Monday Again! [DOT 1/6/20]

1/6/20 MegMegMcGee 6

It’s June.

I can’t even believe it.

It was mentioned to me that my particular brand of DOT might be more palatable this Monday. I don’t know if it’s because I’m less, shall we say, verbose or they think I keep my rage undercover better.

Either way, here’s the gist of what’s going on.

It’s kind of…a lot.
Live link from WaPo:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/31/george-floyd-protests-live-updates/

Live link from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/may/31/george-floyd-protests-latest-news-riots-us-cities-donald-trump-police-brutality-live

Such a tough guy. Think he begged the Secret Service to take him down there or other way around?

Trump fled to bunker as protests over George Floyd raged outside White House
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/31/trump-flees-to-bunker-as-protests-over-george-floyd-rage-outside-white-house

He wasn’t my first choice but I’ll take it over …gestures wildly…

Poll: Biden widens lead over Trump to 10 points
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/500318-poll-biden-widens-lead-over-trump-to-10-points

This worries me a lot, too.

Officials fear demonstrations could fuel outbreak as Maryland reports 763 new coronavirus cases
https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-coronavirus-may31-update-20200531-n6pnguxgjvc4vgstijuil4723m-story.html

#RIP

Christo, who made monumental art around the world, has died at 84
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/christo-artist-dead/index.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/style/article/christo-artist-dead/index.html

Good choice, leaving the planet.

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station after Dragon capsule successfully docks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/31/spacex-nasa-docking-international-space-station/

Everyone agrees! (This is en route to being one of the most liked tweets ever.)

One more before I go…

Have a Monday!

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6 Comments

  1. kinda feels like im watching america tear itself apart…


    welp….i guess thats nothing new
    anyhoo… far as mondays go this ones pretty good….ive got the week off and decided wine is in fact breakfast

  2. I’m worried about a new outbreak. The playgrounds are still officially closed but last night the one by my house was packed with children and their parents. I didn’t see any masks. A once familiar sight is now unsettling.

    An article from News One on how to help the protesters, links for donations provided.
    How To Help George Floyd Protesters: A List Of Places To Donate

    • Yes, I’m very concerned about that as well.
      I donated to the Know Your Rights Camp, which is Kap’s project.

  3. Christo had the distinction of being one of the most famous artists in the world while also being one of the most underrated. Seeing his work in person was always transformative. It was too easy to write him off as some eccentric artist with nutty ideas. Those nutty ideas could change the way you look at the world.

    Also, this labeling “Antifa” as a terrorist organization is the worst kind of asinine.

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-antifa-threat-is-total-bullshitand-totally-dangerous

    One of the key phrases in that article is: “If anti-fascist organizations are your enemies, that is what law enforcement would call a clue.”

  4. the hypocrisy is so thick that a machete can’t cut through it…

    McConnell says the country ‘cannot deafen itself’ to the pain of black Americans

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged the country to listen to black Americans’ calls for equal justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death. But he also condemned the violence and destruction that has been seen in some cities in recent days.

    “One nation cannot deafen itself to the anger, pain or frustration of black Americans,” McConnell said in Senate floor remarks Monday afternoon. “Our nation needs to hear this. Yet over the last several days, citizens have watched with horror as cities across America have convulsed with looting, riots and destruction. … You do not advance peace by committing assault. You do not advance justice by inflicting injustice upon your neighbors.”

    McConnell described the killings of Floyd and two other African Americans — Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and Breonna Taylor in Louisville — as part of a pattern of events that have left Americans “grieved and horrified.”

    “To me, to a great many of my fellow Kentuckians, and to many outraged Americans, these disturbing events do not look like three isolated incidents,” McConnell said. “They look more like the latest chapter in our national struggle to make equal justice and equal protection of the law into facts of life for all Americans rather than contingencies that sometimes depend on the color of one’s skin.”

    McConnell said he was pleased that investigations were underway in all of the deaths. Of the Floyd case, he added, “In no world whatsoever should arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction involve a police officer putting his knee on a man’s neck while he cries out ‘I can’t breathe’ and then goes silent.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/01/george-floyd-protests-live-updates/

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