Friday, March 31, 2023
Militarism..
Waiting..
EOJ..
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Maybe..
Maybe people don't want to stop grieving …
That if they move on from the grief, they will lose the final connection.
The only tie.
Maybe people feel united with their loved one, in the realm just outside our reality.
United in pain and loss.
Banished to a parallel universe where they can both exist together,
still together.
Maybe that’s just too precious to move on from.
So if you are in this place, or you know someone who is,
maybe you can remind them that they are completely connected to their lost one,
in so many more wonderful ways than just the loss.
How can they not be?
Inch for inch the pain they feel equals the love they shared.
At the end of the day, it’s all just love.
And there is no need to banish either.
They can exist side by side, grief and love.
And they do, every day.
Donna Ashworth
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
WHO..
The World Health Organization changed its recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting that high-risk populations should receive an additional dose 12 months after their last booster.
The health agency defined high-risk populations as older adults, as well as younger people with other significant risk factors. For this group, the agency recommends an additional shot of the vaccine either 6 or 12 months after the latest dose, based on factors such as age and immunocompromising conditions.
The WHO defined the group including healthy children and adolescents as "low priority" and urged countries to consider factors like disease burden before recommending vaccination of this group.
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Peace..
China’s proposal calls for a cease-fire and peace talks, and an end to Western sanctions against Russia. It says “relevant countries should stop abusing unilateral sanctions” and “do their share in de-escalating the Ukraine crisis.”
The document echoes Russian complaints that Western governments are to blame for the Feb. 24, 2022 invasion and criticizes sanctions on Russia.
It says sovereignty of all countries should be upheld, though it doesn’t specify what that would look like for Ukraine, and the land taken from it since Russia seized Crimea in 2014.
The proposal condemns a “Cold War mentality,” a rebuke of the United States and NATO, the US-European military alliance. “The security of a region should not be achieved by strengthening or expanding military blocs,” the proposal says. Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded a promise that Ukraine will not join the bloc before the invasion.
Other points call for a cease-fire, peace talks, protection for prisoners of war and stopping attacks on civilians, keeping nuclear power plants safe and facilitating grain exports.
Global..
By taking credit for striking a peace deal in the Middle East, Xi is seizing on waning American influence in the region and presenting Chinese leadership as an alternative to a Washington-led order he depicts as driving the world toward a new cold war.
Beijing..
Strike..
President Joe Biden on Saturday notified Congress of his decision to authorize an airstrike in Syria this week against what the US said were Iranian-affiliated facilities.
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Spy-..
2016..
Coalition..
The Pentagon said it launched retaliatory airstrikes on facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
American airstrikes killed a total of 19 fighters in eastern Syria this week, a UK-based war monitor said Saturday, in the wake of an Iranian drone attack that left a US contractor dead and wounded five American troops.
Comment:
Why do we have contractors in Syria? What do they do and who pay them?
Why are we in Syria? Are we building the country or just fueling the civil war?
Just a thought.
Porn..
Float..
Active..
A 2019 study of nearly 200,000 adults found that those who had a healthier lifestyle were less likely to develop dementia over the course of eight years, even if they were genetically at risk for dementia, and a 2020 study came to a similar conclusion.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Wipe..
Hold..
Peace..
Xi Jinping has met with Vladimir Putin at the start of a three-day visit to Russia -- his first since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine last year -- as the Chinese leader seeks to portray himself as a peacebroker despite deep skepticism in Kyiv and the West.
Putin welcomed Xi at the Kremlin on Monday, just days after the International Criminal Court in the Hague accused the Russian president of committing war crimes in Ukraine and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Ukraine is expected to be a key point of discussion during Xi's visit, which will be closely watched for any potential impact on an entrenched conflict that has killed tens of thousands and triggered a mass humanitarian crisis.
Comment:
Talking about Xi leadership to bring peace to the world.
A 30 Democrats representative went to Biden asking him for a peaceful resolution to this war.
I thought Biden would be the first to want peace in the region but if the war ended. then the bad economy, and terrible inflation, would be front and center. Just a thought.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
2003..
The lessons of the invasion with near-consensus is about poor U.S. planning, tragically wrong assumptions and misleading claims about alleged chemical weapons stockpiles.
Monday, March 20, 2023
Deport
News of resumed deportations to Russia came just over a year after reports that the Biden administration had suspended deportation flights to Russia, Ukraine and seven other countries in Europe during Russia’s attack on Ukraine. It is unclear when deportations to Russia resumed. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Migrants from Russia came to the US thinking they could seek asylum and be protected from deportation, freeing their trouble and hiding for a long while.
Back and forth........ Just a thought.
Nekkid..
Technically speaking, naked implies that a person is unprotected or vulnerable. It also describes something that is unadorned or without embellishment, as in the oft-mentioned naked truth. Nude, on the other hand, means one thing: unclothed.
Think of it this way: if you doff your duds to pose while descending a staircase for a tasteful painting done by a respected artist, then you're nude. If a bunch of paparazzi suddenly burst in through the studio door and take your picture without permission, you are suddenly naked.
And as the late great humorist Lewis Grizzard once pointed out, "Naked is when you ain't got no clothes on. Nekkid is when you ain't got no clothes on and you're up to something.
Assad..
Diet..
For the diet, you should prioritize vegetables and fruits for half of each meal and supplement the other half with whole grains and healthy proteins.
Here's a thorough breakdown of how to set your plate.
Use Olive, Canola, Soy, Corn, sunflower, Peanut (unless you're allergic)