The Rest of US: Recent Episodes
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The next pandemic & COVID is still here
Monkey pox is spreading
Kids are getting hepatitis
What’s going on.
Did we learn anything from COVID?
Where are we with COVID?
What do we do when the next pandemic hits? Will pandemics become endemic?
TOPIC:Ukraine War
It is still going on, are we doing enough, too little or just right?
Finland and Sweden want to join NATO, yes, no Maybe?
Biden says we will defend Taiwan, is that smart to say?
We left Afghanistan, now we are in a “Proxy way” in Ukraine, can we ever not be fighting?
Should we be using our army and arms to be the world police? And if we don’t, who will.
TOPIC:Catholic Priests, Baptist Ministers… Does the job of faith based leader attract pedophiles Does this continued discovery impact faith, church attendance, trust Can “organized churches” screen their leaders better? Can you as an individual do anything? How do we organize “youth Ministries” better Can you run a church without putting trust in the church leadership
TOPIC: Shootings in Buffalo, Laguna, Uvalde Texas Are the shootings news because of the internet and social media Will the shootings impact elections Can gun control measures change things Courts have said “freedom of speech” protects hate speech, should it? Pre-Crime, Can the fact that the Buffalo shooter published hate online help create laws to force counseling, and regular check ins before a crime is committed. Is a certain amount of chaos the cost of democracy, freedom and liberty? Are mass shootings really a US phenomenon?
TOPIC: Social Facebook has roughly 2.93 billion monthly active users as of the first quarter of 2022. Twitter has about 330 million monthly active users
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