Starting the week off with a litany of bad, weird and alarming news: the Nation has avoided what could have triggered a general panic when NYPD successfully disarmed an artisanal bomb suspiciously left at the back of a truck in the middle of Time Square. The damages would have been of dangerous proportion, had Faisal Shazad -- later nabbed when attempting to flee the country – had it his gruesome way.
Speaking of gruesome, the sight of birds and sea animals covered in crude oil following the oil spill in the Ocean and off the Gulf Coast, is one to have intensified concern and sparked many a conversation among the environmentalists and the “dig baby dig” proponents. Some, like Gov. Schwarzenegger, have reconsidered their positions following the stuporous petroleum accident. While the talking heads are doing that, ships and machines are struggling to contain the ongoing spill and clean up the unspeakable mess. BP vows to pick up the billions of dollars estimated tab, to put things back in order.
Not to be outdone, Mother Nature has cried her way into flooding parts of the Southeastern states. Heavy rain led the Cumberland River in Tennessee to overflow, causing material damages and emergency evacuations. This inundation proved to be fatal, bringing the death toll in two days at 28; 19 of whom were in Tennessee.
In the series of Mother Nature’s tantrum, flights in Belgium and other parts of Europe are still being diverted, to contour the ashes released by the Icelandic volcanoes. California has been hit by two consecutive earthquakes of higher intensity than usual. The first estimated at 5.1 of magnitude, was followed by a 7.4 tremor on the Richter scale.
Meanwhile another type of seismic reaction has shaken Arizona over the crackdown of undocumented immigrants, to be implemented according to the newly signed law. The state, the country even, is torn between those who find the law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer outrageous and those who support the measure, known as one of the toughest in the country.
Politics aren’t always as divisive as attested by the inauguration of the first female President in Costa Rica. Laura Chinchilla a 50 year-old force of nature, was elected in February and sworn in on May, 8. Congratulations Mrs. President! May you pave the way for many others who like you, are qualified, willing and able to run their country.
In lighter news gleaned in prints or online, babies were the talk of the town as the babies movie was set to open in theaters May, 7. The film chronicles what it is like to be born in Namibia, Mongolia or the U.S.A.
Still on the subject of babies, a study is being conducted to determine –please try to keep your composure —if babies were morally challenged from the get-go. The premise is simple: if baby had morals why is it that they need to be taught adequate from inappropriate?
Later when these babies grow to go to school, they might face a whole set of rules to abide by, or else… (yes, it’s a threat!) The question has been raised to know if schools should re-introduce paddling?
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