World Views

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-new-y ... ore-report

"Along with the criticisms George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt have faced in recent weeks,
the Times reported the condemnation from Native Americans since the monument was built on indigenous land."

Never mentioned in these laments about racism in the distant past, is that leaders targeted
had millions of enablers (probably of different races) for decades

If your ancestors were not against racism, then they were for it ... apparently.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/us/tuscaloosa-covid-parties

"College students in Alabama who contracted the coronavirus have been attending COVID-19 parties over the past few weeks as part of a game to intentionally infect others ... They put money in a pot and they try to get COVID ... Whoever gets COVID first gets the pot."

Unless they're testing frequently, they won't know who gets the virus first (most recently infected are asymptomatic).
Nonetheless, Darwin must be smilin' from beyond that even college students today compete for the least fittest.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

"extraordinary finale at a British racetrack as four horses sweep past the line together,
with a nose the winning margin"

How the horse's head is positioned seems to determine the winner
(thus not a fair race), butt that horse's rump is indeed ahead.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/v ... in-the-90s

"Rapper Vanilla Ice is set to perform at a 2,500-capacity concert in Texas on Friday
despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state."

"The 90s were the best. We didn’t have coronavirus, or cell phones, or computers.
we had 5.0‘s, blockbuster, Beavis and Butthead ..."

Mysterious logic (that no coronavirus in the 90s justifies a concert now).
The many determined 4th of July celebrations predict a coronavirus surge in 2-3 weeks.
"Let's herd the herd!" seems the new mantra (hasten exposure to create herd immunity).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.yahoo.com/style/mum-donates ... 41472.html

"A mum who donated 65 litres of breast milk to help other mothers, has opened up about the unusual requests
she’s received from men wanting her to nurse them."

She could have insisted that these men wear diapers, butt some would have wanted that treatment also (or instead).


Re: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-life ... t-20046350

"It's also important to note that your breast milk changes to meet your baby's needs. Breast milk expressed when a baby is a newborn
won't as completely meet the same baby's needs when he or she is a few months older."

This also suggests that donated breast milk will probably have different nutrients* than the milk
the baby would have received from its mother (but nutritional enough when "no breast milk" was the option).

* See also: https://www.verywellfamily.com/immunogl ... ilk-431993

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.healthline.com/health/coron ... ion-period

"incubation period for the novel coronavirus is somewhere between 2 to 14 days after exposure."

"more than 97 percent of people who contract SARS-CoV-2 show symptoms within 11.5 days of exposure"

"average incubation period seems to be around 5 days." (symptoms appear later, if at all)

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hong ... SKBN2431EM

"One financial analyst who was arranging a meeting in a café said it might need to be held somewhere more private
if the conversation included the new security law. 'Walls have ears now,' he said."

Secure conversation areas (or techniques) will now become ubiquitous in Hong Kong,
probably with use of impromptu codes or euphemisms for some discussions.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump- ... obs-report

"touts jobs report at press briefing: 'Our economy is roaring back' "

However, national (and world) news still indicates a big Meow! (if that loud).
What is roaring back are people getting out and about, many sans masks.

Rod

[happyrain]

Yes, the news keeps suggesting that this virus will continue spreading
regardless of lockdowns, quarantines, masks, prayers, or whatever!
Some will die! Many will live! "Deal with it!" Sayeth the news.

Yes, time to cut the cord (to the internet) and read a book,
like: "3000 Spanish Words They Won't Teach You In School".

Rod

[Amigoo]

Yes, time to cut the cord (to the internet) and read a book,
like: "3000 Spanish Words They Won't Teach You In School".

... probably because you learn those words (not these words) from life itself.

"Carajo!" I now see that some of those words are included with these words ...
and making this my first coronavirus-era Spanish word!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/rem ... day-fired/

"The Harvard graduate who said in a TikTok video that she would 'stab' anyone who told her 'All Lives Matter'
revealed in a new pair of recordings that she has lost her job over the perceived threats and ensuing furor."

More evidence that, in this era of heightened tensions,
emotive outbursts are best kept offline ... and away from the media.
She probably didn't mean it, but her words could incite others.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/peti ... f-boyardee

"Petition calls for Cleveland statue of Christopher Columbus to be replaced by Chef Boyardee"

"(Ettore) Boirardi emigrated from Italy at age 16, later moving to Cleveland and opening a restaurant, WKYC reports. His sauce was so popular
that he began bottling it for sale, which grew to become the Chef Boyardee brand of pasta and sauces today."

"immigrant success story who enriched our community with his food and iconic mustache."

Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Boiardi

"Boiardi sold his products under the brand name 'Chef Boy-Ar-Dee' because non-Italians
could not manage the pronunciation, including his own sales force"

Iconic promotion of food by real people is popular ...
unless you're Aunt Jemima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima

"Descendants of Aunt Jemima models Lillian Richard and Anna Short Harrington objected to the change. Vera Harris, a family historian for Richard's family, stated, 'I wish we would take a breath and not just get rid of everything. Because good or bad, it is our history.' Harrington's great-grandson Larnell Evans stated 'This is an injustice for me and my family. This is part of my history.' "

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/289 ... e-nickname

"Washington Football Team Asked by Stadium Sponsor FedEx to Change Nickname"

" 'It's just historical truths, and I'd like them to understand, as I think most do,
that the name really means honor, respect,' Snyder said"

A good transition name: "The Legend" from "Native American Legend".

