In roughly a century and a half, our nation and culture have changed quite a lot. Our sensibilities are considerably different: more modern, more mindful of the plight of other peoples, using a different approach to other peoples entirely.
The authoritarian axis has not changed its approach at all. This tale of the Russian Empire’s exploits in Alaska contains all the elements of empires throughout history. It’s all about subjugation, domination, and—if those fail—cultural and genetic eradication.
Our clickbait politics that wants us to stay engaged in the Punch & Judy show fighting among ourselves keeps us from focusing on the real enemies.
Weekend rant. I happened upon an NPR broadcast about a woman's experience and the whole story, which happened some time in the past, was told in the present tense. Am I the only one driven crazy by this? I find it so lazy.
I read an NPR piece about migrants showing up at our southern borders and in the title it said something like "here's why." It went on to mention the stories of a couple of immigrants but more time and space was given to US policies. The question was not answered and I felt like commenting (didn't see a way to do it) to say they are coming out of desperation and hope, and that with the exception of those of us whose ancestors are Native Americans or were brought here as slaves, is that not true of all of us? I keep thinking about the level of desperation that would drive someone to make the extraordinarily difficult (what an understatement) journey in hopes of a better life.
PS: I am assuming the hand pain is arthritis...
I am still having issues with my laptop and Desktop, I am blaming Google...they made some changes and they have screwed up all kinds of stuff on y computers...especially my game I play and right now the best I can do is I have to reinstall it every time I leave it....sigh The tech guys at the game site had be screenshot some data from Google that records problems and solutions. They are still looking at it.
It' can't be the laptop, which I thought was finally dying, because same problem on desktop. The speed is also really slow, it isn't my internet speed tested that and it is fine