“My thoughts and reflections inspired by you As though I were your phrases and expression.” — RUMI 💙

The absence of approved therapeutics or vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, a rare variant of the Ebola disease, has caused concerns among health authorities in Africa amid the active cases. apnews.com/video/africa...

Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant as US and Iran signal they are prepared to resume war 🔷 It doesn’t seem like an end in sight!!🤷🏻‍♂️ apnews.com/article/iran...

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Interesting chart!

Insurrection is now profitable, it pays!!!!

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” — Frédéric Bastiat (1801 - 1850)

“There are such things in the world as human rights. They rest upon no conventional foundation, but are eternal, universal and indestructible.” — Frederick Douglass

"When you are happy, you go to the one you love. But when you are sad, you go to the one who loves you." — RUMI 💙

A turkey 🦃 hunter is in charge of the FDA!!!!😳😳🤡🤡

I learned from the past decade that there is no such thing as stable/secure democracy. Democracy is always fragile. It must never be taken for granted! 🤔

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“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” — Plato

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.” — Maya Angelou

“Lovers have heartaches That can't be cured by drugs Or sleep, Or games, But only by seeing their beloved.” — RUMI 💙

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump finished his own state visit to China. 🔷 Time to share notes perhaps ! 🤔 apnews.com/article/russ...

A French investigating judge will examine a complaint by two rights groups accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Saturday. Excellent 👍 apnews.com/article/khas...

Recent comments by Trump that arms sales to Taiwan are a “very good negotiating chip” in the United States’ dealings with China are heightening anxieties on the island. Trump seems to adopt some of the Chinese president’s own narrative about the island’s government. apnews.com/article/taiw...

Today in History: May 16, 1966 The Chinese Communist Party issued the May 16 Notification, a document that criticized “counterrevolutionary revisionists” within the party and marked the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

Modern strongmen plunder this way! We have a lot to learn from this, as a similar thing is happening right now here!!

“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.” — Ray Bradbury

“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” — George Orwell

RUMI 💙

It has begun… I wonder what else was conceded!

Taken together, the picture of a deferential American president and a confident Chinese leader reflected Mr. Xi’s success. . . 🔷 To sum up, he caved ! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

Scary. . .unfortunately, in Onagrocracy a bunch of brain-worms infected maniacs and tv 📺 doctors are taking care of public health! 🤦‍♂️🤬

Groceries are really really expensive 😳

"A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“The faults of children, the feeble, the indigent, and the ignorant, are the faults of husbands, fathers, the strong, and the rich.” — Victor Hugo

"The world is a great mountain that echoes back whatever you shout; if you shout 'love,' love will return to you." — RUMI 💙

Trump’s rosy outlook on the U.S.-China relationship collides with some difficult truths about the thorniest issues between the two superpowers. apnews.com/article/trum...

Huh. . Smooth!!

Does the leader of the host country need to be praised so much, in such an excessive way? It’s embarrassing 🙈! What’s so great about Xi Jinping? He is a power-hungry authoritarian leader! Shameless fawning!!!🤢

Seems like China has issued a dire warning ‼️

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” — Stephen Hawking

“He who follows the crowd will usually go no farther than the crowd.” — Albert Einstein

“Love is not contained in speech and hearing Love is an ocean whereof the depth is invisible.” — RUMI 💙

Hmm 🤔… interesting! I wonder what happened 🤷🏻‍♂️

A decade of conflict between the world’s two biggest economies has left U.S.-China trade greatly reduced from the boom times of the 2000s and 2010s, forcing companies to regroup. apnews.com/article/us-c...

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases. apnews.com/article/hant...

Ohh . . .

Today in History: May 13, 1846 The U.S. Congress formally declared war against Mexico, following battles along the disputed U.S.-Mexico border in the preceding weeks; the Mexican-American War would continue for nearly two years until the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.

The government can do good things more efficiently if leaders are willing!👍

“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for.” — Nelson Mandela

“I simply know that when the government controls every word that is printed, every idea that is taught in school, history is no longer a record of the past but is a changeable thing, whatever is convenient to the government.” — Robert A. Heinlein

“If heaven rings with my cries, I am not to blame ​Nor if deserts glitter with my tears . . . You are my soul—I run after you— Who could blame me for chasing my soul?” — RUMI 💙

Oh okay. . . That makes sense! Not even a little bit 😳

They can’t help it. . . The masks are coming off ! Some of them are not even pretending nowadays!🤢🤬

War and tariffs have consequences! Doesn’t look like America’s “golden” years. . . 😬