Still...

 

Lonliness...

 

We’re living in a loneliness epidemic time. We hear that loneliness kills as much as obesity or smoking. 

Yes, loneliness is not great. It is also pretty prevalent at the moment, especially given the pandemic situation and the instructions to stay away. This is probably why there is so much being written and said about loneliness.   

 To address loneliness all we need is to ‘get out more’. Well, yes and no. 

Loneliness signals the need to reconnect and in this sense, indeed, to address it we need to ‘get out more’. But getting out more is neither always possible, nor the best way to address loneliness. So get out .......   and help someone in need.

We hear that social media is the devil. This one seems obvious to many, but it is never a missed point wherever to speak about loneliness. Is (increasing) loneliness a product of social media? 

Social media can be used in different ways, with different people. And it is how we use it that determines whether or not it makes us more lonely. In a nutshell, if we use it to extend our offline social relationships, rather than replace them, we are enriching our social life. We have to work with what we got at the moment.

Oregon...

 

On Tuesday night, a number of US states voted in favor of decriminalizing drugs in an unprecedented drug law overhaul. 

Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota, voted to decriminalize recreational marijuana

Oregon, all illegal drugs – including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines – will be decriminalized, meanwhile psilocybin, or psychoactive mushrooms, will be legalized for therapeutic use – a historic first.

Oregon has some of the highest substance use and mental health problems in the country, and its access to services is one of the worst in the country. It has the third highest number of people needing but not receiving treatment for alcohol and substance use disorders. 

 

Irrigularities...

Georgia’s chief election official announced Wednesday that the state will conduct a recount by hand of every ballot cast in the presidential race.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, said that he would designate the presidential contest as the race to undergo a “risk-limiting audit,” an election verification procedure that uses a statistical formula to determine how many electronically tabulated ballots need to be manually checked in order to rule out the possibility of fraud or errors.

Raffensperger has been under significant criticism from fellow Georgia Republicans in recent days. Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both called on Raffensperger to resign, claiming without providing specific allegations that there were widespread irregularities in the election.

Risk...

 

الفتاة

 

“فتىً فُتن بفتاةٍ فتاه،

 وبات بسبب الفتاة فتات

 عن حُبِّها روَى ولا ارتوى ...

قادهُ إليها الهوى فَهَوى 

ظنها جنَّة وعلى نفسه جَنى ...

نبض قلبه عليل فهز يسراه 

أرق شديد ضر جفناه ...

ضجر يميل بخده على يُمناه 

ثم عاد إلى ربِّه فهداه ...

ثم إذا بربِّه يهديها إياه.”

The ending is not written yet.

Want...

 

Doubt...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced President Donald Trump and Republicans on Thursday for sowing doubt in and refusing to accept the presidential election results.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before Congress on July 17 after Democrats issued subpoenas to compel him to appear, the chairmen of two House committees announced.

Mueller's unusual back-to-back testimony in front of the House Judiciary and the Intelligence committees is likely to be the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in years.

So these are the gimmicks the Democrats played against Trump for four years. 

Role...

 

McDaniel, who President Donald Trump picked to lead the RNC after he won the 2016 election, received Trump’s endorsement for another term on Wednesday evening, all but guaranteeing her reelection.

Trump’s endorsement shows how he is determined to play a central role in Republican Party politics. Party officials expect him to stay involved in down-ballot races heading into the 2022 midterms.

Plead...

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters: 

“Until the Electoral College votes, anyone who is running for office can exhaust concerns in counting in any court of appropriate jurisdiction."

“It’s not unusual and should not be alarming,” he added. “At some point here we’ll find out, finally, who was certified in each of these states and the Electoral College will determine the winner.”

President Trump has refused to concede and has instead launched a series of lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia,  Arizona and Nevada – essentially every state that the president expected to win, in order to maintain his presidency for another term mainly based on the Mail Ballot fiasco purported by the Democrats..

Democrats have condemned the lawsuits as illegitimate and have called on Trump to concede.