Here I am writing a new snippets article that I know is overdue as I hadn’t written a snippets article about a month and a half ago. I have been going through many things that put everything on hold, including all of my works which I will explain in one of the topics for this snippets article. I apologize for keeping all of you in the dark for at least a while; here I am back working for all of my companies/brands, including writing an article for JoshiesWorld, and I hope some of you at least will like a few of the topics that I am writing about.
7-16-2021 Snippets
Here is a list of the topics that I will use in this snippets article. As always, you read the whole snippets article, but if you are in a hurry or only want to read certain topics that you are more interested in, you can press the “Show Topics List” below, and the list will expand (open) where you can see what topics that is being used in this snippets article so you can press any of them that you would be interested in reading them instead of reading the whole snippets article. But again, I encourage a read on the entire snippets article!
Inactive And Immobilized
Just a little bit over a month ago, I became a little bit inactive on JoshiesWorld because I have been tirelessly and aggressively working on another company/brand of mine that I had relaunched not too long ago, which some of you already know what company/brand I am referring to. If not, that company/brand I refer to is Joshie’s Photography which is my photography business as I am a photographer, so I am not only a blogger, journalist, reviewer, web developer, but I am also a photographer, so I have many titles to my name, and it weighs a lot on me. Even though it weighs a lot on me, it is what I want because I would like to put all of my skills to use instead of only using one or two of them at a time, even though JoshiesWorld is and always will be the main one I operate. Since I had relaunched my photography one not too long ago, I had to divert most of my focus to ensure that it is a completed business rather than an unfinished business to the public, and now that Joshie’s Photography is a complete enough business. Hence, I started to focus on JoshiesWorld to start writing again while waiting for clients to need me for photography work. Just as I do that, another problem occurred, and that problem is even bigger, and at the same time, it happened at bad timing, especially that I have all of my businesses going the way I like. That bigger problem is I became immobilized, as some of you know, especially if you know me personally, follow me on social media or read my biography that I am wheelchair-bound, so my independence, my activities, and my works are relied on my wheelchair obviously just broken down on me at bad timing.
My electric wheelchair started acting up when I just finished coming home from doing some photography work, but I wasn’t sure if the floor were wet as it rained the other day, so I ignored it. A few hours later, when I went outside to carry a bunch of groceries from my mother’s SUV to help her, and sure enough, the left drive motor started jerking. I immediately knew that it is a problem because through several electric wheelchairs I went through since I was becoming a wheelchair user after breaking my right leg femur in half. It becomes almost common for an electric wheelchair to have a left motor drive issue less for the right motor drive. When a problem occurs in one of the electric wheelchair’s drive motors, they jerk badly, and when it did, they suddenly give up by pretty much making the electric chair free wheeling which is a dangerous thing to be in. The only time that an electric wheelchair can brake is by these two motors, so if one or two of them stopped working, they have no brake, so it can just freewheel on its own until the power is turned off the brake levers are applied.
So, for around two weeks, I have been immobilized, because of that, it cuts the majority of my activities and my works, but thankfully we have a friend named Lisa who was more than happy to allow me to borrow one of her father’s electric wheelchair at least until I get mine fixed. However, that wheelchair is not mine, and it isn’t fitted for me, so my activities along with my works are still stripped but I at least still be able to get around along with doing a very light activity or only taking pictures when I must take them such as the rare things that I probably never will have the opportunity to take a picture of in a very long time. Within two months, I was laser-focus on getting Joshie’s Photography up and in working order. Then, just as I finally have everything in order, I started taking my focus back on JoshiesWorld, my electric wheelchair broke down on me. Because of that, I practically put all of my works on hold until I get my electric wheelchair fixed, although I still do a little bit of working but while not comfortable. I really hope that when the technician comes in this Wednesday, they fix my electric wheelchair instead of just coming to take a look to see what is wrong and then go back to order the parts. If they are coming here to take a look at my wheelchair, then go back to their company (which is about 3 hours drive) to order parts and then come back later with them, I will snap out. We have already told them what we need, as I have already experienced this issue more than four or five times in two decades. For that, I hope they go-ahead to bring the parts with them here to replace them with or something to fix them so that I can have my electric wheelchair functional again! In total, by this Wednesday coming up, I would be waiting for two weeks for them to come here to fix the wheelchair hopefully, and I am already frustrated as it is, so I pray that they will have my electric wheelchair fixed Wednesday at the same day that they come!
