The last update to this blog was posted on August 14,
2024, nearly a month ago.
This update captures the high points of what has happened
in the past month.
My health remains pretty good, overall. However, I recently got a thyroplasty procedure
done on my vocal cords that may prevent fluid from getting into my lungs.
This blog update is about 79 pages of links to the news
covering the last month. There are fewer
pages than normal because there were no changes in veteran-related legislation.
The links 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 32 months ago continues. During this period, Ukraine continued an
invasion (counterattack) of Russia. Find these stories under “terrorism.” 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.
On the political front, President Biden was persuaded to
pass the torch to Vice President Harris, who then picked Governor Tim Walz to
be her running mate. We have some
extremists in our nation on opposite poles – one wants fascism (a merger between
the oligarchy and government) and the other wants communism. The middle wants liberty and justice for all.
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.
Let’s remember that two obvious existential threats faced
by humanity are climate change and nuclear holocaust.
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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