Stranger ..

 

People are often reluctant to talk to strangers, but they feel happier and more connected after doing so. 

In one study, researchers encouraged train and bus commuters to talk to a fellow passenger or keep to themselves. 

Commuters predicted that they would be happier keeping to themselves, but those who talked to a stranger enjoyed the ride more than those who sat in solitude. This was true for both extraverts and introverts.

If you tend to avoid talking to strangers because you think it will be awkward or unpleasant, try changing your perception.

 Talking to strangers is more enjoyable than we think, so try it.

Just a "trial" thought.

Illusion...

People tend to believe that their thoughts and feelings are more apparent to others than is actually the case, a belief researchers call the illusion of transparency.
In one study, participants played a variation of the “two truths and a lie” game.

Thinking that others could see right through them, the participants overestimated the extent to which others could detect their lies. 

Another group of participants was asked to conceal their feelings after drinking either Kool-Aid or a nasty, vinegar-based drink. 

Though participants believed they were not very good at hiding their reactions, observers could not tell which drink they had consumed.

Muddled...

 

U.S. health regulators significantly widened the nation’s Covid-19 booster campaign, clearing use of extra doses of Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and also saying people can get a shot that is different from what they had previously received.

The moves, announced by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, will make boosters available to the majority of adults who have been fully vaccinated and have passed the recommended waiting period.

People who got Johnson & Johnson Inc’s (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine as a first shot had a stronger immune response when boosted with vaccines from Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech SE or Moderna Inc (MRNA.O), a study run by the National Institutes of Health showed on Wednesday

FDA officials on Wednesday said J&J's regulatory submission for its planned booster raised red flags including small sample sizes and data based on tests that had not been validated.

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 South West

Southwest Airlines has scrapped a plan to put unvaccinated employees who have applied for but haven't received a religious or medical exemption on unpaid leave as of a federal deadline in December.

Executives at both carriers in recent days have tried to reassure employees about job security under the mandate, urging them to apply for exemptions if they can't get vaccinated for a medical reason or for a sincerely held religious belief. 

Southwest's senior vice president of operations and hospitality, Steve Goldberg, and Julie Weber, vice president and chief people officer, wrote to staff on Friday that if employees' requests for an exemption haven't been approved by Dec. 8, they could continue to work while following mask and distancing guidelines until the request has been reviewed.

Quite Frankly...

 

So many problems the public are facing today as a result of many decisions made by this administration, or lack of clarity and action. We just stuck on first gear, that is Covid-19. 

while the politicians' loud voices talking about taxing the rich. Today we are taxing the poor and Medium income families.  Oil prices are taking money from the pockets of all Americans under the reason of "Climate Change", particularly low and medium income families.

Just a thought

Hey...

 

Spill ..

 

California Democrats are distancing themselves from the Biden administration over recent supply chain and environmental crises in the greater Los Angeles area.

Fox News reached out to 24 Southern California House Democrats asking if the Biden administration has done enough to alleviate the supply chain bottleneck at the two Los Angeles ports. Also to address other public safety crises, including a massive oil spill off the coast and a fire that broke out on shipping containers due to the vessel backlog. 

Not a single Democrat responded to Fox News regarding what needs to be done on the local and federal levels to immediately solve these crises in their own backyards.

Impact...

 

We do sanctions against many countries including, North Korea, Cuba and others. Now we are getting a temporary supply chain interruption and is impacted our lives and our economy. 

Just a thought.

Awkward...

 

Poorer...

 

Sanders, writing in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, described opponents of the legislation as “every Republican in Congress as well as the drug companies, the insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry and the billionaire class”.

He added that opponents of the bill support a status quo “in which the very rich get richer while ordinary Americans continue to struggle to make ends meet”.

Very great half truth here. The other side of the equasion is what not just to collect more money, but what do we do with it right after we got it.

What did the politicians do with the money? Or it is just hate for the rich with no help offered to the poor?

A rich city like New York with budget around 100 Billion Dollars annually and the number of those who needs food.... 2 millions... road, services, sewer, crimes, ..

The poor gets poorer not because of any thing except money wasting apparatus.