World Views

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/ ... ationwide/

"Burger King is the first chain to offer Impossible Foods breakfast sausage"

Interestingly, with "sausage" typically ground-up pig stuff and spices,
this plant-based lab-created sausage is not such a remote concept!
OMG! Faux sausage seems to have more appeal than the real deal.

Caveat: Be mindful of levels of sodium, fat, and preservatives.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 456749002/

"The Supreme Court has confirmed the simple but profoundly American idea that every human being should be treated
with respect and dignity – that everyone should be able to live openly, proudly, as their true selves without fear"

This suggests, when interviewed for employment, the prospective employee must present their true self,
"The You Presented In Consultation At Law" (TYPICAL). In other words, the employer must not be surprised later
with a Private YOU (as in Private/Public) since all of YOU effectively represent the company once employed.

The TYPICAL YOU, knowingly presented, might be recorded (video, etc.) and witnessed;
failure to present your true self would create legal justification for your later dismissal.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://noqreport.com/2020/06/15/oans-j ... oing-lies/

"According to mainstream media, The CHAZ is more like a version of Coachella with live music and street art, a truly festive atmosphere. As Posobiec reported, 'mostly true … during the day when mainstream media’s cameras are rolling. At night, a completely different story.' "

The public gets to choose between the media's version and the real version.
"Peaceful protesting" as different as day and night!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/iowa-hig ... art-season

"Iowa high school baseball team kneels during national anthem to start season"

Perhaps a shortened version of the national anthem should be played whenever kneeling occurs,
followed by a minute of silence ... since this kneeling is such a call for attention. Thereafter, fans decide
how long to permit this alternate tradition.

Rod

[Amigoo]

this kneeling is such a call for attention

There's lotsa room to embellish this symbolism ...
such as kneeling on both knees to elevate protest
from political statement to religious affirmation.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 197160001/

"The NBA rulebook states that 'players, coaches and trainers must stand and line up in a dignified posture
along the foul lines' during the national anthem, which the league adopted in 1981."

Interesting dilemma for sports that have always been controlled by rules!
.. and making such protest both anti-sport and anti-government?

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/221 ... ing-events

"Why Do We Sing the National Anthem at Sporting Events?"

This historical association with patriotism hints than kneeling (as anti-government protest)
is unpatriotic and misplaced expression in venues (sports) that have been promoted historically
as non-political events.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.debka.com/coronavirus-hits- ... he-summer/

"Total coronavirus deaths in the US were close to 116,000 on Friday ...

... far more than any other country, with hospitals reporting a shortage of intensive care beds.
Some resurgent cases of the 2,09 million are accounted for by increased testing and the crowding (during)
widespread protests, but the reopening of the economy certainly boosted a second wave of covid-19 in June."

With this coronavirus determined (engineered?) to infect as many people as possible,
controlling the rate of infection seems the only practical response, requiring a compromise
between lockdown/quarantine and better health practices (aka "citizen participation").

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://townhall.com/columnists/marinam ... e-n2570674

"Atlanta Wendy's Officer Shooting: Justified Use of Force"

"Justified use of force" according to police training for the obvious DUI offense
and subsequent resistance to apprehension, but also suggesting that deadly force
could still be avoided with different apprehension/training.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heal ... SKBN23N1VP

"The results suggest that one death would be prevented by treatment with dexamethasone among every eight ventilated COVID-19 patients"

Not outstanding benefit, but certainly appreciated by the "one in eight" and their family/friends.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -Iowa.html

"The players were dubbed both 'patriots' and 'traitors' in equal measure."

50/50 (approve/disapprove) is a starting point for compromise,
but risks loss of support* for sports if compromise isn't reached soon ...
especially at the national level.

* Now that thousands of businesses have failed because of the coronavirus,
even a sports business cannot afford to alienate any paying customers.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN23N1NL

"More than a century of oil and gas drilling has left behind millions of abandoned wells, many of which are leaching pollutants into the air and water. And drilling companies are likely to abandon many more wells due to bankruptcies, as oil prices struggle to recover from historic lows after the coronavirus pandemic crushed global fuel demand"

"Millions" is lotsa holes in the ground, with many like FAT straws spewing greenhouse gasses!
Another wedge for the pie chart showing significant sources of these emissions.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... amage.html

"as many as 45 percent of people infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, never have traditional signs such as coughing, fever or shortness of breath ... more than half of asymptomatic patients had CT scans with signs of serious lung damage."

