It’s beyond comprehension what is going on here and elsewhere. How do you all stay sane and not despairing?
just this week here:
Enabling Barr to declassify whatever he wants
Circumventing congress to sell arms to the UAE and Saudis
Rolling back medical protections for LGBTQ
And Globally
The Planet the planet the planet, China eyeing the arctic for exploration, just like US and Russia
Brexit mess,
Bannon stoking the already stoked reich-wing in Europe
and this one slays me the most because of how sentient they are:
Elephant hunting will resume in Botswana
After the death of Lawrence Anthony, the savior and protector of many many wild elephants………………..
For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives. The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined to be shot a few years ago as pests, were rescued and rehabilitated by Anthony, who had grown up in the bush and was known as the “Elephant Whisperer.”
For two days the herds loitered at Anthony’s rural compound on the vast Thula Thula game reserve in the South African KwaZulu – to say good-bye to the man they loved. But how did they know he had died March 7?
There are two elephant herds at Thula Thula. According to his son Dylan, both arrived at the Anthony family compound shortly after Anthony’s death.
“They had not visited the house for a year and a half and it must have taken them about 12 hours to make the journey,”
Dylan is quoted in various local news accounts. “The first herd arrived on Sunday and the second herd, a day later. They all hung around for about two days before making their way back into the bush.”
Elephants have long been known to mourn their dead. In India, baby elephants often are raised with a boy who will be their lifelong “mahout.” The pair develop legendary bonds – and it is not
uncommon for one to waste away without a will to live after the death of the other.
I find this all unbearable. I feel like we are approaching Nazi Germany in our inhumanity. What kind of people support these domestic and global monsters? (Maybe it’s always been that way and I just didn’t want to see it).
Gotta go walk my Newfie and find my bearings. Thanks for reading.