Being immobilized takes a huge chunk of my activity, cutting both my productivity and workforce significantly. It isn’t just as easy as having a desktop computer or Macbook Pro in front of me and typing for articles or reviews. I have two desks that I repeatedly switch, physically writing, making calls with my sources, and then getting back to my other desk where my desktop computer starts writing an article. While doing so, I would like to be comfortable as much as I can, and my electric wheelchair is one of them as it is fitted for me.
EDIT: When I typed about my wheelchair situation, it was typed a couple of days before that Wednesday when the provider’s technician was scheduled to visit. It has passed, so now the update of that situation gets worse. The provider for my chair was, of course, again a no-show, which makes it twice that they did not keep up with their schedule to visit us to work on my chair. That Wednesday morning which was two days ago, I was so relieved to know that day had arrived to have maybe a chance of getting my electric wheelchair fixed. Still, they called us Wednesday morning a few hours before they were supposed to show up and told us that they would not be able to come here. Said that even though they weren’t able to, that they decided to reschedule about two to four weeks but didn’t provide a date but said that it would be in that frame and that they would call back to let us know when is that in that two to four weeks frame that they would be visiting. Imagine my frustration by hearing about this because it means that my independence is pretty much put on hold, cutting my activities and my workforce or productivity significantly. But they said that they would go ahead to order all parts that I need for my wheelchair so that in that time frame when they visit, they can go ahead and have it fixed instead of confirming whatever is wrong with my chair. However, I already know what I have told them about my left motor drive is shot.
They originally scheduled to visit on a Monday two weeks ago but didn’t show up, didn’t even call us to inform us that they wouldn’t be showing up. We were the ones who had to make several call attempts on that day to see what was going on to find out that the technician who scheduled me went on vacation, but a day later, they found out that it wasn’t the vacation; it was someone in his family who passed away. Hence, we understood that it is never good to have someone in the family that passed away. They then said that they have me scheduled on Wednesday, that two days after Monday on that week, but only if they had the time to come over here as they have one client that they were scheduled to visit about two hours away from here and if they had some time when they are finished with that client that they would come on over here. But before that Wednesday, on Tuesday, they called to “for sure” schedule me in for Wednesday next week of that Wednesday, so we said ok, and I was looking forward to that day. One week and a day later, they called us on that Wednesday morning to let us know that they weren’t coming and that it would be about between two to four weeks before they do, so of course, that frustrates me to no end. They know that my independence is in their hands, and that is too long for me, but there is nothing that I can do. I have tried to get a few other providers close to here, rather than the provider I have been with, which is located about three hours away from here, to see if they would fix my wheelchair or get me parts. Still, they refused because in their excuse that they didn’t provide my wheelchair, so it means that the only way to have my electric chair fixed is through that one provider.
Many electric wheelchair users who have gone through several electric wheelchairs know this feeling, especially where they are trapped. Their independence is in the hands of only one provider who can decide whenever they feel like coming in to fix it. If any of you are planning on getting an electric wheelchair, take my advice on this as I have gone through more than two decades of dealing with that situation many times – do not go with a provider that is a long drive away from you. I recommend getting a provider in your area because the longer they are apart from you, the longer you will have to wait until your wheelchair is repaired or getting a new one. If there is no provider in your area that you like because every provider is different as some providers can get you a new electric wheelchair every five years and some can only get you a new electric wheelchair every ten years, so when you look for a new electric wheelchair through any provider make sure that you get the best one while trying to get the one that is close to you as possible.
EDIT 2: Now, they have set a date and said that they’d be coming in the middle of the month to have my wheelchair repaired, so I hope that they will keep up with their schedule this time!
