Written and published the evening of August 31, 2020 EST

Spanning the Nation, there are several types of incidents, or situations complained about, all of which warrant immediate addressing:

The cities of Philadelphia and Chicago, right now, in regard levels of violence, are priority one.

• https://6abc.com/philly-records-300-homicides-as-violence-continues-to-rise/6395697/
• Philadelphia, 300 homicides for year...

• https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/31/21407293/chicago-weekend-shootings-gun-violence-homicide-august-28-31-2020
• 55 persons shot over the weekend...

This is beyond serious, not just another news babble; those kinds of numbers during certain years, if they were said as a theory for the future, whoever said it might be assessed as crazy person, and taken to the madhouse.


Eerie homicides and assaults. Very simplistic killings, involving the most basic possible scenarios. For example, man approaches woman, assaults. The situations seem to quickly evolve in spots where there is not too much other concurrent violent activity. Cars being shot into a scene making repeat appearances. Here are some links to stories of events that might be in this category from different cities:

• https://6abc.com/shooting-victims-found-in-car-after-crash-in-philly/6396615/ Philadelphia

• https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/woodland-hills-shooting-standoff/2420877/ LA

• https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/31/attempted-murder-investigation-underway-after-waipahu-shooting/ Honolulu area

• https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/driver-shot-outside-beechnut-gas-station-early-monday-morning/285-c918451a-03e6-4697-84ec-45011c271ab2 Houston area

Meanwhile, acts of brazen disrespect or also occurring, which may be a sign, leniency with visiting troublemakers might have gotten too rife.
https://6abc.com/mural-of-slain-philadelphia-police-sergeant-vandalized/6395877/


What really is happening in the USA as we speak?


Clashes and attacks from what almost looks like rival gangs, in 'civil rights' protesting. There are some persons who might have good intentions, and want to see equality, civil rights carried out as a standard. However, reality of what has gone on, over and over again, when rioting starts boiling over. One side attacks, at times fatally, another side. If anything is taken from this write-up, let be that the USA is not the skit for some sci-fi movie, where as we go further into the future, the more commonplace is gang-like behaviors involving beat-downs and slayings. The streets and highways designed and set here after years of hard work, are not an automatically placed stage for battleground, please do not allow that thinking.
https://www.koco.com/article/solidarity-march-to-oklahoma-capitol-met-by-armed-group/33839582


How many incidents involving attack on human being has gone on in Portland, Oregon over the past 3 weeks? What is really going on over there? News about Portland rarely makes the top of national news headlines. The concern is whether there is a pattern there, setting in as a remote, almost isolated society from everyone and everywhere else, voices and plights on ears that cannot hear them even when trying to listen.

About every other news story in Kansas City, is something related to coronavirus or COVID-19.
Similar in major news sources in Alaska and Hawaii.


And recent major debilitating whacks at the economy, https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/31/hawaiian-air-announces-hundreds-new-layoffs-pandemic-outlook-worsens/

Unless a weighty recourse if found fast, the hurt, to the economy and more, might be something not thought of yet.


Virtual schools, like the online healthcare roll-out, was not an unchallenged walk in the park. It happened in many regions, different kinds of complaints, Miami-Dade amongst them.

Viewing coronavirus as a mischievous person, he is probably sitting back clapping at his own success. Who is he, what level of stature makes him deserve that. We, humans, Americans elevated at that, are far beyond that, and of course would benefit from those qualities made manifest.


