Yourself...

 

Often we don’t know what we want because we haven’t formed an opinion about it on our own. Maybe we haven’t been given the opportunity or been encouraged to think about our own needs, what we want, and more importantly, how to know what makes us tick, and how to express it. 

Perhaps our opinion and/or what we want doesn’t really matter to some people. In fact, they may not even want us to know what we want because it may be counter to what they want. 

We may feel it’s just too selfish to express what we want, that we overthink about ourselves and not enough about others. Or maybe we’re swayed by our social group and so want whatever everybody in our immediate sphere wants.

But, if you think about it, this is really an essential issue at the core of who we are as individuals. How are we supposed to know what others want, to help them realize what they want if we have little or no idea what we want for ourselves first? Of course, we want to be happy personally, but making someone happy often becomes our job, and often a distraction that takes valuable time away from ourselves. 

If partners can balance what they want for themselves with what they want for their partner, that’s a good thing. But often, that’s not the case.

I see...

 

Altering...

 

Advanced countries, like the US, UK and many in Europe, have been industrializing -- and emitting climate-altering gases in the process -- for around 200 years. A lot of the comforts of living in a developed country have come at the cost of the climate.

Since 1850, China has emitted 284 billion tons of CO2, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief, a UK-based organization covering climate, energy and policy.

The US, on the other hand, industrialized decades earlier and has released 509 billion tons of CO2 -- twice as much.

This in part comes down to lifestyle. Americans earn more money, they own more gas-guzzling cars, and they fly more than the average Chinese person.

Natural gas produces fewer emissions than coal, but it is still harmful to the climate, and there are growing concerns that the US and other parts of the world are investing too heavily in gas instead of renewables.

Accordingly, Afghanistan may be a country with no problems with Climate change.

IS today's life really an anti Climate or just a theory?.  Just a thought.

You...

 

Most of the problems we face is what we are doing to ourselves. Be kind........... to others and to yourself. You may be the enemy from within who is trying to take you down.

 Just a thought.

Degrading...

 

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was charged with groping a former aide in Albany’s Executive Mansion, a crime that could send him to jail for a year if he’s convicted.

A misdemeanor criminal complaint filed in Albany City Court alleges that Cuomo, 63, “did intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly place his hand under the blouse shirt of the victim … and onto her intimate body part.”

“Specifically, the victims left breast for the purposes of degrading and satisfying his sexual desire,” it adds.

The incident allegedly took place on the afternoon of Dec. 7 on the second floor of the Executive Mansion, the governor’s official residence.

The lawyer representing former Cuomo aide Brittany Commisso, 33, acknowledged it’s her.  

Degeneration...

 

Researchers announced earlier this month that they had found a link between a Western diet and cognitive decline.

Published in the Cell Press journal iScience, the Marshall University authors said. 
The mice eating the western diet increased their body weight and showed insulin resistance, lowered oxygen levels and low energy.

Additionally, it showed signs of behavioral changes in line with those typical of humans with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

"In this study, we found that a western diet produced systemic oxidant stress along with evidence of activation of Na,K-ATPase signaling within both murine brain and peripheral tissues," the authors wrote. 

"We also noted this diet caused increases in circulating inflammatory cytokines as well as behavioral, and brain biochemical changes consistent with neurodegeneration.

Connected...

 

Uncertain...

 

Kyrsten Sinema struck an agreement on prescription drug pricing with President Joe Biden as part of Democrats' social spending talks, though it’s at risk of ultimately being excluded as the party tries to reach a deal that can pass.

The Arizona Democrat was somewhat reluctant to strike a deal on prescription drug price negotiation, a key campaign plank for many Democrats. But a source familiar said the president and Sinema were able to see eye to eye in the end.

That deal may not cost any one one more penny.

House Democrats fired back on Thursday. A Democratic aide said they were never party to the Sinema-White House agreement and saw it as a “Trojan horse devised by Big Pharma.”

The prescription drug pricing language was ultimately left out of the framework the White House released publicly, leaving its fate uncertain.

Promise...

 

In the meantime, the White House is seeking the cooperation of OPEC, meaning, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who it otherwise is trying to hold at arm’s length. 

It also means seeking cooperation from OPEC+  essentially, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who no doubt will relish “the ask” being requested of him.

The prices of oil skyrocketed as the Democratic ideology failed.

Just a thought.

Raise...