Electile Dysfunction?
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Were they putting our young and fragile American democracy at risk to increase TV ratings and place the #safety of voters in danger?
Essential Journalism
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As totalitarian regimes attempt to spread their tentacles, officials don't respond positively to local journalists' interview requests.
Reporters' queries about their alleged illegal activities or questionable actions keep rising, whether they're taking bribes, making unilateral decisions concerning restrictive laws, or about the local zoning and backroom plotting. These so-called public servants appear more interested in achieving total control and lining their pockets with developer money rather than responding to their local constituents' concerns.
Sunshine State Skipper?
Will Florida's Skipper ground the vessel? Ship stranding is the impact of a ship on the seabed or waterway side. It may be intentional, as in beaching to land crew or cargo and careening, for maintenance or repair, or unintentional, as in a marine accident. In accidental cases, it is commonly called running aground.
Otherwise unintentional, grounding may result simply in stranding, with or without damage to the submerged part of the ship's hull. Breach of the hull may lead to significant flooding, which in the absence of containment in watertight bulkheads, may substantially compromise the ship's structural integrity, stability, and safety.
Worldwide Weather Woes
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Our planet kicked off another year with a warm start: January 2023 ranked as the seventh-warmest January in 174 years.
The average global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.57 degrees F (0.87 of a degree C) above average, ranking as the seventh-warmest January in NOAA's global climate record.
January 2023 marked the 47th-consecutive January and the 527th-consecutive month, with temperatures above the 20th-century average.
Sea ice at both ends of the world also ran very low, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
NYC PARKS
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WHEN IT COMES TO GORGEOUS GREEN SPACES, THERE’S MUCH MORE TO NEW YORK CITY THAN MEETS THE EYE.
FROM MANHATTAN TO QUEENS, THE CITY IS BRIMMING WITH MAGNIFICENT PARKS, HAVENS OF GREENERY OF ALL SIZES THAT OFFER AN INVITATION TO STROLLING AND RELAXATION. AN OVERVIEW OF THESE SPACES NOT TO BE MISSED ON A TRIP TO THE BIG APPLE.
Is Vlad Totally Mad?
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Putin’s Desperate Hours Are going from bad to worse, and folks wish he will soon fall out of a Kremlin window in Moscow, Russia.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter and international law. It has unleashed widespread death, destruction and displacement,”
Toxic Donald Trump
'Torches and pitchforks': Critics slam Trump’s environmental 'failures' following East Palestine visit
https://www.alternet.org/torches-and-pitchforks-critics-slam-trump-s-en…
U.S. Private Equity in Asia
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U.S. private equity funds boost Asian acquisitions outside China. Investment activity rises in Japan and India as investors hedge against risks.
Major U.S. private equity funds are diversifying their Asian acquisitions, increasing activity outside China as Beijing's pandemic countermeasures and worsening relations with the U.S. make investors wary about the country.
Flush with money; the funds could step up acquisitions of non-Chinese Asian companies this year and beyond.
Lost Magic?
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The Sunshine State of Florida has become our American national bellwether, and certainly not in a perfect way, I should add.
Another shooting, this time a TV news crew has been shot while covering an earlier shooting. One journalist is dead. The other newsman is critical as of this posting. Fellow journalists rushed to help the crew that was shot. Then a mother and 9-year-old were shot. The 9-year-old didn't survive.
Happy Work Life
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Some folks used to say they didn't have to be happy at work to succeed, like their co-workers, or even share their values.
Happy workers enjoy what they do and work harder and smarter. Companies take fun, play, and satisfaction in the workplace seriously because they recognize the importance of happiness for productivity, staff retention, and employee wellbeing.
Secrets to Happiness at Work According to Research