Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Too much happening at once

There's this, the hottest day ever in Paris and all-time national temperature highs in Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. Likely in London as well. Rail service in Britain is disrupted as tracks buckle in the heat, and people throughout the affected areas of Europe are advised not to travel.

The Brits have made a buffoon their Prime Minister and he's going to leave the European Union on October 31 with no agreement. I won't go into the consequences but you can read all about it here.

Kimg Jong Un is feeling neglected by his pal Donald so he's shooting off some missiles, while Iran has seized a British-flagged tanker and British warships are escorting merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

I could go on -- the world is beset by appalling crises on every side, but we have a maniacal idiot in charge and the corporate media can only pay attention to meaningless distractions. Apparently the Mueller testimony wasn't sufficiently exciting television so the actual content doesn't matter. I despair.

1 comment:

Don Quixote said...

Me too. We seem ripe for extinction. Emergencies everywhere and the American Caucasian public is apparently focusing on abs of steel, armpit odor and the Kardashians.

Many minorities are still focusing on surviving.