Random thoughts for Thursday:
I often think that the WWII generation, generally did a better job of running a modern society.
The Troops
The US Armed Forces have attracted a lot of good people over the years.
Mar 10, 2021 Military.com
Americans’ Trust and Confidence in the Military Is Decreasing, New Survey Finds
People might come around if they had a say in undeclared/unwon wars that never end. When do we get to vote on all this?
USO: “…82% of military families feel that the public doesn’t understand their sacrifices.”
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
Drug Addiction and Homelessness
Local governments continue to struggle:
March 9th 2021 KOMO
Everett mulls ordinance that would outlaw homeless encampments in part of the city
March 9, 2021 Whidbey News-Times
Sound Off: State must help with fallout from ‘extraordinary opinion’
“With a 5-4 majority, the Court in State v. Shannon Blake declared Washington’s felony drug possession statute to be void.”
Camping on the sidewalk was already a thing before all this. What now?
Will it be OK to camp on the sidewalk?
The AIDS crisis in the 1980s presented Americans with a life and death situation. Society dealt with this through education and advances in medicine.
The homelessness and drug addiction problem doesn’t seem to get better even as large amounts of money go towards it in places like Seattle.
A $49.8 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security that fails to keep cartel product from showing up all over the US.
Welcome Home Troops
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
March 8, 2021 KIRO 7 News
Why catalytic converter thefts are on the rise
People need more money for more drugs that a $49.8 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security fails to keep from showing up all over the US.
Zero mention of the drug problem by KIRO.
DEA’s drug threat report: Mexican cartel flooding Northwest with fentanyl
Source: March 2, 2021 KTVZ
When the WWII generation was in charge, was every other ad on TV for powerful drugs with life threatening side effects?
Legal anti-depression meds that may bring on thoughts of suicide (0:34)
Welcome Home Troops
4 Stories The Puget Sound Press Will Not Question Or Report On
LED Lightbulbs
We have been using these at home for several years now.
My impressions:
They do not last for years on end. I changed one the other day and used a standard bulb form an old lamp as a replacement. The standard bulb weighed much less. That means that the same number of LED bulbs use more energy when packed in the back of a big smokey truck. The truck picks them up at the Port of Tacoma after they arrive from China, then heads out to some giant distribution warehouse in Atlanta GA.
Light bulbs used to be made in places like Ohio or Indiana. Across the street from where they made TVs.
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