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2022-03-16
School Shootings, I don't miss them.
This is a ParentSquare message from the superintendent from the school district that I work at. A student from the Online school that our district provides as an alternative for students because of COVID-19 decided it was a good idea to shoot at fellow students. This is particularly frustrating for me as a school employee because this student put other students in danger and ended the life of at least one student. Actions like this also put the school employees or outside civilians in danger if they get caught in the crossfire. Gang activity has become an issue in this town and I fear there will be more retaliation and the cycle of violence will continue. This will likely interrupt the student's education even more because of fear or fascination, probably just as much as COVID has. It has become increasingly difficult to engage some students with their students because they are behind maturity-wise after a year of being online due to COVID and this school shooting is not helpful. -
2021-03-26
2020 Was a Record Year for Gun Violence
“There are many communities across this country that are dealing with ever-present gun violence that is just part of their daily experience. It doesn’t get the support, the spotlight, the national attention. People don’t understand that it’s continuous and it’s on the rise.” – Mark Barden, our co-founder and father of Daniel “If we think about how many people are dying every single day, and we think about how would that be in our family or our community, perhaps that would motivate us to take ongoing action rather than spikes of action when something happens. Even if it’s not happening in your community, it’s happening in the community of America.” – Nicole Hockley, our co-founder and mother of Dylan Swipe left. Read more in @washingtonpost. Click the link in our bio to take action to #EndGunViolence. #ProtectOurKids #PassUBC #PassBGC #SHPAction #SandyHookPromise -
2020-05-01
Political Cartoon Masked Protesters Against Stay-at-Home Orders
People protest against say at home orders. -
2020-04-27
Virginia judge rules indoor gun range can reopen, dealing a blow to Gov. Northam's shutdown order
This article is important because it details that even politicians are having difficulties with maintaining the rules of their citizens. -
04/07/2020
Pandemic Gun Buying
A local store (Fleet Farm) that sells firearms. Prior to the pandemic, the display had always been stocked full with brand new firearms. Now it has been picked clean of affordable personal defense handguns. Due to new fears citizens have amid the pandemic, a record number of firearms have been sold. -
2020-03-24
"The Hermit Herald" vol. 1, Issue 3
CV protocols; therapies Update; CV and gun sales; Libya; CV & Religion. -
2020-04-24
Asaltan minivan que repartía alimentos de primera necesidad en menos de un minuto en plena crisis del COVID-19
En la ciudad de Piura - Perú, tres delincuentes armados y a bordo de una mototaxi, asaltaron al chofer de una minivan que repartía productos de primera necesidad en las tiendas, y se robaron toda la mercadería en tan solo 47 segundos. Ocurrió a plena luz del día en la ciudad de Talara (Piura) y vecinos grabaron el asalto. Las impactantes imágenes muestran como los ladrones llegan al lugar y uno de ellos neutraliza al chofer de la unidad, lo pone de rodillas y obliga a que coloque las manos sobre su cabeza. Esto es aprovechado por sus otros dos secuaces, quienes rápidamente abren la puerta trasera de la minivan para robarse las cajas de mercadería y subirlas a la mototaxi que manejan, ya con el botín, dos de los malhechores fugaron en la mototaxi, mientras que el tercero escapó caminando y apuntando a todos lados con el arma que llevaba en la mano. Vecinos registraron el hecho y se mostraron atemorizados al presenciar el robo. -
2020-04-20
Blindsided Change
Everything is different now. Who would have imagined? If I or anyone I know was told in the fall of 2019 that in the start of year 2020 there would be a world pandemic that placed most of the world on lockdown, we most likely would have laughed or scoffed. We would have thought it impossible. And yet it happened. And it happened quickly, dawning a new decade with an event that will most likely damage societies. What a way to start a decade. Here is to 2020. May the middle and the end be more fortuitous than it’s destructive beginning. Everyone is in quarantine within their homes in hopes of preventing the spread of the new corona virus. A subtle virus that nobody would have expected to cause a worldwide emergency. After all, there are many diseases and viruses that appear to be worse than Covid-19 such as SARS. However that’s the danger, it is so subtle and contagious, it spread from China to the United States of America in a number of weeks. There is an estimated 800,000 confirmed cases of the virus with the States. Who knows if that number is accurate. It may be larger. It may be smaller. The world has changed in a matter of weeks. People rarely go out to areas where they are likely to encounter other people. If they do dare to venture outside, it is often with a face mask, disposable gloves, and hand sanitizer. Business has never been better for Amazon as people flock to their website in order to avoid having to go to the grocery store. Netflix is probably being used more now than anytime before. Schools have shut down and transferred online, many using Zoom as their platform of communication. Most people are stocking up on supplies. My father went to the gun store and said he had never seen the place busier. Toilet paper has become a valuable commodity. There have been more people on walks in my neighborhood than ever. All trying to escape the boredom and the feeling of wasting from remaining still. My sister and I have been placed on quarantine about two weeks before everyone else. I don’t believe I have had a physical interaction that was not digital with another person besides my family in 2 or 3 months. The only place that I have been to besides my house is the National Forest in Flagstaff, Arizona where I am allowed to go for hikes for miles. It is beautifully refreshing in comparison to the same color of wall wherever you turn. I’m allowed to take my truck out for a drive as long as the only destination is my house. I like to drive with the windows down on the highway and be reminded of the movement of nature that is absent in my daily circumstance. It is interesting how affected people become by fear and paranoia. I was driving through the neighborhood when I saw a couple walking. I waved as any friendly person would. The couple glared at me as if I was a threat. As if I would somehow give them the virus while contained in my car on the other side of the street. I found this behavior odd. But then this odd behavior occurred on several other occasions during my drives. I fear what this virus will do to our country. It has already changed our daily lives. I would hate for the coronavirus to turn America into a country where friendliness is unwelcome. -
2020-04-08
Which quarantine bird are you
If gun shops are an essential service in the US, then cartoonists should be an essential service for us.