Previously posted on my Facebook Page.
News: “Liz Cheney Is Prepared to Lose Power, and It Shows.” The article adds: “The meaning, and cost, of going against Donald Trump.” Corporate America isn't pleased with how Donald handled foreign affairs. Point at the advent of China and Russia. The tag #1 rule. Geopolitical narcissism via economics. Fact: The world evolved, whoever Potus leads. But Liz Cheney is a device to slam the door on Trump. Done. Would that mean China and Russia “quiet down” as well? 🗽🏦🗽
Condolences to the family of basketball great Bill Russell. My childhood was cheered big time by Mr Russell. Talkin’ about NBA, I am with Laker legend Jerry West when he castigated recently retired JJ Redick for commenting that Bob Cousy got famous at a time when pro ball was played by “plumbers and firemen.” Disrespectful, indeed. In conversations on the subject of “then and now” with BFFs Cindyrella and Marta Nicer, we got lots to say. If you are our age, you too? Uh huh. ?⛹️🏀
Many in America don’t favor hyphenated ethnicity. Japanese-American, German-American etcetera. Not me. I favor hyphens in reference to an ethnicity and national/cultural origin of a person—especially those who were U.S. naturalized or raised in mom/dad’s native household. Or how we grew up, adapted, and evolved in society. To understand people, we need to zoom in on their background as a people, regardless of citizenship. It lessens racism. 😏😒🙂
Former Laker Slava Medvedenko auctions his championship rings to support Ukraine in its war against Russia. Admirable but not magnanimous. My thoughts point to: Would the proceeds go to military heft or to Slava’s fellow Ukrainians who are hit by war? Who knows, that’d be Volo and Olena or Kyiv’s leadership’s ball game. So far, Russia is winning, on and off the battlefield. If I were Slava and I’d have resources to help, I’d forward `em different ways. But I digress.⛹️♂️☮️⛹️♂️
A Facebook post is not News per se. Majority are (re)formulated numbers/thoughts that feed particular (economic, political) intents. Mostly, the Page “owner’s” thingy. My words unless I credit specific sources or quote lines per sentence. What I post could be fact or fake (that is if I type LOL!) Though I try not to share BS about serious stuff. Yet veracity of posts on FB depends on how we are reading, not really about the posts per se that are tossed at us, 24/7. 📱👇📲
Emotional support animals help their owners cope with the challenges associated with depression and anxiety. Admittedly, I never believed in “support animals,” never being attached to a pet until 2009 when I started living with 2 dogs and a cat—as I stayed more indoors from my long, relentlessly active “outside” life. I tell you now, I’d cave in without a pet dog and pet cat beside me, 24/7. Weird, right? No girlfriend, no wife—no prob. But no dog, no cat? Nope. LOL! 🐕💓🐈
Slowly sliding back to my Facebook “regular programming.” But I’d probably cut 1 hour or so online to resume painting. Will paint a larger canvas of Cyd (misses her so much!)—and Hershe, Chloe, and Georgia. We adopted two tiny cats yesterday (photos here) from Brother Wolf, where we got Arrow a year ago. Ching The Zing and Fuzz The Wiz, less than a year old sisters. The Majick Sisters. Ching is the nickname of my mother (from Conching, a popular Filipina nickname). 💞🐈💞
First morning in 14 years of my life without Elle Cyd The Koolcat. No meows that woke me up today; no stare that ushered me to start a day. Please bear with my pet cat drama… Slowly, I’d slide back to my “regular programming.” All night, all I did was scroll up and down Cyd’s photos. A new “furry friend” will join me and Arrow in our bedroom but it’ll take time to calm my quiet grief down. Cyd’s spirit stays within the rooms of my heart that she helped keep alive for years. 💞🐈💞
News: “At least 7 injured after shooting at Los Angeles park.” Again?!? Macabre. I was a police reporter as a young man; covered coup d’etats, narcos hits, and countryside wars. I had answers on why. But the (mass) shootings in America are confounding. The United States professes as The Model of/for anything sociopolitical good. But what’s happening? The carnage goes beyond guns, politics, and (social) media coax. I point at the hate divide. Yet wickedly puzzling. ☮️💝☯️
A voracious (streaming) TV series watcher as I am? Notice that quite a number these days are so dark? Literally dark as in lighting dark. WTH?!? I looked it up. Rationale: "To make it truly impactful..." Uh huh. For example, last night we started “The Terminal List.” PTSD is dark, I get it. Yet dark while brushing teeth? Come on! Same as my whine in the last season of “Goliath.” Hey, quit this nonsense! LOL! Give us entertainment. Not your self-serving “artistic masturbation.” 📺🥸📺
