Seven Wyoming newspapers were about to be shut. They were given a second life Guardian: Wyoming saw a resurrection last week. Eight small towns across the vast rural state were reeling from the gut punch of the abrupt closures of their newspapers just a week earlier. Staff had woken up to an email from News Media Corporation (NMC) announcing the immediate closures of the printing presses. The scene was not unique. According to the Local News Initiative, 3,200 local news outlets have vanished across the US since 2005. An estimated 55 million Americans do not have access to a local news source. Before the Wyoming residents were nearly added to the growing lists of news deserts, a miracle came. A group of Wyoming news executives stepped into the fold, buying eight of the papers – seven in Wyoming, and one just across the border in Nebraska. -- nordy
Pulse nightclub memorial crosswalk painted over in ‘cruel political act’ New York Daily News: A rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub in Florida was painted over by state officials in the early hours of Thursday, in a move criticized by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer as a “cruel political act.” The crosswalk was installed in 2017 as part of a memorial honoring the victims of the June 2016 mass shooting, when a gunman opened fire during the LGBTQ club’s popular Latin-themed night, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50. -- nordy
‘Flying blind’: Trump strips government of expertise at a high-stakes moment NYT Analysis: For decades, American presidents have relied on the expertise of foreign policy professionals to help guide them through tricky negotiations in high-stakes conflicts around the globe. President Donald Trump has taken a different approach toward such experts: He’s fired them. Now, as Trump tries to navigate perhaps the trickiest negotiation of his presidency — ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine — he is doing so after having stripped away much of the infrastructure designed to inform him about President Vladimir Putin of Russia and to keep the United States from being outmaneuvered or even duped. “They’re flying blind without the expertise,” said Evelyn N. Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. -- nordy
Had a doctor's appointment today - cardiologist. The aide settled me in an exam room and I sat there for over an hour. The doctor never came in. I opened the door to ask the aide what's going on, and there- in the end of the hallway is the Dr. I was *supposed* to see yukking it up with a co-worker. I walked out and told them not to bill me because I never saw the Dr. And I told them not to book any more appointments with *any* of their Doctors. Went down to the 1st floor and got a call from some *other* Dr. trying to tell me MY Doctor just "went into the wrong room" which is an ABSOLUTE LIE because I SAW HER! I managed to singe their feathers without uttering even one curse word, which is monumental for me. Susan
Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice. For them, empathy is a cudgel for the left: It can manipulate caring people into accepting all manner of sins according to a conservative Christian perspective, including abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights, illegal immigration and certain views on social and racial justice. -- nordy
Well, i am no expert on such things, but was under the impression that Jesus said something like "do unto others as you would have them do unto you, " and that it was considered conservative Christianity to do as he said. ----Alan
Seven Wyoming newspapers were about to be shut. They were given a second life
ReplyDeleteGuardian: Wyoming saw a resurrection last week.
Eight small towns across the vast rural state were reeling from the gut punch of the abrupt closures of their newspapers just a week earlier. Staff had woken up to an email from News Media Corporation (NMC) announcing the immediate closures of the printing presses.
The scene was not unique. According to the Local News Initiative, 3,200 local news outlets have vanished across the US since 2005. An estimated 55 million Americans do not have access to a local news source.
Before the Wyoming residents were nearly added to the growing lists of news deserts, a miracle came. A group of Wyoming news executives stepped into the fold, buying eight of the papers – seven in Wyoming, and one just across the border in Nebraska. -- nordy
Pulse nightclub memorial crosswalk painted over in ‘cruel political act’
ReplyDeleteNew York Daily News: A rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub in Florida was painted over by state officials in the early hours of Thursday, in a move criticized by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer as a “cruel political act.”
The crosswalk was installed in 2017 as part of a memorial honoring the victims of the June 2016 mass shooting, when a gunman opened fire during the LGBTQ club’s popular Latin-themed night, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50. -- nordy
‘Flying blind’: Trump strips government of expertise at a high-stakes moment
ReplyDeleteNYT Analysis:
For decades, American presidents have relied on the expertise of foreign policy professionals to help guide them through tricky negotiations in high-stakes conflicts around the globe.
President Donald Trump has taken a different approach toward such experts: He’s fired them.
Now, as Trump tries to navigate perhaps the trickiest negotiation of his presidency — ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine — he is doing so after having stripped away much of the infrastructure designed to inform him about President Vladimir Putin of Russia and to keep the United States from being outmaneuvered or even duped.
“They’re flying blind without the expertise,” said Evelyn N. Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. -- nordy
susan
ReplyDeleteTrump wants nobody with intelligence around because it emphasizes his complete lack. Susan
DeleteGot it in one.
DeleteHi, Susan!
Holy Cow! It worked once. Susan
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteGlad to see you here.
Had a doctor's appointment today - cardiologist. The aide settled me in an exam room and I sat there for over an hour. The doctor never came in. I opened the door to ask the aide what's going on, and there- in the end of the hallway is the Dr. I was *supposed* to see yukking it up with a co-worker. I walked out and told them not to bill me because I never saw the Dr. And I told them not to book any more appointments with *any* of their Doctors. Went down to the 1st floor and got a call from some *other* Dr. trying to tell me MY Doctor just "went into the wrong room" which is an ABSOLUTE LIE because I SAW HER! I managed to singe their feathers without uttering even one curse word, which is monumental for me. Susan
ReplyDeleteWell done!
DeleteSusan, you have a lot of chutzpah! Nice to see you. -- nordy
ReplyDeleteCan empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can
ReplyDeleteEmpathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice.
For them, empathy is a cudgel for the left: It can manipulate caring people into accepting all manner of sins according to a conservative Christian perspective, including abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights, illegal immigration and certain views on social and racial justice. -- nordy
Well, i am no expert on such things, but was under the impression that Jesus said something like "do unto others as you would have them do unto you, " and that it was considered conservative Christianity to do as he said.
Delete----Alan
I agree completely. After all, that's what Jesus said. -- nordy
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