Sunday, July 14, 2024

Message to My Readers 071424

 

The last update to this blog was posted on December 25, 2023.  In the past seven months, a lot has happened, much of which is documented in this blog update.

 

During this period, I continued with the chemotherapy sessions, which were completed about three months ago.  So far, my CT scans are okay.  I was recently in the hospital twice, once for a bowel obstruction and once for an infection.  I’m doing fine right now.

 

This blog update is about 510 pages of links to the news covering the last six and a half months.  They appear in the categories listed below, including Veterans; Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination; Economics and Coronavirus; Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education; Ecology and Pollution and Climate Change; Politics and Coronavirus; Politics; Terrorism; Military; and General and Miscellaneous (includes spirituality, music, etc.).   Don’t forget to click on the items in the column on the right to open the pages for those categories.  Then, click on the link to each article for details pertaining to that headline.

 

The war of resistance by Ukraine against the Russian invasion about 30 months ago continues.  It appears that when hostilities end, Ukraine will become a member of NATO.  Russian losses seem to be significantly higher than Ukranian losses.  Millions of refugees have resulted from the war.

 

The world is in a great struggle to determine if the dominant form of government will be authoritarianism or democracy.  Even here in the United States, long known as the world’s beacon of democracy, there is a question about whether democracy can survive without another civil war.  It must be noted that democracy is not a spectator sport; rather, one must participate in the democratic process by supporting your preferred candidates and legislative initiatives and voting in every election.    

 

We must continue to resist tyranny, fascism, authoritarianism, racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, ageism, etc.  The three impurities of life are avarice, anger, and ignorance.  What others need from us is respect, kindness, and love.  The more respect, kindness, and love that we give to others, the more respect, kindness, and love we get in our lives and the better we feel about ourselves.  The 8 billion human beings on planet earth need to cooperate more with each other and compete less with each other.  We all need to learn how to equitably and sustainably share the resources of the earth with each other and with all other species on planet earth.

 

Peace and love to all.  Feedback is welcome.  My contact information is:

 

Email: ldholman40@gmail.com  

 

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