Today's predicted high is 65. In the 60s abd 70s for the next four days, then a couple of 90-degree days early next week before it falls back inot the seventies.
Election day in Georgia. Cloudy and humid, but not raining. It's only the primary. Twelve years ago, I was the only person holding a sign near the polling site. Today, two blacks of signe and a half dozen wavers.
China Is Doing Biden’s Work for Him [Click] “As in Europe, where Vladimir Putin’s assault is uniting the region against him, so too in Asia is an aggressive Beijing entrenching American power.” Part of the story, anyway.
Oh, dear God. Another elementary school shooting, and 18 2nd-3rd-4th are dead as well as one adult. The 18 year old gunman is also dead. He bought TWO assault rifles and started out by shooting his grandmother. If you haven't heard President Biden's words about it, look for it. He spoke well. What he didn't say that we need him to say are the words "executive order."
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CNN: Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, criticized President Biden's response to Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. "I hear a lot of people talking about Joe Biden's personal life and the horrible personal loss he's endured that obviously makes him a compassionate leader. But what does Joe Biden's personal life have to do with the fact that there is currently a product that is being marketed to Americans by Republican senators and congressmen — and by Mr. Joe Manchin, who is a Democrat —You've got these guns that are being sold to Americans and sown into the American narrative as if they stand for freedom," Kasky said on CNN. He added that he appreciates the empathy that Biden displays but said the address was a disappointment for Americans who advocate for gun safety. "Joe Biden goes up there and talks about how it's horrible to lose a family member ... and says that it's bad that mass violence happens. It's great that he thinks it's bad. But I can tell you that gun control organizers, people who believe in gun safety, common-sense gun safety laws, around the country were waiting to hear the words 'executive order' and instead we heard the words, essentially, thoughts and prayers," Kasky added. Kasky noted that mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States. "There's a new one every single day. And that's on a good day, because on the bad days there's quite a few," he said. "These students are going to go back into school soon and they are going to live lives and have childhoods and early adulthoods that are completely informed by this tragedy. From what I've seen with Parkland and with all these other horrible shootings, it changes people forever," he added.
It feels warmer this morning. Predicted high temperatures:
ReplyDeleteToday 99F, Wed. 103, Th. 99, Fri. 92, Sat. 88, Sun. 85, Mon. 85, Mon. 85, T 92, Wed. 97, Th 94.
——Alan
Today's predicted high is 65. In the 60s abd 70s for the next four days, then a couple of 90-degree days early next week before it falls back inot the seventies.
DeleteElection day in Georgia. Cloudy and humid, but not raining.
ReplyDeleteIt's only the primary. Twelve years ago, I was the only person holding a sign near the polling site. Today, two blacks of signe and a half dozen wavers.
When Your Vote Doesn’t Matter, Try Switching Ballots [Click] Hmmmm….. it’s a plausible idea in certain rare circumstances, I suppose. But how is one to recognize those circumstances?
ReplyDeleteNo Atheist Has Done This Much Damage to the Christian Faith [Click] “Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention reportedly chose to protect their denomination by hiding abuse—and then attempted to destroy the victims.”
China Is Doing Biden’s Work for Him [Click] “As in Europe, where Vladimir Putin’s assault is uniting the region against him, so too in Asia is an aggressive Beijing entrenching American power.” Part of the story, anyway.
---Alan
Nancy Pelosi Reacts To Archbishop Denying Her Communion Over Her Abortion Stance [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe reference to Matthew 25 was [unsurprisingly] obscure to me, To be honest, Matthew 25 always struck me as inscrutable; but this news report seems to clarify its meaning somewhat.
---Alan
Oh, dear God. Another elementary school shooting, and 18 2nd-3rd-4th are dead as well as one adult. The 18 year old gunman is also dead. He bought TWO assault rifles and started out by shooting his grandmother. If you haven't heard President Biden's words about it, look for it. He spoke well. What he didn't say that we need him to say are the words "executive order."
ReplyDelete21 now dead.
DeleteSenator Chris Murphy on the Senate floor demanding to know "What are we doing?!"
ReplyDeleteHe sure has the right to speak out.
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ReplyDelete"...our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that
have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies.”
~ Barack Obama
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CNN: Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, criticized President Biden's response to Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
ReplyDelete"I hear a lot of people talking about Joe Biden's personal life and the horrible personal loss he's endured that obviously makes him a compassionate leader. But what does Joe Biden's personal life have to do with the fact that there is currently a product that is being marketed to Americans by Republican senators and congressmen — and by Mr. Joe Manchin, who is a Democrat —You've got these guns that are being sold to Americans and sown into the American narrative as if they stand for freedom," Kasky said on CNN.
He added that he appreciates the empathy that Biden displays but said the address was a disappointment for Americans who advocate for gun safety.
"Joe Biden goes up there and talks about how it's horrible to lose a family member ... and says that it's bad that mass violence happens. It's great that he thinks it's bad. But I can tell you that gun control organizers, people who believe in gun safety, common-sense gun safety laws, around the country were waiting to hear the words 'executive order' and instead we heard the words, essentially, thoughts and prayers," Kasky added.
Kasky noted that mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States.
"There's a new one every single day. And that's on a good day, because on the bad days there's quite a few," he said. "These students are going to go back into school soon and they are going to live lives and have childhoods and early adulthoods that are completely informed by this tragedy. From what I've seen with Parkland and with all these other horrible shootings, it changes people forever," he added.