18 April 2024 - Headlines Mislead, Again

According to recent news articles (two on different stations with the same message, think this is orchestrated?) the number of anti-semitic incidents has been way up this past year. One headline says, 'Antisemitic incidents skyrocketing in Western Washington and across U.S'. Another says 'Anti-Defamation League reports record-high antisemitic incidents in Pacific Northwest'. The articles say most of the incidents were 'harassment or vandalism' but bomb threats are up too. The picture that the local Seattle news station, KOMO (see link above) shows with their article is of a synagogue which was vandalized with graffiti that says 'Shame on Israel' and 'Stop Killing' and 'You Know Better'.

Image of local vandalism from Komo article. Image by Lori Turck-Rogers.

Trump Media stock has declined by about 2/3rds since it reached the first day peak. Ex-President Trump has personally lost $3.3 Billion of paper wealth.

"History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster."

that eventually the Supreme Court would have to decide whether or not the fetus is a legal person? It's going to happen. Remember, folks, that once the fetus is a legal person, what we'll have is not only an overturning of Roe v.

Why do I bother writing about this?
Consider the current poverty rate.