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Monday, June 29, 2015

Putting It All In Perspective

Every so often, it is worth the time to try to put things in the proper perspective.  Here's a short effort to do so.

1.  Reports from Vienna say that president Obama has capitulated to the demand of Iran that dramatically limited or even prohibited future inspections of Iranian nuclear sites to make certain that Iran was not cheating and building a bomb.  Yesterday, however, at the point when this news broke, it was Gay Pride Day and there was a chance for the media to interview various people celebrating that day about same sex marriage.

2.  Reports from Syria say that ISIS is coming ever closer to the home of over half a million Druse around Jebel al Drusi near the border with Jordan.  Should ISIS take this area, there will be genocide as the ISIS fighters kill the Druze as apostates.  Meanwhile, however, the second escaped convict from New York was shot as he was recaptured yesterday.  That means that the media can give live coverage to the press conferences held at the hospital where he is being treated.

3.  The Chinese stock markets are collapsing at an alarming rate.  They have lost over 20% of their value in the last two weeks.  If this is an indication of a major contraction in the Chinese economy, there will be worldwide repercussions (none of them good.)  Meanwhile, however, NBC announced that it will no longer carry the Miss Universe Pageant because of some remarks made by Donald Trump.  That decision will have no effect whatsoever on the world or America economy, but hey, it's the Donald.

4.  Terrorists attacked innocent civilians in Tunisia, France and elsewhere around the world in the last few days.  There is a warning that we may see terror attacks in the USA in the next week as well.  Meanwhile, some blurry video from the International Space Station shows lights in the distance that some think are alien spacecraft.  So far, the media has given about the same amount of coverage to both stories.

I really hate the idiots who run the media.  They could report on news, but they stick to irrelevant nonsense.




 

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