Thanks Char - although Themis is being kind, as I've been woefully irresponsible with my librarian duties as of late. Part of the overall slump I'm in, coupled with a fear that I'll slow down the system if I go on an editing rampage. :)
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I'm not downloading it and neither is my husband. The Australian government has a recent history littered with security leaks, data tracking, and anti-privacy legislation. Nope, nope, nope. And I refuse to support talking out of both sides of the mouth.
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Most states in Australia are starting to ease restrictions, except Victoria (my state) which has been taking a hard line from the beginning. The governor equivalent, called the Premier, has refused to ease restrictions because our state has a higher percentage of transmissions from unknown sources....
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I have to hand it to my country of residence, Australia has managed - so far - to dodge a lot of bullets. Our numbers are astonishingly low for the amount of insanity we had at the beginning. I credit our state leaders who nodded at the PM and then turned around and locked down their states hard. ...
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MR: to your previous post re: the baby boomers, thank you for putting what I was thinking much more eloquently and concisely than I did. I'm disappointed in our generation too (X'ers): I imagined us doing much better things, being a moderate voice of reason that would bring a balance. Don't know ...
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I made no reference in my post about Reagan's culpability or lack thereof, only that he wasn't an international joke, and that he was generally respected as a world leader. And in spite of some of my favorite people, and those I respect most, being baby boomers, perhaps I do judge the generation h...
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I'd argue we're still in it from the 60's MR - the age where it was ALL about discovering what felt good and what turned you on as an individual. There were certainly good people who did good things (Peace Corps), but the overall culture of individualism, I'd argue, started there. And in terms of ...
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I can only reinforce what everybody has said about the gaslighting I see (from afar) happening in the US, and it's been happening here in AU from the beginning, re-writing history as it happens by bragging about having the highest testing rates in the world, when they've never even made it into the ...
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@PM: Excellent news about your mom! And for what it's worth, I haven't embarked on any projects or cleaning either. I'm barely keeping up with the laundry.
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