The conundrum of city leaders, being criticized for dining at a restaurant. 
It has been months since stay at-home and minimize outdoors directives have been in place.
Abiding by regulations normally has a virtue. There is knowledge about what comprises the least bit of sanity. The human being is not normally designed to never wander out his or her dwelling for months at a time. Not referring to isolation meditation trips performed by saints over a thousand years ago. The normal human is expected to depart from the house every once in a while, as a matter of maintaining a minimum level of health. Moreover, many parents raising households will agree, that every once in a while, to take a spouse and or family out on an outing, see new sights, put together new neurons, add a change-up to a monotonous diet, is looked upon positively.
Levels of scrutiny on policy leaders is understandably tough, because of the pandemic. Scrutiny to the point that it unfairly counterbalances positive actions in human life, raise some questions, along with the questions that were raised by their actions.
A couple of stories here:

• https://news3lv.com/news/local/sisolak-responds-to-video-of-him-eating-in-las-vegas-restaurant-with-live-music

• https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/08/31/mayor-jim-kenney-apologizes-after-photo-of-him-dining-inside-maryland-restaurant-receives-heavy-criticism-on-social-media/

Whatever is at the center of the storm, eye of the whirlpool of chaos, be the description of the totality as it may, at Ft. Hood needs simmering way down. A soldier found hung shortly after the Civil War, has his life celebrated over 150 years later. Today, a soldier was found hung, and it barely makes the news. What happened to standards, society fabric, meaning? There is no new norm, which allows our soldiers to have their lives pass due to strange and unusual circumstances, and life just moves on.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article245390455.html

Globally at this moment, emotions may have taken a natural downturn. Within recent hours, an Air India Express either skidded off some portions of land on, in, or around the runway, missed the ideal mark for landing, or something along those lines, reportedly injuring over a hundred and over a dozen fatal. Karipur, Kerala, August 7, 2020. Exact details are slowly emerging, as weather conditions, which could affect visibility, could have been a factor. It appears the event was after a coast to coast flight from the Arabia region over the water to the west coast of India.

This compounding with the situation in Lebanon earlier this week involving a huge reaction and explosion of sorts that claimed perhaps over 100 lives and injuring thousands. Many questions are having the answers pensively sought.

Please note, the title did not say 'explosion', why? - because if the event was what some say it was, there could be aspects that lean to a 'reaction', not just an explosion. For example, a huge white low-lying mushroom cloud was momentarily seen somewhere in the timeline of events in the reaction.

This refers to the event August the 4th in Lebanon in and around the port area of Beirut.

What is known as of today is the numbers of casualties reported has grown significantly since what was learned through media in the first few hours after the event.

In the 20th century, Lebanon has seen times that are challenges to the eyes before, they have seen tensions that refer to economic discomforts within the past several years.

Accountability, is one of the biggest words amidst this tragedy. Accountability of lives, accountability of who is to blame, and other principles. Ultimately, everything large or small, direct or remote, is held to account. This be, in law, whether international, or Islam sharia law, science law, or other law structures, wrongdoing can be discerned from natural developments, regardless if one person was wholly responsible or there were many parties that contributed, or there was a clearly cut identifiable root of cause or fusion of many.

Eid, the word not just having the meaning of celebration, but also having to do with life, has outlived, both back in time, and for the future, the current virus pandemic, at a basic discussion level. A time for remembrance, reflection, pulling together; remembrance and reflection could refer to the high sacrifice that was made earmarking the event, in the willingness to sacrifice; in Eid, hopefully, that beacon helps shrink through proportionality contentions of the current coronavirus, and put us on the road to victory.

There is potential that a storm system gaining in magnitude perhaps to hurricane, which heading in the direction of the southeastern part of the US, could affect on a practical level, activities and planning from now through the next few days. 

Preparations and bracing for a region, especially Florida, already overwhelmed by coronavirus/COVID-19, markedly hospitals at about 150% capacity, in simple terms is maximum capacity, then the number of what half of maximum capacity is, added on to the number, severely burdening the hospital system, is a bell tolling. Anything that remotely looks like the disaster wrought through Hurricane Harvey near this time of year in 2017, hitting Florida while the hospital encumbrance is beyond a challenge to repair. Madagascar, miles away, considered a remote island, and possibly safe haven from advents like COVID-19, has now reported over 10,000 cases, and a sports arena is being used as a field hospital.

Eid Al-Adha daytime practices observed Friday, July 31st, 2020.


Written and published before 10pm EST July 30, 2020