Deaf Journalists And Giving Credit Where It’s Due
I really don’t want to write about this subject, because by doing so I am giving that so-called Deaf journalist a free advertisement which is considerably large as I/JoshiesWorld has been here for over a decade. Before you are puzzled, yes, JoshiesWorld has been here long before other Deaf journalists or Deaf news start popping up, including that one so-called Deaf journalist with his news media company. There are very few before me, but I wasn’t far off from them, though, but that one is about a decade younger than JoshiesWorld. Anyway, I am not here to talk about JoshiesWorld, but you get the idea.
When I started JoshiesWorld, I recognized and made it my principle as a journalist to maintain my reputation; I must always cite the sources or give the credits they are due. Not only that to keep my reputation as a journalist/blogger for that more than a decade, but also it is the right thing to do. By not doing so can easily damage my reputation as a journalist; a damaged reputation journalist isn’t something that any journalist would want because it will make it harder for anyone to trust that journalist to share a source knowing that there is a chance that they would not be credited for if they ask for it or permit it as every journalist who gets information from a source they often ask them if they could use their name as their source to the public. Some would prefer to be anonymous, and some would not mind being named as a source, but they are asked if the source is theirs. If I am to talk about something or someone, I always go to them as a source. If they deem factual or evidence, I ask them where they are from or how the source gets there, and I investigate to make sure that they ask them for permission to use their name as one of the sources. Suppose someone shares a source with me, telling me that it was coming from them. In that case, I question their authenticity on that source and investigate to make sure that the origin of the source is coming from that person; if so, I ask that person for permission to use their name for whatever the source or evidence that it is is based on.
Now, that is one example way of doing as a journalist when it comes to giving the credit where it is due but also when you are going to write or broadcast about a specific topic because you found out about that topic on social media or somewhere there is a chance that whatever the subject you seen or heard could be coming from someone else. Someone else could write or talk about that topic while stealing the credit as if it’s coming from that particular person; you would not know because that person did not give the credit where it is due as that person give the credit to someone who talked about or wrote about a topic that was initially talked about or wrote by someone else and that is where the credit is supposed to go to. Doing something like that can damage that person’s reputation as a journalist by not investigating to double-check that the source is really from that same person they heard or seen to ensure that it’s not from someone who talked about or wrote about its origin source. Think of this, A, B, and C. You are that C, you read or heard something from a person who is B and then giving credit to that B person as a credit lack of your poor skill in investigating to find out that the source is coming from that A person who the credit is supposed to go to.
That Deaf so-called journalist has repeatedly given us Deaf journalists a bad name, especially for journalists like myself, Ricky Taylor, Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman, and others. In fact, that so-called Deaf journalist gives the credits to the wrong people twice within’ a week already. Because of that, his news media company of his is becoming untrustworthy, which is unfortunate as I always encourage Deaf journalists or bloggers to thrive (they can vouch on that). As I said, I do not want to give that person a free advertisement because that person is giving us Deaf journalists or bloggers a bad name, but I will give a hint though – something to do with a moth. Whenever that specific Deaf journalist figured out that this is about him, then I tell you to do the right thing, which is to give the credits where it is due instead of keep on giving credit to wrong people and stop stealing the contents without giving the credit where it is due.
Bloggers Growing In Pike County, Ky And Mingo County, Wv
I am seeing the growth of bloggers in my area, Pike County, Ky, and Mingo County, Wv since I am on the border of these two counties. It pleases me to see that, as I am a very long-time blogger in the blogosphere in these two counties on the border of two states, so I have been in this game for more than a decade. Journalism/blogging is in me; it is my passion, and not only that, but I am also a photographer in these areas as well. I welcome them to the blogosphere in both Pike County, Ky and Mingo County, Wv. If they need advice or help, I welcome them as well. As a long-time blogger myself in the area since 2007, it was getting lonely, but now I am starting to see more and more people from around here in these two counties starting their news media company/blogs. Keep on blogging Pike County, Ky, and Mingo County, Wv! We need more of them because the more of them means, the more information that our locals can gather from the local people!
