The suspect in Monday's shooting spree in Denver, Colorado—which killed five people—left behind a Twitter feed boasting about his gun use and promoting misogyny, as well as lamenting the "suppression" of "male honor violence." (Newsweek)… Alaska sets record high December temperature of 19.4C. The island community of Kodiak set the record on Sunday and scientists fear the population will be deluged with rain as climate warms. (The Guardian)… For most patriotic Americans, Jan. 6 represents a day of national shame and terror at what could have been the end of our democracy. But when former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro reflects on that day, what he dwells on is that he doesn’t get nearly enough credit. (Rollingstone)… This Year's Record-Breaking Climate Disasters Usher In A Horrific New Normal
The extreme heat, devastating fires, deadly storms, and floods we saw this year broke records — and the future only holds worse. (Huff Post)… Many open questions remain about the omicron variant of COVID-19 and what it means for the future of the pandemic, but one thing is certain: Fox News will continue to hamstring efforts to combat the virus and to demonize those officials seeking to quell the crisis. The far-right network made that much clear in its response to the dustup on Tuesday between Dr. Anthony Fauci and smug provocateur Jesse Watters. This week, Watters urged conservative students—using violent language—to “ambush” the public health official to create viral content for Fox and other outlets. (Vanity Fair)
OKAY. My blog for today is NOT actually about all of the preceding headlines, RATHER, I used them to make a point about, APOCOPLYPSE movies; you know the kind where the world is about to end, or has ended, and we suddenly are transformed into some obscure year in the future, 50 years ahead, 100 years ahead, and sometimes even 1000 of years ahead. (A disclaimer for the moment, I LOVE, APOCOLYPSE movies almost as much as I ADORE ZOMBIE movies). Whenever I watch either genre, I often imagine, what EXACTLY I might do to survive, live or let die, fight or conform, or just curl up in a fetal position). It used to be a fun game for me, looking into the POST-APOCOLYPSE environment, oohing and awing about all of the adaptations HUMANS had to make, were forced to make, OR had made for them. I said, “IT USED TO BE A FUN GAME,” but not anymore.
In most of the APOCOLYPSE or ZOMBIE movies, the entire plot rest on the PREMISE, that somehow the HUMAN SPECIES, was ABLE to survive, all of the doom and gloom…as in being smart enough or strong enough to FIGHT BACK, FIGHT AGAINST, FACE FORWARD…WELL, read, just a few headlines I listed, then I am certain place YOUR own mind-bending or is it mind-blowing headlines about COVID/AMERICAN FASCISM/THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR from CHINA, or RUSSIA, or IRAQ/GLACIERS MELTING/MORE MURDERS BY OWNERS OF GUNS/…I TRULY, NOW wonder if there WILL BE any life at all even one day after some APOLICTIC event occurs! Right in front of our eyes, and we refuse to look!