More "it's not typical flu" evidence about this unique coronavirus.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 197200001/

"The country group formerly known as Lady Antebellum will keep its new name, Lady A,
after connecting with blues singer Anita White who has been using that same name for more than 20 years"

Grammatically, "Let's give it up for The Ladies A!"
would be the correct way to announce any joint stage appearance
... or "Let's give a big hand to The Ladies A!"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-getti ... 51594.html

Long story short: The virus is in the air, caused by people who are infected,
probably asymptomatic, and probably not wearing a mask.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politi ... ling-back/

"As the number of Florida coronavirus cases continue to climb and after his own administration announced that those who work
at elder care facilities must now be tested, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he’s not considering another shutdown."

This seems the more likely response by states to a second wave of the coronavirus
and giving new perspective for those at risk: "herd instinct" vs "herd immunity".

In other words, stay close to the herd that has good instinct about how to stay safe,
keeping generous social distance from the herd that doesn't. And those not at risk
are more likely to be in the herd that doesn't.

Minimal use of masks by customers and minimal enforcement by stores
identifies the coronavirus wildebeast jungles 'n plains.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/20 ... 204562001/

"I'se in town, honey!" but retired and incognito now.

With most white people having perceived this Aunt Jemima as their loving black grandma,
it's unsettling to see her forced off the advertising page. But such symbolism is under attack now.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/20 ... rance.html

"But where is the condemnation of the vandalization of our historic artistic heritage by mobs tearing down statues,
rather than following democratic processes and getting them removed to museums or less public display areas,
which would be a perfectly reasonable solution to offense taken at honoring heroes of the Confederacy?"

On the other hand, rewriting history has been the more therapeutic solution by some countries.

Rod

[Sandy]

Re: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/20 ... rance.html

"But where is the condemnation of the vandalization of our historic artistic heritage by mobs tearing down statues,
rather than following democratic processes and getting them removed to museums or less public display areas,
which would be a perfectly reasonable solution to offense taken at honoring heroes of the Confederacy?"

On the other hand, rewriting history has been the more therapeutic solution by some countries.

Rod

I have to ask myself why the United States honoured these so called "heros of the confederacy" with statues all those years ago in the first place. They were in reality trying to break apart the country. Thank God they didn't succeed in their nefarious plan.
Makes no sense ????

xxSandy

[Amigoo]

They were "Heros of the Confederacy", intent on preserving the South's values and customs,
probably honored to begin healing the country after the divisive Civil War.

That the statues still remain suggests that the South is still healing ...
and that another Civil War might yet occur.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/ ... 345984.php

"Six months into a pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 people globally, scientists are still trying to understand
the wildly variable nature of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus."

"People who have little history of viral infections tend to have more severe reactions when they get infected later in life."

Perhaps because their immune systems have not been fine-tuned to help control this unique coronavirus ...
and because the immune response is much more aggressive, causing organ damage.

Rod

[Amigoo]

That the statues still remain suggests that the South is still healing ...
and that another Civil War might yet occur.

While Civil War is hardly likely, there seems rising public sensitivity that
certain leaders are permitting lawlessness to be the solution to problems,
a lawlessness that might cause another term for this President.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/07/j ... -backlash/

Twitter can be such a quarrelsome platform to nitpick commentary
that even "men" in menstruate is now due for lively discussion!

... or consider a reverse logic nitpick:
"Not all people who menstruate are women."
"Not all women who menstruate are people."

In my experience, "twitter" is what happens when the brain
first releases thoughts to one's consciousness. That it's oft
shared as communication bespeaks "mind menstruation".

Rod ... ... (headin' to the hills)

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... d-DUI.html

"Brooks was on probation for four crimes - including cruelty to children -
and faced going back to prison if charged with a DUI"

Better explains Brook's determined resistance to apprehension,
but also suggests that such resistance should have been expected ...
with more cautious apprehension.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... sters.html

"700 white counter-protesters armed with rifles, handguns and baseball bats"

Probably a good time to stop encouraging/supporting aggressive protest ...
since counter-protesters need little encouragement, given increasing heat of summer,
months-long coronavirus frustrations, seriously weakened economy, and political bickering.

A second and greater wave of the coronavirus might be what's needed
... and appears to have unintended societal support already!

Rod