The Fiasco Of Aaron Rodgers And Green Bay Packers
The hottest trending of the year within’ NFL is none other than the fiasco of quarterback Aaron Rodgers with his team Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rodgers won his third MVP (most valuable player) awards last season with Green Bay Packers, which is a team that he has been with since 2005 when they drafted him to train him under Brett Favre in the hope of readying him to be the next face of Green Bay Packers. It happened, as Brett Favre decided to retire from Packers in 2008, so Aaron Rodgers became the next thing for a legendary NFL team. However, Brett Favre changed his mind and tried to come back to Green Bay Packers were already prepared ahead with Aaron Rodgers, so they traded Brett Favre to the New York Jets. Brett Favre had a problem with Green Bay Packers; both had an ugly divorce, and it sounds almost like Aaron Rodgers with Green Bay Packers now, but it is a different story. Aaron Rodgers didn’t retire; he has a contract with Packers until 2024, and Brett Favre was pretty much at the end of his time, but he changed his mind. It wasn’t the first time as Brett Favre has changed his mind more than once on his retirement, Green Bay Packers gave him a chance to change his mind the first time, but Brett Favre kept saying he is planning on to retire then decided not to retire so many times and in 2008 Green Bay Packers pretty much got tired of it. Hence, they gave the position to Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers are at the worst fight of their marriage; Aaron Rodgers said that he does not want to play for Green Bay Packers again, but Green Bay Packers is determined that Aaron Rodgers remains their starting QB for a long time. Aaron Rodgers is upset with them, saying that he has a problem with the philosophy within’ Green Bay Packers. In other words, Aaron Rodgers wants more control within’ Green Bay Packers, especially when it comes to the team’s roster, and also has some control in the management, especially when it comes to recruiting (draft).
I am sure that there is more story to this but what is known to the public is that Aaron Rodgers isn’t happy with Green Bay Packers; it blew up when Green Bay Packers decided to draft a QB Jordan Love in the first round in the draft over a year ago which Green Bay Packers said that he is only to be the backup QB and that he is to be mentored by Aaron Rodgers like Brett Favre mentored Aaron Rodgers except that Aaron Rodgers would have a few more years while with Brett Favre his time was coming to an end really quick. But Aaron Rodgers said that it wasn’t the problem, as Aaron Rodgers on Kenny Mayne’s final show said he has no problem with Jordan Love (the one in the next line. He also has no issue with all of his teammates, coaches, and the fan base of Green Bay Packers, but it is more of their “philosophy.”
I honestly think that it is a bit selfish of Aaron Rodgers in some ways, thinking that just because he is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL that he should have some control in the organization and be able to control who comes in or out of the rooster. Green Bay Packers is the only NFL team with no ownership, as so many fans own it, aka stockholders. He is the quarterback of an NFL team, not the general manager nor president of the organization, and needs to stop being about himself and be a team player just as everyone else on the rooster. He is the highest-paid player on the Green Bay Packer’s rooster, and to even top it off, he is one of the top five highest-paid NFL players overall! He has a contract with Green Bay Packers through 2024, when he will turn 40 years old. Even Green Bay Packers has been offering him a longer security contract extension. Still, he has turned it down, but it would secure Aaron Rodger’s position as a starting QB for Green Bay Packers for a long time while keeping first-round drafted rookie QB on the bench a few more years, so that is something Aaron Rodgers should appreciate. Yes, I am hoping that Aaron Rodgers remains to be Packers QB for as long as he can play since Green Bay Packers is my favorite team but, to be honest with you, I am getting a bit tired of seeing Aaron Rodgers demanding some control in the organization when he is just a QB who happens to be the next legendary since Brett Favre.
Keep On Denying Climate Change?!
