Sunday Evening Roundup for January 14th 2018
Posted by HCN on Sunday, January 14, 2018
Several countries in recent months have been cited by the State Department as locations where US citizens should be extra careful; Kosovo has been one of the newest on this list. The bottom line in Kosovo is to take the advice and be careful. This as opposed to trying to sort out who is a terrorist there, who is not a terrorist, who is a target, who is an ally of terrorist, and so forth, and to try to construct some logic in your own mind that you and your immediate surrounding is immune from any eruption of violence because it does not follow the thread of logic that might ordinarily result in a violence outbreak.
It is known that the Balkan region, Bosnia, Kosovo, Herzegovina, were affected in the early 1990s of genocide and war. Post end of war, fairy tale of a a war at end corresponds to total peace and tranquility in the land, might not be earthly reality. Unfortunately there are in this world trouble-makers and people that take advantage of vulnerabilities.
Mount Sangatung eruption. Indonesia region: warnings, lava flow, eruptions
Amtrak is in the spotlight. Earlier today in Whitakers area of North Carolina, an upper aged couple had their SUV struck after their vehicle was on the train tracks. CBSnews online, source.
Evidently they were trying to cross the tracks. Some reports say they were trying to cross after the crossing arm was already down. Investigations underway.
Amtrak is having to deal with the situation that happened in Seattle several weeks back, a fire causing Amtrak offices to close over in the Mid-Atlantic within the past few days, and other incidents over the years. Even though the incident this morning might technically be the fault of the driver if it is proved beyond doubt that they crossed while the guard arm down, it puts more eyes on Amtrak.
Technical failure of the gray colored SUV on this winter climate day might be something that is considered in the pool of possibilities.
Diary group Lactalis recalling about 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk respective to worries of a salmonella outbreak at one of its plants
Mexico, one of the countries that the US is advising that specific states there are not recommended to travel to, has had an alarming rate of decapitations. Incident to speak of within the past few days, in Veracruz, region surrounding Xalapa, an incident has emerged involving part of bodies severed. The violence form according to some news reports might be somehow correlated to gang clashes.
Tanerang police release a reported 33 persons held captive from a rental property in Sepatan, incident reported by Jakarta Post in the past few days
More developments about the 'Jerusalem move', the referent move US President Trump presenting an interest in 'recognizing' it the Capital of Israel and 'moving' the US Embassy there. The 'slap' and 'slap back' for use of dialogue for use of short words, reference Palestinian leader. 'Slap', term, by the way, might be closer to how the entirety should be treated, plausibly compared to other descriptions that may be felt as haphazard involving the situation, considering that the region of Jerusalem has been holy land before the birth of Muhammad, and perhaps even before the word 'Jew' was even spoken as a description by another notable Prophet about 1500 years before his birth, as the story goes, whereat, there is much holiness and many aspects of holiness that are barely and rarely discussed on the world political stage today, -respectfully put, and without going into detail.
Blessings on all the Prophets.
On the subject of the US Presidency and respect, for those that have the power to do so, please help instead of hurt.
The moment the news media is turned on, on the Internet, there are hints of bigheadedness going on where those that have figured out how to manipulate algorithms and search query results, are writing stories that present negative light on the Presidency, 'tweaked' to present the writer's view, unfortunately, some of the time as the content of those articles and their titles prove, without being fully informed of other aspects of the issues going on.
In another area of the news world, looking at KIRO7 for a moment, who wrote 'Seattle remembers MLK after Trump's reported vulgar comments', written January 17, 2018-
This is not to strike up enmity with another news channel or site, but let it be stated, the article quoted 'Just hours before...that disparaged Hattians and Africans'. Take note, Haitians, was not spelled correctly, nor to this point corrected. Haitians is not spelled with two 't's, unless there is something deep only a few of us know about. Secondly, was the 'comment', IF IT WAS EVEN SAID, actually intended to be racist, or did it refer to economic woes?
These countries have hit lower dips economically and in living conditions, medical treatment levels, infrastructure levels, compared to many.
For so many years, countries like Haiti, Botswana and neighboring, have suffered from insults that are indicative that they are of lesser importance, not spelling the name of the country is one of the ways that the trend has become almost customary instead of an anomaly.
Although we may strive to be perfect, man might make mistakes.
The way to help, starts by being right and exact.
Connecting the dots on the surface, from words about Africa, to skin tone, to African Americans, is not always the horse to ride, especially to make a point, or move something in the way of progress to a higher level.
Times before Martin Luther King, there were African Americans that died striving to contribute to pave the way to even Martin Luther King, and he likely would say so himself; many of those African Americans are not often mentioned, and might not even be known in the lexicon, by many African Americans alive today.
German occupation of northern Africa, Dutch occupation of southern Africa, to state a few, aside, there are Africans with fair skin and blonde hair, if that is the crux of the big debate. It should not be the crux. As a matter of fact, that is the whole point of the over and above racism concept.
Understanding there has been decades of dimensions of African Americans, Native Americans, and others undergoing oppression in the US, caustic words and presentment of views that put condescending tilts especially on our government's leaders, should be balanced in the light of sobriety with the larger encompassing truth.
