 of his colleagues did vote for Jordan. That's just unthinkable, except for the fact that it follows and undeniable trend that shows no signs of abating. Ron Brownstein in The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Threat to Democracy Is Coming From Inside the U.S. House. "The preponderant majority of House Republicans backing Jordan is attempting to elevate someone who not only defended former President Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election but participated in them more extensively than any other member of Congress." 3Forecast Calls For Weather"When danger appears, an alarm goes off in the brain, activating the body’s sympathetic nervous system — the fight-or-flight system. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is activated. Hormones, such as epinephrine and cortisol, flood the bloodstream from the adrenal glands. The heart beats faster. Breathing quickens. Blood vessels dilate. More oxygen reaches large muscles. Blood pressure and glucose levels rise. The immune system’s inflammatory response activates." The body's reaction to stress is natural. The amount of stress that many people are under is anything but. And it's deadly. WaPo (Gift Article) with their latest piece on America's life expectancy crisis. Stress Is Weathering Our Bodies From the Inside Out. 4You Can Checkout Any Time You Like..."At the bottom of all the supposed convenience, you do actually just need a lot of people to operate a store." I like to think I've become a pretty decent self-checkouter, but the system isn't working as anticipated. Lots of interesting points in this piece from Amanda Mull in The Atlantic (Gift Article): Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment. 5Extra, ExtraXi Loves Me, Xi Loves Me Not: Underpinning the the global response to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are the makings of a new world order as superpowers choose sides. NYT (Gift Article): New Global Divisions on View as Biden Goes to Israel and Putin to China. "As President Biden visited Israel on Wednesday, seeking to display steadfast American support for the country, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was in Beijing, seeking to display his 'no limits' partnership with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. The two contrasting trips show how vastly the global political landscape has been redrawn by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and how that changed landscape is on full display in the war in Gaza." 6Bottom of the News"The 33-year-old entrepreneur flew from his home city of London to Jakarta, then boarded another flight to a regional airport. A car service drove him to a pier, where he climbed onto a janky speedboat and hummed across the ocean for 90 minutes until he reached an uninhabited mass of land covered in palm trees and dense brush. The boat turned around and left, and Saul-Garner remained marooned there for 10 days, alone and nearly resourceless. He slept in a hammock, subsisted on coconuts and crab, and spent his days foraging for firewood." The wild business of desert island tourism. (I'm not a big fan of coconuts, but 10 days in a news desert sounds pretty good.) Get a copy of my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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