The missing link in the narratives of Trump’s America and Putin’s Russia
I live in Russia. You might have heard about the protests taking place lately against President Putin. Literally, tens of thousands, all over the country, are coming out in support of the now-imprisoned Aleksey Navalny, the head of the opposition.
Russia’s main television station, channel 1 — ORT — is telling us that these protestors were actually paid by the American Embassy: Oh my God, that’s unbelievable, many Russians say. And, almost without a doubt, it is.
I have been here for over two decades now. When I first came after grad school to pursue a public-health project for which…
Is usually exactly what we don’t need to know
Do you ever get the sense when you watch CNN they are telling you what you already know — over and over and over? The only thing that changes is the lead anchor for the hour, the line up of “experts” invited in to parrot the same; and, of course, a different blend of human emotion will be manipulated to restructure the “news” we already know — making it seem like : uh, I hadn’t thought of that.
I have noticed this; and, the thing that really brought it home to me was when I went onto CNN looking for…
A real discussion as to why he was kneeling could’ve healed so much but instead…
On August 26, 2016, Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem. When asked the next day why he had done so, his answer was simple:
I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color,” he told NFL Media in an interview after the game. “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder (Kaepernick sat Before He Kneeled).
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Satisfying customers comes at a cost to employees — but employees have no other choice.
There has been a lot of talk about the increasingly large role that warehouses are playing in the context of the American workforce. As the decline of traditional, or brick & mortar, retail accelerates because of the coronavirus, the Amazon fulfillment centers (FCs) have come under fire for being super spreader work environments.
Without a doubt, I will say that they are spreading Covid-19 but not because they want; but because they can’t help themselves. Let’s take a closer look.
While my background as a c-level executive in leading retail and e-commerce companies enables me to offer an educated opinion…
A national reckoning will be undertaken
Standing on the edge, the tips of my shoes balance me on the railing — I may have gone too far forward and so pulling myself back seems unlikely. Leaping is the only way forward.
Survival be damned, the consequences of my act are mine and mine alone: the deep, turbulent waters of Lake Assumption await. This article is based on the assumption that Donald Trump loses his bid for re-election.
On the day after the world accepts that Donald Trump has lost, the defaced American flags with his scowl won’t go away but will likely increase. The defaced American…
A look at some upcoming, and very important Q dates
Uh-oh, spaghetti-o, another “big date” comes. and passes; and, the classification for little Donnie remains the same: dethroned madman sitting sipping furiously on Diet Cokes in Florida.
Worked up into a frothy mess of lunacy, and just downright ignorance, the adherents to the Q conspiracy keep getting screwed over by the founders. One part of me, the part that in more-caffeinated moments likens myself to Mother Theresa, feels badly for the Q followers. If you think about it, really, what went so terribly wrong in life that formerly-sane people begin to believe all of that Q shit?
Sure, some of…
Rightwingers are very susceptible to zombification and we must oblige
On September 11–12, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya four Americans were killed in an assault on the American diplomatic compound. If you are a Republican, you probably have a matching set of pajamas and bed sheets you pull out every once in a while — like for when guests come over. You make up the couch, or guest room, with those “patriotic” zingers.
At first the attack was blamed on a spontaneous protest over an offensive video, but it was later upgraded to a “spontaneous one that provoked militants who had been planning to attack.” Those militants seized the moment once…
The rest of America gets gloves-off capitalism
Have you ever noticed how Republicans nearly slip into speaking tongues when warning about the dangers of “socialism.” A visitor from another planet would think that the Democrats are the party of Marx and Engels.
Ranting endlessly about how so-and-so is a closeted socialist, any policy, or idea a Democrat has, is deemed, without even consideration of its merits, “socialist garbage.” President Obama’s initial proposal for universal health care was actually identical to a proposal made by The Heritage Foundation in 1994 — we all know how Republicans reacted.
The Republican aversion to socialism reminds me of those conservative pastors…
CPAC has taken us back to January 5th and the next day could be worse than it already was
Part of me wants to let it go. Just let Trump, and his kind of crazy, fade into the background. Let the displays of stupid devolve into just the ramblings of a bunch of lunatics who can’t accept defeat.
Actually, I need to move on with life, and pretend that DOTUS (Dotard of the US) actually accepted his loss, and defying all the odds, chose to follow tradition and remove himself for a while from our political white noise.
But I can’t — we can’t. He can’t.
The nation is broken more so today than at any time in our…
The hyper-politicization of our health care system kills us in ways we never imagined
Have you ever felt that “adrenaline rush” when you get angry? People call it a “flash of anger,” or liken it to the boiling of blood. The unseen, but surely felt, physiological happenings caused by the rush of adrenaline are reactions everyone of us have experienced.
When reacting to a stressful situation, the body releases the hormone “adrenaline.” Entering into the blood stream, the body is warned to prepare itself to fight, or to take flight. At this moment, everyone’s blood pressure rises — we have all felt this. …
Brian Kean
A writer, a father and a student of history, the past holds the answers to today’s problems. “Be curious, not judgmental,” at least until you have all the facts
