Sent to WBC 12/3/21: Dear WBC, I have picked some Biblical areas of relevance and want to investigate them deeply and consider how larger extracts of the Bible are built using these particular passages of Scripture: In the one hand, you can be right or wrong and still be damned (e.g., God’s verdict towards Jacob & Esau’s ); in the other hand, you can be “the chief of sinners” and be offered by God
Since we last took count, and according to many news sources, the United States of America lost TWENTY-SIX soldiers and LEOs to various sorts of disease (of the mind and body) as well as external traumas … all which God sent. This week started with France trying to “crackdown” on the island of Guadeloupe’s protests, now they are considering giving them some autonomy: Amid riots, France to consider some autonomy for Guadeloupe (fox40.com) In India,
Rotterdam police clashed with C19 rioters this week: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59355950?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_campaign=64&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=37112600-4996-11EC-AC97-32FB4744363C&at_custom2=twitter&at_medium=custom7 it turned rather violent and this begs the question – “Dutch people are capable of getting angry?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=005rljd6XgE Amazon (the location, not the company) deforestation increased by 33% in the first 10 months of 2021, analysis shows: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/world/deforestation-increase-amazon-report-climate/index.html Speaking of air pollution, India officials plan a new lockdown to combat it – – not because of C19: https://www.businessinsider.com/india-officials-plan-new-lockdown-combat-air-pollution-2021-11 GodSmack! A suicide bomber rocked the Ugandan capital
Did you hear about the Oil Tanker explosion in Sierra Leone which killed at least 98? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sierra-leone-oil-tanker-explosion/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=139037957#app This piece proposes that United States follow the New Zealand model for recruiting and hiring LEOs: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/how-new-zealand-used-humor-reform-police/620598/ GodSmack! Dean Stockwell died this week: https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-star-1234870413/ Also, not sure if you heard, Chilean president Pinera was impeached over Pandora papers revelations: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/09/chilean-president-sebastian-pinera-impeached Russians have gone back to work despite C19 virus cases & deaths staying high: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/russians-back-work-virus-cases-deaths-stay-high-81033310 Poland, meantime, was