It is funny how people have been keeping on denying that there is climate change and that the whole thing about climate change is a hoax. Because now, we see plenty of evidence that there is in a very short time here in the west of the United States of America, and we are still just early in the middle of the summer. The evidence is the skyrocketing extreme hot temperature in the west of the United States and almost half west of Canada above, which is something to be concerned about. The average hot temperature is most common in the range of 80 to 90 F degrees, but this year, we see 105-119 F degrees in the west of the United States and 100-121 F degrees in Canada. This year they have broken several hot temperature records in both countries; the impact from that event is great because it has created droughts everywhere in the west of the United States and west part of Canada, which means it cuts our foods drastically along with clean water. In fact, raising the hot temperature in these areas caused a fire in different places badly to the point that they created the clouds. The fire caused by hot temperatures created several windy thunderstorms in these areas, making the fire even bigger thanks to the wind, so it means more impact that it caused.
Now, this is only information that I am getting from Wikipedia, which I will provide the link after this, but the impact extended to other things such as deaths as it has killed 831 plus people overall. 645 deaths in Canada and 195 plus deaths in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Western_North_America_heat_wave
Climate change is real; we have to stop denying that it is not and finally do something about it. We are the ones causing climate change, and the reason some people in the United States refuse to accept that is that they think that the United States is entirely at fault for causing the climate change. Flash news, climate change is aimed at the United States and everywhere and all of the countries. Here are 10 top causes of climate change; again, I remind you of the United States and one of the top five countries that cause it, along with China, India, Russia, and Japan.
- Farming.
- Deforestation.
- Fertilizers.
- Oil Drilling.
- Natural Gas Drilling.
- Permafrost.
- Garbage.
- Volcanic Eruption.
You notice that in the top 10 that causes climate change, nine of them are man-made, and one is natural. These ten are only a few causes as there are more, but these are considered the top ten causes of climate change.
The evidence keeps on growing more and more, yet some people call climate change a hoax. How can some people call it a hoax when it is real and happens as we see them with our own eyes? I don’t care some people or Republicans whines over climate change. Still, it is time that we all agree that climate change is real because it happens before our own eyes, so now the next thing that we can do is start agreeing and disagreeing with what policies we can make to either improve or worsen climate change but one sure thing is that we cannot keep on calling the climate change a hoax. By the way, climate change is global warming, and global warming is climate change! Some people misunderstood that climate change means a temperature rise within a day, to clarify with some people. Still, it isn’t like climate change, or global warming is accord to the average of the temperature and what happens in overall meaning annually.
Deaf Women In Haiti Being Raped And Murdered
I just saw a video by Off The Grid Missions that contains a few Deaf women who were brutally raped and then murdered, which has me disturbed to my core. World Federation of the Deaf is partnering with Off The Grid Missions to work with the United Nations human rights investigators to find a way to stop Deaf women from being harmed. I share this because if my platform JoshiesWorld somehow does a bit of positive impact or be helpful to bring attention to this problem in Haiti, then so be it, as it is a community that I am a member of. The deaf community, that is, Haitian people, are known for bullying, harming, raping, and murdering the people with disabilities which Deaf or Hard of Hearing is part of that list of disabilities. Many people in Haiti look at the Deaf people in the worst possible way, especially women, as it is an occurrence in Haiti and taboo.
Now, I will share a video, and when I do, please be warned that this video is alarming. This video contains some blurred pictures of the Deaf women harmed, raped, and murdered, leaving them lying in a ditch or on some grounds in Haiti.
If you are also disturbed as I am, wanting to do something about this, then there are two ways that you can do to help them in any way, and that is: Donate to Off The Grid Missions (click here), which will help them to get the funding to help the Deaf people in Haiti and sign a petition (click here) to raise the attention to them. It is difficult to comprehend what is happening in the Haitian country, especially that they do something like this to Deaf people, and not only that; it is even worse for Deaf women. It is not acceptable; these people are human beings, and shame on anyone there who thinks otherwise because those people who think otherwise are the ones who are not human beings!
