A Pandemic Political Panorama: There's No Place Like...Part 2

A Global Glance: In yet another attempt to assuage your PESF ('Post Election Stress Fatigue') I am bringing you my own version of "Breaking News"! Through a brief glimpse of just a few headlines from the past few days, I hope you will conclude that our problems here at home, while notable, problematic, and in need for remediation, pale in comparison with those elsewhere. That we are indeed fortunate to be living in this place and time. 

Clashes between police and protestors in Bangkok: ongoing protests against the monarchy, what a multitude of citizens continue to believe is tyrannical in nature...

New Moldova president pledges 'balanced ties' with West, Russia: Oh. oh, another 'Russian Connection'...

Kenya's ethics committee probes minister over slur...slurs, did they see our debates?!

Chinese journalist facing jail for Wuhan reporting: What, no first amendment rights?! 

A call for Columbian president to be impeached: they can ask us, we're pretty experienced at this now...

Uganda's Bobi Wine arrested on campaign trail: using CV-19 safety violation as rationale as he was preparing to address his supporters...

Malawi president suspected of helping fugitive pastor escape: "A pandemic, a president, and a pastor..."

Zuma seeks judge's recusal from state captive inquiry...

Amnesty calls for release of Ivorian opposition leader and others, days after constitutional court confirmed president's re-election: so, do you think all the votes got counted correctly here? And we've been griping about 'free elections'!

The head of Peru's congress calls for the immediate resignation of the interim president after violent crackdown...

And the winner is..."Chubby cute parrot crowned bird of the year in New Zealand!": While our eyes were fixated on the US election another election, just as hotly contested (as 1500 votes were believed to be fraudulent), was also taking place with high stakes indeed, given the importance of elevating this parrot to its rightful place...

So, next time you are feeling like we've got it bad here, just take a quick global glance yourself and, like Paul Harvey, you also might conclude "It's a great time to be alive!" And, that there's no place like home! Happy Thanksgiving a week in advance.





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