Friday, May 10, 2019

the world is a circle



The world is a circle without a beginning, And nobody knows where it really ends.
Everything depends on where you Are in the circle that never begins.
Nobody knows where the circle ends. (The World is a Circle/Burt Bacharach)

Nineteen weeks into 2019, there have already been 15 school shootings in the US in which someone was hurt or killed. They have occurred across the country, from Georgia to California, at elementary, middle and high schools and on college and university campuses…………..
(HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.) — The three students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leaped up from their desks without a word and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the gun, recounted one of the young men. They slammed the teenager, a classmate of theirs, against the wall and struggled with him when shots rang out. Kendrick Castillo, who led the charge, slumped to the ground………..
More than a year after the deadly shooting in Parkland, Fla., and after months of fierce debate, the governor of Florida signed into law Wednesday a bill that allows teachers to carry guns at school…………
"And don't forget, we don't let them and we can't let them use weapons. We can't. Other countries do. We can't. I would never do that. But how do you stop these people? Someone in the audience interrupted Trump, shouting: "Shoot them!" Trump chuckled at the shouted remark before shaking his head, as the crowd began to laugh………
More evidence emerges on the NRA’s Russia connection. In January, McClatchy reported that special counsel Robert Mueller was investigating whether the National Rifle Association was a conduit for money from Russia to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. In a follow-up report on Monday, the outlet indicated that a clearer picture was emerging of possible connections……….

The world is a circle without a beginning, And nobody knows where it really ends.
Everything depends on where you Are in the circle that never begins.
Nobody knows where the circle ends. Everything depends on where you
Are in the circle that's spinning around. Half of the time we are upside down. (The World is a Circle/Burt Bacharach)

And it is never, EVER about GUNS, is it?