Another great one gone
Another great has fallen. Jane Goodall died Oct. 1 at age 91. A noted animal scientist, she was especially remembered for her groundbreaking work among chimpanzees in Tanzania. Lately she was outspoken on the need for humans to protect our planet from our own greed. Her voice and her winsome image will be sorely missed.
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Trumpistas insist that his critics suffer from what they call Trump Derangement Syndrome. Actually, as any unbiased observed can tell, Trump is the one deranged. Witness his recent arrogant and ignorant tirade at the United Nations, and his similar performance before our nation’s top military brass.
Yank him aside via the 25th amendment? Then we have to deal with Mini-Me Trump, who is simply evil. Trump probably thinks of Vance as job insurance – or maybe life insurance.
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So you think it was God who spared Trump’s life from an assassin’s bullet? Then how do you explain why Charlie Kirk died? God must have intended it, you may venture. I caution you not to go down this futile rabbit hole – one of so many that pop “evangelical” culture presents.
And, yes, it’s far more culture then religion. As so many studies have shown (and who needed a study to show this?), pop “evangelicalism” is 95 percent political posturing and maybe 5 percent bad theology.
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Yes, it’s been a long time since I posted anything on this blog. The daily atrocities of the Trump regime (yes, it’s a regime, not an “administration”) are intended to wear us down, and I let them work at me too early. I will try to be more diligent in the future.
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I really enjoyed the first several books of Richard Osman’s “Thursday Murder Club” series. The movie, however, was a big disappointment, despite the big name cast. How much more bland could you get?
We purchased but then briefly lost (easy to do in a house of books) Osman’s other recent book, We Solve Murders. Having found it again, I’ve been reading it – forcing myself to read it, that is. It’s really quite ordinary. Hard to believe it’s by the same author. We all have our bad days, sure, but….
More soon!