Interesting Information On Countries Leader’s Salary
After finding out the disgusting news about the treatments that the Deaf women in Haiti receive from their people, I researched Haiti to get an idea of what Haiti as a country is really all about. While doing some research, I stumbled across interesting information about Haiti’s government, especially their salary wages, and I then used other developing countries to compare. The salary wage for the head of the Haitian country, which is the president is in the range of $2,643.77 to $3,782 a month, which brings about between $40,000-$50,000 annually. Although Haiti’s president is not the lowest paid as a leader, it is the 7th lowest. The lowest salary for a country leader is in Cuba, as the leader of Cuba only receives $360 monthly, and the Pope of Vatican receives $0 annually.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_salaries_of_heads_of_state_and_government
A Law That Protects Journalist’s Sources
The other day I was watching a television show, it was talking about someone who is a journalist, and this pops up in my head that I’d like to share this in case if any of you who are aspired to be a journalist or any of you who would like to report any information to some journalists like myself or others but afraid to share them due to the possibility of being reprimanded somehow. Law allows a journalist to refuse to reveal/disclose the source to the court or law enforcement to protect the person’s identity, called Shield Laws. The shield laws are legislation designed to protect the reporter’s privilege. That privilege involves the right of a journalist to refuse to testify to reveal information and/or sources (person) of information when a journalist obtained them for newsgathering for their articles or newspaper, including online. However, there are no shield laws at the federal level, but many states have them to protect the journalists/bloggers, and in turn, they also have the privilege to protect their sources (people).
Here is the list of which states has them; when you click the link which will take you to Wikipedia, be sure to click the show button where the “Current protections for reporter’s privilege in each state” to expand a list all of the states to show you which has shield law or don’t. The ones that do not, we need to get these states to have one because it is important to have one so that the people can feel comfortable and safe to go to the journalists/bloggers to report the news or tips to them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_laws_in_the_United_States#State_laws
When you share a tip or information with them, be sure to ask that your name be confidential because if not, they would assume that they can use your name when they cite the source to the public. If any of you have information or tip that you want to share with me at JoshiesWorld but do not want to have your name involved, then let me know that you prefer your name to be confidential then, that is when I here at JoshiesWorld will name you as anonymous instead. While it is better to cite a source’s name because it would raise the articles’ credibility, if they fear that doing so would harm them in any way, then the buck stops there unquestioned. I hope this helps anyone feel a bit more at ease when sharing any tip or information with the journalists and the likes. This is how journalists and bloggers write controversial stories/topics thanks to three laws: freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and shield laws, so all kinds of protections for us journalists/bloggers/sources. These laws are only applied to the United States of America.
What Is Biggest Problem In Pike County, Ky, and Mingo, Wv?
I probably will have a few or many people in these two counties go into a defensive mode after reading this. It cannot be more true to this, which is unfortunate, and I live on the border of these two counties for more than three decades to know what I have seen. The biggest problem in both counties, specifically two cities in two counties, Pikeville in Pike County, Ky, and Williamson in Mingo, Wv, is – Elitism.
- The belief that certain persons or members of certain groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their superiority, as in intelligence, social standing, or wealth.
- a. Behavior arising from or indicative of such a belief.
b. Control, rule, or domination by the members of an elite.
Vaccinated Or Funeral?
I think that the topic in the heading format above says it all. Since the new variant of COVID-19, namely DELTA, has entered all of the United States of America states. The COVID-19 variant DELTA now is the dominance of all other COVID-19 variants; COVID-19 variant DELTA is one of the most dangerous variants as they are swift at transmission both outdoor and indoor which this is why WHO (World Health Organization) recommends both vaccinated and unvaccinated people to continue wearing a mask. Although the vaccines in the United States have a high percent against DELTA, they are just less than they were against the COVID-19 or earlier variants, so there may be a tiny chance of a breakthrough. However, that tiny chance is very tiny as it is only 0.01% chance, and it is rare. But what is scarier is that 99% of the deaths caused by COVID-19 are unvaccinated, which means almost all of the vaccinated continue to be protected, and this is exactly why people should get vaccinated. You don’t want to be one of these 99% unvaccinated who has died or been hospitalized when you could be alive due to being vaccinated. There are plenty of studies that have proved that the vaccine does work, as over 160 million people are vaccinated in the United States while only about 5,000 vaccinated people had a breakthrough case. The breakthrough case is where the vaccine failed to defend them from getting COVID-19, and that is very rare, especially out of 160 million vaccinated people – amazing!
