War Distraction, Guns, Rain, Teen Health, Math, and Salvage
Rex Latchford here with another Day Page, and a look at today’s headlines…
The Obama distraction from the economic destruction of the NSA scandal, the government’s inability to govern the budget, continues to seize the top spot in the headlines today. That would be the War on Syria, and the squabble with Russia and the American People about how to proceed. Actually, I don’t like reiterating this sad state of affairs here because it IS such a distraction, and such a psyop… and is just another drain on the American people.
The New York Times reports “Both Sides are digging in” to the gun battle. And, it seems as though both sides are still getting it wrong. Meanwhile, criminals continue to have easy access to guns and couldn’t care less about what laws are pased. Duh, that’s why they call them “criminals”. Now those on both sides of the dumb debate are preparing for electoral contests in at least six states.
It’s still raining in Colorado, and that’s news because folks from the general area of Colorado Springs, North to Denver, and further North to the Wyoming state line have experienced flooding on a scale that, statistically, can only happen once every 500 years! Many thousands of cars and homes and businesses have been destroyed. Quaint towns like Monument and Boulder have suffered damage that will leave scars for a very long time.
Speaking of fluid, it’s time for a salute to coffee to you, our dear listener, and all the folks here at InfoWeb Broadcast Center this Monday Morning…
In the sort-of-good-news department Teenagers are said to be exercising more while consuming less sugar and eating more fruits and vegatables. But what does that really mean when teenagers are also said to be falling short of the national goal of a minimum one hour of exercise per day? And then there’s the racial divide. Black and Hispanic adolescents lagged behind whites on almost every measure of progress, even after researchers claim to have taken into account socioeconomic factors. Hmmm… and how they did that is a story unto itself me thinks…
In order to demonstrate its’ relevancy this morning, the New York Times published an op-ed titled “how to fall in love with math”. Actually, math is terribly important, and one area hard hit by the dumbing down of America. Still, if you can fall in love with it, well, go for it! “Not my bag” as we used to say…
They’ve started raising that cruise liner that sank on Italy’s coast back in 2012, apparently because the captain was drunk. The operation began this morning – a 921 foot vessel stuck on two granite reefs 20 months ago… 32 people were killed. The ship weighs 114,500 TONS and has now cost $799 million in salvage costs just to get to the start of salvage. That’s the high cost of low livin’…
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