Slight revisions and edits to above content. Update January 15th, 2018:
There is a level of sensitivity with what is in sync with the preponderant emotional tone 'through here' referring to MLK Day, hence, a level of understanding of discomfort that may have arose when comments are said that may invoke memories or remind those to whom applicable, of comments that ordinarily may be received with umbrage, such as about Haiti, Africa, Africans, African Americans, African Europeans, or aboriginal Australians and Pacific Islands region, even if comments are not intended to be or nail-on racial slurs, affront, disparaging, or offend.
It is known that the Balkan region, Bosnia, Kosovo, Herzegovina, were affected in the early 1990s of genocide and war. Post end of war, fairy tale of a a war at end corresponds to total peace and tranquility in the land, might not be earthly reality. Unfortunately there are in this world trouble-makers and people that take advantage of vulnerabilities.
Mount Sangatung eruption. Indonesia region: warnings, lava flow, eruptions
Amtrak is in the spotlight. Earlier today in Whitakers area of North Carolina, an upper aged couple had their SUV struck after their vehicle was on the train tracks. CBSnews online, source.
Evidently they were trying to cross the tracks. Some reports say they were trying to cross after the crossing arm was already down. Investigations underway.
Amtrak is having to deal with the situation that happened in Seattle several weeks back, a fire causing Amtrak offices to close over in the Mid-Atlantic within the past few days, and other incidents over the years. Even though the incident this morning might technically be the fault of the driver if it is proved beyond doubt that they crossed while the guard arm down, it puts more eyes on Amtrak.
Technical failure of the gray colored SUV on this winter climate day might be something that is considered in the pool of possibilities.
Diary group Lactalis recalling about 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk respective to worries of a salmonella outbreak at one of its plants
Mexico, one of the countries that the US is advising that specific states there are not recommended to travel to, has had an alarming rate of decapitations. Incident to speak of within the past few days, in Veracruz, region surrounding Xalapa, an incident has emerged involving part of bodies severed. The violence form according to some news reports might be somehow correlated to gang clashes.
Tanerang police release a reported 33 persons held captive from a rental property in Sepatan, incident reported by Jakarta Post in the past few days
More developments about the 'Jerusalem move', the referent move US President Trump presenting an interest in 'recognizing' it the Capital of Israel and 'moving' the US Embassy there. The 'slap' and 'slap back' for use of dialogue for use of short words, reference Palestinian leader. 'Slap', term, by the way, might be closer to how the entirety should be treated, plausibly compared to other descriptions that may be felt as haphazard involving the situation, considering that the region of Jerusalem has been holy land before the birth of Muhammad, and perhaps even before the word 'Jew' was even spoken as a description by another notable Prophet about 1500 years before his birth, as the story goes, whereat, there is much holiness and many aspects of holiness that are barely and rarely discussed on the world political stage today, -respectfully put, and without going into detail.
Blessings on all the Prophets.
On the subject of the US Presidency and respect, for those that have the power to do so, please help instead of hurt.
The moment the news media is turned on, on the Internet, there are hints of bigheadedness going on where those that have figured out how to manipulate algorithms and search query results, are writing stories that present negative light on the Presidency, 'tweaked' to present the writer's view, unfortunately, some of the time as the content of those articles and their titles prove, without being fully informed of other aspects of the issues going on.
In another area of the news world, looking at KIRO7 for a moment, who wrote 'Seattle remembers MLK after Trump's reported vulgar comments', written January 17, 2018-
This is not to strike up enmity with another news channel or site, but let it be stated, the article quoted 'Just hours before...that disparaged Hattians and Africans'. Take note, Haitians, was not spelled correctly, nor to this point corrected. Haitians is not spelled with two 't's, unless there is something deep only a few of us know about. Secondly, was the 'comment', IF IT WAS EVEN SAID, actually intended to be racist, or did it refer to economic woes?
These countries have hit lower dips economically and in living conditions, medical treatment levels, infrastructure levels, compared to many.
For so many years, countries like Haiti, Botswana and neighboring, have suffered from insults that are indicative that they are of lesser importance, not spelling the name of the country is one of the ways that the trend has become almost customary instead of an anomaly.
Although we may strive to be perfect, man might make mistakes.
The way to help, starts by being right and exact.
Connecting the dots on the surface, from words about Africa, to skin tone, to African Americans, is not always the horse to ride, especially to make a point, or move something in the way of progress to a higher level.
Times before Martin Luther King, there were African Americans that died striving to contribute to pave the way to even Martin Luther King, and he likely would say so himself; many of those African Americans are not often mentioned, and might not even be known in the lexicon, by many African Americans alive today.
German occupation of northern Africa, Dutch occupation of southern Africa, to state a few, aside, there are Africans with fair skin and blonde hair, if that is the crux of the big debate. It should not be the crux. As a matter of fact, that is the whole point of the over and above racism concept.
Understanding there has been decades of dimensions of African Americans, Native Americans, and others undergoing oppression in the US, caustic words and presentment of views that put condescending tilts especially on our government's leaders, should be balanced in the light of sobriety with the larger encompassing truth.
Slight revisions and edits to above content. Update January 15th, 2018:
There is a level of sensitivity with what is in sync with the preponderant emotional tone 'through here' referring to MLK Day, hence, a level of understanding of discomfort that may have arose when comments are said that may invoke memories or remind those to whom applicable, of comments that ordinarily may be received with umbrage, such as about Haiti, Africa, Africans, African Americans, African Europeans, or aboriginal Australians and Pacific Islands region, even if comments are not intended to be or nail-on racial slurs, affront, disparaging, or offend.