I know many of you are afraid of being vaccinated or do not think you need to be vaccinated because you can survive them. That scares me because plenty of studies proved otherwise, as unvaccinated people died 99% of them while vaccinated people survived. Like one in Maryland state, it is 100% death by unvaccinated, and all vaccinated survived. I, my mother, and my stepfather have been vaccinated since March 2021. I must admit that we go out more than we should have, although I always make sure that I wear a mask no matter what but going out while we are in the middle of a pandemic is always unsafe, and now this is 4 months later, we are still here as we haven’t thankfully caught anything. I can definitely vouch that it does work; this is coming from a guy like me who often don’t want or turns down flu shots annually for several years now, but as soon as I was allowed to get a vaccine shot, I quickly took it because there is evidence shows that this vaccine is crucial especially against COVID-19 as it showed that it is more triple lethal and quicker than a FLU is. This is not something that we can just easily dismiss like we usually do with FLU shots which we shouldn’t do, but often because, again, as I said, this is three times lethal than FLU. We are more important than listening to any politicians or anyone that tell us not to get the vaccine or that they are dangerous because I am fully vaccinated, and nothing has happened to me or all of us three as we (me, my mother, and my stepfather) were vaccinated at the same time.
Like Louisiana state says, we are having a surge; 94% of cases are due to unvaccinated people. Almost all of the deaths caused by COVID-19 are unvaccinated, while only 0.8% vaccinated had a breakthrough. Here are a few sources that you can take the time to read them.
Almost All U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Now In The Unvaccinated by WebMD.
Hospitalizations rising again as delta variant spreads among the unvaccinated, doctor says by Rich Mendez at CNBC.
99.5% Of People Killed By COVID In Last 6 Months Were Unvaccinated, Data Suggests by Jemima McEvoy at Forbes.
Of course, this is all up to every one of you to decide if you want to get vaccinated or stay unvaccinated and risk not only your life but also all of the other lives that you are surrounded with, such as your family. But getting vaccinated comes with a cost, and expensive cost at that, and that is the cost for your funeral or your family member’s funeral if you are a carrier of the virus. It is not really about you; it is also about making sure that you also take care of others who are surrounded by you and not risking the chance of their lives being cut short. This was the biggest reason I got fully vaccinated since I got two PFIZER shots. It is about doing the right thing, in my opinion, plus the more people get vaccinated, the quicker that we can get this pandemic to end so that we can get our lives back in society without being restricted, such as wearing a mask or not being in a crowd that has more than 10 or 15 or 20 people. To get vaccinated, you would have to make an appointment, get a shot of the vaccine, and then they will schedule you three to four weeks for the second shot, making you fully vaccinated to be protected against COVID-19. Please do not ignore the second appointment for the second shot because it is important to get the second shot! Many people seem only to get the first shot and then not showing up for the second because they assume that the first shot would be good enough, which they are not because, to be fully vaccinated, it has to be two shots of vaccine, so please be sure to show up on both appointments for both vaccine shots!
Now, to finish off this topic and have two words in a question for you, you would have to answer yourself. Vaccine or funeral?
Rejecting Critical Race Theory
I see a few people on social media, including a few of them on my personal Facebook account, outright reject the idea of having critical race theory in school or academics. If some of you are one of these people that reject the idea of having critical race theory for academics, then I say shame on you because doing so gives you another reason why you are a racist. I even wonder if some of these, as it seems to me that most of them are far-right extremists or trump supporters, even know what critical race theory is? I almost hope that they don’t because if they do, then they make themselves look more foolish. Critical Race Theory, aka CRT, isn’t new, as it has been around for more than five (5) decades, and some are in some schools today. There are so many layers about Critical Race Theory to make it simple for some of you. Critical Race Theory, known as CRT, is named for teaching the students about the history of BIPOC (black, ingenious, people of color), which includes story-telling, racial justice, civil rights, and whatnot. We know that they were slaved by us, white people. Still, these children who attend schools may not know because it is part of critical race theory, teaching the students about the discriminations that the people of color have received in the United States and everywhere and discussing the injustice around them BIPOC community. These are just a couple of things, but it is a lot more than that; I said, there are many layers. In school classes, I am sure that you have learned about George Washington, Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, Abraham Lincoln, who was the president of the United States that freed slavery (another layer of critical race theory that you are rejecting), and the American’s Civil War (again can be used as part of CRT). If we could learn these, we should accept critical race theory because this opens the way for everyone to learn about people of color’s history. No critical race theory means we don’t learn about people of color, their history, including the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and whatnot, which also stop the people of colors themselves from learning about their ancestor or history. Critical Race Theory is a name of something that we use to teach in school about people of colors history; think of this as no different from learning the United States history, which is about white people, and by rejecting the idea of allowing critical race theory in school tells us one thing is that we want to continue teaching only white people’s history, but the rest stays out of it. Isn’t that what you want? If so, shame on you, and if not, then stop rejecting critical race theory! This is just very superficial, as there are many layers to this, but by reading this, you should get enough of an idea about what critical race theory is.
