Monday, February 10, 2025

MY THOUGHTS about the NEWS.

Previously posted on my Facebook Page. 


Washington Post: “Harris’s advisers blame everything but themselves for their loss.” Their aggro “vilify!” (sic) strategies didn't work, obviously. Of course, such a negative tactic won't ever work, especially if the pitch was meant to cover or blur current (especially economic) realities. Has the Left already abandoned meticulous groundwork, persuasive advocacy, and calm efforts to build tactical alliances–as in the past? 🏛🗽🏛




Washington Post: “Missing woman may have fallen into sinkhole while searching for cat.” I don't know. I can't judge her. I am so deeply attached to Ching and Fizz that I wouldn't probably stop searching if ever they get lost. Pretty much a missing child. You don’t sleep unless you find the cat. No amount of “your cat will show up soon…” will ever calm me down. So I feel for the woman. I hope they find her and the cat soon. 😢🐈😩


New York Sun: “Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency Highlights Current Spending of $150 Billion on Migrants.” Hmmm. I guess, many agency bosses are nervous of Mr Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's “good government” office. Military spending, immigration budget. Next? Student loan forgiveness? But I'll see what's up with huge-ass bailouts to corporations, though those could be alibi'ed as loans. (Photo: IAMA.) 🏛🗽🏛


New York Times: “South Korea President Declares Martial Law, Then Backs Down.” / “Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance.” Yoon Suk Yeol is in severe panic mode. I try to evade the thought but Mr Yoon’s erratic behavior seems ushered in by the change of POTUS. An obvious Joe Biden lapdog, he differed with his predecessor Moon Jae-in, whose pacifism vibes with Mr Trump's playbook. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷


NY Sun: “Renewed Fighting in Syria Puts at Risk Trump’s Hope of Pacifying the Globe.” Joe Biden and his hawks are obviously worsening situations (in the Middle East and Ukraine). Haven’t those people seen worse in the past? The incoming President leads in “pacifying the globe,” which the outgoing President helped bring into chaos. Weird. But, I guess, that's just what America is all about? Pacify or provoke? ☮️☮️☮️




New York Times: “Biden’s Pardon for His Son Dishonors the Office.” / “Democrats Sharply Criticize Biden’s Pardon of His Son.” Democratic Party zealots, of course, divert the issue to other issues, such as Donald Trump's pardon of so and so. As though other POTUSes didn't also pardon whoever. And so they totally ignore why Joe Biden's pardon of his erring son stands out. Especially after he said he won’t. 🏛🗽🏛


New York Sun: “California’s Attorney General Wants Holiday Shoppers To Report Stores Lacking ‘Gender-Neutral’ Toy Options.” Honestly, I don't know what a “gender-neutral” toy is. The dress? Skin color? The names of the toys? Nope? I googled some samples. Chicken and pig puppets, $55; Captain Calamari, $15.99; discovery blocks, $29.99; wood baby gym, $90. But I still don't know what a “gender-neutral” toy is. 😏😒🤨


NY Times: “Trump Won More of New York’s Votes. Did He Win More of Its Love, Too?” Trump! We don't have to “love” him to like him or vote for him. He is not your dad or drinking buddy. I don't think I'd last 10 minutes when (if ever) given a change to sit in front of Mr Trump. But after his first 4 years, I can't question his leadership mojo, especially his foreign affairs playbook. He is POTUS, not my pool hall pal. 

       News adds: “The city tolerated Donald J. Trump, and then it loathed him. Now, some New Yorkers have begun to embrace him. The Kid from Queens couldn’t be happier.” 🏛🗽🏛


New York Times: “How a Tourist Paradise Became a Drug-Trafficking Magnet.” Costa Rica’s lush rainforests are being infiltrated by cartels on a quest to find new trafficking routes to evade the authorities. The illegal drug industry is a massive trade that operates as a typical farm to production line to distribution channels to consumer hands. A complex web of economic activity. And the U.S. stays as its focal market base. 🧲💉⛰


Time: “Tons of viruses live in your toothbrush and showerhead.” Don’t we know that already? Current journalism is so consistently good at pitching fear-factor narratives, ain’t it? Mowing grass, blowing leaves. Bad. Garlic and onions, exposure to sunlight, hand washing clothes sans “protective” gloves. All bad. Etcetera. Media’s experts coax us to pause and think again. Well, what about kissing lips to lips? 🪥🛀🪒

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