Tuesday, June 28, 2022

"I'm Going to the Capital!"


Today I learned that democracy in the U.S. was saved only because the President didn't know how to drive.

Last week's Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to harness the righteous anger over this issue into electoral turnout, to change the whole paradigm of the upcoming election from a referendum on the economy to one on liberty and equality, and to wrest control of the government away from the far-right, evangelical fanatics who’ve had way too much power for way too long and give it back to the people. 

I can’t wait to see how the Democrats blow it.

Russia is slowly and gradually gaining the upper hand in what is turning out to be a long war of attrition in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the covid pandemic in 2020, at least 1 in 4 Georgia residents have been infected, a total of 2,553,494 reported cases. At least 1 in 289 Georgians have died from the virus, a total of 36,952 deaths.

We're just a few days into summer, but hot air already blanketed Europe last week, causing parts of France and Spain to feel the way it usually does in July or August, while high temperatures scorched northern and central China and some places in India began experiencing extraordinary heat as early as last March and millions of Americans are once again in the grips of dangerous heat. 

In related news, that large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the eastern Atlantic has crossed the ocean and is now known as Potential Tropical Storm Two, and has a 90% chance of developing into a hurricane.  Heavy rainfall and tropical-storm-force winds are forecast by tomorrow night across the Windward Islands, northeastern Venezuela, and the ABC Islands 

A second tropical wave with a 40% chance of developing into a tropical storm is trailing right behind Potential Tropical Storm Two, and an area of low pressure off the coast of Louisiana is forecast to slowly move westward and approach the Texas coast during the next two days.  

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