In the simplest words: Critical Race Theory, aka CRT, examines social, cultural, and legal issues that are related to race and as well racism in the United States or anywhere. Allowing us to learn about their culture, their origins, their history, and their struggles. Another example we know about the settlers in Israel was freed from Egypt and moved to Israel as a promised land by God. They go from being freed from Egypt to Israel, where the word “Israel” comes from like a name given to Jacob and whatnot. We learned the struggles of Israelites and the Jewish people from what? Bible. Now, why don’t we allow the same thing with BIPOC (black, ingenious, people of color) so that we can learn about them as well, just like we did with Jewish people or Christopher Columbus finding America or whatnot? Yes, you are for it, but what do we call them? CRITICAL RACE THEORY!
Again and again, as I said, there are so many layers to what critical race theory is all about. I only share superficial of it, hoping to give some people at least the basic idea of what critical race theory is about. I am not the person to go at its depth of that because I am a white person myself, so I am not in the place to do so, but it frustrates me to see some people reject the idea of critical race theory because they were misled by far-right news that it is a bad thing. They outright think they are bad just because the far-right news says so. To get an idea of what Critical Race Theory is really about, please do not take my words as I am a white person, but here are a few places that I think you should read them so that you can get a better understanding of what CRT is all about before you outright rejecting them for the wrong reason.
Critical Race Theory by Wikipedia.
What Is Critical Race Theory and Why Are People So Upset About It? By Lauren Camera at U.S. News.
I Went to School in Alabama. We Desperately Needed Critical Race Theory by Jeff Dingler at Newsweek.
New Movies This Year
Are there any movies that you are looking forward to watching this year?! I have a few that I am looking forward to watching this year. Black Window (July 9, 2021); Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins (July 23, 2021); The Suicide Squad (August 6, 2021); Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Sept 24, 2021); No Time To Die (Oct 8, 2021); Dune (Oct 22, 2021); Enterals (Nov 5, 2021); Top Gun: Maverick (Nov 19, 2021); Spider-Man: No Way Home; The Matrix 4 (Dec 22, 2021); The King’s Man (Dec 22, 2021) and Tomb Raider 2 (Unknown).
These are all of the movies that I am looking forward to, most out of the others but Black Window, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, No Time To Die, Dune, and Enterals are the ones that I am looking forward to the most. Next year we would be seeing The Batman, Mission: Impossible 7, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness, and some other good movies, so both this year and next year should be good for the movies to come out for all of us to watch! Any of them you are looking forward to watching? Leave a comment below, let me know, and why?! If you notice, most of these that I look forward to the most are comic characters; you got that right; I am a huge fan of comic books and the characters from both DC Comics and Marvel.
The End!
I think I have written enough; I hope that at least one of two from these topics list that was interesting for you to read! If you have any idea what topic I should write in the next snippets article, please let me know by contacting me or sending me a message on social media! Also, if you have any information or tips that you would like to share with JoshiesWorld, please do that as well, which would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for all of your time reading this snippets article; please leave a comment if you would like to share your opinion on any of these topics in this snippets article, and stay safe!
Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan.
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