The time for reckoning seems to be on the doorstep of each one of us. Never have we seen such chaos, and ever changing landscapes as we have in 2020. People are fed up, done, and half the country is calling for answers and change. The other half is desperate to get “back to normal”…
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The Latest Religious Scandal: Jerry Falwell Jr. Stepping Down as President of Liberty University Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Jerry Falwell Jr , has tendered his resignation as administrator of Liberty University after reports of infedelity and blackmail surfaced. The story first surfaced two weeks ago when a photo of him appeared with an female assistant side by side with both their pant zippers down. He was placed on administrative leave . He rebuked…
Online School: No Policy in Place to Address Privacy in the Home
This is a new age, and with it comes many unknowns. In the case of one 11 year old, this took quite a turn, as he found the police knocking at his bedroom door. It all started as he was online with his teacher on a google meet class in Baltimore Maryland. Apparently his teacher…
An Asteroid Just Missed the Earth: And Nobody Saw it Coming
It is after all 2020, where pandemics, riots, weird weather, and disarray abound, so why not add asteroids to the list? This morning, an asteroid the size of a compact car came and went, passed by the earth within 1800 miles unoticed by anyone., and it stayed intact. It was only AFTER it whizzed by,…
Republicans Join Democrats to Start the Democratic Convention in a Surprise Crossover
The Democratic National Convention started last night virtually with speakers, some of them Republicans. This is a new age, and could not imagine living in this alternate universe yet here we are. The most prominent of the Rebublican was Ohio Governor John Kaisch, Who has served in that role for the past 8 years. It…
Protesters Tortured, Jailed , and Killed
A crowd of thousands formed yesterday outside the steps of the Capitol in Belarus shouting for the President to step down amid police brutality of hundreds of peaceful protesters who were picked up off the street and shoved in vans for questioning the outcomes of the Presidential race there. They were there in protest of…
Chaos
Chaos . We are born into it, we live in a world infested with it, we usually die in the middle of it. Our footprint seems to be stuck to it, repeating the soliloquy , its fragrance pungent, yet something we cannot seem to live without. This rolling waft of chaotic rhetoric, or wildly abondoned…
Dating during COVID
Dating has never been harder than it is right now . There is no meeting at bars, churches, or libraries, or even work! People are in isolation, are feeling isolated too, They are not able to chat in person with their peers, socialize, goof around, or lock eyes with another from across the room. They…
Tik Tok: Is a Ban in the Works For the Popular App?
Politics is looming large these days in just about everything we do including the apps we use. Tic Toc is the latest Folly in a long line of apps that are coming under scrutiny by the government under the direction of Donald Trump citing questionable interference with American people and their data by the China….
35 years ago: Remembering Live Aid July, 1985 and the People It Helped Save
There was a common cause and excitement was in the air. It was all anyone was talking about. It was before social media, cell phones, and computers. Word of mouth was how things got around. The concerts were held, one at Wembley stadium in England, and one in Philadelphia in the United States, all planned…
Trump touts potential tampering as possible cause for why elections should be put off in November
President Trump has tweeted that he believes elections should be postponed in November due to the potential for mail-in votes to be falsified. As it stands many people do feel that the election may not even be decided by inauguration time in what is sure to have many counting through January with many mailing in…
Child Mistress: Epic Negotiations of Sally Hemings to Secure her Children with Thomas Jefferson Freedoms
Sally Hemings was just a toddler, born into slavery in Virginia when she knew of Thomas Jefferson. Years later, in Paris, where she was free as a fourteen year old, she would pull off a epic negotiation with a much older seasoned statesman, who wrote the Declaration of Independence, and then would later become the…
QAnon: The Latest Conspiracy Theory
2020 seems to be the year of the conspiracy theory, with alien sightings, chinese coronavirus, made in the lab, and now Qanon. Qanon originated in 2017, on a media platform that you post anonymously. This rather baseless theorem is a growing right-wing conspiracy that’s garnered national attention after Twitter announced it was removing or suspending…
Nurses in Crisis: Coronavirus is Taking its Toll on our Nurses
Last year nurses were really excited about 2020 being the year of the Nurse. It is Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday, and there would be lots of great opportunities to honor her and all nurses. Fast forward to pandemic mode, where all celebrations are off the table, and nurses are knee deep in ever changing policies…
Importance of the Vote This Election Year
Whether you are Republican of Democratic, or in between, this election year is like no other in the history of Presidential elections. When you get right down to it, nothing is going to be standard this election year. Not the private nor public conventions of each party, nor the televised debates, not even the voting…
Breaking Relations: The US closes the Chinese Consulate in Houston
Amid continuing tensions with China, the United States has closed the consulate in Houston Texas , citing to “protect American intellectual property and private information,” According to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus. China in turn said it would retaliate, calling the order a “unprecedented escalation” continuing to ignite an already tense situation that has been…
Reparations in Modern Day America
Black Lives Matter protests are still raging across the United States, and the world. After the Death of George Floyd, everyone knew something had to be done against police brutality, against the core of racism in this country. But it goes much further than that. All across the country, the murmur of reparations for Black…
President Trump Accused of Being a Dictator
Targeting Civil unrest with Department of Homeland Security President Trump vowed law and order once again as he stated he will send in federal agents in cities with out of control crime run by Democrats, the first being Chicago. There is no love lost between Trump and the leaders of Chicago, Trump has cited issue…
Weight gain during Coronavirus Pandemic
People who start college always talk about weight gain and dub it the freshman fifteen. During this time at home, I noticed I and the people around me were gaining some weight. Was it stress, was it boredom? With the pandemic, I deemed it the quarantine fifteen. I decided to do a little anonymous survey…
Sexual Misconduct Allegations By Former Redskins Employees
Well the story has surfaced. Fifteen former female employees of the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins have alleged that people in the front office had displayed sexual misconduct towards them. These allegations include former scouts Alex Santos and Richard Mann II, as well as suddenly retired “Voice of the Redskins” Larry Micheal. Daniel…
