Wednesday 24 February 2021
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Howdy y’all!
If you thought that Trump being out of the WH would slow the news down, it hasn’t. Life has been a whirlwind both in the news and in my personal life.
Here’s what’s happening to me and mine:
- Phnom Penh, the city where my family lives, has had a small #COVID19 outbreak.
- It traces back to a Chinese woman who, along with three others, bribed the guards at their quarantine hotel to let them out.
- She spread her #COVID19 liberally around town at about a dozen places.
- My wife went to one of those places before she showed up and put us all into quarantine for two weeks.
- The government decided to close schools.
- So, there’s that.
Then, there’s the Texas mishegas which we cover in The Texas Deep Freeze: Welcome to the Republican Dystopia. You can read all about your future if you continue electing Repubes to national office. They really do mean for us to live in this kind of hellhole. Bonus: it appeared in Mike’s Blog Round Up over at Crooks and Liars, where it proved quite popular.
One of my favorite posts in a long time came from a suggestion by friend o’ the blog, Bobcabkings from over at Of Cabbages and Kings. It addresses the myriad subtle ways that racists in government have shot us all in the dick, but shot Black folks in the dick first and the most often. That would be another installment in the ever popular, The Civil War Never Ended series this time called, “Sum of Us” Examines the Hidden Cost of Racism — for Everyone — Fresh Air on NPR.
And, lastly, another favorite post — you get the idea that they’re all favorites? — Being a Likeable Old White Guy is Biden’s Super Power in which we wager on whether Biden’s likeability will win him more supporters or whether hate voting against him will cost him more supporters. It’s a fun read.
It’s a busy busy time here at Ye Olde Blogge, but no busier than the rest of us are.
Huzzah!
Jack
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