Essays From The Edge - Where East Meets West

 Famous fake wrestler and action film actor (term used loosely) John Cena embarrasses himself and kowtows to Communism. Keeping the movie/game revenue flowing is more important to him than the absence of a free and representative society for 1B+ Chinese people.  Because Cena is solely interested in his personal wealth, he cares not a bit about the vast majority of Chinese people who simply want to live in peace and tranquility with greater representation, and are not interested in a ginned up issue (by Chinese Communists) of a one-China policy.  The artificial divisions between people in this world - created by a small group of primarily men who gain power and control, and, yes, wealth, by inflaming and dividing people along religious, racial and ideological grounds - are the cause of virtually all civil strife and wars.   ——-“I made a mistake, I must say right now. It’s so so so so so so important, I love and respect Chinese people,” Cena said to his 600,000 fans on...

Greene won’t be disciplined by her party; her views are 2021 mainstream Republican sentiments.  The Republicans won’t self-destruct.  They will get a solid 45% on any national votes, and, due to voter suppression and gerrymandering, are very competitive in enough district and state elections to be a threat.  The rest of us will have to defeat them at the polls.   https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-masks-holocaust

If your Black, there is at least one good reason to flee cops - it may save your life. Especially in Louisiana.  We must root out and destroy the systemic and personal racism that has existed in America since its founding...   https://apnews.com/article/arrests-us-news-louisiana-195897206619624d0e4fc150c50cab30

 Death of species, destruction of environment, ocean rising, ocean currents changing and affecting regional weather..... still world leaders don’t have climate change at the top of their to do list.... there should be young people under age 20 at every government climate meeting, in DC, in Moscow, in Beijing, in Paris, etc. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/20/russian-arctic-temps-now-hotter-than-in-mediterranean-a73965

 We need new policy/action on North Korea.  They possess sketchy, albeit dangerous, nuclear missiles, along with some even sketchier delivery systems.  Meantime, since 1953, there are 26,000,000 imprisoned North Koreans - subjugated, oppressed, indoctrinated, and often starving, forced to worship the totally delusional Kim family.   I submit that it would be easier to remove from power, by a variety of possible means, the Kim family, than it would be to remove the nuclear missiles. In short, President Biden, start working with allies and maybe even China, and come up with a plan to de-Kim North Korea. The following order is still in place under Biden.  It is not hurting Kim. He gets what he needs through surreptitious and nefarious means.  Our blockade just causes further suffering and hunger for 26M North Koreans. ——On 21 September 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13810 allowing the United States to cut from its financial system or ...

The Louisiana State Police (LSP) reported it as a death by car accident.  The bodycams revealed the man died in the hands and by the actions of law enforcement.  What it appears to be is a conspiracy at several levels of LSP to cover up a crime.    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i-m-scared-newly-released-video-shows-deadly-2019-arrest-n1267977?fbclid=IwAR1icdhCdpB555ig_vwqCCpdw-JTgjD6uKnhJ6q_M7y5zBbC1BdgR1RwjxI

 The Trump joke that became the Space Force lives on under Biden. It’s pretty clear we have no real objectives in space other than to be first and to declare it a potential battleground. On the bright side, a senior Space Force officer was recently fired for cause, so maybe it will die by attrition. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-administrator-calls-for-congressional-support/?fbclid=IwAR2H_46iMPrbQnA0xEeUA5zF1HEBgn6UY4MfgzVFmCMqtA6p4_zXkECPzS8 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-removed-podcast-comments/

 Machiavellian politics on both sides while Israelis and Palestinians suffer and die.  Netanyahu continues the air strikes to appease and solidify his right wing base. Biden hopes it all goes away (tension and suffering go on, but the killing stops) so he can pursue policy objectives elsewhere. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/19/biden-netanyahu-gaza-deescalation-489570?cid=apn