Rod

[Amigoo]

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

"Polyamorous relationships are legalized in Massachusetts city, receiving the same rights as couples in domestic partnerships
as concerned residents hope to visit loved ones in hospitals who have the coronavirus"

Apparently, the law refers more to non-marital relationships of two or three people -
not to the rich guy who partners with Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
... with unscheduled weekends.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-la ... virus-fast

"In Arizona, half of all positive cases are people from the ages of 20 to 44, according to state data. The median age in Florida is 37, down from 65 in March. In Texas’s Hays County, people in their 20s make up 50% of the victims."

Since the virus has not mutated to favor younger people, one explanation may be that the "at risk" crowd is finally practicing good protection, but the virus is more widespread and younger people are getting repeated exposure because of less concern about infection.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 364847002/

"Finnish Air Force removes swastika from logo after 100 years"

"The swastika dates back thousands of years and is a religious icon. However, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party
began using it in the 1920s, and it has ever since been associated with Nazism."

Hitler usurped this ancient geometric pattern, tainting it so much that, even today, use of it is assumed to represent Nazism.
Now, with the world's focus on all symbolism tainted with past racism, the baby has to be "tossed out with the bath water"
(there is no justification for symbols/symbolism even slightly associated with terribly taboo taint).

"Guilty until proven innocent." is this era's widely popular mantra.
Even the Pacific "Ring of Fire" appears to be activating volcanoes
to receive the sacrificial maidens for all taboo atonement.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boei ... SKBN24334J

"Boeing Co’s communications chief Niel Golightly abruptly resigned on Thursday, following an employee’s complaint
over an article the former U.S. military pilot wrote 33 years ago arguing women should not serve in combat."

Obviously, religion's compassion and forgiveness has been shelved for the current era
... or marginalized by such popular biting of the past now remembered.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/us/what- ... index.html

"There's no evidence that any of what QAnon claims is factual.​

"Followers make unfounded claims and then amplify them with doctored or out-of-context evidence
posted on social media to support the allegations.

A group dedicated to promotion of counter-point (or intentional misinformation)
is good evidence that ANYTHING posted online now probably needs verification.

"Like Q & A?" Yes, but not Q & Anon ... apparently.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2020/07 ... in-church/

"California has banned singing in any indoor religious services, even with masks on"

Reasonable Plan B ...
Play audio of singing, but choir and congregation only mouth the words.
"Silent singing" might soon become popular coronavirus adaptation.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.studyfinds.org/dog-years-ju ... man-years/

" 'one dog year equals seven human years' rule-of-thumb is flawed because dogs don’t age at the same rate as humans.
The study says canines age much faster when they’re young, but then slow down at about seven years-old."

"a new scale which shows a one-year-old dog’s genes are already closer to a 30-year-old human. As a dog’s aging starts to slow, a four-year-old pup is similar to a 52-year-old person. By the time a dog is in their teens, they’re closer to a 70-year-old person instead of a 100-year-old"

So, what's the scale now? 70/15 (human/dog)?
Maybe, since a 13 year old dog wouold be 61.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-glob ... SKBN2441C7

"Griggs of the NAACP said that the civil rights group has consulted with stone masons who said
it would cost about $300,000 to $400,000 to remove the towering images."

" 'Take it down,' he said. 'Restore the mountain to its original condition.' "

Well, not exactly ... since restoration to original condition would be a miracle
like the resurrection of Lazarus, with so much rock having been carved away.
Faux rock putty might be best.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/ ... e-toppled/

Sometimes you just gotta go out and destroy something to soothe your rage
... and toppling statues - any statue - can be so soothing! ... apparently.

And police are happy that rage is being soothed without confrontation.
There may be an app that identifes toppling candidates.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://news.trust.org/item/20200703172008-hnudk

" 'It's no big deal though. We have spoken about this many times, and our position is clear,' said Putin,
who has sought to distance Russia from liberal Western values and aligned himself with the Russian Orthodox Church."

"Yes, we passed a law banning the propaganda of homosexuality among minors. So what? Let people grow up,
become adults and then decide their own destinies."

"Putin said during the campaign to change the constitution that he would not let the traditional notion
of a mother and father be subverted by what he called 'parent number 1' and 'parent number 2' ".

How intriguing that Putin should now be the leader of traditional family values.

Rod

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Re: https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/trump-ann ... an-heroes/

"announces creation of ‘National Garden’ with statues of 'greatest Americans' "

An interesting solution to the current attempt to erase or rewrite history.
Seems fair that "greatest" refers to a country's historical perception - not modern perception -
since even imperfect perception provides another stepping stone to "a more perfect union"*.

* https://constitutioncenter.org/interact ... n/preamble

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://w3.blaylockwellness.com/Health/ ... ffee-Trial

"coffee is chock full of keep-you-healthy from head-to-toe antioxidants and hundreds of health boosting compounds.
They’re so powerful they could boost your memory, lower your risk of diabetes and cancer, stop pain and send colds and flu packing.

"it’s the #1 source of antioxidants in the American diet. No wonder medical doctors and researchers around the world
call coffee the new superfood. Your cup of java is good for your brain, heart, sinuses, lungs, skin, mood and so much more! "

Caveat: Like the decades-maligned egg,
how coffee is prepared and what's added to it can marginalize its health benefits.

Rod