Previously posted on my Facebook Page.
NBC: “Vance refers Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and attorney general to the DOJ for fraud probe.” Only now? But better late than never. I guess, the "Minnesota vs. ICE" street drama is over, for now? Government corruption, such as the state’s billion$ social security scam, is the dirt that needs digging. And the perps hurled to court, and whatever the next punishment would be.
Yet Justice these days is fantastically focused on crucifying Donald Trump for the 01/06/2021 Capitol theater, which is defined by Left-wingers as “insurrection.” I covered that story in the 1990s in Asia. Guns blazing, bombs exploding, and body bags. Those were pro soldiers, not street hooligans dressed in Burning Man outfits. The Capitol, with an over $500 million security budget, let these clowns in?!? And the Manhattan civil jury’s $88+ million to writer E. Jean Carroll for The D’s alleged “defamation” case? Defamation? Jimmy Kimmel defames Mr Trump in his show in each episode, and then earns millions$! Meanwhile, Minnesota’s murk needs to come out. That’s the real crime. 🏛🗽🏛
USA Today: “Supreme Court declines to review 3rd grader's 1st Amendment case.” An 8-year old’s Freedom of Speech?!? Why would the Supreme Court even be involved in this no-brainer? The story: A Michigan school banned a third grader from wearing a hat displaying an AR-15 rifle and the phrase "Come and take it.” The lower court ruled that the school's actions did not violate the student's First Amendment rights.
My take: The parents must be investigated by social services. Especially in these times of random mass shootings, to expose children that early and allow them to display in public what their dad and/or mom may believe per First Amendment–is child abuse or parental recklessness (a.k.a. irresponsibility). Need I go on? ☮️🗽☮️
Politico: “The world leader that took on Trump over Iran sees his strategy paying off big.” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez took on Donald Trump over his military offensive in Iran and is now seeing his strategy “validated,” uh huh? Where is the validation? The PM previously barred U.S. warplanes from Spanish airspace, and condemned the military actions as "illegitimate.”
Who is/are talking? Europe? Don’t Spain and the majority of the European Union blatantly toss money for nonstop NATO expansion and in support of Ukraine’s lost war versus Russia? And that’d be regardless of the region’s collective economic murk that hasn’t improved from 1 percent. What is “paying off big,” I ask. With oil shipments barred per Strait of Hormuz and, of course, Russian energy imports remain off-Europe, how’s the EU doing? ¿Cómo es eso. Senor Pedro? ☮️☮️☮️
CNET: “Russia hijacked vulnerable home routers across 23 states. Check if yours is on the list.” I don’t really believe this so-called news. What do I deduce? This is part of an orchestrated media pitch to justify the new (U.S. taxpayers' money) to Ukraine? This: Since 2022, the U.S. has already given Ukraine $127 billion (from the $188 billion appropriated by Congress in Joe Biden's time). Another $9+ billion new aid is set to be handed through the new Ukraine Support Act.
Mr Trump would thumb this down, sure. But you know the bottomline. The eerie contradiction: Congress limits the President’s war powers in Iran, but hey, go ahead and bomb Russia? Or toss more military juice to Ukraine--to keep the war "alive," uh huh? 🤨😞🤨
USA Today: “U.S. boat strikes killed over 200 people. Service members have questions.” Or do the media have questions? Of course. This: The U.S. has always been at war, for centuries. Pursuing (geopolitical) "enemies," where wasted civilians are simply listed as stats in news reports and history books. Collateral damage in huge numbers. So why don't the media talk about those more?
If the U.S. or Donald Trump didn't (militarily) respond to Iran's massacre of thousands of street protesters, we are still counting body bags or corpses tossed in mass graves, right at this minute–because I don’t think Tehran’s public rage will subside as the IRGC wouldn’t cool down.
Meanwhile, in my old age, I haven't seen a POTUS pursue humanity's real enemies, such as drug cartels, the way President Trump does. Yes, including the Clinton/Arango Plan Colombia in the late 1990s. But I don't think Bill was demonized then the way Mr Trump is these days. So am I sad that 200 people were wasted in "boat strikes" that targeted narcos? Why were they in those boats, in the first place? Obvious. But I am very sad about civilians killed in Mexico as cartels hit back. Have the media talked about those in length? 🏛🗽🏛
TENNIS is Peace. Sports is Peace. Meanwhile, I do get Marta Kostyuk’s tearful words following her French Open QF victory against fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. Marta noted the match was played the morning after deadly bombings in Kyiv, stating her goal was to use her platform so the world does not "get used to this terrible life.” I do understand. But let me just say...
Nobody gets used to war-pummeled terrible life. The Russian people are easy victims of this 4-year war as well. You see, while Vladimir Putin was cooling out, after a visit to Beijing (on the heels of President Trump’s trip), Volodymyr Zelensky ordered a vicious drone attack in Russia. So Russia responded.
Anyhow, this crisis should not translate in the sports arena. I am sorry to say, Ms Kostyuk, that this is NOT the platform. Instead, this venue should quietly inspire or bridge peace. So what do we expect from her semifinals match tomorrow with Russia’s Mirra Andreeva? The tennis equivalent of the Ukraine/Russia war? There is no protagonist or antagonist here. This is sports. You win, you lose–then you shake hands. Peace! (Visual: Basel Peace Office.) 🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦
WHAT is “lost” or has considerably subsided or lessened in just a few years? Human engagement. Or person to person interaction. These days, people are more impatient, unfriendly, distrustful, and worse, (politically) hateful. The internet is a major culprit as we spend more time seated and indoors, alone or with just our family? Which also widens the divide in society, of course.
Meanwhile, foreigners are more stereotyped, it’d seem. In case you look like you just crossed the border illegally, you could be easily suspected as pushing fentanyl or planning to climb up someone’s window. The “interaction activity” is gone, when peeps like me engage whites, blacks, browns, yellows, reds etcetera in a more open-minded conversation.
Moreover, most “aliens” act and react based on their cultural conditioning back home. I myself had to (frantically) translate English to Tagalog to English “instantly” while in a face to face conversation. I (quietly) panic. I have certainly “forgotten” how to “communicate” with Americans, though I have immensely improved my relationship with dogs and cats. 🙀😿😾
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