I usually buy books from my local brick and motar store because it's cheaper to buy it there than buying online in my own personal experience, especially books from amazon were so overpriced from my area due to shipping.
Also they have great customer services and the bookshops were really nice places to hangout for the most part. Plus when browsing, you might accidentally stumble across books that you never know that existed and coxing you into buying it.
While on Twitter looking for COVID news, I saw that South America is the next hotbed for COVID infections.
@dhyanaji
I understand your concern about a woman of color not being vetted yet, but hang tight it may happen. And if not, please understand that at this point in history it is more important to do whatever is necessary for Biden to win than it is to set new precedents. He is being smart. With Klobuchar or Whitmer he can flip those 80,000 votes that gave Twitler the extra electoral college votes in WI, MI and PA that got him in.
I love Stacey Abrams, but I think she could use a little more executive governing experience as she has none. I also love Kamala Harris, but many many people of color despise her, and Biden would risk losing their votes if he picks her. Susan Rice is too closely associated with Obama, which is a big enough hurdle for Biden himself, so she's not a great choice either. Val Demings suffers the same issue as Harris because she was police chief in Orlando.
And while she's not a POC, I love Liz Warren but all the flippable voters I know despise her, he would lose if he picks her, and frankly I'd rather see her as Secy of Treasury or Head of the Fed or even as Senate Majority Leader.
I was given a brief vision this morning and I think at least part of it relates to the pandemic. The first image was of what looked to me like a mound or hill quickly flattening. The second image was a large ball made out of very thick solid cord-like material. Then the image was a large spider sort of falling on its back. I think this means the virus is decreasing for some reason. Maybe not permanently, but for a time the pandemic will be less deadly or spread less. What I first took for a hill was probably a statistical curve like they show for the infection. The ball of thick cord I think refers to something in my personal life. (like a ball of yarn--I am wanting to do more crocheting this weekend and yet I was worried it would aggravate my repetitive strain injury. I guess I will do some crocheting anyway ? ). The spider is how the virus appears in my dreams. If it is weakening for some reason that is great. I hope this is true sometime in the near future! Before the visions I see clouds of different colored lights briefly. Usually turquoise blue, green and indigo.
I just watched a news piece on Brazil. 22,000 deaths and more cases than any other country except for the United States.
The miles and miles and miles of mass graves was a absolutely heart breaking reality check.
? (((People of Brazil))) ?
Blessings and prayers and great great strength in this horrifically challenging time after so many all ready
Some good news about African countries doing well to manage COVD-19:
Senegal is in a good position because its Covid-19 response planning began in earnest in January, as soon as the first international alert on the virus went out. The government closed the borders, initiated a comprehensive plan of contact tracing and, because it is a nation of multiple-occupation households, offered a bed forevery singlecoronavirus patientin either a hospital or a community health facility.
As a result, this nation of 16 million people has had only 30 deaths. Each death has been acknowledged individually by the government, and condolences paid to the family. You can afford to see each death as a person when the numbers are at this level.
I mean, wow, imagine your country caring for you in this way and being a person rather than a number!
I have a comment to make about the way the CARES Act is now being implemented by the IRS. I was under the impression that everyone would get their share of relief money thru either direct deposit (if the IRS had your information for direct deposit) or a paper check. I recently learned that the IRS is now sending preloaded bank debit cards instead of checks to residents in certain states.
I smell a rat here. I suspect that this procedure is being followed to enrich a favored special interest, namely big banks like the one whose name is on the debit cards. Among other things, this card isn't always free of fees. Fee free cash withdrawals are possible at some ATM terminals, but not others. There is a charge for balance inquiries. They also impose a limit on the amount you can withdraw from an ATM machine on a given day. Therefor you may not have immediate access to all of your preloaded money on the card. You cannot add money to your card. Only the government can do that