Weekly Perspective

While out & about in America, @KalToons reflected about the State of Affairs and Trevor Noah also reflected: 

Our team was on the prowl this week as we captured the image above from JFTB-Los Alamitos.  As it was a challenging week, we wanted to begin with praise of all who served in Afghanistan as America withdraws by September 11:  It was also the week that saw justice for George Floyd although the struggle continues to remain and the Politico's Matt Wuercker reflected about the continued challenges of Racism in America:  The week that was also was the week that saw the Annual EarthDay 2021 celebration and this admonition was critical to be remembered in this endeavor:  We leave all with a snapshot of the week that was:      'We don't need to panic': US and European powers alarmed by growing 'danger' from Putin's Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on domestic dissidents and military buildup along Ukraine’s border are driving relations between Moscow and the Western powers toward a perilous inflection point, according to U.S. and European officials.

 

    As a new week dawns, we present a snasphot of #RandomThoughts On the deliberations throughout the week on our World courtesy the Economist, The Washington Examiner, Al Monitor & the Guardian.  We look forward to the opportunity to serve: Gun 'sanctuary state' proposals divide GOP officials A swath of Republican governors and legislators are pushing proposals for gun "sanctuary states," aimed at making states immune from federal firearms laws. Read the full story here. NEWS Supreme Court declines to decide if felons can own guns By Nicholas Rowan Eight years ago I visited the newly built Afghan National Defence university in Qargha, outside Kabul, for a ceremony at which NATO formally handed over military control to Afghan forces. My battered notebook says that Anders Fogh Rasmussen, then NATO’s secretary-general, stood alongside Hamid Karzai, then the country’s president, and praised the “formidable forces” who would “guarantee the security of Afghanistan” in